Thwaites to ramp up pub investment
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer, could double the number of investment schemes across its tenanted pub estate in the coming months. Richard...
Operators in top employers' list
11-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Inventive Leisure, Botanic Inns, Orchid Group and Punch have been named among the UK's best companies to work for by The Sunday Times.
Trade group formed to give licensees a voice
11-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A group of licensees has created a new trade body to speak for the trade and attempt to combat negative perceptions about pubs. The Society of...
Pubs voted into Toptable 100
08-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Three pubs and bars have been voted into the top 100 restaurants on booking website Toptable.
04-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Enterprise Inns has made another £1.5m at an auction in Wales, selling four out of the six pubs it put up for auction.
04-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Lesley Foottit looks at ways to ensure the presentation of your pub's menu delivers the right impression. Adding personality Individual Inns'...
Pub manager sacked for 'no travelers' sign
28-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The manager of a tenanted pub in Cambridge has been sacked for displaying a 'no travelers' sign.
24-Feb-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Daniel Thwaites plans to open an estate of up to 20 new coaching inns and character hotels under a new brand within the next five years.
24-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
One in 50 people have played poker in a pub or club in the past year — with young men the most active players. That's according to a Gambling...
22-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
A council has launched a "landmark" fast-track, low-cost system to let isolated rural pubs advertise themselves on signs by main roads. South...
Shaftesbury to acquire £10.25m Enterprise package
21-Feb-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Shaftesbury, the London property company is set to announce this week a £10.25m sale and leaseback deal with Enterprise Inns for five pubs.
Green Jack Inns buys its third pub
11-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Lowestoft brewer and pub company Green Jack Inns has bought its third pub for an undisclosed sum. Agent Christie + Co sold the pub for an unnamed...
09-Feb-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Marston's plans to roll out different pub concepts under its Retail Agreement, which sees licensees paid 20% of the pub's turnover, to focus on...
08-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The pub at the centre of a spat between Greg Mulholland MP and Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has changed hands again. A new licensee...
08-Feb-2011 By Tony Halstead
As Tony Halstead finds, the turnover derived from staying, and paying, guests at pubs with accommodation can often overtake wet sales.
04-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
A pub operated by Salisbury Pubs has been named by Les Routiers as Gastro Pub of the Year.
03-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
The five major managed pub operators are competing for the lion's share of the eating-out market by acquiring quality managed pubs, says The PMA Team.
25-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is buying a hotel with 18 bedrooms in the Welsh town of Ruthin, which has a population of just over 5,000. Observers claim this is...
21-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
MP Greg Mulholland has challenged Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen over the rent and drinks discounts at the Black Horse in Otley.
20-Jan-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Enterprise Inns and Admiral Taverns will be auctioning 27 of their pubs in Wales, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. Out of a total 30 freehold pubs...
14-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
Award winning multiple operator TLC Inns has secured funding to add a fifth pub to his estate in early 2011. TLC, founded and run by Steve Haslam,...
12-Jan-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Cheryl Hickman tells Gurjit Degun how local sourcing, smiling staff and updating bedrooms help them stay ahead at the Olde Bull Inn.
10-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Managed pub chain Mitchells & Butlers has launched an iPhone app that will show the location of the nearest Vintage Inns restaurant.
10-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
Brewer and pub operator Young's is to launch a new hotel next week following a £2.7m investment.
16-Dec-2010 By Becky Paskin, Restaurant
Hospitality businesses are expected to suffer over the next few weeks, as a second wave of freezing weather hits the UK in the run-up to Christmas....
Snow 'n' ice dents Whitbread's fortunes
14-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
'Value' meal deals are continuing to drive customers into Whitbread's pub restaurants, the group said today, but it warned recent bad weather had...
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
TV chef Tim Bilton has gone into partnership with his head chef to take on another West Yorkshire pub. Bilton, owner of the Butchers Arms at...
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The UK's big freeze has brought mixed fortunes to the pub trade as rural pubs suffer and city pubs do a roaring trade. Michael Kheng, of...
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Stafford based Lewis Partnership, headed by a former BII Licensee of the Year, has taken on a fifth pub. Private leasehold the Dog and Doublet...
Ian Payne quits as Town & City/Bay Restaurant chairman
30-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ian Payne has resigned as chairman of the Town & City Pub Company and Bay Restaurant Group with immediate effect. Payne, who according to a...
25-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
23-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is planning to open "at least" 50 new-build pubs a year in the coming years.
18-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Richard Phillips is opening a pub in Whitstable, Kent — the Pearson's Arms — on 1 December.
Enterprise Inns sees annual profits fall 16 per cent
16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns, the UK's second largest pubco, said today the business was in a "sound position" to deliver returns to shareholders, despite...
12-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Steve Haslam, founder of TLC Inns, was crowned Best Individual at last week's MA200 Awards for the best independent multiple retailers. Haslam...
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.
04-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
A pub company boss-turned-MP, who has experience of running tied pubs, has been appointed to the new-look BISC.
02-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Award winning licensees in the Good Pub Guide 2011 have criticised the guide's decision to introduce charges for the book's main entries. The 2012...
Enterprise Inns teams up with Carbon Trust
01-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is hoping to help its tenants slash energy bills by up to 30% through a new link-up with the Carbon Trust. The pubco is to pilot a...
13-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Private equity firm LGV Capital, the original backers of Enterprise Inns, has backed a management buy-out of Amber Taverns. LGV has backed the...
Punch Taverns rolls out new West Coast chain
11-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' managed pub business has finally - and officially - unveiled its new retail concept, called West Coast Grill & Bar. Flagged by...
07-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit and Jo Bruce
As the Good Pub Guide 2011 editor criticises hikes on pints, Lesley Foottit and Jo Bruce highlight the good work of the award winners. Licensees who...
24-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A pub-sector analyst has argued that saturation of the eating-out market will block the expansion of tenanted pubs into this part of the market....
16-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Capital Pub Company has reported "strong" trading in London as it delivered a 16% sales increase on last year for the first 22 weeks of the financial...
Capital Pub Co given lift by the 'London factor'
16-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Buoyant trading conditions in London have helped Capital Pub Company (CPC) boost total sales for the first 22 weeks of its current financial year by...
Enterprise Inns could step up disposals programme
13-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Enterprise Inns, the leased and tenanted pub company, has reportedly stepped up plans for a larger disposal programme by selling increased tranches...
Mulholland: Lees-Jones 'attack' is 'silly'
10-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland has branded William Lees-Jones' "attack" on MPs as "silly and unhelpful". The JW Lees chief executive yesterday mounted a...
Good Food Guide praises pubs
08-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Licensees are celebrating after taking top accolades in the latest edition of The Good Food Guide, which launched today. Jason King of the Wellington...
Whitbread sees its pub restaurant revenues rise
07-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Whitbread dipped today despite the City warming to a positive trading update from the hotels to pub restaurant group. In a trading update...
02-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Marston's, the brewer and pub operator, has poached a senior operator from Pizza Hut UK to join its 500-strong managed pub arm as operations...
