Best Community
05-Jan-2006
Pub of the Year This category, sponsored by Mitchells & Butlers, recognises pubs that focus on meeting the needs of their communities Anglia:...
Let 16-year-olds drink in pubs, says Welsh cop
05-Jan-2006 By Ewan Turney
A top North Wales Police officer has called for 16-year-olds to be allowed to drink in pubs in a bid to reduce under-age binge drinking and its...
Oxfordshire licensee wins cellar award
04-Jan-2006
An Oxfordshire licensee is celebrating after being recognised for the quality of beers he serves at his pub.Tony Puddifoot, licensee at Ye Olde...
Best Bar None awards launched for Kirklees
03-Jan-2006
Pubs in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, are being urged to fight alcohol-related disorder by joining up to a new Best Bar None scheme.The initiative sets a...
Pubs in Scotland trial anti-tampering devices
19-Dec-2005
An anti-tampering device designed to prevent drinks from being spiked is being piloted at pubs in North Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire.The 'SafeFlo'...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Dec-2005
The influential Commons select committee on health will this week back calls from medical experts for a nationwide ban on smoking in pubs, bars and...
A fantastic opportunity to cement your place at the heart of
15-Dec-2005 By Andrew Pring, Editor
Festive hours to suit at last
Kiss 'n' tell... Holy bat-signal... Empty vessels...
15-Dec-2005
review of 2005
Buxom barmaids... Ann Summers... Wild cats...
15-Dec-2005
Review of year
E-mail elbow... Clocking on...Lose the chews...
15-Dec-2005
What are they thinking?
Tim Bonham resigns
15-Dec-2005 By The PMA Team
Tim Bonham has resigned as chief executive of Nottingham brewer and retailer Hardys & Hansons at the same time as the company unveiled a profits...
It's been fun!
15-Dec-2005
Writing on the eve of her departure, Editor-in-Chief Lorna Harrison looks back at 12 years on The Publican - and 12 years of changes in the pub...
Guernsey's RW Randall up for sale
15-Dec-2005
Guernsey brewer RW Randall is up for sale following what appears to be an internal disagreement over the company's future."The company has reached a...
Good tidings
15-Dec-2005
Initiatives on the beer front came thick and fast during 2005. One of the MA's contributions came in the form of our Good for Beer series. Here we...
Licensee counts cost of council's door decision
15-Dec-2005
by Lucy Britner A Penzance licensee has been told he must employ a doorman for at least 12 hours a day during British summer time. Furious Josh...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Dec-2005
The licensee of the Woolpack Inn in Islip, Northamptonshire, argues that the big winners in the new licensing era will be the supermarkets and...
LETTERS
15-Dec-2005
Battling against media misrepresentation The national media has misrepresented many matters on the subjects of binge drinking and '24-hour drinking',...
Beating time
15-Dec-2005 By JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de MILLE
It wasn't just the Daily Mail's screaming headlines that provided licensees and industry figures with the laughs in 2005. JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de...
Almost 15,000 sign up to our Lay off my Local
15-Dec-2005 By Lucy Britner
Signatures in support of the Morning Advertiser's 'Lay off my Local' campaign are nearing the 15,000 mark. Licensees are still gathering in large...
My Shout
15-Dec-2005
The trade will get the last laugh as many of its critics during 2005 are already being proved wrong says Doug Clydesdale In 1450 Johannes Gutenberg...
Norfolk all hours... Chavs... Toilet humour...
15-Dec-2005
Review of 2005
MP calls for more focus to kerb puco abuse of licensees
15-Dec-2005
to curb pubco 'abuse' by John Harrington Labour MP Michael Wills has told fellow MPs in the House of Commons that Government scrutiny of the pubcos...
BAR TALK
15-Dec-2005
What do you think of England's chances in the World Cup? Mike Mercer The Albion Chester 'I don't know. I think we'll do pretty well. They've been...
Research grant is dedicated to Hook Norton
14-Dec-2005
An Oxfordshire brewer's efforts for charity have made such an impact that it has had a prestigious research grant named in its honour.Hook Norton...
Bars in their eyes
12-Dec-2005
When Gill and Sara Currie wanted to find a pub they turned to the professionals - C4's Relocation Relocation.Mother and daughter team Gill and Sara...
A right Bobby dazzler
12-Dec-2005
The popularity of darts continues to rise in pubs - after all, that's where it began. Phil Mellows spoke to darts legend Bobby George.Bobby George,...
Waverley TBS' distribution centre hit by oil depot fire
12-Dec-2005
Drinks distributor Waverley TBS (WTBS) has incurred "significant losses" following the weekend's oil depot fire in Hemel Hempstead.The fire is...
Pubs must raise game to beat supermarket cuts
12-Dec-2005
Brewers are encouraging licensees to up their game this Christmas to counteract the effects of a widening price gap between the on-trade and...
What the Sunday papers said
11-Dec-2005
Regent Inns, owner of the Walkabout and Jongleurs comedy club chains, has made an indicative offer for Revolution vodka bar operator Inventive...
Inquiry launched into future of community pubs
08-Dec-2005
A major inquiry into the future of community pubs is being launched to help stem a huge wave of closures. The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group is...
My Shout
08-Dec-2005
John McNamara says it is crucial for hosts to know the important parts of the new Licensing Act I think that we can all agree that the licensed trade...
THE GUV'NOR
08-Dec-2005
The licensee of the Radnor Arms in Corston, Wiltshire, fears he will have to throw two years' hard work down the toilet and sell his business if a...
Pub quizzes: The answer is...
07-Dec-2005
After more than 20 years pub quizzes have grown in variety and professionalism.Quizzes are a relative newcomer in the history of pub games - at least...
What the Sunday papers said
04-Dec-2005
The legal minimum age for buying tobacco in the UK may be raised to 18. The government is considering upping the age limit, currently 16, after...
Trade Talk: Stuart Whitwell
02-Dec-2005
Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business, a brand valuation, strategy and development consultancy, calls on licensees to do...
70 pubcos end upward-only rent agreements
01-Dec-2005
reviews as part of a new code of practice on leases and tenancies drawn up by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
BAR TALK from 01/12/2005
01-Dec-2005
How did the first weekend of the new licensing regime go?
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01-Dec-2005
How will my B&B cope with the smoking ban? and others including licensing letters.
IN BRIEF
01-Dec-2005
News in brief
Daily Mail's pub mole
01-Dec-2005
ploy is pathetic: Martin by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has dubbed the Daily Mail 'pathetic' for sending an undercover reporter...
The Publican unites with Pubs Week to celebrate pubs
01-Dec-2005
The Publican is teaming up with National Pubs Week to showcase the annual event to the pub trade and pub-goers.Under the Proud of Pubs banner, The...
Ann Mary gets Kings Arms back on its feet
01-Dec-2005
The team at the Kings Arms at Litton, in Somerset, is the latest to be picked out for The Publican's Proud of Your Staff initiative.When Ann Mary...
Brits beat Aussies in BBQ contest
01-Dec-2005
Three pub chefs helped place Britain as the top international team in a world barbecue competition. Ben Bartlett, catering development manager of...
GRS makes space for new big pubs.
01-Dec-2005
GRS makes space for new Big Pubs GRS Inns, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Punch Taverns, has unveiled plans for up to a dozen openings of its new...
THE GUV'NOR - Alison arter of the Bayview Inn in Widemouth Bay, Cornwall
01-Dec-2005
Alison Carter The licensee of the Bayview Inn, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, says that if it wasn't for hosts, pubs would not be as friendly - and Jesus...
Pubs prove critics wrong - Editor's Comment
01-Dec-2005
Licensees who stayed open longer should pat themselves on the back for a job well done Andrew Pring, Editor We warned you the eyes of the press would...
Get creative with ways to trash the ash
01-Dec-2005
A smoking ban is on the way. Two options now remain - the Government will either outlaw smoking in pubs that prepare and serve food or impose a...
Charles Wells to offer franchise agreements
01-Dec-2005
by John Harrington Bedford pub operator Charles Wells is offering all new and existing licensees the chance to become franchisees after a successful...
Think before you move in next door, says host
01-Dec-2005
by John Harrington Residents who want a silent night should think twice before they move next to a pub. That is the message from licensees who...
BBC unfair to target Best's doctor
01-Dec-2005
It was inevitable, given the media frenzy over '24-hour drinking', that George Best's doctor, Professor Roger Williams, should be asked for his views...