Pub featured in hit film feels the benefits of Hot Fuzz
22-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Film fans and tourists have been flocking to a Buckinghamshire pub featured in the new British comedy Hot Fuzz. A number of the film's scenes,...
Open approach
22-Feb-2007
Making optimum use of outdoor space has never been more essential. Being prepared for the ban saves money, time and energy - and retains custom With...
Have a ball this weekend
22-Feb-2007 By Richard Ross
Whether it's the round or the oval ballthat draws the crowds to your pub, there's plenty to get the place rocking this weekend. International rugby...
It's a hard life
22-Feb-2007
Running a pub is hard work, but it's even more challenging in a run-down area. Nigel Huddleston meets the licensees at the heart of tough communities...
LETTERs
22-Feb-2007
Beware a certain pubco My wife and I recently passed on the lease of our pub free of charge because nobody was willing to buy it, keeping in mind the...
MyShout
22-Feb-2007
If a fictional detective can support beer, so should the Government, says Stephen Crawley One could say that the way our industry is taxed under this...
ALMR plans to slow rate of pub closures
22-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
A five-point action plan to help slow down the escalating rate of pub closures has been launched by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers...
THE GUV'NOR Dennis Griffiths
22-Feb-2007
The licensee of the Miners Rest, Barnsley, Yorkshire, wishes the pubcos luck in organising a national TV advertising campaign A little bird told me...
Best Bar None crucial to city safety, says Coaker
22-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead tony.halstead@william-reed.co.uk
Best Bar None schemes are playing a crucial role in reducing crime and disorder in UK town and city centres, according to Home Office minister Vernon...
Tom Cobley and all toast Camra award
22-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Drinkers in the Devon village of Spreyton are toasting the success of their local, the Tom Cobley Tavern, after it was named Campaign For Real Ale...
InBrief
22-Feb-2007
S&N launches Jaques fruit cider Scottish & Newcastle is rolling out its new fruit-flavoured cider Jacques across the UK from February. The...
'Blitz on drunks' fear
22-Feb-2007
Licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen have warned that the next Home Office blitz may target licensees serving drunks. The Home Office cancelled its...
NewsDigest
22-Feb-2007
Crowded public places, such as licensed premises, are likely to be included in future terrorist attack plans, a security expert has warned. Speaking...
Back to basics: finance for first-timers
21-Feb-2007
Why do publicans fail? Very often it's because they just don't have enough information about how their business is doing. They see the cash coming...
21-Feb-2007
Independent family brewer and retailer Batemans, based in Lincolnshire, has purchased three new pubs. Two in Norwich - the Champion in Chapelfield...
21-Feb-2007 By John Harrington
Pubwatch is key to reducing crime and rejuvenating towns and cities, says Coventry co-ordinator.
LETTERs
21-Feb-2007
Taking advantage of our pub loos I read with interest how some local authorities are asking pubs to allow the general public to use their toilets...
20-Feb-2007
A new survey by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) predicts 7million people plan to spend more time in pubs after the ban.
Smoke ban to hit Scottish & Newcastle profits by £10m
20-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has said it expects the forthcoming English and Welsh smoking bans to hit its profits to the tune of around...
19-Feb-2007
Pubs must innovate their offer to mitigate against the short-term loss of earnings expected after smoking is banned. They should also develop an...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Feb-2007
Pub customers face a nasty shock when the next spate of smoking bans come into force later this year. Findings of a survey by soft drinks' maker...
16-Feb-2007
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) sends message to Ministers and MPs on the need to support these vital community resources.
Making sense of City-speak
16-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
I receive a lot of investment research from City analysts on listed pub companies, and jolly useful it is too, helping me to form my 'world view' of...
Staying independent
16-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
When Young & Co moves out of the Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth later this year and into new offices by the Thames in the same South London...
Screen test your supplier
15-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
The cricket World Cup kicks off next month - another chance for pubs to cash in on a top sporting event. With games set to begin around...
Big Brother psychologist to speak at Publican Live
15-Feb-2007
If you want to know how to succeed in business - the psychologist from Big Brother (BB) could be the one to explain. Ros Taylor the BB psychologist...
15-Feb-2007
Licensees up and down the country are being urged to look at the possible benefits of hosting poker nights. This week, over 300 players have been...
15-Feb-2007
The pub assets of 30-strong managed company Wessex Taverns have been sold for a second time in less than 18 months, the Morning Advertiser has...
Unearthing a hidden treasure
15-Feb-2007
Before the snows came and on a day of bright sun and fleecy clouds, with the Chiltern Hills dusted with frost, I drove to Buckinghamshire with my...
Less camera, more Camra
15-Feb-2007
The former portrait photographer to HM the Queen, beer-loving Mark Lawrence, has put his mind to capturing the spirit of another great British...
MyShout
15-Feb-2007
Don't stick your head in the snow - go smoke-free now and reap the rewards, says David Elliott As I write, snow is taking over most of the country,...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Feb-2007
Graham Rowson Don't risk missing the smoking ban roadshows says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston, Lancashire I make no apologies for...
InBrief
15-Feb-2007
TV cheat caught with wrong card A London licensee has been ordered to do 100 hours of community service work and pay costs of £768.68 after he was...
Cup fever starts feast of footy
15-Feb-2007 By Richard Ross
Coming up over the next seven days, there are two major events to look forward to: round five of the FA Cup; and later, the Uefa Champions League....
Host goes self-sufficient
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A North Yorkshire host is on a quest to supply all his pub's own energy needs. David Hawksworth is already saving about 25% on electricity bills -...
Playing the reel of fortune
15-Feb-2007
The new generation of gaming machines is breathing new life into the market How one operator is putting entertainment at the top of its agenda...
Pubs must warm to the idea of the green agenda
15-Feb-2007
Combating climate change should be at the top of everyone's agenda, including local pub owners, says Andrew Jefford Imagine that you're lying on a...
NewsDigest
15-Feb-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity would like to clarify that the report in the Morning Advertiser on 8 February regarding the LTC Trust being wound up after...
Public house to private home
15-Feb-2007
The gloomy predictions for pub closures over the next few years will highlight the fact that it is still difficult to "de-license" a pub. I don't...
LETTERs
15-Feb-2007
LTC is not going anywhere Further to the story reported on 8 February (MA, LTC Trust Wound Up After 26 Years), I want to reassure all readers and...
Pub closure debate needed
15-Feb-2007
There's a craterhole the size of a fallen meteorite bang outside Sevenoaks station where once used to stand the finest kind of community pub you...
Pebble trio buy hotels
15-Feb-2007
Former Mill House Inns bosses Ted Kennedy and Ziya Akguneyliu have acquired three hotels from Punch Taverns in a deal estimated to be worth around...
Regent steers course away from high street
15-Feb-2007
Regent Inns has been at the eye of the high-street storm since the new licensing regime commenced in November 2005. The company has had to gird its...
Opportunity knocks?
14-Feb-2007
How many smokers do you have in your pub? You've probably got a rough idea. How many customers have walked past your pub because they have been put...
Green Goblin unleashed on pub trade
14-Feb-2007
Wychwood Brewery has launched a new six per cent cider targeted at the top-end of the resurgent cider market.Green Goblin, which is the result of a...
Snow brings mixed fortunes for publicans
14-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs around the UK experienced varying trading as a result of the bad weather conditions last week. Heavy snow hit many areas across the country on...
More than 1,300 pubs under threat, says CAMRA
14-Feb-2007
More than 1,300 pubs are under threat from closure, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The consumer organisation is calling for communities to...
LETTERs
14-Feb-2007
Strike a healthy price balance I am sending this letter to the Morning Advertiser as your editor, Andrew Pring, is probably best placed to make...
14-Feb-2007
Figures show 56 pubs a month are closed permanently - 80 per cent of which are urban.
Pub pics sought for Ruby couple
13-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Richie and Mary Barrett pulled pints in 12 pubs across Leeds between 1970 and 1990, quenching the thirsts of thousands of drinkers along the way. The...
