19-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Herald Inns & Bars, the high street bar and nightclub operator owned by Trevor Hemmings and HBoS, is to open suburban food-led pubs in a major...
Energy Efficiency: A cool way to save energy
13-Mar-2007
DESPITE COMPETITION from everything from binge drinking to smoking, energy costs have managed to muscle their way high on the news pages of The...
The positive spirit of private equity sector
08-Mar-2007
Senior business journalist Will Hutton could be heard on Radio Four the other week complaining about the increasingly visible role of private equity...
JDW takes on the supermarkets with chilled investment
02-Mar-2007
JD Wetherspoon is combating the rise of the supermarkets by investing in chilled beer across its 662-strong estate.Up to £20m has been invested to...
Ultimate Leisure sees operating profits fall 68 per cent
26-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Late night operator Ultimate Leisure says its site investment programme is boosting second half sales after the group reported operating profits down...
08-Feb-2007
Admiral Taverns, the privately-owned tenanted pub company that runs 1,700 pubs, will have invested about £20m on capital schemes in its estate by...
Select financial service targets retirees
14-Dec-2006 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
GA-Select has launched a new division to offer financial advice to licensees facing the twilight years. Select Investments is de-signed to provide...
Orchid groups pubs in seven segments
14-Dec-2006 By The PMA Team
The Orchid Group, the managed operator backed by private equity firm GI Partners, is to divide its estate into seven major segments. The company,...
Keeping the faith in buy-to-let pubs
29-Nov-2006
One could be forgiven for assuming that the failure of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (L&ES) which, I believe, precipitated the collapse of...
Profit from a 250k face-lift
23-Nov-2006 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
Union Pub Company (UPC), Wolves' tenanted arm, is looking for the right licensee for a Rotherham, South Yorkshire, pub undergoing a £250,000 revamp....
All-round entertainment
23-Nov-2006
Jo Grobel kicks off our new technology series with a look at how one licensee is making more money after investing in an entertainment system What...
Comment - Is this the end of the road?
12-Nov-2006
What a difference a couple of years make. Until comparatively recently pubs and hotels were deemed unsuitable as investment vehicles. Chef &...
MyShout
09-Nov-2006
A lesson to be learned from two tragedies: always ask an expert before you invest, says Barry Gilham So Provence has gone the same way as London...
Camra trust to fund micro-breweries
02-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
The Camra Investment Club (CIC) is looking at setting up a £10m venture-capital trust (VCT) to fund the expansion of micro-brewers, the MA has...
Clearing out clutter helps attract buyers
05-Oct-2006 By Lucy Britner
Licensees with badly-kept living accommodation could be missing out on sales, according to agent Rachael Peacock from The Bar Agency. First time...
29-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
CAMRA investment club sees big boost in brewers stocks.
Wolves still in the hunt
27-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
Despite missing out on a number of recent pub deals Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) said it would continue to "target further...
BCI plans to launch new EIS scheme
22-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
British Country Inns (BCI), established by industry veterans Tim Udell and Peter Mathews, expects to launch a second Enterprise Investment Scheme...
M&B estate valued at £5.5bn
31-Aug-2006
Rising property prices have pushed the value of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) estate to more than £5.5bn.The UK's biggest managed pub group,...
06-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Brewer Daniel Thwaites has reported a decline in pre-tax profit after record regulatory costs in the year to 31 March 2006. The brewer saw pre-tax...
Strong perfomance drives record growth at Greene King
04-Jul-2006
Stronger trading across all its divisions has driven full-year growth at Greene King.Reporting results for the year to the end of April, the Suffolk...
26-May-2006
Wolverhampton and Dudley says it will spend a total of £20million preparing its pubs for the smoke ban
15-May-2006 By The PMA Team
Tattershall Castle Group, the company that bought 178 high street sites from Sprit last August, has sold 18 leased sites to a new entrant, Free...
M&B: Buyout proposal undervalues company
04-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
M&B says Tchenguiz' 550pence a share proposal 'undervalues' the business.
Bid activity to increase City analyst predicts
30-Mar-2006 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns, Hardys & Hansons and Young's are the obvious possible bid targets as sector consolidation gathers pace, a City analyst has claimed....
23-Mar-2006 By Mark Stretton
Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub business, has reported, as part of a trading update, a 0.6% like-for-like sales decrease in its core business....
09-Feb-2006 By The PMA Team
Entrepreneur Michael Cannon has made great strides at Eldridge Pope
New ceo reveals
06-Oct-2005
Ultimate investment strategy Unbroken years of success at Ultimate Leisure came to an end this year and, in a shareholder revolt, Mark Jones, former...
Turnover takes a tumble
04-Aug-2005
Newcomers to the trade are investing to accumulate far more than their more experienced counterparts as licensees struggle to halt sliding turnover...
H&W shifts into growth
23-Jun-2005
Dorset-based Hall & Woodhouse sold its soft drinks brands at the start of the year. The move means it can focus on expanding its tenanted...
Enterprise profits jump as expansion pays off
17-May-2005
Profits at Enterprise Inns have leapt as Britain's biggest pub operator reaps the benefits of investment in the quality of its estate. The leased and...
Toad conversion by October: EP
28-Apr-2005
by The PMA Team Eldridge Pope, now called EP and owned by serial entrepreneur Michael Cannon's SDA Limited, will have converted its Toad high-street...
Government to call time on pubs for pensions
30-Nov-2004
The Government is soon to restrict the amount of money private individuals can raise for commercial investment against their pension stopping a...
Noble House becomes Pioneer Pub Company
09-Sep-2004
by The PMA Team Noble House, the pub operator led by Robert Breare, is to re-name its pub operation Pioneer Pub Company as it seeks to off-load the...
Brain's invesments fuel profit
25-Mar-2004
Cardiff-based brewer and retailer SA Brain has boosted underlying profits by 21% to £7.2m with turnover up 13.5% to £96m The company increased...
Give and you shall receive:
04-Mar-2004
savings The SLV is more than just a charity, its membership offers a range of fringe benefits that make smart business sense, says president Paul...
Growth Leasefor up to 700
13-Nov-2003
Pubmaster inns by The PMA Team Punch hopes to convert as many as 700 of the 3,127 Pubmaster pubs it bought this week to its Growth Lease. The company...
Sale to Punch means some personnel need never work again
13-Nov-2003
Pubmaster staff set to share in £37m windfall by The PMA Team A total of 150 staff at Pubmaster 60% of the HQ workforce in Hartlepool are to...
Greene King faces protest over closure of two Bedfordshire pubs
26-Aug-2003
Greene King Pub Partners has been forced to defend itself against accusations that it is failing to invest in its pub estate.The leased pub division...
S&N Retail sets out on £38m spending spree
14-Aug-2003
by David Castle It's business as usual for Scottish & Newcastle Retail, which has announced plans to invest more than £38m over the next year to...
Pubs to invest in the kitchen
12-Aug-2003
Pub food is more important for licensees than ever before, with nearly half planning to invest in their kitchens in the next year.According to the...
Punch to help out tenants with rent concessions
02-May-2003
Punch Pub Company has announced that it is to grant 256 of its tenants rent concessions.The 4,500-strong pub company is giving the concessions to a...
Walsh launches £40m venture fund
11-Apr-2003
Pub entrepreneur Jim Walsh has established an investment company with a fund of up to £40m for new ventures.The Commer Investment Fund has already...
InnSpired energy stance defended
12-Dec-2002
by Richard Matthews A pub company has been accused of only being interested in making money for itself and not achieving savings for its tenants. An...
Analyst calls for 6C and Anheuser to break up S&N
11-Sep-2002
A top analyst from WestLB Panmure has called for Scottish & Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, to be broken up through a hostile...
Georgica invests in cash-starved clubs and bars
10-Aug-2001
The new owner of Allied Leisure and European Leisure's bars is investing in its existing outlets before looking for new venues.Georgica, which bought...
Fuller's profits soar from traditional ales and pubs
01-Jun-2001
Fuller's is continuing to drive up profits by investing in modern hotels and bars alongside traditional pubs and real ale.Volumes of its beers, such...
Stakeholder pensions
09-May-2001
Q I am the owner of a large pub with 10 employees. I have heard that stakeholder pensions have now been introduced and that I should provide one for...
