26-Jan-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Angela Lewis tells Michelle Perrett about the importance of responding to changes in the market at the Lamb & Flag in Abergavenny.
Elbow Room founder Carter joins Fuller's
14-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Justin Carter, the bar entrepreneur who founded the Elbow Room chain, has taken a senior position within the managed pub arm of Fuller's, the London...
Chameleon reports profits boost
14-Jan-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Multiple operator Chameleon Pub Company has celebrated 10 years in business by unveiling a boost in year-on-year profits. The company, which runs...
R&L Properties pubs go into administration
12-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Deloitte, the accountancy firm, has been appointed administrator to 207 pubs previously owned by Robert Tchenguiz's R20 property group. The pubs, all...
11-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Charles Wells Pub Company has deferred rent payments for eight pubs that suffered badly during the recent snow. Managing director Anthony Wallis...
John Hutson clocks up 20 years with 'spoons
07-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson has celebrated his 20th anniversary with the company. Hutson kicked off his career with the managed pub...
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson is celebrating 20 years with the company as the longest serving employee, aside from chairman Tim Martin....
04-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
Bedfordshire-based Charles Wells Pub Company has appointed Craig Mayes to the board as operations director. The 30-year-old took up his position on...
22-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
More than 90 Punch lessees have contributed their ideas for building Christmas trade to a guide to be distributed at 2,500 Yorkshire pubs. The ideas...
Foxman Pubs opens its first site
20-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
A new pub company Foxman Pubs is hoping to open six freeholds as it takes advantage of distressed conditions. The company has already opened the...
16-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Winners of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers Operations Managers Awards were announced at the ALMR's Christmas Luncheon today.
06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Two members of the MA-200 club — Grand Union and Amber Taverns — have been listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list. The list is made up...
03-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
A Brighton pub company boss has devised a plan for a licensee-led scheme to stave off the threat of the late night levy.
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has announced a reshuffle of its management team with Derek Andrew deciding to step down after 30 years with the company.
Marston's announces senior executive changes
02-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Marston's, the Midlands brewer and pub operator, announced today a slimmed down executive board from October next year - from five to three personnel...
30-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
London pub company ETM Group, run by brothers Tom and Ed Martin, has appointed a new recruitment, training and staff development manager. Yvonne...
Pubco BDMs to get trained in 'negotiation' and 'persuasion' skills
25-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
Pubco business development managers will get trained in 'negotiation and persuasion skills' and 'communication' as part of a new BII qualification....
23-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns has joined up with the BII to provide a new qualification for its business relationship managers (BRMs) to help improve support for...
Minimum price bylaw details revealed
22-Nov-2010
A bid to bring in minimum pricing on alcohol across Greater Manchester, using a bylaw, has moved a step closer as detailed plans have been published....
Peter Brook leaves Admiral Taverns
18-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Peter Brook has left Admiral Taverns after two years overseeing the pubco's 'Phoenix' division of around 700 under-performing sites. A statement...
16-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Punch has made an approved list of 14 trade experts to help lessees and tenants handle their finances. The company has vetted experts from local and...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Many pubs will suffer as a result of poor planning ahead of the VAT rise in January — that's the warning from one trade business mentor. David...
Property body backs plans to simplify planning rules
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
The British Property Federation (BPF) has given the thumbs-up to government plans to simplify development consents for businesses. The BPF said it...
Below-cost ban delayed until May 2012
08-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
A ban on below-cost sales of alcohol has been delayed until May 2012 - and will now only be introduced "if necessary". The Home Office has today...
08-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
A ban on the below cost sale of alcohol could come into effect by May 2012, the Government has said. In its Business Plan for 2011-15, the Home...
01-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs are being urged to carry out a full business review of how the cuts in public spending will affect them. Baker Tilly Recovery and...
01-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
West Country Pub Co Flatcappers, headed by Alex Reilley and ex-Bibendum general manager Pierre Woodford, has opened its third pub.
S&NPC drops 200 pubs as part of restructure
27-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) has confirmed it has pulled out of the management of 200 pubs, mainly in Scotland. In a statement...
27-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company has given up the management contract on 207 pubs, mostly located in Scotland.
15-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Pub management firm County Estate Management, the company led by Clive Rayden, has gone into administration in the wake of the collapse of Pubfolio. County Estate Management was left running just 135 pubs after Pubfolio's demise.
14-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Morning Advertiser editor The PMA Team asks how the tragic death of Enterprise licensee Paul Lee was allowed to happen.
14-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Stonegate Pub Company has dismissed rumours that the company has poached Wetherspoon executives Paul Harbottle and Keith Down.
Jobs under threat in S&N Pub Co restructuring
08-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Up to 50 jobs could be lost at Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) if proposals by Heineken UK to restructure the business get the...
07-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Heineken UK is to merge its S&NPC pub management division with its on-trade beer division in a move that is likely to mean 50 job losses.
Greene King ups BDM training
06-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The vast majority of Greene King licensees have urged the company to invest in extra training for business development managers (BDMs). As part of a...
Fury at Edinburgh pub toilet plan
06-Oct-2010
A bid by a council to persuade pubs to allow their facilities to be used as public toilets has left Edinburgh licensees aghast. The city authority...
04-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Greene King has completed the first stage of its Code of Practice training for BDMs, following feedback from tenants. The Leading the Way programme...
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Two tenanted pub companies, Pubfolio and the smaller Goldtry, have gone into administration. The companies own 253 primarily freehold pub...
30-Sep-2010 By Sonya Hook
Harrogate Spring Water has revealed plans to "significantly grow" the on-trade side of its business. According to the company, independent research...
Top ops managers shortlisted
30-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Twenty of the top operations managers in the country are set to battle it out for a prestigious industry title. The workers, representing 11...
28-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The leading seminar and think-tank for business leaders from the UK eating-out market is back this autumn, with an unrivalled line-up of speakers....
27-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Twenty finalists across 11 pub companies have been revealed for the 2010 Operations Managers Awards. The awards, organised by the Association of...
24-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A foundation week and development planning day are included in the new training programme for incoming tenants and lessees.
Tips to get to grips with licensing reform
17-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry leaders and a training company have teamed-up to help pub bosses get to grips with the government's plans for licensing reform. CPL...
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A top line-up of speakers has been unveiled for the November meeting of the MA200 club for managed multiple retailers. The event, on Wednesday, 3...
15-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
London pub operator Drake & Morgan has promoted Taskin Muzaffer to operations manager. Muzaffer will oversee day-to-day operations across the...
09-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Ian Dyson arrived at Punch Taverns this week to take over as chief executive. The PMA Team looks at the challenges facing the company.
07-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
There is just one day left for licensees to have their say on the Government's licensing overhaul plan. Proposals in the licensing shake-up...
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
One of Northumberland's oldest pubs has been re-opened by expanding north-east multiple operator, Principle Leisure Group (PLG).
20-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
The BII has announced that four senior members of staff have left the organisation as part of a cost-cutting move and to give BII a "fresh focus".
