Alcohol exams for kids is one of the new initiatives designed to tackle concerns about underage drinking. Nigel Huddleston reports Ninety-six pupils...
John Young, who died on Sunday after a long battle against cancer, was, at 85, by far the oldest and longest serving chairman in the British brewing industry. His death came in the final week of brewing in Wandsworth. Below, we reproduce selected hig
A landlord in Blackburn, Lancashire, has opened his doors to the police in the hope it will improve communication between his regulars and community...
Licensees who plan ahead and make the best use of their resources will survive the fall-out from the smoking ban. That is the message from licensees...
Ultimate Leisure has reported a 10 per cent fall in turnover as it continues to face tough conditions for late night operators.The company is seeing...
Sunday papers 17.9.06The former business partner of Alan Bowes, chairman of the collapsed hotels and pubs company Swallow Group has bought more than...
A mate of mine has been asked to work on a temporary basis for a Football League club (I'd better not name them - let's just say they're a couple of...
When JD Wetherspoon (JDW) revealed its annual results recently - and the impact of the Scottish smoking ban - shares in the chain fell four per cent...
The Association of London Government (ALG) has denied rumours it has asked the Government to introduce a "plate tax" to help local authorities raise funds.
A Peterborough licensee is so angry at being left out of Camra's Good Beer Guide he is offering free food and drink to anyone who bins their copy of...
Peter Eveleigh Cold callers are a pain and place a huge strain on the vital commodity of time, says the licensee of the Riverside Inn, Bradford-on- Avon, Wiltshire
Pub operators and licensees claim crippling business rate charges are penalising successful businesses. Hosts who have built up thriving outlets say...
People power ends JDW smoke ban Snifter was pleased to have some fresh light shed on why JD Wetherspoon has called a halt to its smoke-ban conversion...
They say that whatever happens in America sooner or later happens over here. Hopefully that isn't always true. But one idea is certainly beginning to...
Five thousand signatures have been collected in a bid to stop an iconic London music pub being turned into 'trendy' apartments. The historic Intrepid...
