cool1 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was reading the evening express today and I came across this article its not on there website so I will right it out word by word.It on page 12Landlords' fears over pub plansLandlords in the North-east have been left with an uncertain future after a pub giant announced it was selling off a third of its buildings. Punch taverns - which owns 23 pubs in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire - has announced it is trying to offload more than 2000 of its bars across the UK. No announcement has been made on which pubs could be involved and the firm insisted it did not mean they would be shutting. Kevin Coutts, licensee at the Scotia Bar, said ''I keep in touch with other Punch publicans and for many of them it will be a worring time'' A Punch spokeswoman said: ''This is not about pub closures, it is about securing the future of our pub estate and our pubs. We will be focusing on a core leased estate of around 3000 high-quality pubs.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 That's really not cool1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 That's really not cool1Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yes, but I don't see that having a massive impact since the bars are owned but not run by Punch. We're talking about the transfer of ownerships of these establishments, not their closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yes it is. No, I... never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Do they own any popular pubs or do they only own local pubs.The price's might change its like wetherspoons selling there pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 It's not like Wetherspoons at all. Their pubs are chain pubs, which means they have a shared corporate identity. The managers on site report to district managers, who in turn report to brand managers, who report to the board of directors. Punch lease their pubs to landlords who operate them on (mostly) their own terms.I know where your getting at now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I went to college with Kev Coutts. Nice guy. Good at pool. Used to play football for Huntly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Oh hang on this is about the fact that puch taverns are selling off the bad estates that aren't generating any money to keep the ones that do (FT.com / Companies / Travel & Leisure - Punch bondholders attack spinoff plans), much like what happened with Northern Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I know where your getting at now.i didn't realise i could hate a sentence before this one came along, yet it seems to be making me genuinely angry.could we put this sentence on a spike on the tower of london as a warning to others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 New idea: any thread that is spawned from the Evening Depress is auto-locked. Weak as pish excuse for a newspaper that, heroically, aspires to be a tabloid.AJGTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 New idea: any thread that is spawned from the Evening Depress is auto-locked.Gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 New idea: any thread that is spawned from the Evening Depress is auto-locked. Weak as pish excuse for a newspaper that, heroically, aspires to be a tabloid.AJGTF.Why ?This is GOING to happen ask punch for yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Why ?This is GOING to happen ask punch for yourselfignore this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I went to college with Kev Coutts. Used to play football for Huntly.Did he? I know him through working at The Parkway, my granparents took it over for a few years after he moved to The Scotia. Cool1 please stop preaching whatever is printed in the EE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Did he? I know him through working at The Parkway, my granparents took it over for a few years after he moved to The Scotia. Cool1 please stop preaching whatever is printed in the EE Today I learned something, that the EE are liar's I should not believe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Today I learned something, that the EE are liar's I should not believe them.Any newspaper that has to beef out articles, by including an address for every person mentioned, should be questioned. I refuse to read that shitrag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 ignore this postI already did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 can a mod please lock this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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