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Marston’s has joined its fellow pub operators in revealing stagnant sales figures during the past three months as trading is affected by the “challenging market”.
Posted: 25 January 2008 | 11:34
High-street pub chain JD Wetherspoon suffered a gloomy Christmas and grim start to the year, with a sales decline deepening further.
Posted: 22 January 2008 | 15:09
Sales at Punch, the UK’s largest pub group, have slipped into reverse due to a double whammy of the smoking ban and subdued consumer spending.
Posted: 16 January 2008 | 11:50
The English public are continuing to toe the line over the country’s smoking ban.
Posted: 04 January 2008 | 08:00
An investment bank has warned that a triple whammy of a dip in consumer confidence, growing supermarket alcohol discounting and over-capacity in eating out venues will create a difficult 2008.
Posted: 28 December 2007 | 07:00
Sales in pubs since the implementation of the smoking ban have slumped 7.3% with nearly three-quarters of smokers spending less time in the pub, according to a survey of publicans.
Posted: 17 December 2007 | 12:30
The boss of UK’s oldest brewery has lobbied MPs on behalf of the pub industry for a freeze in beer duty in next year’s Budget.
Posted: 27 November 2007 | 17:02
The Capital Pub Company has toasted strong results for the half year as London drinkers kept spending despite the disappointing summer.
Posted: 27 November 2007 | 14:23
Enterprise Inns believes the coming year will be “difficult for some pubs”.
Posted: 20 November 2007 | 11:08
Punch Taverns said sales at its managed pubs had flattened in the first few weeks of its new financial year following July’s smoking ban and waning consumer confidence.
Posted: 08 November 2007 | 15:32
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson predicted a return to buoyant sales in six to seven months, after admitting a dip in bar sales following the start of England’s smoking ban this July.
Posted: 06 November 2007 | 13:16
Hugh ‘Hamish’ Howitt will have to pay £2,500 in fines after becoming the first pub landlord to be prosecuted in England for defying smoking ban legislation.
Posted: 05 November 2007 | 15:27
Punch Taverns is expected to unveil a drop in profits on Thursday as the impact of the smoking ban starts to hit home.
Posted: 05 November 2007 | 13:45
Nightclub operator Luminar has felt only “marginal impact” on its sales following the introduction of the smoking ban in England in July.
Posted: 30 October 2007 | 11:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: £200m Wagamama flotation under threat; Scottish hotels outperform UK average in August; Spirit and Laurel to pioneer TV pub quizzes
Posted: 15 October 2007 | 11:47
Six months after the start of the smoking ban in Wales just 25 penalty notices have been issued with compliance levels at 97%, according to official figures.
Posted: 03 October 2007 | 08:00
Hospitality workers are reaping the health benefits of the English smoking ban with levels of exposure to second-hand smoke slashed by around three quarters in just two months, according to research revealed today.
Posted: 01 October 2007 | 13:12
Pubs are facing the threat of a legal double whammy as local authorities begin to use the Licensing Act to enforce smoking ban-related issues, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 27 September 2007 | 08:00
Pubs’n’Bars has become the first pub company to admit that July’s English smoking ban could have had a negative impact on financial performance.
Posted: 21 September 2007 | 13:48
The English smoking ban has been in force for more than two months, while Scotland has been smoke-free for 18 months. Andrew Wade, partner at law firm Lawrence Graham, examines the Scottish experience and looks at what English hospitality premises can expect to encounter
Posted: 13 September 2007 | 00:00
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