Regent quits field after rejection of 975p Urbium bid
21-Jul-2005
by The PMA Team Regent Inns has ended all discussions with West End bar operator Urbium after the rejection of its latest offer, which was worth 975p...
Regent sets out bid terms for Urbium
12-Jul-2005
Regent Inns has made its third approach for Urbium, which values the Tiger Tiger operator's shares at 975p each.Regent said it had written to the...
Dawney Day takes stake in Ultimate
02-Jun-2005
Dawney Day Corporate Finance has built a 13% stake in nightclub company Ultimate Leisure. Last year, Dawney Day built up a sizeable stake in Yates...
City watchdog probes Ultimate Leisure share dealings
08-May-2005
The Financial Services Authority is to ask late night operator Ultimate Leisure to explain recent share dealings by director Tim Wynn, and the two...
Legal advice: Putting a seal on share certificates
26-Jan-2005
By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.Considering investing in the stock market? Probably...
Spirit set for floatation in the New Year
30-Nov-2004
It's "business as usual" at Spirit as the company prepares for its forthcoming floatation.Speaking shortly after Spirit Group announced it had...
Beware DIY trap
11-Nov-2004
The modern trend of DIY (do-it-yourself) now extends to all walks of life and professions, and stocktaking is no exception
Eldridge Pope agrees offer from Michael Cannon
16-Sep-2004
Eldridge Pope has agreed a 171p-a-share offer for the business from entrepreneur Michael Cannon (pictured). The board of the Dorset-based pub...
Latham's cool £1/2m at trouble-torn SFI
15-Apr-2004
CE earned £597,000 as shareholders suffered by The PMA Team Former SFI Group chief executive Andrew Latham earned more than £597,000 including a...
Law firm offers "no-win, no-fee" package
08-Apr-2004
A London-based firm of solicitors has written to SFI Group's shareholders this week offering to help them recover their losses in the company on a...
Debt for equity deal set to bail out troubled SFI
08-Apr-2004
by The PMA Team The syndicate of six banks supporting troubled high-street bar operator SFI Group is preparing to swap debt for an equity stake in...
Robinson buys up more of Jennings
12-Feb-2004
Stockport-based family brewer Frederic Robinson has bought another 3.5% of rival Jennings Brothers taking its stake in the Cumbrian brewer and pub...
Just what is Stuart Neame playing at?
06-Nov-2003
Amid all the sensation of a classic family-brewer boardroom bust up, one question leaps out from the events Faversham: what on earth is Stuart Neame...
Catalogue of errors
13-Oct-2003
SFI's debts are more than £150m and the value of its pubs is plummeting. We report.The investigation is now in its second year but many of the...
Level of debt means SFI Group shareholders are left with not
09-Oct-2003
SFI reveals £16m overspend by The PMA Team SFI Group shareholders will be left with nothing after the company overspent by £16m in 14 months...
Pope says no to Cannon overture
21-Aug-2003
by MA Reporter West Country pub retailer Eldridge Pope has urged shareholders to reject an attempt by serial entrepreneur Michael Cannon to build a...
Share price boom as the sun shines
14-Aug-2003
As temperatures around the country soared last week, so too did the share prices of several pub and brewery groups. Top performers included Scottish...
Trade alarmed as SFI's probe drags its feet
01-May-2003
By The PMA Team Industry figures are expressing surprise at how long it is taking for Price Waterhouse Coopers and law firm Simmons and Simmons to...
Scottish & Newcastle buys £278m Bulmers
29-Apr-2003
Aside from putting 1,450 pubs up for sale, Scottish & Newcastle captured the troubled UK cidermaker Bulmers for £278m yesterday.The deal ends an...
Osmond goes hostile on 6C
07-Mar-2003
Serial entrepreneur tables £5.6bn bid to tempt Six Continents shareholders. By Mark Stretton.After weeks of hot air, insults and derision, Hugh...
Round one to Hugh
27-Feb-2003
Mark Stretton examines the fight for Six Continents' managed house business.The gloves are well and truly off in the battle for Britain's biggest...
Steep profit warning rise in leisure sector
30-Jan-2003
The leisure, entertainment and hotel sector saw the steepest rise in profit warnings in the last quarter of 2002 according to Ernst &...
Laurel on the acquisition trail
18-Jun-2002
Laurel, the owner of 600 managed pubs, is to bolster its estate and will look to buy packages of managed business ranging between 20 and 100...
Brands for every occasion
29-Apr-2002
As consumers become more brand aware, making sure your bar stocks the right products is important.Having the right brand range for every occasion...
Capital to raise a further £8.8m
11-Feb-2002
The Capital Pub Company is to launch a second enterprise investment scheme (EIS) in a bid to raise a further £8.8m of new money.This will be the...
W&DB shares may hit £11 says analyst
16-Jan-2002
Shares in Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries continue to soar following the Pubmaster defence and strong full-year results. One analyst believes...
Bid speculation mounts at Eldridge Pope
13-Nov-2001
Eldridge Pope, the West Country pub operator, is the subject of intense bid speculation with both Greene King and Noble House named as possible...
SFI: To buy or not to buy?
25-Oct-2001
The name on everyone's lips at the moment is SFI Group, the pubs and bars group that owns the Slug and Lettuce and Bar Med brands. The stock has been...
Is Johnson the mystery Belgo investor?
17-Oct-2001
The mystery investor stalking the Belgo restaurant group may in fact be backed by founder and stakeholder Luke Johnson (pictured), it was rumoured...
Honeycombe Leisure "for sale
19-Sep-2001
North West-based pub chain Honeycombe Leisure has effectively put itself up for sale over frustration with the City's valuation of the...
Pubco investment fund reveals a rise in returns
01-Aug-2001
An investment fund that specialises in pub companies has revealed that its returns have risen by 11 per cent over the past year.The Taverners Trust...
Former pubco Paramount primed for sale
30-Jul-2001
Former pub company Paramount will be ready to be sold and reborn in a new identity after a restructuring is completed this week.Its founders are due...
Young's defeats investor's call to go private
17-Jul-2001
Young's has beaten off an attack from one of its shareholders who was calling for the company to go private.At its annual meeting this afternoon...
Young's fights shareholder's attack
26-Jun-2001
Regional brewer Young's is fighting back against a shareholder that wants to take the listed company off the stock exchange.Investment firm Guinness...
What the Sunday papers say - June 3
03-Jun-2001
Sunday TelegraphPunch Group is preparing a £4bn demerger as part of a restructuring to prepare both parts of the business for flotation as early as...
