Camra: time's right for cask-ale growth
26-Apr-2007 By MA Reporter
Real-ale sales will bounce back over the next five years - that was the confident prediction made at the annual members' meeting of Camra, the...
THE AGENTS
26-Apr-2007
Andy Frisby Fleurets Associate Talk of the impending smoking ban and rising interest rates seem to be having little effect on demand for licensed...
THE GUV'NOR
26-Apr-2007
Dennis Griffiths Licensee of the Miners' Rest, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, extols the virtues of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations...
BarTalk
26-Apr-2007
Did you do anything to celebrate St George's Day on Monday? Dominic Kiziuk Sun Hotel Lancaster We were caught out a bit this year and had no real...
All fired up
26-Apr-2007
With summer rapidly approaching, Jonathan Plummer looks at how barbecues can turn the impending smoking ban into an opportunity to maximise profit...
Going for gold
26-Apr-2007
With less than three weeks to go until the final winner of CaskForce is announced, over the coming issues, the MA talks to the seven readers hoping...
Sawday's treasures
26-Apr-2007
The latest edition of one of the industry's leading pub guides, Alastair Sawday's Pubs & Inns Guide is out today. Jo Bruce talks trends and top...
NewsDigest
26-Apr-2007
Britvic is consulting with its staff about out-sourcing its retail distribution network to KN Drinks Logistics, and its vending and chiller...
It's a mystery
25-Apr-2007
WHATEVER YOU think of your pub, and the wonderful ideas you have for making it a success, it is the customer who will tell you whether it really...
25-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil
This week the Morning Advertiser's web forums received their 10,000th reader's comment - establishing them as the number one place to talk about the...
THE GUV'NOR
25-Apr-2007
Peter Eveleigh Licensees must unite in a trade group, says the Riverside Inn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Did I read or hear the other day that the...
Admiral Taverns to dispose of up to 130 pubs
24-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Gary Landesberg, who together with his father Alan and Elliot and David Rosenberg oversees Admiral Taverns, has revealed the group is likely to sell...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Apr-2007
What began as a walkout by regular drinkers and then turned into a campaign uniting residents of a rural Sussex town against the might of one of the...
London Town chief exec wants honesty
20-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
London Town determined to become a "tenant-centred" pub company
Chris Maclean: inside outside bars
20-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
I have just turned down another invitation to do an outside bar. The gentleman assured me I had come highly recommended and it was for a charity...
Innovation - or empire building gone mad?
20-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
After much speculation on the part of industry watchers Punch Taverns finally sold just shy of 900 of its pubs to Admiral Taverns this week. But it...
London Town: building a name in the pub trade
20-Apr-2007
Consider the headline 'property company forms pub business' and in these asset-focused times some people picture hostelries being bought to be...
Come together for Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
The countdown starts here!In an increasingly faceless society, the Great British Pub is now one of the few places where people can make real human...
Pubs in Kingston forced to use polycarbonates
19-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs opening after midnight in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, have been forced to use polycarbonate glasses.Kingston Council claims pubs and...
Countdown starts to Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
Get ready for Proud of Pubs Week!The countdown is on for a major initiative The Publican is launching this summer.Licensees across the country are...
NI pubs not ready for ban
19-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
Severe delays over planning applications means many of Northern Ireland's pubs are not ready for the smoking ban, a trade leader has warned. With...
As easy as ABCQ
19-Apr-2007
As the final stages of CaskForce approach, Rosie Davenport reports on the vital trade training aspect of the competition Competition prizes don't get...
LETTERs
19-Apr-2007
Snifter goes star-gazing Has Snifter been gazing at stars or reading tea-leaves? I was shocked to see your back-page story (MA, 5 April 2007)...
NewsDigest
19-Apr-2007
Capital Pub Company (CPC), the EIS-backed London group, has delayed its planned public listing, according to MA's sister publication M&C Report....
BarTalk
19-Apr-2007
Are you hoping to claim back charges from your bank? Steve Haslam Cutter Inn Ely Cambridgeshire It's not something that we really have to deal with,...
Opus energy bills drive licensee out
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A former Wadworths tenant says he was forced out of his pub by the "crazy" costs charged by under-fire electricity supplier Opus Energy. As licensees...
Globalisation threatens S&N
19-Apr-2007
There is fevered speculation about a takeover bid for Scottish & Newcastle. For many years, S&N was the Mr Nobody of the brewing world. It...
John Smith's cheers in style
19-Apr-2007
Aintree saw a fabulous day for last Saturday's 2007 John Smith's celebrated Grand National meeting. In glorious sunshine, a record crowd cheered on...
Pub duo star in new TV documentary
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Two friends who quit their London jobs to start a new life running a country pub are the subject of a TV documentary to be screened tomorrow. Kevin...
MyShout
19-Apr-2007
Sport will lose out, argues Stephen Crawley, if there is a ban on alcohol sponsorships I saw snippets of the John Smith's Grand National on the TV on...
West is best
19-Apr-2007
Tony Halstead reports on the growing business potential offered by pubs in the West Country The West Country is enjoying a property boom, with house...
No butts about it
19-Apr-2007
Outdoor TV screens and providing suitable ashtrays could go hand in hand with shelters as pubs seek to keep smokers happy, says Graham Ridout Come...
Camra attack on short pints
19-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has repeated its calls for pubs to serve a full liquid-measure pint to drinkers. The real-ale group claims that one...
InBrief
19-Apr-2007
S&NUK signs Russian beer deal Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) has signed a deal to brew Russian beer Baltika under licence in the UK. The...
Publicity machine
19-Apr-2007
Frances Cunningham tells Ewan Turney how a strong marketing strategy has seen sales top £1m at the Swettenham Arms, Congleton, Cheshire How I got...
A breath of fresh air
19-Apr-2007
A smoke-free pub was the destination for the final Plan for the Ban roadshow, and there was plenty of advice on offer. John Harrington reports With...
Devonshire Dumpling reaps rewards
18-Apr-2007
Taking decisive action and going smoke-free before the ban has been a successful move for Devon publican Gordon Robinson.The licensee of the...
Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections
18-Apr-2007
An Inverness licensee who claims he is "certain" to be a member of the Scottish Parliament blames a year of the smoking ban for this month's closure...
17-Apr-2007
There are just two weeks to go until the Morning Advertiser's Pub Business show at the NEC on May 1 and 2. The huge event is absolutely free to enter...
LTC helps more people than ever before
16-Apr-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has come to the aid of more people in the last six months than ever before. Over half-a-million pounds has been...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Apr-2007
More 12-year-olds are drinking than not, according to shock figures to be released tomorrow (Monday), reports the Sunday Express. A study by the...
13-Apr-2007
A Dudley licensee has been prosecuted for the second time in six months for showing Sky Sports in his pub using a domestic viewing card. John...
12-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead
Police supplying plastic glasses to persuade pubs to ditch glass
Sheer Poetry
12-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Imaginew Emmerdale without the daily doses of deceit and adultery, and you'd be left with similarly quaint surroundings at the village of Ashover in...
Authorities accused of overstepping the mark over polycarbonates
12-Apr-2007
Local authorities and police are being accused of overstepping the mark in their promotion of polycarbonate glasses. The Publican has seen secret...
La Tasca to bolster Laurel
12-Apr-2007
LAUREL PUB Company will soon be back in growth for the first time in two years after Robert Tchenguiz won the bidding war for La Tasca. The Spanish...
12-Apr-2007
BIIAB issues a 'good practice guide' for physical interventions.
MyShout
12-Apr-2007
As the clamour for blanket glass bans grows, Jon Collins believes pubs should embrace Best Bar None For over a decade now the Bar Entertainment &...
THE GUV'NOR
12-Apr-2007
Dave Daly President, National Association of Licensed House Managers (NALHM) After two years of reluctance to suppress cash going over the bar, the...
InBrief
12-Apr-2007
Sexy lager falls foul of Portman Bottles of a Belgian lager displaying a picture of a woman whose clothing can be removed have been removed from...
