The Government's damagingly absolutist guidance ironically undermines the Community Pubs Inquiry's sensible suggestions to help ailing pubs, says The PMA Team.
That's the question on this website's poll this week and, unsurprisingly, the majority of us would. I'd certainly serve them, but then I must also be...
About one in six pubs in England and Wales are failing to claim £6.9m of Small Business Rate Relief — according to data from small business campaign group Leaseholders United.
Pub operator Mercury Inns has launched a new recovery service for failing groups of pubs — Mercury Liquid will work with receivers to improve distressed assets.
Another week, another set of depressing economic surveys. I know I contribute to the increasing sense of gloom, doom and despondency by repeating the...
It may not replace Premier League football as a pub spectacle, but the new TV series featuring actor Neil Morrissey's efforts to open a pub starts on...
Courts can take into consideration that residents who complain about noise at pubs knew it was there before they moved in, a High Court judge has ruled in a landmark case.
Bans on selling alcohol at weekends, doormen and CCTV at every point of sale and briefings for staff at every shift are all advised by Government at first pub licence review.
As licensees spend a day and a half per week dealing with bureaucracy, an excellent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group engages with the gritty reality of pub life, says Andrew Pring.
British consumers are tightening their belts and cutting back on everything from shoe shopping to trips to the pub, according to the latest survey by...
A licensee is so desperate to leave her pub that she is willing to give it away - but still nobody was taken it onLynda Lowe wants to leave the Cross...
The Fair Pint lobby group has slammed the Community Pubs Inquiry report for failing to blame the pubcos for the plight of community pubs. Fair Pint,...
A wide-ranging parliamentary report urging the government to help community pubs has been welcomed by the industry. The report, released today by the...
What kind of pub novice devises the Government's anti-alcohol proposals? The trade faces a fierce fight against the oncoming tide of red tape, says Andrew Pring.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has been rapped for a half-hearted acceptance of the licensed trade's Proof Of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) identity card.
Regulars at a soon-to-be-demolished London pub have joined forces to produce a book capturing the spirit of its drinkers and the venue's history. The...
It's late 2009 and Joe Licensee is getting ready for opening night at his new pub, the Red Lion in Anytown. Staff have been hired, drinks ordered and...