Market

Pubs warned of more price rises after inflation surge

21-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector reached 3.5% in December 2021, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index has revealed.

Food

Using fresh produce in your pub

10-Oct-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Whether sourcing fruit and veg from wholesale markets or distributors or direct from growers, key points for pub chefs or group buyers to consider include: know your produce, buy what’s in season to secure best prices, buy in bulk and, if you can, pay...

Punch celebrates Buying Club milestone with gift to licensee

03-Jul-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A Punch Taverns licensee has won a week’s worth of goods after helping the pubco reach a new online ordering milestone.

Supermarkets and VAT? Pull the other one Mr Martin...

27-Jan-2014 By Steve Finn

Cards on the table; I’m a JD Wetherspoon fan. I like their pubs generally and admire them as a company, they have very much bucked the downward trend of the licensed trade. Every now and again though, Tim Martin pens an article or appears on the radio...

Final Bramwell pubs placed on the market

21-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

The final 67 pubs that were part of the former Bramwell Pub Company estate have been placed on the market with Christie + Co.

Statutory code: More pubs to be sold for alternative use, claims Christie & Co

21-Jun-2013 By John Harrington

Plans to impose a statutory code on large tenanted pub companies could see more pubs put on the market, many marketed for alternative use, said Christie + Co director and national head of pubs Neil Morgan.

BCI 1 set for share sale

11-Jul-2011 By MA Reporter

British Country Inns 1, the first company launched via the Enterprise Investment Scheme, will be placed on the market as a share sale.

JFL calls for independent study of pub sector

10-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Justice for Licensees (JFL) has called for an "immediate" market study of the pub sector carried out by the Competition Commission.

Menu watch: asparagus

14-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Lesley Foottit looks at how pub chefs are making the most of asparagus on their pub's menu. With British asparagus in season for just six weeks, pub...

WSTA reveals conference line-up

02-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Shadow health minister Mike Penning MP has been unveiled as the keynote speaker at the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) Conference later...

Spirit will not match Wetherspoons' 99p pint deal

14-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team

Spirit, the managed division of Punch Taverns, will not respond to the 99p-a-pint offer from JD Wetherspoon, according to boss Mike Tye. The company...

London Town reports losses of £5.2m

01-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

Tenanted pub operator London Town has reported a loss of £5.2m for the six months to 30 June reflecting "difficult trading conditions". The group,...

McManus Pub Co sails off with Estuary Pub Company

06-Jun-2008

McManus Pub Company, the Northampton-based operator has acquired full control of the six-site Estuary Pub Company after buying the outstanding 50 per...

Chris Maclean: Who dares wins

27-May-2008 By Chris Maclean

I am rarely shocked about issues in the licensed trade. But last week a truth dawned on me that caught me by surprise.Things in the pub trade are not...

Luminar sells 26 sites to new company

17-Apr-2008

Luminar has agreed the transfer of 26 units to a new operator, Cavendish Bars.The disposal, which will see Luminar make a net loss on disposal of...

Luminar sells 26 clubs for 19p each

17-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney

Luminar Leisure has sold 26 nightclubs for 19p each to Cavendish Bars. Cavendish has agreed to buy the leaseholds via the sale of five disposal...

Fleurets warns sellers of dip

06-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

In a frank assessment of the market, Fleurets has warned sellers that they will have to expect less for their business this year than in 2007, in...

Brulines enters AWP market

11-May-2007 By The PMA Team

Brulines, the beer dispense monitoring company, has acquired a 66% stake in Coin Metrics for £685,000. Coin Metrics, founded by Richard Adams and...

Mixed news for Wine & Spirit group

21-Mar-2007

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association welcomes spirit duty freeze but says it is shocked by sparkling wine increase

Worst fears over ban not realised

30-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore

There sis no end of speculation surrounding the perceived impact of the smoking ban on the licensed trade in Scotland. Speculation not only...

Ten new nightclubs for Gordeno

06-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team

Former Soho Clubs & Bars chief executive Jeremy Gordeno has bought 10 leasehold nightclubs, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. Gordeno, who has...

Analyst puts M&B in minds of investors

07-Oct-2004

Influential City analyst Geof Collyer has claimed Mitchells & Butlers shares are now worth buying as it applies its muscle in the wake of...

Understanding your market

20-Feb-2003

A pub can no longer assume that the pub is the default choice when it comes to leisure time. For example, it is perfectly plausible for someone to...