14-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
S&NPC has denied industry rumours that it's giving up its contract to run 279 tenanted pubs on behalf of Piccadilly Licensed Properties Limited.
06-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stocktakers Venners has reported an "encouraging uptake" of around 500 for its dedicated tenancy division launched earlier this year. The division...
13-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The owners of a derelict Manchester pub have been fined more than £4,000 by magistrates for letting the property fall into disrepair. Property...
27-Jul-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
There is a high density of licensed premises in the north-east and Noli Dinkovski discovers buyers from the south are finding some real bargains.
19-May-2010 By John Harrington
The first rent dispute has been resolved via the new BII-led low-cost arbitration service, called the Pub Independent Rent Review Scheme.
'Woman hit with first booze ban'
08-Apr-2010
A young Doncaster woman has become one of the first in the country to be slapped with a new Drinking Banning Order to curb her anti-social drunken...
Licensee fury at pubco silence over huge insurance hike
08-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A furious licensee has hit out at her pubco after her buildings insurance soared by £3,000. The South West-based licensees, who does not want to be...
26-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Is the recession in the pub property market over? Agents have signalled that the worst may be behind us.
23-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, the 2,000-strong tenanted and leased group owned by Heineken, is to market for sale up to 100 pubs this spring.
New deal to help pub sales
06-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Acorn Commercial Finance, the property finance broker, has teamed up with a specialist lender to offer funding to people looking to buy pubs that...
Marston's changes tack on its new-build pubs
06-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
The current state of the UK property market is forcing Marston's, the Midlands brewer, to change tack when it comes to deciding where to build its...
Robert Sayles: Recovery? What Recovery?
01-Feb-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
Brigid Simmons, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, (BBPA) would have us believe that we are now over the worst of the crisis...
S&NPE sells Star and Garter for £3.4m
02-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has sold landmark London pub the Star and Garter for £3.4m. The pub, which sits at the start...
21-Oct-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The board of 3D Entertainment (3DE), the late-night bar and club group, has appointed advisers to launch an official sale of the business.
14-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco campaign group Fair Pint has claimed the pubco plan for reform only addresses a "tiny piece of the jigsaw". The pub trade commenced...
Merchant Inns goes into administration
13-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Six pubs belonging to award-winning pub company Merchant Inns, the chain set up by property magnate Sir John Ritblat, have been placed on the market...
Case for beer tie "overwhelming", says City analyst
02-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading City analyst has claimed there is an "overwhelming case" for retention of the beer tie. In a research note that is sure to raise the...
Saffron Leisure set to open second pub
02-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Saffron Leisure, the pub company set up by former McMullen general managers and husband and wife team Aaron and Cheri Clayton, has purchased its...
Valuation Office urges licensees to check property valuation
22-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Business owners - including licensees - are being urged to check details of their property valuation to ensure they are paying the right rates. Over...
Greene King puts derelict pub up for sale
21-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
A derelict Norwich pub that has been left boarded up and empty for over three years has been placed on the market by owners, Greene King. The Ferry...
02-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Agents predict it could take between two and five years for the pub property market to return to 2007 levels, when prices were at their peak. In a...
30-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's should be able to open between 20 and 25 new-build pubs per annum after ear-marking £140m, says an analyst.
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Realpubs have acquired five freehold London pubs from Punch Taverns in a deal estimated to be worth under £10m. The company has bought the freehold of two Punch pubs it currently leases plus three more sites.
Signs of property market recovery
01-May-2009
Further voices in the property industry have backed reports that pub prices are unlikely to fall further and that the market is showing signs of...
30-Apr-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Budget has failed to help the property industry by ignoring "simple practical solutions" — according to the BPF.
Budget: No reversal on business rates decision
22-Apr-2009
Alistair Darling has failed to react to demands to increase the tax relief rate period on empty business properties.In the Budget, the Chancellor...
Wetherspoons scores High Court victory over former advisers
07-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has won a three year-long battle in the High Court against one of its former property agents, Van de Berg and...
05-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A number of Punch Taverns tenants attempting to buy their pubs are finding out their offers are failing to match up with the pub company's...
South West property analysis
17-Feb-2009
The South West has always been much sought after by people looking to relocate from other areas of the UK. Of course there's the coast and the...
EPCs -more than just a piece of paper
19-Nov-2008
Why EPCs have been introduced The government is targeting a 26 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 and a 60 per cent reduction by 2050. With...
29-Aug-2008 By Tony Halstead
A form of open-book accounting for new tenants is among the measures in the new package from the Cheshire brewer and pub operator
13-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins
The response to the campaign against empty property tax has been "phenomenal", with licensees among those showing their opposition. That's according...
13-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins
The licensed property trade is being cold-shouldered by the Chancellor after he hinted at plans to suspend stamp-duty charges in the residential sector.
07-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team & Tony Halstead
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has been asking vendors of freehold property to drop their prices by up to 30% as it looks for a "meaningful correction" on prices in commercial property values.
24-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins
MPs and trade leaders have added their support to the British Property Federation's (BPF) campaign for reversal of empty property tax.
15-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The British Property Federation (BPF) has stepped up its campaign against charging full rates on empty premises, which came into force on 1 April....
Tchenguiz pushes Reit route as way forward
03-Jul-2008
Opco-propco option is favoured path Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) biggest shareholder Robert Tchenguiz has re-stated his view that the company...
A strategy worth converting to?
02-Jul-2008
When David Bruce and I formed The Capital Pub Company, in December 2000, our aim was to build up a portfolio of freehold London pubs. We wanted to...
30-Jun-2008 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) biggest shareholder Robert Tchenguiz has reiterated his view that the company should pursue the route of converting...
Will Tchenguiz do another Laurel on M&B?
19-Jun-2008
The Iranian-born investor's forceful business approach over M&B is focused on the short term, says The PMA Team A few years back, Mitchells &...
Ask An Expert: Viewing a pub
17-Jun-2008
I¹m planning to buy a pub and have been offered several to view. What should I be looking at and what questions should I ask?First find out what,...
Lesley Watmough, divisional director, Fleurets
22-May-2008
Should I sell my freehold or find a tenant? We receive regular requests for advice from freehold owners of pubs who no longer want to run the...
Careers & Property: A bad time to take a tenancy?
19-May-2008
Speaking at a recent BII seminar, Pat Walker of Brighton-based licensed property agent AW Gore had some no-nonsense advice for any lessees in the...
Legal advice: Energy Performance Certificates
07-May-2008
Under a new EU Directive, Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) are now required whenever a building is constructed, sold or rented. The introduction...
Brian Sheldon, director, Christie+Co
01-May-2008
Just over two years on from the introduction of a smoking ban in Scottish pubs, the overriding feeling in the sector is one of acceptance, as...
Credit goes west
17-Apr-2008
The West Country pub property market is starting to feel the bite of the UK's economic slowdown. Tony Halstead reports West Country pub sales have...
Business sales are stable
17-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The current crisis of confidence among agents in the residential market has not been mirrored by business property agents. That is the view of Chris...
Advisor faces £2m negligence claim
10-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A property advisor is facing a £2m claim for allegedly giving "negligent" advice on how much it would cost to rebuild a grade II-listed pub gutted...
07-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Over half of all pubco tenants have never had a buildings inspection, according to an MA online poll
Freeholds made easier
03-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Fleurets and Coffer Corporate Leisure are teaming up to help pubco licensees buy the freehold of their pub. Fleurets has piloted the scheme with...
