Four pence on the price of a pint means Enterprise Inns is a Budget loser, says the Daily Mail.
Its shares are down 9½p to 383¼p since the Chancellor’s speech and its fortunes are tied to the plight of the pub sector undergoing a “seismic change” since the introduction of the smoking ban.
Tenanted chains such as Enterprise and Punch will fare the worse going forward, says the paper.
Daily Mail 15/03/08 page 111 (City & Finance)
