Proud of Pubs Week will see 100 MPs heading out to pubs
05-Jul-2007
Proud of Pubs Week starts on SUnday and over 100 MPs are heading to their local to join the national celebration of pubs. Licensees all over the...
Punch
28-Jun-2007
Francis Patton Customer services director How many pubs do you operate? Approximately 8,400 in England, Wales and Scotland. These are a combination...
Wednesday July 11: Analyse this
27-Jun-2007
If you only take the time to do one thing during Proud of Pubs Week then take the opportunity to stand back from the coalface of your business, even...
Tuesday July 10: Tonight's the night
27-Jun-2007
Entertainment is at the heart of pubs. Whether it's putting on a fully fledged quiz night, or simply providing a space for customers to meet and...
Consumer insight: Times are changing
20-Jun-2007
JUST IN case it¹s slipped your mind, next week sees the completion or, depending on how you look at it, the start of one of the most...
08-Jun-2007
More than half of Punch Taverns' pubs stay open longer under the revamped licensing regime, a survey has revealed.
MPs and licensees back Proud of Pubs Week
07-Jun-2007
Proud of Pubs Week is set to go with a bang next month with licensees and MPs across the country ranking behind the initiative. Pubs are planning...
Hamish Champ: Me, my motorbike and pubs...
06-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
It's been my recent experience that standards of service in pubs are on the rise. Sure, you can still get a 'traditional' welcome in certain robust...
That's entertainment
23-May-2007
Let's make some noise. Pubs in England will be undergoing some seismic changes in the first weeks of July. After all the talk, all the years of...
22-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) expects to sell around 20 pubs in the second half of its financial year in a move expected to raise £20m.
Pubs 'n' Bars says smoke ban preparations in place
16-May-2007
Pubs 'n' Bars, which recently bought out Community Taverns and now operates 98 pubs, has announced its results for 2006. Operating profit was up...
Butt out of our business says industry
10-May-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Trade pours scorn on Government plans to force pubs to clean up cigarette butts and litter outside premises Trade groups have slated plans to force...
Shout to the top
09-May-2007
IF WE are to make Proud of Pubs Week a success, it won't only be about getting some national attention for the industry - it will be about ensuring...
Sawday's treasures
26-Apr-2007
The latest edition of one of the industry's leading pub guides, Alastair Sawday's Pubs & Inns Guide is out today. Jo Bruce talks trends and top...
Chris Maclean: St George and all that
23-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
Today is Saint George's Day. I confess I am not much of a patriot and I am not doing anything to celebrate our national saint.But this morning, after...
Come together for Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
The countdown starts here!In an increasingly faceless society, the Great British Pub is now one of the few places where people can make real human...
19-Apr-2007 By Mark Wingett
Punch Taverns sells 869 leased and tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m.
MyShout
05-Apr-2007
As the trade goes through major changes Stephen Oliver believes pubs should make the most of the future "Pass us the 'ammer on yer way past, mate". I...
Charles celebrates community pubs
15-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
Prince Charles has highlighted the vital role of community pubs - and backed a campaign to save darts in pubs. Speaking at a reception to celebrate...
Don't make them pay
14-Mar-2007
Forget the Manchester Evening News Arena and the Manchester Academy - the Station Hotel in Ashton-Under-Lyne can make a robust claim that it is...
Pubs - going, going, gone
13-Mar-2007
Gordon Brown seems to agree with Joseph Stalin. One death is a tragedy, one million a statistic, said the Russian dictator as he explained why he...
Risky business
13-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
The smoking ban will undoubtedly have a large number of knock-on effects on pubs - and some that licensees may not even have considered yet....
MyShout
08-Mar-2007
It's time to see the good in the smoking ban and get drinkers to rediscover their local, says Barry Gillham With Community Pubs Week just past, am I...
Minds of their own
01-Mar-2007
Two former M&B executives left the pubco and became some of the first operators to try its new franchise deal. Tony Halstead reports on their...
Calling time on pubs?
21-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Shocking estimates that 1,300 pubs are under threat of closure were revealed by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) during its Community Pubs Week. The...
More than 1,300 pubs under threat, says CAMRA
14-Feb-2007
More than 1,300 pubs are under threat from closure, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The consumer organisation is calling for communities to...
14-Feb-2007
Figures show 56 pubs a month are closed permanently - 80 per cent of which are urban.
Opportunity knocks?
14-Feb-2007
How many smokers do you have in your pub? You've probably got a rough idea. How many customers have walked past your pub because they have been put...
Kitchen refurb focus: Professional standards
14-Feb-2007
Traditionally, a kitchen refurb is said to be the most expensive investment a pub makes. Although with many pubs currently being quoted vast sums for...
Camra: 14 pubs close every week
08-Feb-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
'Incredible rate' is expected to increase following smoke ban introduction on 1 July, says Camra boss Fourteen pubs close for good every week - more...
Hosts urged to back Camra pubs week
08-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
More licensees are being urged to get involved with the trade's first Community Pubs Week, which kicks off in nine days' time. Hosts throughout the...
08-Feb-2007
Admiral Taverns, the privately-owned tenanted pub company that runs 1,700 pubs, will have invested about £20m on capital schemes in its estate by...
No time to gamble with machine laws
04-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees are urged not to leave it too late to apply for the right to operate gaming machines when the laws change this year. Government has...
MyShout
14-Dec-2006
Poker and great food are two ways to draw consumers back into the pub, says David Elliott I have been amazed during recent conversations with...
Let pubs host poker
23-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
The British Beer & Pub Association is to seek a small-stakes exemption for pubs The British Beer & Pub Asso-ciation (BBPA) is to ask...
Changing the house rules
16-Nov-2006
Leasehold and tenanted pubs are by far the most dominant players in the trade and their hold on the market is strengthening. Tony Halstead reports...
27-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
A survey by the Morning Advertiser has found that Provence has sold more than 200 pubs at public auctions in the five years since it was founded....
ePub: website aims to boost tourist trade
26-Oct-2006
Pubs are under-represented in tourism, and need to do more to market themselves in the sector, while too few trade bodies recognise the role that...
Surviving as a smoke-free pub
03-Oct-2006
Come the smoking ban next summer, pub tenants are likely to be the most vulnerable group. Running community locals where most customers like a...
Pub food takes off
29-Sep-2006
THERE'S LITTLE doubt that pubs are feeling the pressure of changes which many licensees feel are being 'forced' on the trade by regulation. The...
Fortune, then LESG took a huge tumble
28-Sep-2006
A few more words on the demise of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) seem appropriate. This is, after all, the most worrying collapse since...
Punch lets first 100 former Spirit pubs
28-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has let the first 100 pubs from the 725 Spirit outlets being converted to lease. The 100th inn is the Silver Jubilee in Canvey Island,...
H&W tenanted sites offered as leasehold
21-Sep-2006 By Lucy Britner
Hall & Woodhouse is converting some of its tenanted estate into leasehold. The Dorset-based brewery has instructed Christie+Co to market 11...
Why it's time to pledge your pride
14-Sep-2006
Pubs. We love them. You love them. And we hope that a lot of your customers are rather fond of them too. An army of licensees, from Guernsey in the...
Mr Punch shows the way to do it
31-Aug-2006 By Hamish Champ
Google "Giles Thorley" and the search results range from the usual stuff on Punch Taverns through to disgruntled retailers venting their collective...
Loud and proud
31-Aug-2006
One year on from the launch of The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign the proud message of the pub industry is now being spread far and wide. While...
04-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Provence, the pub operator that sells freeholds at auction with a lease to itself, has decided to stop expanding its tenanted estate. The company,...
Comment: Acquisition costs continue to rise
06-Jul-2006
No-one can really be surprised to see yet another family-owned brewer snapped up by a hungry, super-pubco. Even so, after 170 years of trading, it...
29-Jun-2006
Pubs are an increasingly popular option for overnight stays. STUART RIDOUT gets the lowdown on how licensees can make the most of the bedroom boom
Keep your spirits up
01-May-2006
Some journalists say it's lazy to use quotes at the start of a feature. So what is it to use your own quote at the start of a feature - a quote you...
