09-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Veteran pub entrepreneur Ted Kennedy has been drafted in to run around 200 freehold tenanted pubs that were formerly owned by London Town. Kennedy,...
26-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
A retired barrister is to open her fifth pub — Maggie Van Hagen is set to reopen former Punch pub the Manor Arms, in Burton, Hampshire.
Whitbread delivers upbeat trading message
04-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread delighted the City this morning with an upbeat update on trading. Shares in the leisure group rose after it said all its businesses -...
'Alcohol-free resort launched for recovering addicts'
26-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
Europe's first alcohol-free holiday resort - aimed at recovering addicts - has been unveiled in Portugal. The company behind the project, Renovatio,...
25-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The first sites of the proposed 60-strong pub restaurant expansion by Whitbread, the hospitality group, have been unveiled. The company, which told...
Academy trains pub chefs and managers of tomorrow
15-Feb-2010
Nestle Professional is backing the launch of a new academy aimed at helping budding pub, restaurant and hotel managers to train in a fully operating...
Luscombe Drinks launches cranberry drink
09-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Devon based Luscombe Drinks has released a new sparkling soft drink called Cranberry Crush. The drink has a hint of Damascan rose water and...
08-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Pub Company has recognised its top 10 pub managers with Best Awards at a ceremony at the Hotel Du Vin in Birmingham. Winners were selected...
'Strong interest' in Elizabeth pub sale
28-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
The agent selling the 13 pubs belonging to Elizabeth Estates, which fell into administration in December, has reported "strong interest". GVA...
Top food prize for Somerstown Coffee House
11-Jan-2010
Les Routiers UK has announced the winners of its annual hospitality awards. Somers Town Coffeehouse in London, which won Gastro Pub of the Year at...
08-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry sources indicate that Pebble Hotels, the company chaired by former Mill House Inns boss Ted Kennedy, has tabled a bid for Merchant Inns....
25-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has re-opened the pub formerly tenanted by arch-critic and Justice for Licensees leader Inez Ward. The pub, Mavericks in Newquay,...
13-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham, Big Hospitality
Marco Pierre White is to open a pub in Aughton, Lancashire next year along with another restaurant and an events venue.
Ritblat to regain control of Merchant
06-Nov-2009 By MA Reporter
Sir John Ritblat, the former chairman of British Land, is set to buy back Merchant Inns after the company went into administration.
Marston's to open second site with Travelodge
03-Nov-2009 By Chris Druce, M&C Report
Marston's is to open its second site in partnership with the budget hotel operator Travelodge in Wadebridge in Cornwall. Located just outside...
Chris Maclean: For all the sabre-rattling, will people stand fast when their businesses are at stake?
26-Oct-2009 By Chris Maclean
Thirty years ago, when I was at university, I wrote the dullest paper ever. It was called "Obstacles to trade union development in the hotel and...
AA names pubs of the year
29-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees Gareth and Helen Pugh are celebrating after their pub - the Trout at Tadpole Bridge in Faringdon, Oxfordshire - was named AA Pub of the...
28-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Pub operator Marston's is teaming up with Travelodge, the budget hotel operator, to co-locate pub restaurants alongside hotels. Marston's will...
'Luminar targets 'divorced, single and dumped' market'
15-Sep-2009
If you are single, solvent and looking for love, then Stephen Thomas has a tip: go to one of his clubs. The chief executive of Luminar, the country's...
Whitbread pubs take market share
07-Sep-2009
Whitbread's pub restaurant operations have grown their share of the market despite the highly competitive trading environment, as the company...
'£100m tax blow for small firms'
21-Aug-2009 By James Wilmore
A £100 million tax bombshell threatens to put thousands of Britain's smallest firms out of business, the Tories claimed last night. Up to 100,000...
13-Aug-2009 By Tony Halstead
A pair of former Wetherspoon managers, who rescued two Enterprise Inns pubs from oblivion last year, are set for a third opening in October. Hosts...
08-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
A Kiwi chef has added a third pub to his group of Norfolk inns. Chris Coubrough, owner of Flying Kiwi Inns, has taken on a private lease at the...
Wetherspoons to open six new pubs in July
01-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
JD Wetherspoon has purchased six new sites, all former pubs and all set to open in July. The sites, which were bought for an undisclosed sum, include...
Whitbread's value for money strategy pays off, up to a point
16-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread's focus on value for money deals to attract customers to its pub restaurants has boosted footfall but at the cost of like-for-like sales,...
Thwaites considers offers on London hotel
02-Jun-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Daniel Thwaites has responded to reports that it has put its five star central London hotel, the Stafford on the market for £80m by confirming it...
Adding value with wi-fi
30-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
While it may not be to the more traditional pub-goer's taste, the technological age is finally catching up with Ye Olde Englishe Pubbe, with more...
22-May-2009 By Peter Coulson
Peter Coulson considers the review of the Licensing Act.
06-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Barnsley House Hotel group, which operates the Village and Catherine Wheel pubs, has gone into administration.
Whitbread: The double act
09-Apr-2009
PATRICK DEMPSEY is a fan of pubs. "There's a great pub in my village - a Greene King lease, in fact - they've got the offer, the service and the...
02-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
20-Mar-2009 By Claire Elliott
The owners of the Michelin-starred pub the Star Inn in Harome, North Yorkshire, have taken over the nearby Pheasant hotel.
Eat Your Heart Out collapses with debts of £700k
20-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
Eat Your Heart Out (EYHO), the Reading-based multiple pub operator, has gone into liquidation with debts of more than £700,000.The company, which...
26-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Just three out of eight pubs were sold at an auction in London last week, with the organiser saying this is one of the most challenging markets he...
11-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Now is the perfect time for licensees to improve their share of the lodging sector — that's according to licensed property agents Christie + Co.
Hospitality 09 means business
10-Dec-2008
In tough times, a little help and advice from the experts is always useful.From food to finance, pubs can pick up business-building advice from...
Miller's opens third site
06-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
Miller's Collection, the operator of top-end gastropubs, has opened its third site, the Queen's Arms at East Garston, Berkshire. The company's pubs...
14-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread appears to be bucking the current trend of decline with sales at its pub restaurant division up by 6.4% for the first half year.
We will survive - in spite of the smoking ban
20-Sep-2008
There's stormy weather ahead for many in the pub game, but community pubs are having an especially tough time of it. Between them, the credit crunch...
Pig rearing pub picks up AA award
05-Sep-2008 By James Wilmore
A Somerset village pub, which rears its own pigs, has been named England Pub of the Year at this year's AA Centenary Awards. Rupert and Victoria...
Whitbread's pubs perform well, despite downturn
04-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread said revising its brand formats helped push sales across its pub restaurant division up 4.4 per cent in the 24 weeks to August 14, 2008.The...
Drop in tourists hits pubs
18-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs suffering from the 'perfect storm' conspiring against them have been dealt another major blow. Figures released by the Office for National...
Scope for letting rooms at your pub?
18-Aug-2008
MORE AND more pubs are rushing into opening or improving letting rooms - could it be an option for you?Marston's Inns & Taverns announced...
Lindisfarne inn: refurbed & ready
17-Jul-2008
A new north-east pub company has opened its second site in just over a year after a £1.65m refurbishment. Leisure group Lindisfarne Inns has...
Boulter buys his 2nd Devon pub
17-Jul-2008
A licensee is rolling out a novel grill concept — where dishes are brought to the table on volcanic rocks, cooked to customers' tastes — to his...
Newspaper is produced in honour of pub
15-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Regulars enjoy the banter at their pub so much that they have started putting it in print. Quarterly publication The Harrowing Times, was set up in...
15-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Question marks hang over Dawnay Day's 29.44% stake in Premium Bars and Restaurants after administrators were called to restructure some of its businesses.
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...
Equipment: Dishwasher lops 1k off yearly energy bill
10-Jul-2008
FOR A food-led business, squeaky clean plates are something of a priority. So, when Peach Pub Company took over the Embankment Hotel in Bedford...
Coors and the art of museum maintenance
03-Jul-2008
What's in a name? Not, unfortunately, a sense of history and heritage when it comes to Burton's former Bass Museum
