Exclusive pub-goers survey revealed at Publican Conference 2001A major new piece of research into consumer trends and attitudes towards pubs will be...
Upselling is not about being greedy, but a way of offering your customers the best products. In my travels around bars I regularly choose one drink and use that as one benchmark for a bartender's ability.
Local councils have come under fire again for using Public Entertainment Licence (PEL) fees to boost their budgets.The head of the Campaign for Live...
Drinks group Bulmers predicts that changes in pub ownership over the past months will provide opportunities for new supply deals.The company said it...
The trade has criticised calls for businesses to carry out random drug and alcohol tests on employeesThe London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has...
The Gambling Review Body is reported to have ruled out extending gambling to pubs in its recommendations to the Government.Leaked reports suggest the...
Public vote on Sunday drinking set to be abolishedThe Government looks set to abolish an ancient Welsh law allowing a regular public vote on whether...
Chorion, which owns the Tiger Tiger bar chain, has appointed Steven Palmer as finance director of both the group and its bar and nightclub business....
Honeycombe Leisure has appointed Simon Wood, 48, as non-executive director of the company.He has significant experience of the leisure industry, most...
Fuller's is looking beyond the traditional pub with its Fine Line bar concept.There is a stylish bar-restaurant in West London that has been visited...
The licensing reform bill is to be called the "Alcohol and Entertainment Bill", according to the minister in charge Tessa Jowell.Ms Jowell (pictured)...
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a consultation on four options for the future of Bass Brewers, two of which would see it broken up.The...
Bass Brewers has announced the national roll-out of Arc, the world's first super-chilled lager, less than a year after it was provisionally launched...
How licensees stock and merchandise bottled beers - from premium packaged lagers to the fast-growing ales and organic brews - can have a major effect...
A theme night is designed to drum up some excitement on a day of the week, or even a time of year, when business would otherwise be slow. John Porter...
It's good to talk - Geoff Tyler looks at the ways that different phone systems can help publicans communicate with their suppliers and customers. At...
Pub operator Heavitree insists that the business is recovering despite a new blow from foot-and-mouth disease.It suffered another slump over the six...
Guinness has said it is not simply targeting the "pink pound" by becoming a sponsor of the annual gay festival Mardi Gras. For the first time, it was...
