Licensees risk £5,000 EPC property fine
08-Jan-2009
Licensees trying to sell their pubs are putting themselves at risk of a fine of up to £5,000 for not having secured an Energy Performance...
06-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Admiral Taverns has appointed industry veteran Peter Brook as managing director of 400 under-performing pubs, which require "additional support"....
S&N hiking prices by 5.74 per cent
05-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) will raise its wholesale beer prices by an average of 5.74 per cent from next month. The company, whose brands...
Row erupts over ALMR remarks on beer tie
11-Dec-2008
A number of pub companies are believed to be reviewing their membership of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) following this...
13-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
A senior tenanted pubco executive is extolling the virtues of turning pubs free-of-tie. Danny Rogers is managing director of County Estate...
Herald Inns closes venues
17-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
The concept had 'lost touch with the market' Herald Inns & Bars, the company headed by Julian Sargeson, has closed six venues. The company is...
Get your pub Ontrack
03-Jul-2008
Marketing consultancy him! has spent most of the past year gathering the views of 5,000 pub customers. The results show exactly how pubs can improve...
Moves
03-Jul-2008
Marcus Bewley joins Marston's Pub Co Marcus Bewley has joined Marston's Pub Company from Spirit Group as drinks promotions manager. The pubco said...
27-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Food supplier Brakes has announced a deal to acquire Woodward Foodservice, subject to Office of Fair Trading approval. Woodward Foodservice has eight...
Facing up to reality in the pub trade
09-Jun-2008
The smoking ban, the credit crunch, poor weather and steeply rising costs are regularly cited as contributing to the pub industry's ills. Whether pub...
Creative solutions offered at Publican event
29-May-2008
Licensees need to create an exceptional experience to justify rising on-trade prices and to win more customers, according to industry leaders. People...
Moves
29-May-2008
Nason adds value to agent GA-Select Well-known trade stalwart Ken Nason has joined pub property firm GA-Select as associate director. Ken has more...
Insurance costs soar due to flood damage
08-May-2008
A licensee devastated by last summer's floods has seen his insurance excess go from £500 to £10,000.Brian Taylor, managing director of...
29-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Jeremy Blood is named managing director of Heineken's UK business
The agent
17-Apr-2008
Graham Allman, managing director, GA Select I have been privileged in being involved with the licensed trade all my working life — it's been an...
Licensees urged to box clever
10-Apr-2008
Screening top boxing matches could prove a money spinner for licensees according to venue finding website citypublife.co.uk. Managing director Perry...
Thwaites names Peter Morris as its new managing director
02-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites has replaced former managing director Brian Hickman with ex-Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE)...
The Agents
13-Mar-2008
Mark Greig Managing director, Paramount Investments When people come to sell their pub, they appoint a property agent and wait for offers to come...
The Publican launches its conference season
13-Mar-2008
'Driving Footfall' kicks off The Publican's conference season for 2008. The one-day event, being held at Jurys Hotel in London's Covent Garden on...
Huw Bement joins former Beam colleagues at Cobra UK
06-Mar-2008
Cobra Beer has announced the appointment of Huw Bement in the newly-created role of On-Trade Channel Controller. Bement is the latest Beam Global...
29-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Magners volumes are estimated to have dropped 28% over the second half of the year to 29 February. Magners producers C&C said the poor summer...
New horizons for Walkers
28-Feb-2008
Walkers has launched an on-pack promotion offering consumers millions of pounds' worth of savings off everything from theme parks to traditional pub...
Positive but cautious
28-Feb-2008
Cask may be in decline, but forecasts suggest it will return to growth in the next few years. Adrian Tierney-Jones reports Since discussions around...
Pubcos promise help amid trade gloom
14-Feb-2008
Pub companies claim they are willing to work with licensees to help steer them through the troubled waters currently washing through the trade.Floods...
Francis Patton joins Milestone as non-exec
12-Feb-2008
Milestone, the accountancy firm used by a large number of pubcos, has appointed ex-Punch Taverns director Francis Patton as a non-executive director....
Property agent calls for realism over pub sales
07-Jan-2008
Mark Greig, managing director of Paramount Investments, a property agency which sells pubs on behalf of clients, has called on industry campaigners...
THE AGENTS
29-Nov-2007
Graham Allman Managing director GA-Select Well, the news is full of stories that would seem to affect the value of the country's pub stock. The...
Going by the book
18-Oct-2007
Learning from the experiences of others is crucial when it comes to raising standards. Steve Hemsley discovers books that continue to inspire...
Herald departure shocks employees
30-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Employees of Herald Inns & Bars were shocked to find out about the departure of their chief executive Kevin Allcock last week after reading about...
Here comes the sun: fine bank holiday weather brings a welcome boost for business
30-Aug-2007
Long overdue bank holiday weekend sunshine gave Britain's pubs a welcome business boost. But licensees have warned that only a sustained spell of...
29-Aug-2007 By Mark Stretton
Julian Sargeson, the former Laurel Pub Company chief executive, is to take the helm at Herald Inns & Bars. He will join the 40-strong managed...
THE AGENTS
23-Aug-2007
Graham Allman Managing director GA-Select Whoever is in government has a strong effect on the trade and value of our businesses and taxation. Summer...
Herald's Allcock joins Ultimate
23-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Kevin Allcock has quit Herald Bars and Inns to join nightclub company Ultimate Leisure as managing director of operations, the Morning Advertiser has learnt
Clubscan meets with ICO
20-Aug-2007
Clubscan, the ID scanner supplier, has met with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to confirm its system is not breaking data protection...
Ultimate acquires Living Room brand
28-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Ultimate Leisure, the north-east nightclub and bar company headed by Mark Jones, has bought the 13-strong Living Room brand from Living Ventures in a...
George Bateman dies
26-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
George Bateman, chairman of the Lincolnshire brewer that bears his name, has died after a long illness. According to a statement from the company he...
Industry urged to help "marginalise" rogues
06-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
Tenants will help put rogue operators out of business if they can encourage their landlords to meet the BII's standards, a pubco boss has argued....
34 Jonathan Webster managing director, Greene King Destination Pubs (new entry) Jonathan Lawson managing director, Greene King Local Pubs (new entry)
31-May-2007
Why they are on the list: Webster and Lawson assumed command of Greene King's two new managed pub divisions following the re-structuring of the...
12 Ian Payne Laurel chairman (14) Paul Symonds Laurel chief executive (new entry)
31-May-2007
Why they are on the list: Payne made a spectacular return to the trade last year when he replaced Chris Hutt as chairman of Laurel - a company he...
Glendola aims to double in five years
26-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
Glendola Leisure, the managed operator of bars, clubs and restaurants, would like to double its £24m-per-year turnover within five years. The...
THE AGENTS
05-Apr-2007
David Morgan managing director, Cookseys DMP The most unfriendly Catch 22 in regard to leasehold values is now cropping up again and again. A large...
THE AGENTS
29-Mar-2007
Stephen Taylor Managing Director, Guy Simmonds The latest significant industry change will, of course, be the smoking ban, which takes effect this...
Greene King boss outlines managed plans
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King's new-look managed pub business is designed to focus the appeal of its pubs and create what chief executive Rooney Anand says is a...
Greene King splits managed pub business
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Jonathan Webster, former boss of Hardys & Hansons, is to assume a managing director role in one of Greene King's new managed pub businesses.In a...
Fawcett departure 'sad loss' for Punch
15-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns chief operating officer Adrian Fawcett is stepping down on 30 March to become CEO at General Healthcare Group, a UK private hospital...
Greene King tenants join online revolution
14-Mar-2007
Greene King tenants are to be given the option to make liquid orders entirely online in what the pubco believes is a first in the industry.It follows...
THE AGENTS
01-Mar-2007
Graham Allman Managing Director, GA-Select My early view of 2007 is that it may turn out to be the busiest business transfer year ever. The first...
THE AGENTS
15-Feb-2007
Rachel Peacock Managing Director The Bar Agency As the weekend approaches, most people have numerous options for their leisure time - I have heard...
Fleurets' new way
01-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Fleurets has promised "a new way of doing business" to accompany a new look for the chartered surveyor. Following its rebranding under the new banner...
THE AGENTS
18-Jan-2007
David Morgan Managing Director Cookseys DMP The market is awash with leasehold public houses. There - I've said it! No platitudes about it "being a...
