Peach Pub Company, the multiple operator, says its in a “good financial position for further expansion” as it reports a 53% rise in pre-tax profits to £621,880 in the year to 1 January 2012.
Anyone who demands money from you is never going to be popular. In a struggling economy it’s even worse — utility cost increases are never ending, rents are harder to negotiate and business rates have a habit of rising just when you think you are up to...
The PMA’s annual Pub Market Report highlights some promising trends. Respondents to the survey cited increasingly flexible tenancy/lease contracts as one reason to be cheerful, alongside opportunities from events and occasions, food sales and hot beverages.
Rural regeneration champion Pub is the Hub has doubled its workload over the past 12 months as more under-threat licensees seek help to keep their businesses viable.
Businesses, including pubs, are spending up to £1 in every £2 of their electricity bills at times when staff have gone home, according to the latest figures from British Gas.
One of the most rewarding duties that befalls the editor of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (besides all the press launches, beer tastings, industry dinners and, ahem, skiing trips) is to get involved with judging for the Publican Awards.
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has reported a 6.5% rise in like-for-like sales in the nine weeks to 21 January, aided by improved weather over the Christmas period, although trading in January has been “more subdued”.
If you haven’t already done so, I suggest taking a look at Accolade Wine’s new website dedicated to helping the trade grow sales. Even with my suspicious approach to anything new, it didn’t take me long to realise that winningwithwine.com has some pretty...
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, is reportedly planning to scale down its pub opening plans, blaming the tax burden being forced on the industry.
Westminster City Council will delay plans to introduce evening and weekend parking charges until after the Olympics, due to a judicial review of the new parking rates.
Brulines, the beer flow monitoring company, has reported falls in turnover and pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 September 2011, on the back of pub closures and disposals.
Britvic, the soft drinks maker, said this morning that its trading was in line with full-year expectations as it reported a slight increase in fourth-quarter sales.
Varsity Leisure Group (VLG) has decided not to expand the number of Carnage student pub crawls that it hosts for the coming academic term, saying it’s not possible to host more events.
Greene King has used up the remaining proceeds from last year's rights issue by buying and investing in Cloverleaf Restaurants, a Blackburn-based pub...
The downturn in the economy has prompted a sharp rise in the number of forced pub sales, according to a leading property agent. Christie + Co said it...
Beer flow monitoring company Brulines has warned that underlying trade for the six months to 1 October may be "marginally" below expectations but in...
The pub trade is experiencing a "meltdown" with sales down by more than 14 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the Drinks Industry Group...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
