Punch set for bitter control battle The Press Association Britain's biggest pub operator has reportedly started controversial talks to reduce its £2.3 billion debt mountain which are set to spark a bitter battle for control of the company. Punch Taverns, which owns some 5000 pubs, has proposed a complex ... Punch Taverns fires gun on debt swap talkCITY A.M.
York City fans celebrate in city centre pubs The Press, York YORK City fans unable to make the trip to Wembley packed into pubs and bars to cheer on their team and celebrate a momentous win. At city's Bootham Crescent home, hundreds of cheering fans were in the club bar to witness York's 2-1 victory over Luton ...
Great Western Arms in Aynho named Pub of the Year at Hooky Diamond Awards Cotswold News The Great Western Arms in Aynho has been named Pub of the Year at the 2012 Hooky Diamond Awards. Held at Stratford Racecourse on 9th May, and this year honouring the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in its name, the annual award ceremony is designed to ...
2 picked up for creating scene outside pub Indian Express In yet another incident of lawlessness outside the city's pubs and discotheques, two youths were taken into preventive arrest by the police after they created a scene in an inebriated condition outside a pub-cum-discotheque in Sector 8.
Pub drinks in Olympic atmosphere Financial Times By Vanessa Kortekaas As the closest pub to the Olympic park entrance at Westfield Stratford City, The Cow is likely to be one of the big winners from this summer's games, with up to 70% of spectators expected to pass by. General manager Lara Burns said ...
What the Sunday Papers said... The Independent Sunday Times: Battle for control at Punch pubs Britain's biggest pub operator has opened talks with its lenders over a controversial plan to give them control of the company in return for writing off millions in debt. Punch Taverns, which owns 5000 ...
Pubs face Olympian beer challenge Financial Times By Vanessa Kortekaas Olympic organisers have been preparing for every conceivable scenario in the run-up to the games, but details have emerged of the latest threat: London's pubs could run out of beer. Retailers plan to switch their delivery times ...