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Patriotic flavour

Patriotic flavour

With just less than two weeks to go until St George's Day, Rosie Davenport finds out how licensees are getting behind our campaign and how they plan...

Pubs losing out to armchair drinkers

Pubs losing out to armchair drinkers

By Phil Pemberton

Research has revealed that people are drinking less in pubs and more at home. Business information company Datamonitor reported that for every visit...

Pub operator withdraws High Court appeal

Pub operator withdraws High Court appeal

By Iain O'Neil

Punch Taverns has withdrawn its High Court challenge to Leeds City Council over licensing conditions. The pubco had been in dispute since Leeds...

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Pub doorstaff urged not to use handcuffs

By Iain O'Neil

Manchester licensees are being urged not to allow their doorstaff to use handcuffs to restrain violent customers. Concerns over the practice were...

Speaking up

Speaking up

London & Edinburgh boss Alan Bowes believes it's high time the industry organised itself properly and presented a united front against the many...

Mini adventure

Mini adventure

In the second part of our series taking the mystery out of selling wine, Adam Withrington looks at why ignoring this category could cost you sales -...

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CAMRA dismisses Daily Star pubs story.

By Iain O'Neil

CAMRA has reacted angrily to a front-page story in today's Daily Star which quotes them saying supermarkets are better for beer than pubs.

Just launched

Just launched

Continental Chef Supplies is attempting to make spillages and breakages a thing of the past with its new waiter's tray. The Siddle safe tray has been...

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Licensee escapes jail

By Iain O'Neil

A licensee who admitted allowing alcohol to be sold to underage drinkers in his Guildford pub was spared jail today. Paul Gibbens, 24, had been...

Robert Feal-Martinez

Robert Feal-Martinez

The Wiltshire licensee is an outspoken critic of the pub smoking ban. He believes that the legislation fails to take account of public opinion, making it undemocratic

BAR TALK

BAR TALK

Is there a specific song you play in the morning to get you ready for the day?

Caught on Camra

Caught on Camra

Under John and Valerie Pascoe, the Swan in Little Totham, Essex, has twice been crowned Camra national pub of the year. As the Pascoes prepare to retire, LUCY BRITNER finds out about their success

Clear winners

Clear winners

The drive for greater transparency will make it very clear how well run pub companies really are - or not, writes John Rathbone.The debt funding of...

After the deal…

After the deal…

Pernod's takeover of Allied was 2005's major news - Hamish Champ asks how has the group fared since?Presenting Pernod-Ricard's half-year results in...

Jac Roper

Hydes appoints new directors

Manchester Brewer Hydes has this week announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. The first is Paul Mercer who has been...

Europe's farm committee has approved strict new rules to improve the welfare of broiler chickens.

Simple solution to DPS problem

By John Harrington

Hosts and police have come up with a simple solution to the problem of bars being closed in the absence of the Designated Premises Supervisor. NEW COMMENT

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