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Campaign coalition Fair Deal for Your Local has backed a new pubs code amendment outlining a market rent only (MRO) option for tied tenants. The clause was tabled by Parliamentary [...]

Spirit Pub Company lessees claim they are in the dark over whether Greene King's proposed takeover will have an impact on their rent and product agreements. Licensees told the Publican's [...]

The Government has not ruled out reinserting family brewers back into the scope of the pub statutory code but insisted that smaller pubcos have 'nothing to fear' from its proposals. [...]

The Publican's Morning Advertiser's (PMA) Make Some Noise campaign continues to build momentum as more licensees join our fight for an Agent of Change principle --meaning people moving close to [...]

Last week, more than 100 companies, including leading firms in the pub trade, signed an open letter calling for an overhaul of the business rates system. They labelled the tax [...]

You know what they say about pubs. You wait ages to buy your own, then two come along at once. That's the situation Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, this year's BII [...]

Last fortnight the Government launched a consultation proposing to abolish personal licences, to an overwhelmingly critical response from the pub trade. It is the latest potential amendment to the Licensing [...]

Street pastors are a growing movement across the UK. Ellie Bothwell joins the Merton group in Wimbledon, south-west London, as they help to reduce crime and reassure evening revelers It [...]

Industry figures gathered for the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group's 20th anniversary annual awards dinner on 10 July. Chair Andrew Griffiths and honorary secretary Robert Humphreys spoke to Ellie Bothwell Andrew [...]

An overwhelming majority of free-of-tie pub rent reviews in London and the Midlands resulted in an increase during the past three years, according to Fleurets Rental Survey 2014. Figures from [...]

A Gloucestershire licensee has installed a defibrillator in the porch of his pub. Ian Summers, manager of the Bull Hotel in Fairford, bought the device, which helps treat life-threatening heart [...]

Caption: Staff at Mast-Jagermeister UK took on the Tough Mudder challenge to raise money for Help for Heroes and Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. The 13-strong Tough Meisters team sprinted, climbed [...]

Caption: Many people dream of running their own pub and Yummy Pub Co's Somers Town Coffee House in Euston, London, will make that dream come true for one lucky bidder [...]

Caption: Sports pundit and former football player Mark Bright said 'cheers' to Spirit Pub Company after it raised 43,000 [pounds sterling] for Prostate Cancer UK. Bright attended a party at [...]

Caption: Hampshire-based Upham Brewery teamed up with a local children's hospice to invite four kids to the London Irish training ground for a class in rugby. With the help of [...]

It takes quite a lot for me to burst into song but I'm delighted to be the bearer of some good news at last. There is some really exciting activity [...]

Lease-end dilapidation claims of more than a year's rent are common--the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors estimates their value in England and Wales at around 3.36bn £ per annum. A [...]

Breathalyser schemes across the licensed trade have been on the rise of late, with reaction to their usage mixed. Police in Norwich launched a pilot initiative in November last year, [...]

The Publican's Morning Advertiser's (PMA) has teamed up with the Music Venue Trust (MVT) and is calling on licensees to sign a petition urging the Government to introduce an agent-of-change [...]

A London operator has hit out at the Metropolitan police after misleading evidence led to the seven-month closure of his nightclub and the loss of an estimated 200,000 [pounds sterling]. [...]

An Isle of Wight publican has hit out at his local council forcing music in his bar to be 'inaudible', after he appealed against an existing condition on his licence. [...]

A Spirit Leased tenant has hit out at the put) company sending 'insulting' emails demanding beer lines be cleaned more frequently without offering; to reimburse the cost. Paul Mackay, of [...]

Admiral Taverns has launched a new range of craft beer to help its licensees grab a slice of the burgeoning popularity of the sector. The craft beer portfolio features a [...]

Punch Taverns and Admiral Taverns have both ruled out introducing managed divisions alongside their leased and tenanted estates, the Publican's Morning Advertiser (PMA) can reveal. Both companies have insisted there [...]

Save the Pub Group chair and MP Greg Mulholland has backed the Publican's Morning Advertiser's (PMA) Make Some Noise campaign, claiming that the current situation 'makes life more difficult for [...]

Punch Taverns bosses have reiterated that it is 'business as usual' following the long-awaited completion of its financial restructuring, despite demands for a corresponding rebalancing of its relationship with tenants. [...]

Campaigners battling to save a Brighton pub are appealing for support to block the owner's planning application to convert the building into residential use. New owners of the Rose Hill [...]

Pub deliveries in central London could be disrupted by a new cycle route being planned across the capital. Transport for London (TfL) and the City of Westminster have begun a [...]

An experienced general manager, who started running his own pub two years ago, said coming up with the right food offer and employing the right staff are the key elements [...]

The Stag Hotel Lyndhurst, Hampshire Guy Simmonds has sold the Greene King lease on this New Forest property off an asking price of 145,000 £ and a rent of 51,000 [...]

The Artichoke Inn Christow, Exeter On behalf of Heavitree Brewery, Bettesworths has sold the freehold of the Artichoke Inn off an asking price of 295,000 £. It was sold to [...]

The Kings Arms Tring, Hertfordshire Davey Co has recently completed the freehold sale of the Kings Arms in excess of the 695,000 [pounds sterling] asking price. The pub has enjoyed [...]

The White Hart New Mill, West Yorkshire The freehold of the White Hart has been sold by Fleurets to local property investor Miles Rodgers, off an asking price of 250,000 [...]

For anyone buying a pub in today's market, there are plenty of opportunities available. As well as the many freehold and leasehold opportunities, one might also consider taking on a [...]

The introduction of late-night levies is leading to a 'modest' decline in property values and favours nightclubs at the expense of pubs, agents have warned. Colin Siebert, director of licensed [...]

A licensee, whose venue has survived two reviews, has called for local councils to be more proactive in mediating disputes between residents and premises to reduce the number taken to [...]

Nottinghamshire Police has objected to an application from JD Wetherspoon (JDW) to reduce one of its pub's hours to avoid paying a late-night levy, on the grounds of 'crime and [...]

A licensee, who overpaid his water bills for two decades but only received one year's worth of refund, has warned fellow publicans to beware of the same pitfall. Stephen Rabjohns, [...]

Serving beer is 'not rocket science', the founder of the Micropub Association has claimed, after predicting that the movement will reach 100 sites nationwide by the end of the year. [...]

The Publican's Morning Advertiser today launches a campaign to protect established pubs and bars that are threatened with closure due to noise complaints. Through Make Some Noise, we aim to [...]

A Kent publican fears he is being 'driven out' of his pub by 'malicious keyboard warriors' complaining about noise. Bob Mitchell, of the George Inn in Chartham, Kent, said he [...]

The Government's consultation on restrictive covenants on pub sales is 'outdated and irrelevant', leading industry figures have claimed. Members of the trade say that the three-year delay on an announcement [...]

The number of privately-owned freehouses will overtake the number of tenanted and leased pubs 'by the end of 2015', a leading property agent has predicted. Simon Chaplin, corporate pubs director [...]

A tenant has hit out at Punch Taverns for selling the freehold of his pub to developers without informing him or giving him the opportunity to buy it. Roger Clarke [...]

Mast-Jagermeister UK has warned it will take legal action against pubs and clubs that repeatedly 'pass off' and 'pour over' as part of a fresh crackdown. The drinks brand said [...]

Leading industry figures are calling on the Government to produce more accurate and balanced statistics on alcohol, after claiming recent council reports include 'flawed' data that amount to 'meaningless propaganda'. [...]

An increasing number of landlords are being forced to sell pubs free of tie in order to secure a tenant, according to a property agent. Savills director of trading and [...]

Alcoholic 'kids' drinks have been making a comeback of late off the back of the trend for American-diner food and decor. First there were hard shakes, then ice cream cocktails. [...]

Pubs and venues with a key focus on live music should be owned by the charity and arts sectors rather than large pub companies whose main interest is selling beer, [...]

The Good Pub Guide, published today, celebrates all that is great about the British boozer. Ellie Bothwell and James Wallin were given an exclusive preview and spoke to some of [...]