Peter Linacre

Half of pubs to close? What a massive claim

22-Jan-2009 By Stephen Oliver

As a rule, we industry commentators try to avoid "blue-on-blue" — there's enough of that going on in the 99p trading wars at the moment....

MyShout

06-Mar-2008

Being a good businessman means dealing with failure as well as success, says Peter Linacre I am sure we all have our own personal soundtracks to our...

MyShout

19-Jul-2007

No patterns have yet emerged but Peter Linacre is already hailing the smoke ban a success It might not be quite the equivalent of "Where were you...

MyShout

07-Dec-2006

It's about time we fought our corner before alcohol becomes a dirty word says Peter Linacre I have a proposal. Let's go out and hire the best...

My Shout

27-Oct-2005 By Peter Linacre

It's time for British pubs to regain their star roles in TV ads for beer, says Peter Linacre When I was a boy, a lifetime ago, my early memories of...

Smoking ban opens door

13-Oct-2005

to boom in food: Linacre by Natalie Cooper As many as 25,000 pubs at the bottom end of the tenanted market could be wiped out when the inevitable...

Pubco held responsible for manager's 'tipping'

03-Feb-2005

Massive chief Peter Linacre has hit out at a law that left his pubco culpable for the behaviour of one of his managers.The 35-strong pub company was...