It's the biggest thing to hit pubs since the introduction of the drink-drive laws. Licensees tell Noli Dinkovski what the smoke ban means to themAlan...
If you only take the time to do one thing during Proud of Pubs Week then take the opportunity to stand back from the coalface of your business, even...
FROM THE Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell to Linda Riordan, the left-wing Labour member for Halifax, MPs from across the political divide...
A Herefordshire licensee will flout the smoking ban by allowing customers to light up after July 1.Tony Blows, licensee at the Dog Inn, Ewyas Harold,...
A Southampton licensee is hoping to get round the smoking ban by declaring his pub is 'foreign soil'. Bob Beech wants to turn his bar into an embassy...
A landmark licensing case has seen a London bar granted extended hours in the West End stress area. Fudge, on Bear Street, just off Leicester Square,...
George Bateman, chairman of the Lincolnshire brewer that bears his name, has died after a long illness. According to a statement from the company he...
Against a backdrop of rising interest rates, shaky consumer confidence and the depressing prospect of there being another two months before the start...
Locating the Black Swan pub in the Surrey enclave of Ockham is easy - if you know where you're going. Horror film aficionados know it well, since in...
Sales of fine wines costing £20 or more continued to help drive growth at Majestic Wines last year. The wines and spirits retailer said that pre-tax...
The Scottish smoking ban has hit Inspired Gaming Group's (IGG) earnings, the group announced this week.IGG, which provides analogue and server-based...
Could allowing youngsters into pubs reduce social disorder while providing a new source of income? Andrew Jefford tunes in to the unheard voices of today's disaffected under-16s
Swindon's plan for the ban Swindon Borough Council is planning to pedestrianise half of Fleet Street in the New Town circuit to cope with the smoking...
A quarter of England's families are set to go to pubs more often once the country goes smokefree, new survey results from Cancer Research UK reveal....
Torex Retail plc has sold its operating businesses to US private investment firm Cerberus European Investments for £204.4m.Torex, owner of pub tills...
The dull 'thud' of a mighty tome hitting The Publican's City desk means only one thing; it's annual report time. Now, such documents aren't generally...
