'Shame of being found paralytic in street disappears as convictions fall by 75%'
21-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Drunken behaviour is raging unchecked because offenders are escaping with a 'slap on the wrist'. Doctors' leaders expressed alarm at figures showing...
Pubco mediation deal due to be struck tomorrow
21-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A top barrister is due to have a legally binding agreement in place over how the pubco model should be operated by tomorrow (Tuesday). After weeks...
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Camra boss Mike Benner will give an update on the progress of the super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading at a BII meeting.
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Refresh owner Rupert Thompson has joined Thatchers Cider as a non-executive director. Thompson sold Refresh, which brewed the Wychwood and...
18-Sep-2009 By Peter Linacre
The French are beginning to replicate the Great British pub, says Peter Linacre.
18-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Top docs are "misguided" and "ill-informed" on the alcohol debate and further draconian measures could shut up to 10,000 pubs. That's the blistering attack launched by BII chief executive Neil Robertson on the BMA.
18-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Chepstow host has warned licensees to beware of bogus callers after receiving nine calls in one day from a bogus charity.
Top music venue sold to tycoon
18-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
London live music venue Parker McMillan has been sold to the man responsible for bringing Gold's Gym to the UK.
Mandatory code looks set for major delay
17-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The government looks set to delay the introduction of its controversial mandatory code of practice until after April 2011, according to reports this...
16-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
The Government's plan to let small firms borrow money from pension funds and insurance companies has been met with a cautious welcome.
Chris Maclean: Why GP is just gross
16-Sep-2009 By Chris Maclean
I am growing to despise the very idea of GP. This may be a heresy for many, but there is life beyond, and above GP - honestly. I had a long meeting...
16-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Sun has launched its campaign to Save the Great British Pub and looked at duty on beer, the beer tie and red tape.
NHS and pubs join forces to tackle violence
15-Sep-2009
Bangor and District Pubwatch has two new members - the North West Wales NHS Trust and Wales Ambulance Service Trust have joined as associate members....
15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
A former Inntrepreneur multiple lessee is urging others interested in re-opening the infamous case against the pubco to get in touch. The case...
15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Tenants, lessees and freeholders are the ones feeling the pinch as managed pubs and restaurants continue a steady increase in sales. Like-for-like...
15-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Pubwatch bans are being handed out to thugs who attack ambulance staff in north-west Wales. A similar scheme already operates in Manchester,...
Hamish Champ: Keeping it real in Europe's stag party capital
14-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
I'm sure many of you know the phrase 'What goes on tour stays on tour.' It's much used on stag do's and was the inevitable mantra when I found myself...
Forget 2009, 2010 will be the year to watch out for
12-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
News of Kraft's recent multi-million-pound bid for UK chocolate behemoth Cadbury and talk of a possible merger between telecommunications giants...
Pubcos go separate ways over AWP tie
11-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
The bruising Business & Enterprise Committee report on the pubco/tenant relationship in May this year was no less than a major body shock for the...
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
National ID cards will eventually replace current ID used to buy alcohol in pubs, says the man heading the national ID card roll-out. Identity and...
What's really in a name?
11-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
We all laughed or shrugged our shoulders when the Government announced — late in the day — that a new being was to be created under the Licensing...
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Senior Scottish & Newcastle executive Jonathan Townsend has been named as the new commercial director of WaverleyTBS. He replaces Gordon...
Brighton paves the way with alternative approach to alcohol issues
10-Sep-2009
In the parlance of drug and alcohol policy it's harm reduction versus consumption reduction. For the licensed trade this crucial debate can be...
10-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pub in the Park, the open-air festival designed to celebrate great British pubs, has been cancelled, citing slow ticket sales and the challenging...
Trade accountants Austens and Milestone merge
09-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Trade accountants Milestone (MLTSTA) and Austens have merged.
Police draw a blank in hunt for missing licensee
09-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The former partner of Ben Davey - the missing licensee who disappeared seven weeks ago - says he has not given up hope despite a national appeal...
09-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A tenanted pubco in Scotland has paid out more than £200,000 to prepare for licensing reform — that's £4,000 per pub. Craig Bruce, director of...
'Kids safer in the pub than the park'
08-Sep-2009
A report by Brighton and Hove council claims it would be "preferable" for underage teenagers to drink in pubs rather than gather in parks or on...
Camden licensee fined for excessive noise
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
A Camden licensee has been fined over excessive noise
Bristol operator Flatcappers to expand
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Bristol-based pub company, Flatcappers, which owns the award-winning Castle Inn in Bradford-on-Avon, has started work on their second pub in Rode,...
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has claimed its pub restaurant brands - Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns - have continued to claim market share during...
Copper Dragon reports leap in turnover
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Growing Yorkshire brewer Copper Dragon's is expected to report a 50% leap in turnover to £4m for this year. This came after it opened a new £4.5...
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
The number of troublemakers banned from Swindon Pubwatch pubs has more than tripled since the launch of its website. Around 40 pubs and clubs in...
It's still about the economy. Stupid
07-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
The summer is fast becoming little more than a distant memory in the minds of pub operators. It won't be long before the industry's attention...
Hamish Champ: Three cheers for chucking mobile phones out of pubs
07-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Proof, if any were needed, that I am a Boring Old Fart arrived last week in the form of my raising a glass in the direction of one Harry Walker,...
Live music leads to £500 hit for pub
07-Sep-2009
A pub has been forced to pay out more than £500 in fines and costs after residents said they were being kept awake by live music. Licensee Frank...
'Pub landlord robbed by a gorilla and a clown'
07-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A pub landlord was tied up and robbed by two men dressed as a clown and gorilla. The men, dressed in masks and full papers suits, burst into the...
04-Sep-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
While the leased pub industry is focused on resolving its issues through mediation, perhaps it is time to at least consider the possible scenario of life without the tie, writes Mark Stretton.
04-Sep-2009 By Roger Protz
Businesses must be wary of the new tactic of slapping trademarks on beer styles, says Roger Protz.
04-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Times may be tough, but the high standards championed by the licensees in the Great British Pub Awards provide great hope for the future, says The PMA Team.
04-Sep-2009 By Andy Slee
Any business not offering value to 30% of its customers is in trouble, says Andy Slee.
GMB slams mediation process as "window dressing
04-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Members of trade union the GMB are set to tell European Union officials the mediation process examining relationships between licensees and pub...
04-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco campaigners will tell EU officials the pubco mediation process is a sham and action is needed to outlaw the beer tie. The GMB Union and...
04-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
An all-inclusive price war has begun in Banbury, with two bars running the deals in the Oxfordshire market town. It has been blamed on a rise in...
04-Sep-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Jon Moulton — the boss of Alchemy Partners, the private equity firm that owns the Tattershall Castle and Inventive Leisure chains of managed pubs...
04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Shepherd Neame has revealed details of plans for more flexible tenancy agreements as part of a new package of measures for licensee support. The...
Listen Up! - all you need to know
03-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The Publican's Listen Up! campaign really seems to have struck a chord with the trade and many outside the industry. Since launching it last month,...
Comment: When any publicity is bad publicity
03-Sep-2009
People who say any publicity is good publicity should try telling that to licensees affected by the stink around Diageo at the moment. The spirits...
BII: One in five Scottish licensed premises closed
03-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
One in five licensed premises in Scotland have failed to open since the new Licensing Laws were introduced on Tuesday, according to the BII. Janet...
Appeal to find missing licensee
03-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A former licensee is making a desperate plea to Publican readers to help him find his missing partner. Ben Davey has not been seen since July 20 and...
