It's official: London Town goes into administration
19-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
After months of speculation London Town, the indebted property developer turned pub operator, has gone into administration. In a complicated deal...
19-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Gingerman Restaurants, the East Sussex-based pub and restaurant operator, has acquired its fourth site, a freehold in Brighton, for an undisclosed...
Faucet Inns Pub Co goes through pre-pack deal
15-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Faucet Inn Pub Co, which until recently operated more than 20 pubs in London and the Home Counties, is understood to have gone through a pre-pack...
10-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns has sold seven London freehold pubs at an Allsops auction for around £12m.
Sunset buys 7th pub
09-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Sunset Taverns has bought its seventh pub — the Duke William in Burslem, Staffordshire, through Christie + Co.
Paul Symonds to leave Bay Restaurant Group
08-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Bay Restaurant Group (BRG) has ring-fenced its La Tasca and Ha Ha Bar & Grill brands and is effectively being lined up for sale after chief...
04-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The best pubs and restaurants of the North have just two weeks left to get their entries in for 2010's Northern Hospitality Awards. Now in its fifth...
British Pub Week gains extra support
29-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The BII and Punch Taverns have teamed up to support a week dedicated to British pubs. Last year campaign group Justice for Licensees launched...
27-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The health of Greene King tenants and lessees continues to improve thanks to increased levels of price support, the pubco reports.
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Scottish pub and restaurant operator Maclay Inns plans to open five new venues in 2010 after reporting strong sales over the Christmas period....
Enterprise Inns: many licensees see "welcome uplift
21-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Enterprise Inns rose 11 per cent this morning after the pubco reported what it described as "generally good Christmas trading" which...
21-Jan-2010 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Enterprise Inns has reported a 4% decline in average net income per pub for the 16 weeks to 16 January 2010, compared with an 8% fall the previous...
18-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is planning to sell eight more London freehold pubs at a London auction for £15.5m.
13-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
2009 was a year of recession in the wider econony. The PMA Team looks at the key themes that emerged in the pub sector.
First flood-hit Cockermouth pub reopens
18-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The first pub in flood-hit Cockermouth, Cumbria has reopened temporarily for the Christmas season with a makeshift bar.
Geronimo Inns opens pub in Westfield shopping centre
03-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Award-winning managed operator Geronimo Inns has unveiled the first pub to open its doors in the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, west...
13-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch lessee John Chittock of the Globe Inn, Chichester has scooped the gong for the most responsible pub.
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Southampton-based pub group Gusto Inns has added another two sites to its portfolio, bringing its total to eight. Group founder Maurice Toal has...
14-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Graham Jones, operations director at Barracuda, has joined Punch to oversee the roll out of Punch Pub Company's new concepts.
Punch Taverns spends £100m on debt buyback
12-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns, which will this week announced its annual results, revealed it had spent around £100m buying back debt relating to its Punch 'B'...
30-Sep-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has appointed three managing directors to run three defined segments of its 2,000-strong pub and restaurant estate. The...
Barhub acquires second site
29-Sep-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Pub operator Barhub has expanded with the purchase of its second site after agreeing a deal with Shepherd Neame to take on the leasehold of the Grove...
29-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns could raise as much as £200m by selling the freeholds of 100 pubs at public auctions, if an auction trial this month is successful.
Heartstone Inns acquire sixth site
23-Sep-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Privately owned pub company Heartsone Inns has acquired its sixth site after purchasing the freehold of the Weyside Inn in Guildford, Surrey from...
28-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Restaurant Group, which runs the 44-strong Brunning and Price and Bluebeckers pub estates, has reported a "resilient" first six months of trade...
17-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
A new website allowing users to search for up-to-the-minute real time events in pubs across the country has been launched. The website,...
14-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
Coventry's licensing committee has been accused of 'big company favouritism' in its treatment of two pubs that twice failed test purchases. Separate...
Bravo Inns buys two Punch pubs
11-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Northern England based pub group Bravo Inns has acquired two pubs from Punch Taverns, bringing its total estate to 21 pubs. The pubs, which were...
11-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
A St Austell pub in Cornwall has won recognition for its commitment to ethical sourcing of its meat and poultry. The Norway Inn in Perranarworthal...
Father Ted Pubs and Bars acquires tenth site
24-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Father Ted (FT) Pubs and Bars, which owns and operates nine leasehold sites in London - six Enterprise Inns sites and three free-of-tie leases - has acquired another Enterprise Inns venue.
Punch Taverns' pub sale 'window' set to close
23-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is set to close the 'window of opportunity' that has enabled hundreds of its lessees to lodge successful bids for their pubs, the group...
Proud of Pubs Week crosses the Atlantic
09-Jul-2009
The list of pubs involved in the third Proud of Pubs Week 2009 now stretches to Canada following contact from a pub in Vancouver. Alastair Knott,...
St Austell's tenants' code gets BII stamp of approval
01-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
St Austell has become the latest pub company to have its code of practice for tenants approved by the BII's accreditation scheme The Cornwall-based...
Future of TV pub in doubt
25-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub that rose to prominence when it was taken on as part of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation is back on the market. The Cock Inn at...
Realpubs snaps up three Punch Taverns freeholds
19-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
London pub operator Realpubs has bought three Punch Taverns freeholds for an undisclosed sum.In addition to the three sites private equity backed...
Who's backing Proud of Pubs Week?
18-Jun-2009
Find out more about how you can get involved in Proud of Pubs Week.If you'd like to join this illustrious group, email your picture and some text to:...
Charles Wells buys another nine pubs from Punch Taverns
18-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Bedford brewer and pub operator Charles Wells has bought another nine pubs from Punch Taverns, after acquiring 17 sites from the pubco last month.The...
11-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
The boss of Punch Taverns leased division Roger Whiteside has stated that the company agrees with seven major areas of criticism within the highly...
04-Jun-2009 By Jo Bruce
The trade is not "lovin'" the prospect of McDonald's rolling out its McCafé coffee shops in the UK. McDonald's is set to put more golden arches on...
Foundation duo to run Close sites
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
The board of the Close Imperial Pub Company has chosen Foundation Inns bosses Ian Grundy and Gavin Drew to run its six-strong estate, following a...
27-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Peach Pub Company has secured its eleventh site and launched a search for its next joint-venture partner. The company will open its second Almanack...
Want a pub? Try this match-up site
22-May-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A former pubco business development manager has launched a website to match licensees' needs with pubs around the country. The site...
Mercury rising
10-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Old Coach House, a destination pub owned and operated by Mercury Inns, stands in the picturesque village of Ashby St Ledgers in Northamptonshire...
08-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Bedford brewer and operator Charles Wells has bought 17 pubs from Punch Taverns. The freeholds of the tenanted pubs have been bought for an...
Charles Wells buys 17 pubs from Punch Taverns
08-May-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Charles Wells has purchased the freeholds of 17 tenanted pubs from Punch Taverns for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to complete on May 18....
JW Lees buys 10 pubs from Punch Taverns
06-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Manchester brewer and pub operator JW Lees has bought 10 freehold pubs from Punch Taverns, the largest single acquisition by the group for more than...
Punch and Enterprise pass on duty hike to licensees
05-May-2009 By James Wilmore
The UK's two biggest pub operators are passing on the Budget duty hike to their licensees, the companies have confirmed. Punch Taverns and Enterprise...
We need to be more transparent," admits Punch Taverns
29-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
As it announced a 38 per cent slump in annual pre-tax profits Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pub operator, admitted it needed to be more transparent...
'Time, please, to save the great British pub'
29-Apr-2009
Everyone - except temperance societies - must lament the shrinkage of pubs as a loss to community life. In many places, churches, women's institutes...
27-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
The two key lieutenants of property magnate Robert Tchenguiz have resigned from the board of his two managed pub companies after a request from...
