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Calling all pubs to spread their wings

Calling all pubs to spread their wings

Licensees get ready for take off! The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Red Bull to help pubs get involved in one of the most creative,...

Coors appoints two new sales directors

Coors appoints two new sales directors

By Ewan Turney

Coors has appointed two new sales directors to replace John Holberry who is taking over as managing director at Magners. Steve Ellis will takeover as...

Room at the inn

Room at the inn

By Hamish Champ

Ted Kennedy likes a challenge. An affable veteran of Whitbread's pub and hotel businesses, Kennedy is one of a growing number of executives who see a...

The Eight team

The Eight team

Winners of BBC2 show The Restaurant, Jane and Jeremy Hooper talk pubs, Peach and passion with Lucy Britner Raymond Blanc calls it a pub. Peach Pub...

The Kings Arms

The Kings Arms

Litton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4PW 01761 241301 ? thekingsarmslitton.co.uk The Kings Arms is the latest opening from the Kings Club, a new...

Fox & Anchor

Fox & Anchor

5 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M foxandanchor.com As Blackadder's Baldrick might say, lunch at the Fox was a cunning plan. This smartly revamped...

'60s retro night

'60s retro night

Where: the Inn @ West End, West End, Surrey ? the-inn.co.uk The idea: Theme night offering music, games, quizzes and '60s themed menu. How it works:...

Empty pub rates hit imminent

Empty pub rates hit imminent

By Joe Lutrario

Regulations have been laid in Parliament to enable the introduction of reforms to empty property rates on April 1. The most significant change is...

Bar dishes winner

Bar dishes winner

Michael Ward, head chef, the Highwayman, Burrow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, 01524 273338 www.highwaymaninn.co.uk Tenure: The second pub from Nigel...

Putting the boot in

Putting the boot in

By James Wilmore

"Is the BMA a killjoy? No."This was the defensive way Sir Charles George, chairman of the British Medical Association's board of science, greeted...

Final warning for rogue publishing firms

Final warning for rogue publishing firms

By John Harrington

Rogue publishing firms that con pubs are getting a final warning to stop the scams. Letters are to be sent to suspected rogue publishers to coincide...

MyShout

MyShout

The defence of pubs should be a priority for all those connected with the trade, says Tony Jennings I can't remember a time when the pub business...

THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

Graham Earl Dennet Xyxyxy xxx xyxx xyxx xyx xxyx xyx xyx xyxx xyx xyx xyx xyx xyx xy xxyx yx xyx xy xyx xyx xyx xy xyx xyx xyx xy As most landlords...

THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

John Ellis The licensee of the Crown Inn, in Oakengates, Telford, says allowing the public to use pubs' toilets is fraught with difficulty Just like...

InBrief

InBrief

Warrants issued for spirits cheats Warrants for the arrest of two restaurant owners were issued after they failed to turn up to court on charges of...

BarTalk

BarTalk

Are the supermarkets finally coming to their senses on cheap alcohol? Dave Daly The Castle, Blackpool I suppose every little helps - but you've got...

NewsDigest

NewsDigest

The National Association of Licensed House Managers (NALHM) is to be called Licensees Unite. The new union will cover pub managers, licensees and all...

Scrap cheap deals - now

Scrap cheap deals - now

By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Trade calls for end to cheap alcohol deals as supermarkets make "token gestures" Supermarkets should scrap cheap alcohol deals now and not wait for...

The Agents

The Agents

David Broschomb Negotiator Fleurets, Leeds office When you are looking to take on a new business, there'll be no shortage of advice being thrown...

Gunning hard for AC Milan

Gunning hard for AC Milan

By Essi Berelian essi.berelian@william-reed.co.uk

This week promises some fantastic UEFA Champions League matches, with the fate of three top English teams hanging in the balance. Manchester Utd...

Unity is strength

Unity is strength

Phil Dixon advocates using the wealth of star talent in the trade to take on the job of communicating about the real issues I have a confession to...

White hot Hart!

White hot Hart!

The local radio airwaves crackled in the early morning of Friday, February 22 with the voice of Simon Tanner, licensee of the White Hart in...

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