Milton Keynes pub wins CAMRA award
06-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Milton Keynes pub has beaten more than 300 others to win the 'Pub of the Year' award from the Milton Keynes and North Bucks branch of the Campaign...
06-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Licensee reacts angrily to council's failure to take action against Nick Hogan for flouting the smoking ban.
Licensees across England rise to the smoking ban challenge
05-Jul-2007
Facelifts, food and families will be among the key factors that will keep pubs at the top of their game as they adjust to the new smoke-free...
Unfair balance in West End, Glendola chief claims
05-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
A leading pub operator has spoken out about the imbalance between the needs of businesses and residents in London's West End. Speaking at a debate on...
Support spirals for Proud of Pubs Week
05-Jul-2007
Support for next week's Proud of Pubs Week has been sweeping the country with licensees, MPs and pub companies queuing up to join in.Just days before...
Fears that pubs are terrorist target confirmed
05-Jul-2007
The failed bomb attack on late-night venue Tiger Tiger has confirmed the trade's deepest fears that pubs are a prime target for terrorists.The...
Licensees heading for council showdown over smoking
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Councils across the country are adopting a 'softly softly' approach to enforcement in the first days of the smoking ban. Early signs are that no...
Aftermath of floods challenges licensees
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Pubs and breweries in the North are coming to terms with the aftermath of the torrential floods which have battered areas of the country.Licensees...
What the papers say - July 5, 2007
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Staff and regulars at a pub in Scarborough have organised a whip-round for Martin Whisker, 42, the first man to be fined £80 for flouting England's...
Mercury to help out troubled operators
05-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Mercury Inns, the Tamworth-based pub management group, has launched a new consultancy operation, Mercury Liquid, which it says is designed to help...
Half Moon rolls out the barrel
05-Jul-2007
Regulars at the Half Moon pub in Kempston, on the outskirts of Bedford, are recovering after completing a gruelling Peak District sponsored walk of...
Rich pickings, weather permitting
05-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
June has been a terrible month for British sport, weather-wise. Countless cricket matches have fallen victim to the torrential rain that has swept...
Watching Wales
05-Jul-2007
Three months into the Welsh ban, Kelly Smith finds it's tough for most - but there are some success stories Warm weather and a sprinkling of success...
Nelson's eye in the Lakes
05-Jul-2007
Some time ago, eagle-eyed readers may remember a strong letter of complaint from a certain Councillor Geoffrey Theobalds about my assertion that not...
LETTERs
05-Jul-2007
Energetically passing the buck The new energy regulations and their requirements will place the whole pub industry under immense financial strain....
05-Jul-2007
The first time I met George Bateman, he took me on a tour of his brewery in Wainfleet, in Lincolnshire. The gesture was typical of the man: George...
MyShout
05-Jul-2007
The pub lease has come a long way since its introduction almost 20 years ago, says Colin Wellstead The pub lease, as we know it today, was introduced...
THE GUV'NOR
05-Jul-2007
Graham Rowson Customers will soon have a personal licence for drinking, predicts the licensee of the Plungington Tavern, Preston, Lancashire The...
BarTalk
05-Jul-2007
How has the smoking ban gone so far? Gail Brockbank Levers Arms, Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancs It's been a bit difficult, especially as more than 60% of...
Historic day for pubs as ban becomes fact
05-Jul-2007
There were hopes that the ban would coincide with warm weather, but despite the heavy rain the big English stub-out went smoothly The introduction...
Project update 5: Barcena is born again
04-Jul-2007
It's 8.05pm on Thursday, June 28, and apprehension hangs in the air at Barcena, Sell More, Save More's high street bar. David Beckham is late.Five...
Project update 5: Build on the success
04-Jul-2007
THE HACK & Spade has come a long way since Sell More, Save More began at the beginning of the year. Sales at the pub are currently running at...
What the papers say - July 4, 2007
04-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Pub-sector stocks frothed higher after the announcement by Greene King that it is planning to inject a tranche of its pubs into a property joint...
E-pub: the digital DJ
03-Jul-2007
In the space of a couple of years technology has transformed the way we listen to music. The ability to download a personalised selection of tracks...
Newcomers: a first venture into the pub trade
03-Jul-2007
Madnessnoun - the state of being mad; insanitySo what has possessed us to enter the licensed trade?A couple of years ago one of us (R) left the...
What the papers say - July 3, 2007
03-Jul-2007
One of Britain's biggest pub groups Greene King has dismissed concerns about the smoking ban and said that sales on the day it came into force were...
03-Jul-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
The Newport Pub Company has replenished its estate with the acquisition of Foden Inns, the four-strong, West-Midlands-based pub group, for an...
Hamish Champ: Day one of the smoking ban
02-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
So, how was it for you? After a very enjoyable day watching England trounce the West Indies at Lord's yesterday I entered a nearby licensed premises...
Loud pubs and clubs cause hearing damage in young
02-Jul-2007
Nine in 10 young people experience the signs of hearing damage after a night out, new research has revealed.The charity RNID found that 90 per cent...
What the papers say - July 2, 2007
02-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Kraft, the maker of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, is understood to be in talks to buy the biscuit and cereal-products division of France's Danone,...
02-Jul-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Nine out of ten people aged between 16 and 30 experience signs of hearing damage after a night out, according to new research. The charity RNID found...
What the Sunday papers said
01-Jul-2007
As the smoking ban in England drew nearer Tony Blows, landlord of The Dog Inn in Ewys Harold, near Hereford, said he was prepared to go to court as...
Top tables
01-Jul-2007
Licensees give tips on customer service. This month - a customer touches a member of staff in an inappropriate way. How do you handle the...
Damage limitation
01-Jul-2007
Richard Fox offers advice on handling drunk and disorderly customers We've all experienced that uncomfortable and dramatic lowering of the noise...
Good month bad month
01-Jul-2007
Good month for Organic produce: According to new research, organic food sales topped £1bn last year. Families: More parents and kids are expected...
News digest
01-Jul-2007
A round-up of the month's pub-food news High brand regard for JDW JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is the highest regarded brand name in the eating and drinking...
The future starts this weekend
01-Jul-2007
The big ban is almost here - an historic day for the trade. Whether you are for or against it, fear it or have already embraced it at your pub, it is...
29-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Whitbread wants to retain ownership of its freehold pub property, company bosses have told Morgan Stanley analysts at a meeting this week. In a...
Making sense of things...
29-Jun-2007
Comprehending modern day 'corporate speak' is never easy, especially a chairman's AGM speech. So given the importance of the boss's comments, an...
Budda is reborn
29-Jun-2007
With its recent purchase of the Bar Budda chain - which had been in administration since August last year - Glasgow-based hotels firm the McKever...
The smoking ban: a buying opportunity?
29-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
An affront to democracy or the best health and safety legislation ever introduced? We've heard many views on the smoking ban, my favourite coming...
Website to launch promoting career in pubs
29-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A website developed by leading pubcos to promote the pub industry as a viable and exciting career is being launched on Sunday (July 1)....
What the papers say - June 29, 2007
29-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Diageo, the owner of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka, warned of a slowdown in the US spirits market but reiterated its forecast that it...
North East bar group to double estate
29-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
North East pubco Centro Pub Company is to plough nearly £4m into doubling its estate of bars.The group, which has been trading for five years and...
What the papers say - June 28, 2007
28-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Sales of anti-smoking aids, such as nicotine patches and gum, in the UK are set to break through the £100m mark this year, says a new report. The...
MyNewPub
28-Jun-2007
Three Horse Shoes Inn, Ironsbottom, Surrey Agent: Fleurets Rob Martinez and Jenny Ladell have just moved into the Three Horse Shoes Inn, near...
Three key steps towards stub-out
28-Jun-2007
You've sweated blood in the planning, but now the ban is here what do you do if someone lights up in your face. Peter Forshaw, partner at national...
Shepherd Neame
28-Jun-2007
George Barnes Property & tenanted trade director How many pubs do you operate? 378. How many of those outlets are already smoke free? 12. How...
Robinsons
28-Jun-2007
William Robinson Director How many pubs do you operate? 405. How many of those are already smoke-free? 50. How much have you invested in preparing...
Regent Inns
28-Jun-2007
Simon Kaye Commercial director How many pubs do you operate? 100. How many of those outlets are already smoke-free? 10. How much have you invested in...
