Launched in 1975, The Publican UK licensed weekly magazine has grown to popularly be referred to as Pubs for Sale in the entire northwestern Europe region – England, Scotland, Wales, and the province of Northern Ireland. The website of the pubs was launched in 2001, featuring every range of news, blogs, a beer guide, photo galleries, job vacancies and a suppliers directory, pubs for sale and lease, as of January 2009 boasting of up to 75,000 unique users every month.
The Pub magazine has an audited circulation of 33,404 by this time and is distributed via subscription and controlled circulation to individual pubs as well as large pub companies and breweries across the United Kingdom. Another publishing interest of the magazine is the special report related to key areas of pub trade, while also producing the Industry Handbook that incorporates fine points on all UK pub companies in addition to a suppliers directory.
UK’s largest business for sale marketplace, daltonsbusiness.com, is one internet location where anyone can find pubs for sale, billed as it were as the best place to buy a business. Other internet websites where there are pubs for sale in the UK and abroad include Marston Pub Company, Enterprise Inns, Punch Taverns, Greene King, and virtualpubs.com.
The Publican has in recent times run a week in which people are encouraged to celebrate the positive impact the pub trade has in the UK, billed as Proud of Pubs week; in addition, it campaigned against alcohol pricing in supermarkets; ran training sessions on the smoking ban; and advocated for the industry in the national media.
Currently published by United Business Media, the editor of the pub is Caroline Nodder, publishing director is Tony Arnold, and there are also about 17 employees with the UBM-head-office-based magazine at Ludgate House, Blackfriars Road, London. Events organized by the Publican magazine are generally centered toward catering to the licensed trade, also taking account of the Food and Drink Awards, the Publican Pub Golf Tournament, the Publican Directors Club and others like it.
For those interested and looking for it, now they know where they can find pubs for sale – they should cease the chance when they have it.