Training boost for pub trade as qualification is launched
17-Sep-2002
The UK could soon boast service standards in pubs and bars that mirror those on the continent after the launch of a new training qualification for...
Laurel to unveil 'new look' Hogshead
14-Aug-2002
Laurel Pub Company will unveil its revamped Hogshead brand across four sites next month. If successful, the company will convert the rest of the...
Honeycombe Leisure signs deal with pubco to manage estate
29-Jul-2002
Honeycombe Leisure, the north west-based operator, has gone into partnership with a new £11m managed house business called Nectar Taverns....
Focus on Scotland: Property
25-Jul-2002
Pub groups willing to pay higher prices for prime locationsEnglish-based pub groups are continuing to drive the licensed property market in Scotland...
Wet summer weather dampens pub profits
24-Jul-2002
Licensees all over the country are struggling because poor summer weather is continuing to hit sales.Pubs are feeling the pinch as rain continues to...
Pubcos go head to head in ALMR's Operations Manager Awards
19-Jul-2002
Tenanted pub companies Greene King and Pubmaster will go head to head in the finals of the 2002 Operations Manager Awards, organised by the...
Power and Thorley
18-Jul-2002
Giles Thorley speaks to Mark Stretton on the beer tie, licensing reform, flotation, and life in the executive chair at Punch.Giles Thorley wants the...
Older drinkers targeted by Theakston roll-out
17-Jul-2002
Scottish Courage is targeting "thirstysomethings" as part of the national roll-out of its Theakston Coolcask premium ale.The brewer is investing...
JDW drops profit forecast
16-Jul-2002
JD Wetherspoon, the quoted pub group, has issued a bullish trading update for the final two months of its financial year but said profits would be...
Prince Charles named as beer drinker of the year
15-Jul-2002
Prince Charles was named "Beer drinker of the year 2002" at the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group annual dinner in recognition of his "Pub is the...
Greene King sets out Morrells stall
05-Jul-2002
Greene King, the brewer and pub owner that today reported another year of double-digit growth, has unveiled its plans for the newly acquired Morrells...
Regent disposals to hit 2003 profits
27-Jun-2002
Regent Inns, the publicly-quoted company that operates Walkabout and Jongleurs, has scaled back profit forecasts for 2003 in the wake of its...
Brulines builds on success
24-Jun-2002
Brulines Ltd, the UK's leading provider of draught beer dispense monitoring equipment, has further enhanced its service to clients and has secured...
Property: South West Focus
20-Jun-2002
Our focus on the South West takes in the recovery of tourism in the area, the new owners of North Devon's Food Pub of the Year 1999 and their...
Wizard buys 20 Regent pubs in £28m deal
19-Jun-2002
Wizard Inns, the fast-growing managed pub business run by Chris Hutt, has bought 20 pubs from Regent Inns in a £27.9m deal.The acquisition takes the...
Settle for the best
17-Jun-2002
Mark Stretton meets Katie Reed, one of the founders of the Settle Inn, and discovers how she has built up her pubco from scratch. Walking through the...
Summer gardens: gardens
12-Jun-2002
Gardens go Dutch: Licensees turn to Grolsch's Dutch initiative as way to improve outdoor areasA touch of Dutch is sprouting in pub gardens around the...
Summer gardens: bad weather
12-Jun-2002
Competition is in tents: It's British summertime - so it means keeping your customers warm and dry!For many of us, the mention of tents conjures up a...
Publican Award-winning licensee celebrates win for second time
11-Jun-2002
The licensee of The Publican Award-winning Freehouse of the Year, the Angel Inn at Hetton, has been celebrating his win for the second time.Owner...
Coors to offer World Cup breakfast in bid to win pub trade
05-Jun-2002
Coors Brewers is offering its customers the opportunity to cash in on demand for breakfast during this week's early morning World Cup matches.Last...
Enterprise pub remarketing attracts 700 lessees in six weeks
30-May-2002
Just six weeks after beginning to remarket 150 of its pubs, Enterprise Inns has completed new lease agreements on several of the outlets.The pub...
Pubs show red card to World Cup
30-May-2002
Pubs all over the country are leading a good-humoured backlash against the World Cup.After many pubs fought to be allowed to open early to show...
Greene King eyes £68m McMullen brewery
29-May-2002
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, is thought to be eying the McMullen's brewery in Hertford.Speculation is growing within the industry that...
Pub design winners named by CAMRA
29-May-2002
The Porterhouse in London's Covent Garden has joined pubs in Edinburgh, Staffordshire, Henley-on-Thames and Bristol as winners of the Campaign for...
Dramatic display
27-May-2002
Effective point-of-purchase material will enhance your overall retail offer.Wherever we go nowadays we are bombarded by different messages as brands...
Pubco giants under attack over high rent and beer charges
23-May-2002
Lessees across the country claim they are being put out of business by the high prices giant pub operators charge for rent and beer.The problem has...
Pubcos hit back at FT-Punch story
15-May-2002
Industry figures have slammed an article published in today's Financial Times, about beer pricing and tenanted pub company models, as "biased and...
One foot in the past - refurbishing the Jamaica Wine House
15-May-2002
A Victorian style back-bar will be the main attraction at the Jamaica Wine HouseYou wouldn't want to choose between Jeremy Paxman and Stephen Brook...
S&N and 6C in pubs merger talks
13-May-2002
Six Continents, the hotel and pub operator, has held talks with Scottish and Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, to create a £4.5bn pub company by...
High interest in enterprising inns
13-May-2002
With investors banking on pubs once more, Mark Stretton looks at an option for start-up companies - the Enterprise Investment SchemeAs far as the...
Massive attacks with £6m deal
07-May-2002
Massive, the independent London-based pub retailer, has acquired Thomas & Carter, the gastro-pub chain, in a deal valued at £6m.The 10-strong...
Defeat spells end at Tomos Watkin
03-May-2002
Shareholders at Tomos Watkin have given up the fight to save the Welsh brewer but may still sue the board for selling the pub estate without their...
ALMR's perfect ten
02-May-2002
It's a decade since a group of small pub operators decided to form the ALMR. Kerry Rogan went along to the 10th birthday celebrationsTen years ago...
AIR hits out at manufacturers over smoking charter confusion
02-May-2002
Licensees are struggling to meet the industry's Public Places Charter on smoking because of mixed messages from ventilation and air-cleaner...
Bursting the soap bubble
01-May-2002
If we believe all we see on TV then valuing a pub is a straightforward matter - but Kerry Rogan discovers the soaps don't always get it rightThings...
The Batman of Broadstairs - Philip Thorley gives a tour of his pubs
30-Apr-2002
Taking a pub tour with Philip Thorley can be humbling, writes Mark Stretton.As the car door opened a thousand camera bulbs flashed. People stopped in...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Apr-2002
The Sunday TelegraphWhitbread, the hotels and leisure group, will this week draw a line under one of its worst-performing investments with the sale...
Wizard Inns' Chris Hutt set to maintain rapid growth
24-Apr-2002
Chris Hutt, founder of Nomura-backed Wizard Inns, is determined to maintain the company's rapid growth. Mark Stretton reports.Chris Hutt likes to be...
Greene King rewards top licensees in Night of Excellence
23-Apr-2002
Greene King Pub Partners held a glittering awards ceremony earlier this month in honour of its top licensees.The Night of Excellence, which took...
Outdoor drinking
23-Apr-2002
The sun is out and spring is fully underway. As is usual at this time of year, pub customers turn their minds to having a drink outside in the sun...
Enterprise's Laurel buy may end ownership upheaval for licensees
22-Apr-2002
Licensees are hoping for an end to recent uncertainty following the purchase of Laurel's 1,860-strong tenanted estate by Enterprise Inns.The deal,...
Package deals damage trade with neglect of single outlets
17-Apr-2002
Large pub companies should stop buying packages of pubs and instead concentrate on individual outlets, according to a licensed property expert.Andrew...
Hungry for success - Greene King moves into Scotland
17-Apr-2002
Greene King recently made its first foray into Scotland. The managed estate team tells Mark Stretton how the Dalgety Taverns deal was done.At the...
What's the score?
11-Apr-2002
SportsPubs.co.uk aims to provide fans with the ultimate guide to what matches are showing where, as well as rating pubs from a drinker's point of...
The final countdown - World Cup fever intensifies...
11-Apr-2002
As World Cup fever intensifies over the coming weeks, publicans should be on the spot to cash in. Phil Mellows examines what's in storeMark it on...
Greene King in Highland fling
10-Apr-2002
Greene King has made its first foray into Scotland to become a truly national operator with the acquisition of the Dalgety Taverns managed...
Archaic licensing laws a downside, say tourists visiting UK
10-Apr-2002
Tourists visiting the UK would like pubs to stay open later than 11pm, according to a new survey.A survey of tourists from all over the world...
How first-time buyers can turn their dream into reality
10-Apr-2002
Spring has arrived and as the clocks change and the weather warms up, many people are thinking about making a new start - and for lots of potential...
Blackpool licensees latest to win extended hours for World Cup
09-Apr-2002
Licensees in Blackpool have become the latest to win extended hours for this year's World Cup matches.Licensees Dave Daly of Cahoots, owned by Six...
S&N's great Scott: John Barras leads the way
05-Apr-2002
Scottish & Newcastle's head of brands, Russell Scott, tells Mark Stretton why the John Barras chain is a leading light in the 'local pub'...
