Macroeconomics

Record consumer spend

BBPA welcomes pub spend boost but urges against complacency

08-Nov-2016 By Helen Gilbert

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed new figures showing an increase in pub spending but warned that there is "no room for complacency". 

UK eating out market in growth

18-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The UK’s eating out sector is forecast to grow 3% in value over the next 12 months to £82.5bn.

Mitchells & Butlers predicts growth in food and big pub brands

26-Nov-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food remains the primary route to sustainable growth in the hospitality sector.

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...

Mumm champagne loses its sparkle

02-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

Sales of Mumm champagne, Pernod Ricard's leading brand of bubbly, appear to have fallen victim to the global economic downturn. The drinks giant...

WSTA urges duty cut on wine and spirits

10-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney

The WSTA is urging the Treasury to cut duty rates on wine and spirits when it restores VAT to 17.5% at the end of the year.

Suburban Style Bars goes into administration

09-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ

Bradford-headquartered Suburban Style Bars (SSB) is currently on the market after going into administration. The business, formerly owned by Andy...

Young's performing resiliently

20-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney

London-based pub operator and brewer Young's put in a "resilient in increasingly challenging economic environment" for the half year to 27 September....

Marston's ramps up tenant training

10-Jan-2008

Marston's Pub Company (MPC) is ramping up training provision to help tenants and lessees prepare for the expected slowdown in consumer spending this...

Marston's ramps up tenant training

09-Jan-2008

Marston's Pub Company is ramping up training provision to help tenants prepare for a tough year

Stephen Taylor: 'it's a buyers' market'

25-Oct-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the residential property boom of the last 10 years has left the housing market extremely...

Consumer spending slowdown in run-up to Christmas

25-Nov-2004

High street operators could be in for a tough ride this Christmas as a cocktail of gloomy economic factors dampens their spirits.With research among...