Pubco

Cheap shot from Government on wages

22-Jun-2023 By Ed Bedington

The Government’s recent “naming and shaming” of companies for allegedly paying below the minimum wage feels like something of a cheap shot, certainly for those named in the hospitality sector.

JDW welcomes new year with 99p pints

03-Jan-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has launched a January sale across its portfolio with some pints priced at just 99p, despite cost pressures hitting the sector.

37 clubs ‘transformed’ by Greene King’s Proud to Pitch In scheme

03-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has pledged to donate up to £500,000 in funding to support grassroots sports across the UK as part of its Proud to Pitch In funding scheme.

JDW adds 14 new dishes to menu

01-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has launched a range of new meals across pubs in England Scotland and Wales, including chicken dishes, curries and healthier options.

Fuller’s ‘being careful about price increases’

18-Nov-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Fuller’s is concentrating on getting higher footfall, in a bid to avoid increasing prices, CEO Simon Emeny told The Morning Advertiser.

Re-watch Tom Kerridge and panel tackle pub issues

09-Dec-2020 By Ed Bedington

Top pub operator Tom Kerridge followed on from his recent TV series with a live hour long broadcast to address some of the issues the trade was facing.

Property round-up

Portobello Brewery acquires 13 Antic sites, Hackney Brewery launches brewery and taproom crowdfund

25-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

In addition to news of the revival of dormant pubs in Cambridgeshire and Herefordshire, Portobello Brewery, Hackney Brewery and Rosewell Estates have provided updates on the future of their trading estates.

Jobs round-up

Senior appointments at Wadworth, BrewDog, Upham and City Pub Group, unprecedented traffic to pub recruiter

11-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

Amid announcements of record redundancies, rebounding pub share prices and furlough extension, a number of pub companies have announced boardroom shake-ups.

1% of JDW staff tested positive for coronavirus

16-Oct-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Just 1% of JD Wetherspoon’s 43,000 employees have tested positive for coronavirus since pubs reopened, boss Tim Martin said in the company’s delayed financial results today.

Big interview: Simon Emeny Fuller’s chief executive

20-Sep-2018 By Claire Churchard

With ambitious growth plans, acquisitions and an eye on its heritage, Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny shares his thoughts on what’s shaping the future of pubs and brewing, and how he plans to keep the pubco’s progressive attitude fresh

Pubcos waive confidentiality rights over MRO

29-Jun-2018 By Michelle Perrett

The six pub-operating businesses (POBs) covered by the pubs code have agreed to waive their right to confidentiality in market-rent-only (MRO) option arbitration decisions.

Rodger Vickers, first chairman of PICAS, has died

25-May-2018 By Claire Churchard

The inaugural chairman of the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service (PICAS) Rodger Vickers has died after a long illness.

Made in Chelsea stars open City Pub Group’s first all-vegan venue

03-May-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser spoke to Made in Chelsea’s Lucy and Tiffany Watson about their collaboration with the City Pub Group to open the company’s first all-vegan site.

Single pubco accounts for more than half of PCA arbitrations, data shows

26-Apr-2018 By Helen Gilbert

EI Group, previously known as Enterprise Inns, has topped the list of arbitrations to go through the office of the Pub Code Adjudicator (PCA) since it was established, PCA data has revealed.

Pubcos behaving badly

30-Nov-2011 By Robert Sayles

Like many of you, I was dismayed by the failure of government to endorse a statutory code of practice. Experiences in other sectors, most notably banking and the press, have shown that self regulation is wholly ineffective.

Are you a lamb to the slaughter?

01-Nov-2011 By Robert Sayles

Neil Robertson recently stated that the prospect of naive new tenants entering the trade was a major source of concern. With this in mind I’ve devised a questionnaire so that those thinking about entering the trade can gauge whether or not they fully...

Family brewers share the pain as well as the gain

10-Aug-2011 By Bob Feal-Martinez

In the end most of us won't be millionaires, but that doesn't mean the entire industry needs to change, writes Bob Feal-Martinez.

BDMs: saints, sinners or something in between?

03-Apr-2008

BDMs must run pubs as part of their training if they're going to help build profitable businesses The most maligned individual in our industry is the...

Newcomers: Missives

24-Sep-2007

Over the past week our lawyers have been in touch with the Pubco's lawyers to get things advanced and get the missives signed. As soon as the...

Rent increase is a bolt from the blue

01-Aug-2007

Mrs K's pubco claims to have found a lease amendment signed by a previous lessee, agreeing to a rent increase When I bought a pubco tied lease on...

Graeme Bunn, Director, Fleurets

01-Aug-2007

Your situation is complex and clearly unfortunate. Given the circumstances you have highlighted, I anticipate that the principal matter of the...

Pubco's name on licence

31-Mar-2005

QWe are lessees with a leading pub operating company, which is now telling us that it wishes to hold the premises licence in its own name in future,...