Not an even-handed struggle
01-Aug-2007
So regional brewer Greene King has ducked out of a potentially damaging High Court clash over costs. This is not at all surprising, but I am sorry,...
Let's hear it for the watchdogs
01-Aug-2007
It's unlikely that many tears of solidarity were shed by drinks suppliers as cosmetic giant L'Oreal took a very public lashing from advertising...
When will they realise? Pubs are not the problem
01-Aug-2007
Perhaps, like Shambo the bullock, the kindest thing would be for the Government to put a bullet in the head of the entire pub trade. When both the...
MyShout
01-Aug-2007
The Dunkirk spirit helped pubs in the wake of floods - and poker is good news says David Elliott The recent widespread flooding in many areas of...
Pub trade defiant despite disaster
01-Aug-2007
Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario visited the flood-stricken crisis zone to witness first hand the carnage left in the wake of the worst natural disaster...
Merseyside pubs shut after one sting
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Police closed two Merseyside pubs for more than 24 hours on a busy Friday evening for failing a single test-purchase operation. The closures came...
BarTalk
01-Aug-2007
Who do you prefer: Gordon Brown or David Cameron? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire I'm a Conservative at heart but after the Hug a Hoody...
Ofgem plan to protect pubs
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs would get more protection against being charged penalties when switching energy supplier under new plans being considered. A new consultation...
NewsDigest
01-Aug-2007
The Clear Pub Company (CPC), a fledgling business set up by Duncan Ward and Andy Wilkinson, has launched with the acquisition of 25 leasehold sites...
31-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Sizzling Pub Company, the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) community brand, has unveiled its 200th pub.
Pete Robinson: 12 year old served drink in pub
31-Jul-2007
Even my elderly mum doesn't believe this but my first beer purchase in a pub was made at the tender age of 12. Straight up!A sudden torrential...
What the papers say - July 31, 2007
31-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Just as summer has finally returned, Britain is facing the prospect of a severe ice cream shortage after the country's biggest ice cream factory was...
Hamish Champ: Floods, pubs and insurance companies
30-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
I believe there are those who have spent hours arguing that breathing in other people's smoke is bad for you, and an sizeable number condemning such...
30-Jul-2007
Yesterday's Sunday Mirror reported that a survey it carried out following the smoking ban found takings at pubs had dropped by as much as 40%. The...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Jul-2007
Corby in Northamptonshire was recently branded by an official report as the yob capital of Britain. 55 per cent of those given Asbos breached their...
27-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Phil Pegler, the operations director who has overseen the conversion of 750 Spirit managed pubs to lease at Punch, is taking redundancy, the Morning...
What the papers say - July 27, 2007
27-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A former champion boxer shot in the head after asking three men to stop smoking is now brain dead and will have his life support machine switched off...
27-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Flood-hit pubs may be eligible for tax breaks, the Government has announced. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said it will: - Defer collection of...
26-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario in the flood zone
Licensees giving out free drinks and remaining defiant - despite floods which forced one to live on his pub roof.
Floods: Fears over long-term impact on insurance cover
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Flood-affected licensees are desperately scanning their insurance policies in the wake of the disaster.It is expected that most pubs will be covered...
500 pubs devastated by floods
26-Jul-2007
Pubs and breweries are facing a race against time to save their businesses as floods devastated areas of the country.In the wettest summer weather...
Trade groups call for support for flood-hit pubs
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Trade associations have called for help for licensees affected by the devastating floods across the country.Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
Magic of the big screen
26-Jul-2007
Juke boxes operated by text messages and plasma screens that can be fitted to the ceiling. Graham Ridout discovers the latest technology to help pull...
Art of gold
26-Jul-2007
Tucked away in London's East End is a pub boasting a very unusual clientèle. Adam Edwards meets their host The life-size heart hanging like a neon...
THE GUV'NOR
26-Jul-2007
Mike Bell The smoke ban could be a blessing for pubs if licensees are prepared to go with the flow, says the licensee of West London's Portobello...
BarTalk
26-Jul-2007
What do you think of the pending review of the Licensing Act? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I don't have a problem with it as long as...
NewsDigest
26-Jul-2007
England's top doctor has added his weight to calls for higher tax on alcohol. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England, told The...
Goodbye, Mr George
26-Jul-2007
The turnout was fantastic on Monday for George Bateman's memorial service in Boston. Nearly 900 people packed England's largest parish church, the...
LETTERs
26-Jul-2007
Smoke-ban has killed the pub The economics of running a community pub mean that most are one-person operations, unable to employ additional staff to...
Licensee lashes out over flood defences
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A licensee in Upton upon Severn who escaped the last round of floods is counting the cost of the latest wave after the Environment Agency failed to...
What the papers say - July 25, 2007
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The family of a British boxing champion who was shot at point blank range after asking three men to put out their cigarettes in a London bar said...
Cains integration of Honeycombe Leisure "ahead of target
25-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Liverpool-based Cains Beer Company said its integration of the Honeycombe Leisure business was "ahead of target".Cains' chief executive Sudarghara...
Arkells pub fights to reopen after floods
25-Jul-2007
Licensees Paul and Michelle Gilbert of the Jolly Tar at Hannington near Swindon, Wiltshire, are battling against the floods in the hope of being open...
25-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
First-time licensees Paul and Michelle Gilbert say they are determined to get their pub running again after it was flooded just two weeks after they...
Call for pubcos help over flood-hit pubs
24-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
A trade chief has called for pubcos to freeze direct debit payments for licensees affected by the floods. Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
Towns becoming "no-go areas" after dark
24-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
City and town centres are becoming "no-go areas" after dark partly due to "drunken skylarking", the chairman of an influential committee of MPs has...
Nothing new" over licensing review, says BBPA
24-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has played down media reports suggesting Gordon Brown is to review the Licensing Act. Most of the...
What the papers say - July 24, 2007
24-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The floods which have devastated central and western England in the past four days are the worst in modern times, the Environment Agency has...
Fuller's managed pubs see strong start
24-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Fuller Smith & Turner told investors today at the group's AGM that invested like-for-like sales in its managed pubs increased by 5.4 per cent for...
Scottish pubs face polycarbonate push
24-Jul-2007
Scottish publicans are gearing up to fight controversial new plans to bring in local on trade glass "bans" - a year after the collapse of a similar...
24-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney
Pubs across the country have been devastated by the worst natural disaster to hit Britain in 60 years. The flooding crisis ripped through...
Early days?
23-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
News - OK, hearsay - reaches me that a couple of regional brewers of not insignificant size have experienced a near 20 per cent sales slump across...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Jul-2007
Revellers have been told they must leave their pints in the bar if they want to light up outside and landlords in some parts of the country have been...
What the papers say - July 20, 2007
20-Jul-2007
The first official figures on the impact of the change in pub opening hours - in the Home Office's British Crime Survey - suggest the new licensing...
19-Jul-2007 By Iain O'Neil
The BBPA has questioned a new study, based on figures at one hospital, which says the new licensing laws trebled alcohol-related admissions to A&E departments.
My Proud of Pubs Week diary
19-Jul-2007
Proud of Pubs Week has been one of the Fox & Grapes' busiest weeks since last Christmas and New Year, even though it is usually a high turnover...
What the papers say - July 19, 2007
19-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The number of alcohol-related visits to hospital has trebled since the introduction of 24-hour licensing laws, a study suggests. The study, led by...
Licensee builds bedroom to try and dodge smoking ban
19-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Nottinghamshire licensee is converting part of her bar into a bedroom in a bid to dodge the smoking ban.Dawn Clarke, licensee at the Old Ship in...
Net profit concerns
19-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Property agents have expressed concerned about the way in which reconstituted net profits (RNP) are calculated. The figure, which is sometimes...
MyShout
19-Jul-2007
Don't hedge around the controversial issues raised by the smoking ban, says Stephen Oliver As any journalist or exam student knows, one of the scary...
