20-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Kelham Island Tavern in Sheffield has been crowned Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). The Kelham Island Tavern has been Camra...
20-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A local newspaper in Norwich is running a campaign to help save the city's pubs. The Norwich Evening News's Love your Local campaign aims to...
Can the pub trade be franchised?
19-Feb-2009
As an industry we're stuck. Stuck with nowhere to go - and no-one to pay the bills. The pub trade is the hospitality industry's very own Icarus....
Now's your chance
19-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
We need your help, now! That's the message from disgruntled licensees to Alistair Darling. Drinks trade groups have secured a meeting with the...
The Publican calls for meeting with supermarket chiefs
19-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican has gone on the front foot in the battle against loss-leading supermarket deals by requesting meetings with the big four retailers. A...
19-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Youngsters employed to detect pubs that serve children will use genuine ID owned by someone over 18 — to catch bar staff who don't make proper...
Everards staff give young Barnardo's carers a helping hand
18-Feb-2009
The money was handed over to Leicestershire Cares and will go towards the Barnardo's CareFree project in the county, which offers support services to...
18-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
A key figure behind plans to force more costly red tape on all licensees can't remember the last time he visited a pub. Home Office minister Alan...
Centenarian Vera hailed as UK's oldest licensee
17-Feb-2009
A woman from Cornwall who has celebrated her 100th birthday has been declared the UK's oldest publican and shows little sign of wanting to call...
Fund launched to help campaigning licensee
17-Feb-2009
A campaigning licensee has spoken of her gratitude after discovering that a fund has been set up to help her avoid bankruptcy.Inez Ward, founder of...
'Arson attack pub to be demolished'
17-Feb-2009
A pub which was severely damaged when a suspected arson attack ripped through Blackpool town centre, will be demolished. Yates's Wine Lodge, a pet...
Northumberland pubs become radio active
17-Feb-2009
Pubs in a Northumberland town will be on the same wavelength after staff were supplied with radios to help them keep tabs on troublemakers and warn...
17-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Licensees across the country are clubbing together to raise money to stop high profile licensee Inez Ward from going bankrupt. Ward, Enterprise...
Mark Daniels: People's Livelihoods Are at Stake, Mr Darling!
16-Feb-2009
One of the traits I despise most in a person is somebody who simply won't listen. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and I truly admire a...
Drink Talking: Paul Smith, Noctis
16-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
I spend a great deal of my life travelling the country meeting operators, police officers and politicians. Visiting different towns and cities I find...
Fat cats, noses in troughs and executive pay
16-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
The issue of 'fat cats' is on everyone's lips again. Bankers with their 'noses in the trough' - if that's not overdoing the ol' animal kingdom...
'Pub destroyed in arson attack'
16-Feb-2009
A bar favoured by MPs at party conferences in Blackpool was destroyed in a suspected arson attack early yesterday. A 21-year-old man was held on...
Pubco CEOs may see pay frozen in 2009
14-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
A number of leading pubco bosses are expected to miss out on a basic pay increase in the coming year as the companies they run batten down the...
13-Feb-2009 By Roger Protz
It seems obvious that rising prices and duty do no one any good in the long term — neither brewers nor Brown & Co — so why do they persist, asks Roger Protz.
Pub tackles recession with hats and handbags
13-Feb-2009
A Liverpool pub has stepped up its efforts to beat the crunch by launching a hats and handbag evening to attract more female customers.Laura King,...
13-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII has launched a new business support helpline for its licensee members. The new service will is designed to complement the BII's existing...
12-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale has urged MPs, councils and the public to throw their full weight of support behind the Sustainable Communities Act to help stop pubs closing.
National Pubwatch Conference 2009
12-Feb-2009
The Victorian splendour of the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate was the setting for this year's National Pubwatch Conference.But the topics on the agenda...
Licensees' stories to be heard at Darling meeting
12-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensees will have their voices heard at a potentially groundbreaking meeting with Alistair Darling before the Budget. For the first time in at...
Pub wins in dispute over marquee
12-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore
A determined licensee has been victorious in a year-long fight with his local council to keep a marquee, used as a changing room by the pub's...
12-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Banking giant Santander has apologised to a licensee after she was reportedly told by the group it won't lend to any pubs. Santander, which owns...
12-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Guinness volumes fell 8% in Great Britain during the six months to 31 December with net sales down 2% on last year, Diageo has reported.
12-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Robinson's Brewery is set to sell four freehold pubs at auction later this month. The northern brewer hopes to earn between £400,000 and £480,000...
11-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli has denied reports that his gastropubs were in financial trouble. The French chef insisted his businesses...
Pub's patio heater victory
11-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore
A licensee has won a battle to keep her patio heaters after a council originally rejected a planning application on environmental grounds. Lara Read,...
11-Feb-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Attempts by councils to ban pub patio heaters on environmental grounds have been dealt a heavy blow. A Government planning inspector has ruled patio...
11-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
A firm of leading licensing solicitors has warned that test purchase operations on AWP machines are set to rise. Poppleston Allen said that a recent...
10-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
A new offence of assaulting a licensee should be created — that's the view of Mitchells & Butlers security boss Andrew Nicholls.
10-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
A company, set up in 2007, that help tenanted pub companies keep pubs open is set to double turnover to £17m as pub failure rates increase.
Pubs to change face of UK's hotels
10-Feb-2009
Property agent Christie + Co has said that the pub sector is set to see an "influx" of guest accommodation as pubs look to diversify their offer in...
Opinion: Coming together to deal with the devil
10-Feb-2009
"Try to think as the other person thinks" - Michael Corleone: The Godfather - Part IIThe government is big on dealing with a single message from the...
Support builds for MP's pub campaign group
10-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore
Pub supporting MP Greg Mulholland has already received "hundreds" of emails from licensees "up and down the country" in response to his Save the Pub...
10-Feb-2009 By MA Reporter
Leading executives from the drinks industry and pub sector will come together this spring to discuss the issues surrounding the sale of alcohol in...
Mark Daniels: Pubs represent better value than you think...
09-Feb-2009
It's been a strange week: snow brought Britain to a standstill and silenced the Global Warmists, at least for a few minutes; a couple of BBC...
The good, the bad and the rather unattractive
09-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
It seems no-one has a good word to say about the big pubcos at the moment, if indeed they ever did. Inflexible, interfering, bullying, unreliable -...
09-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Rick Stein has confirmed that his first pub will be with Cornish brewer St Austell. The celeb chef will takeover the lease of the Cornish Arms at St...
'Mother's poster warning over boozing daughter'
08-Feb-2009
"A mother has resorted to putting up posters warning people not to give alcohol to her 16-year-old daughter in a desperate attempt to stop her...
Licensee puts out sign begging for customers
06-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Licensee Tim Gibson has made a desperate attempt to keep his pub open by putting up a notice begging for customers. His pub, the Royal Oak in Blean...
Businesses warned to be careful of accidents in bad weather
06-Feb-2009
Businesses need to be careful to prevent accidents on their premises during treacherous weather conditions, a business insurer has warned.According...
05-Feb-2009 By Roger Protz
The recession may be hitting the trade hard, but experienced craft brewers such as Norfolk's David Winter are determined to survive, says Roger Protz.
Fighting back after flooding
05-Feb-2009
Kelly Wright, from the Hawbridge in Tirley, Gloucestershire experienced every licensee's worst nightmare when she had to battle rising waters twice...
Violent past of doorman raises questions about SIA checks
05-Feb-2009
A door steward whose violent past surfaced when he tried to gain a taxi licence has fuelled concerns about Security Industry Authority (SIA) scrutiny...
Snowdrift licensee's relief at rescue
04-Feb-2009
A licensee who fell victim to this week's arctic weather conditions has spoken of her relief when she was rescued by a search team after being...
Pub refused compensation after works block trade
04-Feb-2009
A licensee has slammed National Grid after being refused compensation despite delays to emergency works outside his pub resulting in trade dropping...
BII Licensee of the Year finalists announced
03-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The finalists in the 2009 BII Licensee of the Year Award, as part of The Publican Awards, have been unveiled. Judges John Vereker and John Sharratt...
