Price

Scottish licensing regime to impact drink pricing?

03-Apr-2007

Scotland's new Licensing Act - already set to end happy hours - could ban discounted drink prices. Specialist lawyers argue that in future key...

Chris Maclean: the price is all right

05-Mar-2007 By Chris Maclean

So yesterday I put my prices up. I did it in my usual cowardly way.Having decided what the price shall now be, and taking into account all sorts of...

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...

Bristol bar calls for apology from Wetherspoon

07-Dec-2006

A Bristol bar which claims a rival Wetherspoon pub has published false pricing and serve temperature comparisons on window posters is demanding an...

THE AGENTS

30-Nov-2006

Timothy Meek Agency Director James A Baker At any one time, the number of freehold pub sites on the market with development potential has never been...

Clark's loyalty club supports freetrade

12-Oct-2006 By Rosie Davenport

Matthew Clark is making a determined drive into the freetrade with a new loyalty club aimed at giving pubs keener prices and more business support....

Five Mile House is top pub

28-Sep-2006

A Gloucestershire pub has been named pub of the year in the 25th Anniversary edition of The Good Pub Guide 2007. The Five Mile House in Duntisbourne...

Customers profit from online services

28-Sep-2006

A record number of licensees are using barbox.com's "Gross Profit Calculator" to improve profits. Visits to the section have increased fourfold since...

JDW burgers using Northern Irish beef

21-Sep-2006 By Fiona McLelland

Beef sourced from Northern Ireland is the inspiration behind 100% pure beefburgers being served in JD Wetherspoon's pubs. Burgers made with locally-...

Over-valuing 'lowers' prices

31-Aug-2006

Over-valued pubs are a massive problem for the industry, according to agents. GA-Select managing director Graham Allman said that excessive...

InBev: Pubs can afford to charge more for beer

13-Jul-2006 By Lucy Britner

Pubs can afford to charge higher prices for beer and should adopt a more flexible policy, according to Stella Artois brewer InBev. InBev's managing...

Licensees need to be inventive over beer pricing

13-Jul-2006

Licensees need to be more inventive with how they price beer in their pubs, according a senior figure at one of Britain's biggest brewers.Steve...

Sky's the limit

20-Jun-2006

Since news broke of Sky's 13% subscription rise from next season, licensees have been contacting Morning Advertiser in their droves to say they will...

Tattershall Castle pubco off-loads 18 pubs

15-May-2006 By The PMA Team

Tattershall Castle Group, the company that bought 178 high street sites from Sprit last August, has sold 18 leased sites to a new entrant, Free...

Be bold: push up prices

19-Jan-2006

customers are likely to be as receptive to a price rise now as they'll ever be

Average freehold price tops £600,000

24-Nov-2005

The average price of a freehold pub has topped £600,000 for the first time, according to the latest sales statistics from property agent Fleurets.In...

Real ale in favour again at a price

29-Sep-2005

by John Harrington Real ale is 'back in fashion in British pubs but the price at the bar continues to rise at 'dizzying rates. The findings are...

Doing it yourself just doesn't measure up

28-Apr-2005

I am often asked if the industry still needs traditional style stocktakers now that so many licensed businesses have moved over to a full-blown EPoS...

ScotCo calls for a halt to massive price hikes

14-Mar-2005

Scottish Courage has laid down the gauntlet to brewers to be more open with their pricing policies.The brewer has announced a 3.2 per cent increase...

How critical should the trade be of anyone who plays a socia

10-Feb-2005

That's a dilemma for the trade, as well as all the many observers and commentators scrutinising the circuit-bar scene with ahostile eye in these...

DCMS deals variation fee price hike

27-Jan-2005

So, the local authorities have decisively won the argument on fee levels. They have persuaded the Government to boost their income direct from the...

New Year, new broom

27-Jan-2005

With the Christmas season over, January is often a time for reflection, resolution and literally, taking stock. Here are a few ideas that may help...

Rents should be cut by up to £25,000 says Bell

20-Jan-2005

by John Harrington The Freedom for Pubs Association (FFPA) has claimed the Trade & Industry Select Committee report into pubco power is a chance...

JD Wetherspoon lags behind high street rivals

19-Jan-2005

Undercut on price and undercut on profit seems a fitting if tough epithet for JD Wetherspoon (JDW) after today's trading update revealed flat...

Calculating yield

09-Dec-2004

QMy stock report shows a yield but I don't really understand what it is. Can you explain how it is calculated? AThe yield percentage displayed on...

Average freehold value hits £540,000

02-Dec-2004

The average value of a freehouse in the UK has topped £500,000 for the first time, according to chartered surveyors Fleurets in its annual survey of...

Trade Talk: Colin Pedrick

01-Dec-2004

Last week The Publican published an investigation into off-trade pricing, which highlighted the amazing discrepancy between on and off-trade pricing...

This price obsession has gone too far

21-Oct-2004

I would not wish, for a moment, to trespass into the areas of comment reserved for the illustrious editor of this newspaper, but I am concerned that...

Wine Focus: Profit and price

23-Sep-2004

In association with:Ben McFarland advises on how to make your wine choices turn into profits.Pubs don't have to invest in rare Bordeaux vintages to...

Tim Martin slams minimum pricing

03-Sep-2004

JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin believes calls for minimum pub pricing schemes will hand more business to supermarkets.Announcing plans for a series...

Luminar supports price curbs as sales slip

06-Jul-2004

Late night operator Luminar has backed calls for compulsory minimum pricing after seeing a sales fall across the past month. Luminar chief executive...

Price problems

21-Apr-2004

With beer prices on the rise once again, licensees are being forced to foot the bill. However, both the brewers and pub companies insist it is not...

Food pricing in the spotlight

01-Apr-2004

New laws have come into force surrounding food pricing in pubs, licensees have been warned.The Price Marking (Food and Drink Services) Order came...

Price gap of drinks is closing'

18-Mar-2004

A survey of drink prices at pubs operated by large companies seems to prove claims that the gap between the cheapest and most expensive has closed in...

Trade chiefs seek OFT ruling on fixed pricing

19-Feb-2004

by Tony Halstead Pub trade bosses will hold talks with the Office of Fair Trading this month to voice their concerns over the increasing number of...

Brewers defend controversial decision to raise prices

23-Jan-2004

Several national brewers have piled pressure on cash-strapped licensees by cranking up prices for some of their leading brands. The decision by major...

FALLOUT OVER PRICE FIXING

30-Jan-2003

By Tony Halstead and Tom Stainer Two leading trade bodies are at loggerheads over the controversial issue of minimum price fixing schemes. The...

High Spirits, low prices

27-Jan-2003

Spirit Group may be discounting beer but it will not sacrifice quality or service. Mark Stretton talks to commercial director Andrew Knight.When...

Agent is cautious after fruitful 2002

21-Jan-2003

Bettesworths, the Devon-based agent, has reported that 2002 was its best year ever for pub sales in its 60-year history.It was involved in over 100...

Pubcos must defeat brewer opportunism

16-Jan-2003

The latest round of wholesale beer price rises comes as a major blow to the bulk of Britain's licensees. With inflation at just over 2%, and most...

With share prices in freefall, people's houses seem like the

19-Dec-2002

Freehold pub property prices seem much more locked into the dull realities of return of capital criteria. So, a pub is still selling for about 1.5...

Disgruntled Punch hosts step up fight

05-Dec-2002

Petitions are being mailed out to pubs as part of a campaign by Punch licensees to force their company to review their trading conditions. Angry...

'Average' pub costs £390,000

28-Nov-2002

Pub values have risen again this year with freehold prices up five per cent, according to the latest annual survey from licensed property agent...

Trade offsets beer sales slump with price rises

07-Sep-2001

The pub industry has survived by continually raising prices against a rapid decline in the volume of beer sold in the on-trade over the past decade,...

How pricing your wine can lead to increased sales

03-Jul-2001

Research has shown that a flexible approach to wine pricing can lead to an increase in sales. Here we look at an innovative new way of retailing a...