Late-2000S Recession

Pub trade slams Public Health England's 'inappropriate' statistics

02-Apr-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Industry figures have criticised Public Health England’s “inappropriate” use of statistics and called for the Government agency to start engaging with the alcohol industry.

ALMR boosted by membership rise

25-Jul-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) turned around a pre-tax loss of £11,918 in 2009 to record a £6,494 surplus last year.

Adapting to changing drinks market

19-Apr-2011 By Tony Halstead

What strategies are operators adopting to survive pre-loading, the recession and the shift to more Saturday night trade? Tony Halstead reports.

Drop in alcohol related deaths

27-Jan-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Alcohol related deaths in the UK have dropped, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The rate in 2009 dropped to 8.4...

Many recruits to pub sector lack necessary skills

07-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ

The UK's pub and restaurant sectors are experiencing a 'talent hole', despite the recession making it easier for companies to hire and retain staff,...

4. Ted Tuppen, chief executive, Enterprise Inns

27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead

The Morning Advertiser's top 50 most influential people in the pub industry.

A shift in focus

17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ

Ask any operator for a 'shopping list' of what is necessary to run a good pub and having well-trained, qualified staff is bound to feature. But...

Over 700 Wetherspoons open at 7am for breakfast

28-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Over 700 JD Wetherspoon pubs opened at 7am this morning for the first time as it looks to ramp up its breakfast offer.

Shortening the road to recovery

08-Mar-2010

The past 24 months have truly tested the resilience of the licensed trade. Major dislocations in financial markets across the globe have had a...

Callaghan buys five Yesteryear sites

23-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team

The former owner of Wigan-based Yesteryear Pub Company, is understood to have bought five of the ten sites that went in to administration.

Beer sales slump starts to slow

28-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

As the UK starts to emerge from recession, beer sales are also showing slow signs of recovery, according to new figures. The British Beer & Pub...

BBPA questions CAMRA's claims on cost of a pint

24-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has argued a probe of the beer tie will be an "unwelcome and unnecessary distraction" during a critical...

Eating out spend falls

15-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce

The recession has prompted the first decline in the eating-out market for 40 years. The report, Eating Out in the UK 2009, produced by industry...

Smoking out the truth on the ban - two years on

25-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore

In just over a year from now, the government is due to release a three-year review of the smoking ban. For the first time, the full impact the ban...

UK economic recovery unlikely before 2010

15-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ

The UK economy may be stabilising, but according to industry body the CBI it will not show real signs of recovery until next year.The organisation...

Jonathan Webster

28-May-2009 By The PMA Team

Jonathan Webster managing director, Greene King (GK) destination pubs (34) Jonathan Lawson managing director, GK local pubs (34), Mark Derry managing...

Heineken volumes boosted by S&N deal

22-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

Heineken has reported a 12% increase in beer volumes in the first three months of 2009 thanks to the the acquisition of Scottish & Newcastle...

Trade leader calls on pubs to target holidaymakers

21-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

A trade leader has urged pubs to become more family-friendly to cash in on people staying in the UK for their holidays this year. Tony Payne,...

FSB wants mediator to spark bank lending

17-Apr-2009 By William Rowland

A mediator would go a long way to repairing relations be between banks and small businesses, according to trade chiefs. In a recent poll over 70% of...

Gov denies plans to drop alcohol code

23-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

The Government has denied that it is about to dump a raft of new laws, including the mandatory code on alcohol, to ease the burden on struggling...

151% more pubs go bust over Christmas

02-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

The number of pubs going bust in the fourth quarter of 2008 rose a massive 151% on last year as the economic downturn hit and people began to stay at...

Marston's pub profits down six per cent

23-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ

Midlands brewer Marston's is the latest to highlight the impact of the recession on the pub sector, reporting profits across its tenanted and leased...

Credit crunch is a Christmas party-pooper

16-Dec-2008

Britain's £9bn Christmas party market has been brought to its knees by the credit crunch and bankers' reluctance to be seen celebrating in the wake...

'Licensing minister warns government over pub closures'

30-Nov-2008

"The rapid decline of British pubs will accelerate unless the government does more to support them, the minister in charge of licensing has warned....

Recession: how was it for you last time?

07-Nov-2008 By Penny Barratt

Have we seen it all before? Or is this period of economic challenge distinctly different from the dark days of the 1990s?