Welcome Taverns takes on fourth pub
02-Jun-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Welcome Taverns has acquired its fourth pub and announced plans to grow its estate to in excess of 20 pubs over the next five years.The Bolton-based...
Trade union launches attack on pubco profit margins
28-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Trade union the GMB has stepped up its attack on the pubcos - claiming that Enterprise Inns has a profit margin nine times that of supermarket giant...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Stephen Corbett, Mark Dodds, David Morgan, Brian Jacobs, Vince Power, Karl Harrison plus Greg Mulholland MP (new entry) Why they are on the list: The...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
A special round-up from the Business and Enterprise Committee's report into pubco power.
Most Enterprise licensees happy, according to pubco survey
28-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Only five per cent of Enterprise licensees have a bad relationship with the company, according to a survey by the pubco giant. Enterprise has...
22-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is carrying out a survey of its own tenants as part of its response to the pubco report.
Brewers wary of calls for beer tie review
21-May-2009
Regional brewers have come out in force against calls by MPs for an investigation into the tie, fearing they would be hit harshly by any measures.The...
21-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Machine suppliers have accused Punch and Enterprise of increasing the share of machine income in the five years TISC.
20-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns, Enterprise Inns, Marston's, Greene King and Admiral Taverns all fared badly in a survey of 1,000 hosts by market research firm CGA for...
'Punch Taverns' Giles Thorley brands BEC inquiry a "kangaroo court"'
17-May-2009
"Faced with what Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley branded the findings of a 'kangaroo court', the company's executives are preparing a...
'Supermarkets must display alcohol warning posters for pregnant women''
14-May-2009
Supermarkets and off-licences will have to display posters warning pregnant women not to drink and other health risks surrounding alcohol, under...
14-May-2009 By Andrew Pring
MPs are calling for a full-scale review of the tie by the Competition Commission and "urgent action by the Government" in a hard-hitting report on...
Beer tie must go to Competition Commission, MPs say
13-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubcos have come under severe fire in the long-awaited MP-led report into the tied model - with calls for an "urgent" Competition Commission...
13-May-2009 By John Harrington
Read what the pubco report had to say about Brulines, Thorley, Tuppen, AWPs and transparency on rental valuations.
13-May-2009 By Andrew Pring
The conclusions of the Business and Enterprise Committee's report must form the foundations of a fresh start for the industry, says Andrew Pring.
No grounds" for referral to Competition Commission, says Enterprise Inns' CEO
13-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen has said there are "no grounds" for the pub industry's model and practices to be referred to the...
13-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has described the BEC report on the pubco/tenant relationship as "disappointing on many levels".
'Alcohol promotion crackdown planned'
13-May-2009
Pubs, bars and off-licences are facing a crackdown on booze sales under new rules aimed at tackling binge drinking. Ministers will launch proposals...
'Enterprise Inns tipped to scrap dividend'
11-May-2009
Enterprise Inns: The tenanted pub company is tipped to scrap its dividend tomorrow as it unveils a 20 per cent dip in half-year pre-tax profits and...
Justice for Licensees protest expected in June
29-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee protest at the behaviour of the pubcos and the government is expected to take place outside Parliament in June. Justice for Licensees...
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
A leading leisure analyst has described the news of Britvic's successful refinancing as positive news for pub groups and further evidence that banks...
Enterprise licensee group pushes forward with campaign
16-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
Around 35 disgruntled Enterprise Inns licensees from Sheffield attended a meeting this week as part of a campaign for "fairer rent" and freedom from...
Who's fooling who?
11-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
I don't expect Punch Taverns' Giles Thorley, Enterprise Inns' Ted Tuppen or Admiral Taverns' Lynne D'Arcy to give a flying fig for the following...
Enterprise hits back in clash over closures
06-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns has hit back at the GMB in the row over pub closures, saying many of the trade union's assertions are "inaccurate" and "highly...
Our banking covenants are safe, says Enterprise Inns boss
31-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
As the market continues to debate the issue of pubco debt, the boss of Enterprise Inns' claimed its banking covenants remain unaffected by recent...
27-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
An Enterprise Inns pub is to feature on ITV's Tonight show, entitled How to Blow Your Redundancy Money, this evening.
26-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns is continuing its success at auction — last week eight pubs went under the hammer, and five sold, raising more than £1m....
23-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
Eat Your Heart Out, the multiple lessee that was headed by Tony Carson, has gone into liquidation with creditors expected to be out-of-pocket to the...
Pub disposals: selling the family silver?
14-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
In June 2007 the market capitalisation of Mitchells & Butlers was £3.5bn. Last week it was £850m. In June 2007 the value of Enterprise Inns was...
'Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns under fire'
10-Mar-2009
Both Punch and debt-laden rival Enterprise Inns have recently come under fire for charging tenants almost double the wholesale price for leading...
04-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An Enterprise Inns lessee is locked in dispute with Southern Water after receiving a £37,000 bill. The case raises the question of who is...
'Enterprise Inns pub on sale for £1'
15-Feb-2009
"A Midland pub has been put up for sale for £1 - less than half the cost of a pint. Wannabe landlords are being offered the chance to purchase The...
Pubco CEOs may see pay frozen in 2009
14-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
A number of leading pubco bosses are expected to miss out on a basic pay increase in the coming year as the companies they run batten down the...
The good, the bad and the rather unattractive
09-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
It seems no-one has a good word to say about the big pubcos at the moment, if indeed they ever did. Inflexible, interfering, bullying, unreliable -...
'Enterprise Inns increase prices by double the rate of inflation'
06-Feb-2009
Britain's second biggest pub group is putting up beer prices for 7,500 landlords — by double the rate of inflation. Pubs across the UK may be...
Mind the perception gap
31-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
To say the recent slump in the share price of the country's leading listed pub operators has attracted a certain amount of attention would be a case...
On the road
29-Jan-2009
The first thing that strikes you after shuffling onto the bus organised by anti-pubco campaigners is that they have prepared for a long, hard day...
Fair Pint calls for rent reductions
28-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Campaign group Fair Pint has reiterated calls for rents to be reduced to match falling profits across the trade. The group - which is also...
Hundreds to protest at pubcos
26-Jan-2009
Hundreds of licensees are expected to protest at the headquarters of Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns about the problems posed by the beer tie...
Enterprise Inns refuses to take protestors' letter
26-Jan-2009
Pubco giant Enterprise Inns has today refused to accept a letter from licensees outlining their plight. More than 100 people - licensees and their...
23-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Frustrated licensees are to present an open letter calling for a fairer deal on rents and beer prices to the bosses of Britain's two biggest pubcos at a protest march on Monday.
Pubco shares rocket despite gloomy trading update
22-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Enterprise Inns rocketed this morning, despite the pubco announcing pub income had slumped eight per cent in the 16 weeks to January 17,...
19-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns will welcome any of its lessees attending the protest outside its HQ next week in for a coffee and a chat. Frustrated licensees are...
Sceptre Leisure bullish about gaming future
15-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Sceptre Leisure, which claims to be the UK's second largest supplier of amusement and gaming machines, has reported turnover trebling for the six...
Disgruntled licensees plan pubco protest
12-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 100 licensees are expected to descend on the offices of the country's leading pubcos in a protest at what they believe is unfair treatment....
2008 - A Year To Forget?
10-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Few in the pub and brewing sectors will forget 2008. Rising beer duty, higher energy bills and an economy headed for the U-bend merely fuelled what...
Hamish Champ: Look into my 2009 crystal ball. Murky, isn't it?
05-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
So how went your New Year celebrations? Really? Marvellous. As it happens I've never been so glad to see the back of a year as I was with 2008, but...
'EU backs down on pint ban'
17-Dec-2008
Britain has won the last round of its battle to keep pints and miles, Euro MPs ruled yesterday. Decades of wrangling between London and Brussels over...
12-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
2008 turned out to be a tougher year than many expected. The PMA Team looks back on the themes that emerged during the year. Toxic leases and the...
Mark Daniels: A Totalitarian Trade
10-Dec-2008
Pubco bosses must be laughing in to their wallets this morning after Ted Tuppen, Chief Executive for Enterprise Inns, deftly deflected criticism of...
