Luminar profits likely to fall 80 per cent
12-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Luminar, the nightclub operator, is expected to announce annual pre-tax profits down 80 per cent as fun-loving punters lost their jobs or found other...
25-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The 14-strong Cougar Leisure has reported a pre-tax profit of £237,348 in its first full year to 31 July 2009.
23-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg's deal to supply 750 JD Wetherspoon pubs helped it increase market share in the UK. The Danish brewing giant said that it had "performed...
17-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Devon-based pub company Heavitree has reported a 29.8% drop in turnover for the year to 31 October 2009 following the transfer of its managed pubs to...
05-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Manchester brewer and pub retailer Hydes managed to renegotiate its bank borrowing last year after a cash squeeze caused a covenant breach.
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is set to unveil a range of new lease agreements and support packages in the coming weeks as it seeks to attract new tenants and help...
03-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Operating profit at brewer and pub operator Marston's fell 5.7% to £147.4m for the year to 3 October, reflecting a weaker performance from its...
Marston's reports 13 per cent slide in annual profits
03-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Midlands brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported year pre-tax profits for 2009 more than 13 per cent lower than last year, but said it had...
Anand confirms Greene King's BBPA exit
01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King has no plans to reverse its decision to leave the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the brewer's chief executive...
01-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has reported a "strong performance" with a 2.8% rise in profit before tax to £62.4m for the 24 weeks to 18 October. Revenue was...
M&B reports a robust performance
26-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has reported a "robust" performance in challenging conditions for the year to 26 September. Like-for-like...
Rising costs dent Young's managed pub profits
19-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
The spectre of inflation appears to be returning to the pub sector, with rising electricity prices and soaring rates hitting profits across Young...
19-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
London pub retailer and brewer has reported a "good performance" in the first 26 weeks of its financial year to 26 September. Its managed division...
18-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
Tight financial controls and successful marketing are the key ingredients to running a profitable pub, licensees were told at a trade seminar today....
16-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The Government should drop plans to tax gaming machines on their gross profit until the pubco machine tie is scrapped. That's according to the...
Magners cider sales still sliding
08-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The UK's love affair with Magners cider continued to cool in 2009, with sales of the brand slipping two per cent in the six months to August 31,...
CESA: Back-bar basics
21-Aug-2009
In the current economic climate publicans are looking for new ways to generate extra income. The back bar can be a key element to this - there are...
05-Aug-2009 By M&C Report
Jamie Oliver Holdings saw its profits soar 82% to nearly £7m last year, but the chef's Jamie's Italian restaurant chain made a loss due to its rapid...
Pubs 'n' Bars sees little light at the end of the tunnel
30-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
AIM-listed pub operator Pubs 'n' Bars (PnB) said it expects little in the way of economic recovery to help boost its fortunes in the coming year.The...
Jonathan Adnam
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Jonathan Adnam chairman, Adnams (41) Why he is on the list: Taking an environmental stance has given Adnams, one of the oldest brewers in the land, a...
28-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has poured scorn on the latest attack on the pubco model from the GMB. The trade union accused pubcos of making huge profit margins...
24-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
Kent based brewer and operator Shepherd Neame has reported a 7.2% increase in turnover for the six months to 27 December 2008 but profits were hit by...
Nestle launches new 'go-large' package
18-Feb-2009 By Claire Elliott
Research conducted by Nestlé Professional has revealed there are great profits to be had for pubs that offer a 'go-large' hot beverage option. The...
02-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King splashed out £1.8m in helping its tenants overcome one of the "toughest trading periods for many years" in the 24 weeks to 19 October...
20-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has increased profit before tax "despite difficult trading conditions". The company boosted turnover from £86.2m...
24-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
The restaurant division of Regent Inns, overwhelmingly made up of Old Orleans sites, emerged as the company's worst performer in the year to 28 June....
16-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Walkabout operator Regent Inns has reported a loss of £58.1m in "the most challenging [period] in the group's history".
19-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Despite a 30% rise in sales, Wetherspoon's per-pub profits have slid backwards in real terms, The PMA Team says.
Wetherspoon boss blames government for profits slide
05-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Tim Martin, chairman of managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon, has slammed government policy for driving down profitability in the pub trade.Announcing a...
Magners loses its fizz as sales slide
31-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Magners producer C&C Group signalled that the cider market had lost some of its fizz when it warned last week that its turnover for the six...
Adnams sees operating profits slump 88 per cent
26-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, said tough trading conditions, rising costs and delays in selling off a number of the group's pubs contributed to a...
16-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The profit of the average tenant could drop to as little as £3,000 over the next year, a senior market analyst has warned. Mark Brumby of Blue Oar...
23-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
London-based pubco believes challenging environment will provide acquisition opportunities
22-May-2008 By Andrew Pring
Andrew Pring speaks on the BII annual event.
Food & Group Group shares dive on profits warning
18-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shares in the Food and Drink Group (F&DG) slumped nearly 50 per cent today after the bar and restaurant operator admitted profits for 2008 would...
Triple whammy for tenants
03-Apr-2008
The smoking ban, the worst summer on record and falling consumer spending have crippled tenants' profitability during the past 12 months. Graham...
03-Apr-2008 By Graham Ridout
The dire financial state of many pubs is revealed in a survey of 500 tenants carried out by the MA. The most startling statistic is that 10% of pubs...
BII back on the road to help boost your profits
01-Apr-2008
The BII Better Business roadshow will arrive in Plymouth for a half-day event on April 15.The show, which offers advice and guidance to licensees on...
25-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Agilo has completed its deal to buy nightclub company CanDu Entertainment
BII launches business-building roadshows
04-Mar-2008
The BII is this week launching a series of half-day 'Better Business' roadshows, offering advice and guidance from a number of key players in the...
Heineken reports record growth in 2007
20-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
As it prepares to take on Scottish & Newcastle's UK beer operations Dutch brewer Heineken said it achieved "record" organic growth in 2007....
Scottish & Newcastle's beer prices set to rocket
19-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
In its last results presentation as an independent company, brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has reported flat profits and warned of...
S&NPE seeks new food manager
17-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is recruiting a new food development manager to help lessees boost food sales. The new manager...
04-Dec-2007
Suffolk brewer and operator unveils jump in profits but faces tougher winter challenge
Ultimate Leisure sees progress
19-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Ultimate Leisure is proposing to change its name to Premium Bars & Restaurants as part of a drive to reinforce the group's "more appropriate...
C&C Group warns profits set to fall 35 per cent
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in C&C Group were down 24 per cent today after it warned its operating profits for the first half of its current financial year would be...
C&C warns of lower first half profits
16-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Wet weather and aggressive price competition from rival cider producers has prompted C&C Group to warn investors its first half operating profits...
Greene King looks for 'OpCo/PropCo' partner
03-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is to look for a partner to co-own the 872 pubs currently not covered by existing securitisation arrangements.Announcing the group's...
Collyer: 'Punch must sort out Mill House'
17-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' acquisition of Mill House Inns has seen "management's eyes completely off the ball" according to analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche...
09-May-2007 By The PMA Team
City analyst claims Punch Taverns' acquisition of Mill House Inns has been disappointing in its first 24 weeks
