Leasehold prices head north
22-Sep-2005
With freehouses a rare commodity in the north, leasehold property prices are soaring, reports Tony Halstead Like other regions of the UK, the north...
Wheelwright Arms offers handy B&B
15-Sep-2005
If you've got your heart set on taking over the tenancy of a substantial Somerset pub, restaurant and B&B in a prosperous catchment area, then...
Clapham venue makes common sense option
15-Sep-2005
If you're looking to snap up some Clapham real estate then cast your eyes over this refined four-storey property brimming over with residential...
Freehold shortage drives up price of leases
29-Jul-2005
The shortage of freehold sites is continuing to drive up the price of leases, according to agent Christie & Co. It says that the lack of quality...
Leaseback schemes boosts UPC pub numbers
23-Mar-2005
A sale and leaseback deal being offered to freehouse owners is helping Union Pub Company expand its estate. The offer from the tenanted arm of...
Pubfolio plans expansion of estate
20-Jan-2005
Pubfolio has whetted the market's appetite with talk of further rapid expansion of its 800-strong portfolio.Pubfolio boss Richard Hatter confirmed he...
Property agent predicts continued shortage of freeholds
14-Jan-2005
Demand for freeholds from both pub companies and individual operators drove freehold values up by 9.2 per cent in 2004, says property agent Christie...
Wellington under fire on insurance
13-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney Irate Wellington Pub Company tenants have voiced outrage at plans to charge them more than £500 each for a revaluation of the...
Help & Advice Urgently Required
21-Dec-2004
We found a building with a freehold option to buy (This being a main piont of our negotiations) with a company called provence plc for our new...
Boardrooms benefit from churn
03-Dec-2004
Pubcos are making significant capital out of wannabe licensees who invest their own money in new pub businesses but fail to prosper and soon have to...
Risk-takers will continue to drive pub trade, says adviser
10-Nov-2004
The risk-taking, bigger players will continue to dominate growth in the pub trade, driving the industry forward at the expense of less innovative...
Legal advice: Property alterations
25-Aug-2004
Even tenants who are on a very long lease have no guarantee that the owner will permit alterations.By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal...
Pub is the Hub blueprint inn sold
11-Mar-2004
The Dyke's End, which became a model for the Pub is the Hub initiative in Reach, Cambridge, has been sold by the 49 shareholders who rescued the...
Barry Gillham
18-Dec-2003
The chairman of licensed property agent Fleurets casts an eye over his own profession and finds some agents wanting when it comes to standards...
Buying into the trade
28-Oct-2003
Many licensees dream of buying their own pub but the problem is finance. Michelle Perrett looks at ways of raising the cash to buy your own...
The
22-May-2003
freehold frenzy The market for quality pubs in London and the south east remains buoyant. But, as Clive Smith reports, freehouses are the ones...
A place in the sun: running a pub abroad
15-Apr-2003
Licensees looking for a challenge are snapping up pubs from Spain to Australia. Michelle Perrett finds out more.So you've had enough of the UK's...
Greene King partners up with building companies
31-Jan-2003
Greene King Pub Partners, the 1,000-strong tenanted arm of the company, has introduced a new property initiative called "Partnering".Partnering...
Is this a good way in to the industry?
30-Jan-2003
We have come across a recruitment company that operate retail partnerships. For a fee, they provide you with training for the NLC and the BII...
McMullen's property estate worth £176m
30-Jan-2003
McMullen's property estate is worth £176m, according to a fresh valuation in a preface to the 2002 accounts out this week. These accounts show the...
With share prices in freefall, people's houses seem like the
19-Dec-2002
Freehold pub property prices seem much more locked into the dull realities of return of capital criteria. So, a pub is still selling for about 1.5...
Property profile: Konrad Szymanski, director, Humberstones
14-Oct-2002
Michelle Perrett talks to Konrad Szymanski, a director of Humberstones - a specialist agent and valuer for the licensed trade.What do you think are...
Property profile: Barney Bettesworth, director, Bettesworths
04-Oct-2002
Michelle Perrett talks to Barney Bettesworth, a director of Bettesworths, a specialist chartered surveyors and property agent for the licensed...
Licensee hits out over insurance costs
15-Jul-2002
The manager of a North East pub claims he could be put out of business after receiving a massive increase in insurance costs.John Anderson, who runs...
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...
Tenants become owners of the pubs they ran for many years
14-Mar-2002
Two tenants have become the owners of the pubs they have run for many years.In Newcastle, Colin Sidney jumped at the chance to buy the freehold...
Christie & Co launches new pub buyers' guide
05-Feb-2002
Prospective licensees who are thinking about buying a pub can get some valuable advice thanks to a new publication from licensed property agent...
No Christmas break for property agents or pubcos as activity stays high
22-Jan-2002
Things may have wound down for most of the country over the Christmas period, but pub companies and property agents kept their noses to the...
Premier Stirling bar-restaurant sold
05-Dec-2001
All That Jazz, one of Stirling's premier bar/restaurants, has been sold by Christie & Co. The building was a former grain warehouse which was...
S&N managed houses go to tenancy after £354m deals
18-Jun-2001
More managed houses are to be converted to leases and tenancies after the sale of 646 pubs by Scottish & Newcastle (S&N).It has sold 432...
Scheme to prevent unfair rises in rent
12-Jun-2000
A leading property agent has come up with a new formula to help high street licensees avoid the higher rents paid by the big retail chains.Fleurets...
