My pub juke box
17-Apr-2008
David Elliott, the managing director of Greene King Pub Partners chooses his favourite tracks 1. Lean on Me Bill Withers Reminds me of my first date...
Kop resolves not to sing Blues
17-Apr-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The all-English Champions League semi-final clash between Liverpool and Chelsea guarantees that at least one Premier League side will reach the final...
Full marks for the Allmarks
17-Apr-2008
A pub dedicated to real ale is a worthy CaskForce winner, the Marston's beer-quality initiative supported by the MA For Les and Wendy Allmark,...
Q&A
17-Apr-2008
Bereavement rights Q. A local pub near here has been closed down by council officials because the family failed to apply for a transfer of the...
Your say
17-Apr-2008
Britain's brewing heritage at risk Burton-on-Trent is quite simply one of the greatest brewing towns in the world. Within it is the Coors visitor...
Diary
17-Apr-2008
Jamie lease story not quite true There have been suggestions that chef Jamie Oliver is taking on a Young's lease at the Cock & Camel in Oxford...
Five Après on the cards
17-Apr-2008
Town & Country Inns, the bar business led by entrepreneur Keith Williams, is to open at least five new Après Bar sites before the end of the...
Profit boost for Thorley
17-Apr-2008
Thorley Taverns, the Kent-based pub and hotel operator, has reported a return to profit in its most recent financial year. The company, which...
Licensees to get help to identify fake ID cards
17-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
£20,000 to get ID check scheme going Pubs will be sent "crib cards" to help staff identify genuine proof-of-age ID. A total of 175,000 cards have...
The Guv'nor Godfrey Page
17-Apr-2008
Mayhem on the streets? Don't blame the pubs I would like to start by saying that the future of pubs is looking good. But I can't. In 2005 when the...
Bar Talk
17-Apr-2008
Has the big rise in raw materials meant a review of menu prices? Alan Vaughan Countryman Inn Shipley West Sussex We are having to think about...
16-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario
CGT changes and effects of economic downturn are taking hold of the pub property market, say agents
Pub plays host to Citizens Advice Bureau
16-Apr-2008
Pubs could become venues for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) clinics if a pilot scheme proves popular.The information service is holding drop-in...
Halal Inn is UK's first alcohol-free Islamic pub
16-Apr-2008
The owners of what is thought to be the UK's first Islamic pub, are "shell- shocked" with the attention their business has received. A flood of...
16-Apr-2008
Have you ever thought of owning and running your own pub? Would you like to see your name above the door of your very own licensed outlet? Well, a...
16-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
Pub bosses have paid £3,000 compensation to a wheelchair-bound woman who was refused entry to a Northern Ireland bar. The case is a warning to...
15-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Licensees are mobilising to force a rethink on massive alcohol duty rises
15-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Rebel Howitt banned from being DPS at his pub for flouting the smoke ban
Comment: A move up a gear
15-Apr-2008
Over the past two years Marston's strategy has been very clear: to put together the best portfolio of premium cask beers in the land - with a local...
Nick Yates: Maasai Wariors and Puffing Publicans at the London Marathon
15-Apr-2008
Sweaty, breathless congratulations to all the London Marathon runners in a week in which the chefs team outran the publicans."We was robbed," said...
Tough times can help us, says Brulines
15-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Brulines, the cellar monitoring equipment supplier, can take advantage of the tough market conditions in the pub sector, believes chief executive...
Pubs urged to go for grants
15-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A couple that has given new life to a run-down pub are urging licensees across the country to investigate grants that could help their businesses....
15-Apr-2008
Two Oxfordshire pubs have been given a final warning over serving underage drinkers, after failing a second test purchase operation. Police carried...
Meet the challenge
14-Apr-2008
THE COMBINATION of increased consumer interest in local and sustainable foods, as well as the overall prospects for the pub food market, brought...
Whistling In The Dark
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
So, are you optimistic about the UK's economic prospects? If your name is Alistair Darling you will be. Obviously.Asked last week about the future...
Imagesound to de-list from AIM
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Imagesound, the AIM-listed supplier of audio visual equipment to the pub trade, has decided to quit the stock market after four years.The...
14-Apr-2008
One licensee could win £2,000 for having the safest cellar, thanks to Boc Suresevre's Safe Cellar Award. The award is designed to reward safe cellar...
Back to Basics: How to be a racing pub
11-Apr-2008
This week the flat racing season is off in earnest at Newmarket, and fresh interest in the Sport of Kings will be stirred among punters.It's a good...
Why we sold Refresh
11-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
It was entirely predictable that the decision by Rupert Thompson to sell Refresh UK to Marston's for an undisclosed fee would be viewed in some...
11-Apr-2008 By Andy Slee
I read with interest the editor's scoop with the licensing minister last week and can't help feeling a certain amount of thunder has been stolen from...
10-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Inventive Leisure's flagship Revolution vodka bar site in the City of London has had its hours pegged back from 3am to midnight
Chris Maclean: Bar billiards RIP
10-Apr-2008 By Chris Maclean
Wikipedia tells me the game originated in the thirties and is mostly found in the South of England in parts of London, Kent, Sussex and Berks.For...
Pubs due better deal on energy complaints
10-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Energy firms that fail to handle licensees' complaints properly will face heavy fines under new rules. Regulator Ofgem yesterday unveiled tough new...
Weather, Honeycombe and smoking ban take their toll on Cains
10-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Cains Beer Company, the AIM-listed brewer, has been reported a pre-tax loss of £2.77m for 2007 and in line with other operators remains "cautious"...
10-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Cains has reported a £2.8m loss for the fourteen months to 28 October 2007 following its reverse takeover of Honeycombe Leisure. The loss was in...
10-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Smoke rebel Hamish Howitt has won his fight to keep his Blackpool pub open. Howitt won his appeal against Blackpool Council's decision to revoke the...
10-Apr-2008 By Fight the Hikes
Join the battle to overturn the massive duty hikes promised for the next four years by the Chancellor
My New Pub
10-Apr-2008
Robert Holt Railway Inn Forden, Powys, Wales Agent: GA-Select Robert Holt and family plan to boost turnover by up to 30% over the next year at the...
The agent
10-Apr-2008
Stephen Taylor, MD, Guy Simmonds Legislation, legislation, legislation! You really can't escape it. From April 2008, commercial property offered for...
My pub juke box
10-Apr-2008
Mark Hastings communications director at the British Beer & Pub Association, chooses his favourite tracks First record bought: Led Zeppelin II...
Moves
10-Apr-2008
Moorhouse's boss wins US scholarship Lancashire brewery Moorhouse's managing director David Grant is the only British brewery executive to have won...
A warm welcome in the heart of the city
10-Apr-2008
Licensee Gerry Conteh reckons great service is the main factor behind his bars. Nigel Huddleston reports Gerry Conteh takes the inspiration for the...
Swing time again
10-Apr-2008
It's time to book a place on the Licensed Trade Charity's Annual Golf Tournament in aid of those in the trade who need support Now that spring has...
Squeezing the bingeing
10-Apr-2008
Underage drinking in public spaces has fallen in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, thanks to a pilot project that looks set to be repeated nationwide. MA...
Your say
10-Apr-2008
Tenants must unite to survive I have been trying recently to evaluate the plight of the pubco tenant. My partner and I have 18 years left on our...
Q&A
10-Apr-2008
Age no barrier to licence Q. My father recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Is there an upper age limit for the holding of a personal licence? I...
Calming hosts' machine fears
10-Apr-2008
Some readers running family pubs and the like might have been alarmed by the suggestion last week that they could be operating illegally. In...
China Now for Harbin
10-Apr-2008
Harbin Chinese lager is to be the official beer supplier to China Now, a six-month-long festival of more than 800 Chinese events. The festival...
Diary
10-Apr-2008
David Brown draws in his Hawn Loveable UK sales director (on-trade) at Whyte & Mackay, David Brown attended a recent fund-raising dinner with the...
The Guv'nor Bill Sharp
10-Apr-2008
Thank goodness for all this lovely red tape While reminding my staff about the importance of not serving alcohol to people who may be under the...
