UK pub sector not dying, says Brulines
02-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Brulines, the technology company which installs beer flow monitoring equipment across thousands of UK pubs, believes reports of the demise of the...
Action stations at the Rose & Crown
01-Dec-2008
Pub: The Rose & Crown, Selling, KentLandlords: Tim Robinson & Vanessa GroveTechnology: 2 x J2 520 touchscreen tills with standard cash...
Adam Withrington: Don't break the closed period
01-Dec-2008
Ok put this in your pipe and smoke it. I have a major problem with licensees showing football on foreign satellite systems on a Saturday afternoon....
Monitor your progress with Brulines
01-Dec-2008
Think you know about beer, and beer sales in your pub? You might do - but if you're given the chance to run your beer output through Brulines' brand...
Want your pub to appear in a music video?
01-Dec-2008
With the Government seemingly hell-bent on destroying the pub trade, overheads spiralling out of control, and prospect of financial armageddon...
Hamish Champ: Finally, the media is waking up
01-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
One of my responsibilities as City & Business editor of The Publican is to compile the Sunday newspaper round-up for the magazine's website.Yes,...
'Thousands of bars face closure in backlog of staff vetting'
01-Dec-2008
Thousands of bars, clubs and off-sales in Scotland face the threat of closure, industry leaders warned yesterday, as it emerged that there is a...
Capital Pub Company suspends dividends for shareholders
01-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
London pub group Capital Pub Company (CPC) is the latest operator to declare it is suspending dividend payments to shareholders in order to shore up...
A new kick in the teeth
29-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
The licensed trade's reaction to last week's move by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to cut VAT but claw back the lost tax revenue with another hike...
Alistair Darling's PBR. Or: 'Pathetic Beyond Reason''
29-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
When I heard Alistair Darling deliver his pre-Budget Report last week I recalled the less-than-subtle catchphrase of 'Cockney Gran', the foul-mouthed...
Drinks Pub of the Year 2008: Barracuda Group, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
28-Nov-2008
Barracuda is clearly an innovative drinks pub company, seen through its drinks range and promotions across its three major pub brands: Smith &...
Back of House Team of the Year 2008: the Inn @ West End, West End, Surrey
28-Nov-2008
There was something about the entry from the Inn @ West End that immediately impressed the judges - the individual photographs of each member of the...
Front of House Team of the Year 2008: The Whitmore Arms, Orsett, Essex
28-Nov-2008
An amazing commitment to front-of-house service and the team that provides it has brought the Whitmore Arms in Orsett, Essex the deserved accolade of...
Jim Fallon leaves McQueen Ltd
28-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
Jim Fallon, one of the UK licensed trade's leading finance experts, has announced he is to leave investment firm McQueen Ltd six years after...
'Pub could be yours for the price of a raffle ticket'
28-Nov-2008
Booming trade, stunning chocolate box scenery and the chance to pull a pint behind your own bar. It may seem like an untouchable dream for aspiring...
27-Nov-2008 By Stephen Crawley
if the Great British Pub does not re-invent itself and evolve out of the current climate to offer great value to the citizens and tourists of Britain, I'll eat my hat, says Stephen Crawley.
27-Nov-2008 By Andrew Pring
Darling and his pals have turned the licensed trade into a cash cow of monstrous proportions. Now, more than ever, is the time to challenge that anti-pub ethos, says Andrew Pring.
BBPA and CAMRA launch 'Save the Pub' campaign
27-Nov-2008
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) today joined forces to launch the 'Axe the Beer Tax - Save the Pub'...
Pub takes action after customer stabbing
27-Nov-2008
A pioneering licensee is setting up a Knife and Drug Watch scheme after a customer was stabbed repeatedly in his pub.Andy Gibson, who runs the...
27-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
A major campaign to save the Great British pub has been launched at Westminster today with calls to axe the beer tax.
27-Nov-2008 By MA Team
It now seems to be official — Chancellor Alistair Darling wants to kill off the pub trade. Yesterday's news that Darling had agreed to cut his duty...
27-Nov-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Hartlepool brewery Cameron's is set to keep expanding in the face of the credit crunch, although the company admits to scaling back plans.
Broadcast battle hots up
26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
Football has witnessed some classic European encounters over the years. Manchester United's penalty shoot-out victory against Chelsea in this year's...
Watching it unfold
26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
In the last few years we've heard a lot about a company called Media Protection Services (MPS) in relation to foreign satellite screenings. This is...
Window of opportunity?
26-Nov-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Depending on your point of view foreign satellite TV suppliers are either cowboy operators out to make a quick buck from desperate licensees or the...
Tim Clarke: 'I'm sorry for £300m hedging losses'
26-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Tim Clarke said he "very much regretted" the group's near-£300m hedging losses which resulted from...
'Pubs and clubs told to bring an end to happy hours'
26-Nov-2008
Pubs and clubs will face strict orders to tackle Britain's booze culture when bans on happy hours and discount drinks are announced next week. The...
Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell some brands
26-Nov-2008
InBev has remained tight-lipped about the future of its brands in the UK despite the chief of new company Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInBev) talking up...
Pub to be converted into place of worship
26-Nov-2008
A church famous for its hard line stance against drinking has bought a pub to bring its parishioners together. But the Free Church of Scotland is...
26-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Orchid Group has become one of the first pub companies in the UK to win sponsor status to employ workers from overseas and obtain work permits...
Drinks Pub of the Year 2008: Fence Gate Inn, Nr Burnley, Lancashire
25-Nov-2008
A drinks offer 'from cask to Crystal' added to a superb all-round pub experience helped the Fence Gate Inn pick up the Drinks Pub of the Year title...
Mark Daniels: What they give with one hand, they take away with the other...
25-Nov-2008
If you watched Soccer AM on Saturday morning you will have seen Paul Daniels, making a couple of lewd jokes that made Helen Chamberlain blush,...
Sutcliffe reveals plans to help grieving pub families
25-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
The government is planning to extend the deadline that a licence can be transferred if a premises licence holder dies, Gerry Sutcliffe has revealed....
Trade hits out at tax hikes
25-Nov-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade groups have slammed Alistair Darling's announcement today that he will raise alcohol tax eight per cent to cover a drop in VAT. Mark Hastings,...
Mark Daniels: The pros and cons of running a pub - internet discussion forum style
24-Nov-2008
For more than ten years before I bought in to my little pub I worked in what could generically be termed as the "internet industry".I understood what...
Winning friends and influencing people
24-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
No stranger to controversy he, Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen certainly put the cat among the pigeons last week. Coming on the day the...
Hamish Champ: Quality of life?
24-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
The phrase 'quality of life' is a highly interpretable - and of course highly personal - one.Last week the small enclave of Elmbridge in Surrey was...
Second Community Alcohol Partnership launched
24-Nov-2008
A Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) has been launched in Kent to tackle underage drinking and anti-social behaviour.The partnership, which...
Weird and wonderful dates help licensees thrive
21-Nov-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Making the most of weird and wonderful dates in the diary can help raise revenue, according a to a pair of licensees. Charlie and Carole Edgeler have...
No rent concessions for Fuller's tenants
21-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
Fuller, Smith & Turner said licensees across its 204-strong leased and tenanted pub business could expect the brewer's full support in the...
21-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
The pubcos have taken another battering from the Fair Pint group in the wake of the first Business and Enterprise Committee hearing — the group appeared on Radio 4's You and Yours show.
21-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
Fuller's tenants will not be getting rent concessions despite a 1% decrease in average revenue per pub and 1.9% dip in like-for-like sales. The...
21-Nov-2008 By John Harrington
The Premier League says it would be "pointless" bringing new prosecutions for foreign satellite screenings at pubs until after the landmark legal...
20-Nov-2008 By Roger Protz
Lymestone uses water from the original brewery well to make its beers, reflecting its owners' passion for authenticity, says Roger Protz.
20-Nov-2008 By David Elliott
Greene King Pub Partners managing director David Elliott says it is time for a change in the industry.
20-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has increased profit before tax "despite difficult trading conditions". The company boosted turnover from £86.2m...
The word on the street
20-Nov-2008
Support for our Make it the Minimum campaign which calls for a minimum price of 50p on every unit of alcohol sold continues to grow.The aim of...
Ex-Asda chief calls for on and off-trade unity
20-Nov-2008
"It's a great mistake to think it is an on-trade versus off-trade issue. If you carry on down this road of "on versus off" you will lose."Strong...
Pubs warned over fresh telephone scam
20-Nov-2008
Licensees are being warned about a fresh scam involving a conman posing as a regular and trying to trick them out of hundreds of pounds. Speaking...
Zonal Retail Data Systems makes 16 redundant
20-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
EPOS technology supplier Zonal Retail Data Systems is to cut its 180-strong workforce by just under 10 per cent as the market for its services...
