Pub agent Caldicott Payne ceases trading
05-May-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Somerset-based licensed leisure property agent Caldicott Payne has ceased trading, due to tough market conditions. Sales director Richard Payne...
24-Apr-2009 By Peter Linacre
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning, says Peter Linacre.
Sales of pubs increase despite downturn
02-Apr-2009
Sales of pubs are defying the economic down turn and have risen by 12 per cent, according to property agent Christie + Co.The agent has released...
06-Mar-2009 By Peter Linacre
Peter Linacre says it is time to question the models we use following the trouble experienced by banks.
13-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII has launched a new business support helpline for its licensee members. The new service will is designed to complement the BII's existing...
Individual Restaurant Company profits hit despite good Christmas trading
09-Feb-2009
Despite positive trading over the Christmas period Individual Restaurant Company (IRC) has warned its full year profits will be at the lower end of...
27-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
Suffolk brewer and retailer Adnams has warned that its 2008 profits would be "substantially" lower than 2007 due to falling sales as a result of the...
Opinion: 99p pint won't be around long
20-Jan-2009
The real question that arises from the Wetherspoon's 99p pint story is: what happens if these extreme promotions become the norm? You'll see from...
20-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon has suspended future dividend payments to shareholders and decided to "substantially" reduce its capital expenditure programme on new...
14-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Profit from Punch's leased and tenanted pubs plummeted 12% on last year for the 20 weeks to 10 January. Britain's largest pubco said trading...
Punch Taverns to make up to 100 head office staff redundant
14-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is to make up to 100 head office staff redundant as part of a cost cutting programme.The UK's largest pub operator is set to start...
Peninsula Inns placed in administration
02-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
The boss of the Torquay-based company, which owned 18 pubs, blames the credit crunch, the smoking ban and rising utility costs.
Regent Inns outlook remains grim
17-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Walkabout bar operator Regent Inns, which failed to find a buyer for the business earlier this year, has warned shareholders today that its...
Whitbread to cut capex by £100m next year
08-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread is to slash its capital expenditure budget by more than £100m next year as the recession tightens its grip.The group, which operates the...
Jim Fallon leaves McQueen Ltd
28-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
Jim Fallon, one of the UK licensed trade's leading finance experts, has announced he is to leave investment firm McQueen Ltd six years after...
20-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
London-based pub operator and brewer Young's put in a "resilient in increasingly challenging economic environment" for the half year to 27 September....
Young's cautious but confident
20-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
London pub operator Young & Co has joined many of its rivals in predicting that trading conditions are unlikely to improve in the near...
TRG trading in line
13-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
Pub and restaurant operator The Restaurant Group (TRG) says it is trading in line with expectations.
Rateable values could allow for ban
06-Nov-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Rateable values could be reduced to take into account the smoking ban's impact on potential trade, new guidance from the Valuation Office Agency suggests.
Pub-goers choosing cheaper wine
31-Oct-2008
Pub-goers are choosing cheaper wines in the economic downturn, according to new research from the Wines and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).The Wine...
The pubcos and the 'real economy'
20-Oct-2008 By Hamish Champ
Nothing excites some pub industry watchers like the prospect of a big player going belly up. But apart from the odd firebrand licensee few people I...
'Tipping off ' crackdown
10-Oct-2008 By MA reporter
Licensees have been warned of a pre-Christmas crackdown on pubs that substitute cheap spirits for expensive brands. International Federation of...
Tougher trading for Premium Bars and Restaurants
09-Oct-2008
The tough trading conditions and rising costs faced by the pub trade have hit the full year performance at Premium Bars and Restaurants.Chairman Mark...
09-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
Maurice Pratt, boss of the firm that makes Magners cider, C&C, has resigned because of the company's "clear trading difficulties". In a...
15-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Federation of Small Businesses has called on local councils to rethink their parking policy in a bid to help keep trade local.
'Deepening recession set to send GDP tumbling'
28-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Britain's economy is set to shrink over the next year as a deepening recession inflicts the first full-year fall in national income since 1991, a...
13-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins
The licensed property trade is being cold-shouldered by the Chancellor after he hinted at plans to suspend stamp-duty charges in the residential sector.
Brulines' trading on track, says chairman
21-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Brulines, the beer flow monitoring group, says the start to the current financial year has been in line with forecasts, with "several new customers...
The agent
17-Jul-2008
Mark Greig, MD of Paramount Investments We've all seen the depressing sight of boarded-up pubs in locations throughout the country. Mainly in city...
15-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Only 20% of pubs feel confident about their economic prospects over the next year, according to research by American Express. The third annual...
The agent
10-Jul-2008
Bill Colquhoun, director, Christie+Co Ipswich Despite daily reports of doom and gloom in the economy, the Ipswich office of Christie+Co is pleased to...
Leases change in light of ban
02-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
The effects of the smoking ban could lead to changes in the tenanted/leased pubco model - but it will be "evolution rather than revolution", a...
Bad news and going for the value option
23-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
In this communication-savvy world of ours, news - especially bad news - spreads fast. When Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) issued its profits...
The agent
19-Jun-2008
Krishana Singh, negotiator, Fleurets (London)
Premium Bars & Restaurants' profits down
17-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
The smoking ban, pressure on consumer spending and a depressed property market will result in Premium Bars & Restaurants' (PBR) annual profits...
05-Jun-2008 By Graham Ridout
Punch operations director Kevin Georgel and head of recruitment Adam Smith tell Graham Ridout about their attitude to multiple managed operators A...
04-Jun-2008 By Joe Lutrario
Use negotiating strength to get Energy Performance Certificate, says agent
46 Up-and-coming multiples
29-May-2008
Rupert Clevely, Lee Cash, Hamish Stoddart, Mark Butler, Chris Gerard, Brian Whiting, smaller managed-pub operators (new entry) Why they are on the...
29-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
London operator hails sale of brewery after 55% jump in adjusted profits
Stephen Taylor, MD, Guy Simmonds
29-May-2008
How much more can the pub trade take? We're faced with the obvious anti-alcohol stance of the Government, yet complete inaction on the powerful...
A quarter of Enterprise Inns pubs finding 2008 tougher
13-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Nearly 2,000 Enterprise Inns pubs are finding trading more difficult than this time last year, as the smoking ban and tough economic climate continue...
SA Brain hit by 'perfect storm'
01-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
The 'perfect storm' of smoking ban, poor weather and consumer uncertainty has combined to hit annual turnover and profits at Welsh brewer SA...
Surge of licensees seek help from charity
29-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
New figures from the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) have revealed how publicans are struggling to cope with tough market conditions. The charity has...
Cost of local food a deterrent to companies
23-Apr-2008
The cost of buying local food is seen as the major obstacle by companies who want to increase their support for British producers.A new survey...
Whistling In The Dark
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
So, are you optimistic about the UK's economic prospects? If your name is Alistair Darling you will be. Obviously.Asked last week about the future...
M&B: City analyst issues warning
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
A City analyst, Paul Hickman, of KBC Peel Hunt, has sounded a warning about the economic climate and how it will impact on Mitchells & Butlers....
Family pubs could be stung by taxman
28-Feb-2008
Pressure is mounting on the government to back down over new laws that could see the tax burden on family businesses increase by £200m.More than 140...
The Agents
28-Feb-2008
David Broschomb Negotiator Fleurets, Leeds office When you are looking to take on a new business, there'll be no shortage of advice being thrown...
Heading for a hangover
31-Jan-2008
Economist Fred Harrison forecast, with uncanny accuracy, a slowdown in 2008 a decade ago. His view is that a boom in the housing market always leads...
28-Jan-2008
The Food and Drink Group, operator of Henry J Beans and Jamies bar brands, says it is looking for a "substantial corporate transaction". Despite a...
