Roy Beers: Dining disaster
17-Oct-2007
It's always nice to agree with a man you've never even met, but who puts your own point over quite succinctly and with the benefit of actual...
Pubs accused of food rip-off
16-Oct-2007
The rising cost of a pub meal could put customers off eating out, claims the Good Pub Guide.Guide co-editor Alisdair Aird has risked the wrath of...
...and here's what the trade says
11-Oct-2007
Leading lights from within the industry offer their perspective on what it takes to shinePeter Linacre Massive Pub Company You need a very clear...
Pubfolio puts 340 pubs on market
04-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
A total of 340 tenanted pubs owned by Pubfolio, whose sites are managed by County Estate Management, are on the market with an asking price of around...
04-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
340 tenanted pubs owned by Pubfolio are on the market for £100m
Wellstead's successors announced at Christies
19-Sep-2007
Following Colin Wellstead's decision earlier this year to retire Neil Morgan has been appointed as Christie & Co's director & head of public...
NITAs finalists announced
07-Sep-2007
Five licensees have made it to the shortlist of the flagship Licensee Trainer of the Year award at this year's BII NITAs.Maggie Armstrong of the...
NewsDigest
30-Aug-2007
Five hosts are being taken to the High Court by the Premier League (PL) for allegedly screening foreign satellite football. In a writ, the five are...
10-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Calco Midlands has acquired Bold Pub Company, the St Helens-based pub group, that operates a 29-strong managed estate in the North of England and...
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...
Flood-hit pubs face struggle to recover
12-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs in South Yorkshire are beginning the long journey back to normality after the horrendous floods of the last three weeks. Marston's Inns and...
03-Jul-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
The Newport Pub Company has replenished its estate with the acquisition of Foden Inns, the four-strong, West-Midlands-based pub group, for an...
36 Jonathan Paveley
31-May-2007
commercial director, Punch Taverns (new entry)
Strong sales growth at Marston's
25-May-2007
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a rise in profits after sales grew across all three of its business units in the six months to the end...
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is reviewing the way it deals with its multiple lessees. The pub company is considering whether it can "flex" its lease agreements. So...
Say goodbye to the 'smoking room'
24-May-2007
Licensees Claire and Nisa McCutcheon are planning to run a competition among their customers to help them come up with a new name for the 'smoking...
16-May-2007
A pub has installed a webcam in its kitchen so punters can have a pint at the bar while keeping a close eye on the progress of their meals. The...
19-Apr-2007 By Mark Wingett
Punch Taverns sells 869 leased and tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m.
A deal to change the landscape?
08-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Few life events are as nail-bitingly momentous as witnessing the birth of one's child. OK, Chelsea coming back from 3-1 down against Spurs in the FA...
28-Mar-2007
Midlands brewer and pub operator announces trading statement
Admiral Taverns launches pub food website
28-Mar-2007
Admiral Taverns has launched a dedicated website to help its licensees develop the food side of their businesses.The expanding tenanted and leased...
To sell or not to sell...
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
The pub sector was gripped by speculation last week that Punch Taverns was looking to sell off up to 10 per cent of its estate in the run up to the...
15-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney
Greene King (GK) Pub Partners plans to roll out cheque-cashing facilities to 50 pubs within six months.
GK takes chequecashing to 50 pubs
15-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Greene King (GK) Pub Partners plans to roll out cheque-cashing facilities to 50 pubs within six months. The pubco is the first to sign a deal with...
The Running Horse Inn has the angles for success
06-Mar-2007
Despite being about as far as its possible to get from the sea, the Running Horse Inn, Bewdley won the Chef & Brewer Seafood Pub of the Year...
Trust and Herald face mixed fortunes - again
01-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
The pair of pub companies owned by leisure magnate Trevor Hemmings have again reported mixed fortunes. Hemmings' tenanted company, Trust Inns, has...
15-Feb-2007
The pub assets of 30-strong managed company Wessex Taverns have been sold for a second time in less than 18 months, the Morning Advertiser has...
30-Jan-2007
The winner of our prestigious PubChef of the year 2007 is Mark Levy Head chef, the Russell, Ellesborough. Mark Levy Pub facts: Address: The...
MyNewPub
25-Jan-2007
Blue Bell Inn, Farnah Green, Derbyshire Agent: Guy Simmonds John Flint and Tracey Tunnicliffe have bought the freehold of the Blue Bell Inn off an...
Wales
11-Jan-2007
Morlais Tavern Dowlais, Mid Glamorgan During the industrial revolution, Dowlais had over 100 pubs to quench the thirst of the village's foundry...
CityBriefs
07-Dec-2006
Mint buys four Fuller's venues London Bar operator The Mint Group has confirmed the leasehold purchase of three London sites and a Bristol site from...
Ramsay host gets 140% rent increase demand
30-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
A Punch licensee who appeared on Gordon Ram-say's Kitchen Nightmares last week has hit out at his pubco after his business relationship manager (BRM)...
17-Nov-2006 By Tony Halstead
Retailer apathy will be the trade's worst enemy when the smoking ban arrives next summer, a senior pub company executive has warned. Hosts who fail...
DoneDeals
16-Nov-2006
Blue Lion Atherstone Warwickshire GA-Select has completed the sale via lease reassignment from Mr and Mrs Jeremy Lewis to Mr Hugh Boyd. The Blue...
Pub deals expected as sector gears up for smoking clearout
10-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Several key pub deals will be unveiled in the next month as leading operators move to 'tidy up' their estates prior to next year's smoking ban in...
Licensees ejected from pub at centre of latest placement furore
10-Oct-2006
Licensee Pauline Parker has contacted The Publican this morning as six staff members of Pubs 2B Inn have turned up to close their pub the Black Horse...
Pubs 2B Inn respond to allegations
10-Oct-2006
Pubs 2B Inn claims it is taking action against licensees Brian and Pauline Parker of the Black Horse in Hellifield, North Yorkshire to avoid...
Yorkshire licensees claim harsh treatment by pub company Pubs 2B Inn
05-Oct-2006
Licensees Brian and Pauline Parker and local residents are planning a protest outside their pub claiming they are being treated unfairly by pub...
05-Oct-2006 By Ewan Turney
A Bradford couple say they earned just £62 between them in a year as pub managers with Pubs 2B Inn at the Black Horse in Hellifield, Yorkshire....
Music pub was top of the Scots
14-Sep-2006
A famous music pub in Scotland has come on to the market. The Bein Inn at Glenfarg in Perthshire won the Music Pub of the Year Award in 2002 and was...
29-Aug-2006
Famous chef Fanny Cradock's son Christopher Chapman is selling his pub after 40 years. Jane and Christopher Chapman have spent four decades behind...
Are pubcos doing enough to stamp out rogue firms?
24-Aug-2006
Pub companies have refuted accusations that they are failing to stamp out rogue recruitment and placement companies. Following news that Inn-Direct,...
24-Aug-2006
Two Lincolnshire lessees who have reversed the fortunes of their pub, have decided to sell up. James and Jo Cartwright at the Tally Ho Inn, Aswarby,...
Off-trade booze bargains cut into pub Cup profits
06-Jul-2006 By Tony Halstead
Licensees and pub companies this week raised a glass to a successful and largely trouble-free World Cup despite England's sad exit from the...
Mitchells & Butlers favourite to win surplus Whitbread pub restaurants
29-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is being lined up as the likely victor in a bidding war for Whitbread's non-core Beefeater and Brewers Fayre...
World Cup boost for brewers and pubs
22-Jun-2006 By James Wilmore
Brewers and pubs are reaping the benefits of England's World Cup campaign. Sales of Carlsberg lager quadrupled during one England game, according to...
Pubs say food's a flop during footy
20-Jun-2006
The welcome boost in drinks sales during the World Cup has not been matched by increased food takings in most pubs, according to a Publican poll.A...
California staff shine bright
06-Apr-2006
Customer service, determination and sheer hard work has seen the team at the California Country Inn in Modbury, South Devon, nominated for Proud of...
Publican Awards honour industry's finest
22-Mar-2006
Licensees Richard and Jacqui Macey of the Fountain Inn in Clent, Worcestershire, enjoyed a double victory at The Publican Awards 2006 last night.The...
20-Feb-2006 By The PMA Team and Tony Halstead
Trust Inns, the 506-strong tenanted pub operator owned by millionaire Trevor Hemmings, has reported increased profit for the fifth year in a row....
