Money

Capital Pub Co scraps final dividend

30-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ

Capital Pub Company (CPC), the London-based operator, has scotched plans to pay its shareholders a dividend this year so as to pay down debt, which...

Buying-out fines taken back by host

25-Jun-2009 By John Harrington

An Enterprise Inns lessee has clawed back nearly £4,000 in fines for buying out after her bank agreed the money was taken without authorisation.

Scam artists targeting pubs with letting rooms

16-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Pubs with rooms to let are being warned to be on guard against a scam that could cost them thousands of pounds. Craig Henry, tenant at Fuller's pub...

Punch Taverns to raise £350m via rights issue

15-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns has announced a proposed £350m rights issue, aiming to use the funds to help pay down debt.Precise details of the rights issue, which...

There's money to lend - but reality bites

26-May-2009

Six months is a long time these days in whatever sector of the UK economy you happen to work. It's certainly not just the pub, bar and restaurant...

The real cost of late payment

08-May-2009 By Andrew Pring

Taking ever longer to pay suppliers is a short-sighted policy and potentially disastrous for the industry, says Andrew Pring.

Heineken buys Globe Pub Co debt

20-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ

Heineken's purchase of £60m-worth of bonds held by troubled Globe Pub Company (GPC) - around 30 per cent of its debt - was not part of a takeover...

High profile campaigner forced to close pub

23-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney

High profile lessee rights campaigner Inez Ward has been forced to shut her pub after bailiffs cut off the electricity. Ward, Enterprise licensee at...

Many hosts face big rates hikes

19-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Many licensees face big hikes in rates bills this year as the Government has abolished gradual rates increases. Instead, final payment is being...

Mystery leak leads to £37,000 water bill

04-Mar-2009

An angry licensee is struggling to keep his head above water after being ordered to pay £1,000 a month to cover the cost of a mystery leak. Shannon...

Diageo and Anheuser-Busch criticised over supplier payments

24-Feb-2009 By John Harrington

Diageo and Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch have been criticised for extending the time taken to pay smaller suppliers.

Fund launched to help campaigning licensee

17-Feb-2009

A campaigning licensee has spoken of her gratitude after discovering that a fund has been set up to help her avoid bankruptcy.Inez Ward, founder of...

Pubs at risk from food scam

14-Jan-2009

Pubs have been warned about a scam involving bogus letters claiming to be from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) demanding payments for breaches of...

Spirit boss Tye on a special three-year incentive plan

15-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team

Spirit boss Mike Tye, who joined the company in June as a replacment for Andrew Knight, is on a three-year incentive plan

John Porter: It's bad for you

07-Nov-2008

The other night at dinner, I cracked open a second bottle of wine and poured myself and Mrs P a large glass each. We'd both had long and challenging...