Inter the hot seat
22-Oct-2003
Mark Stretton talks to Steve Cahillane, the newly-appointed chief executive of Interbrew UK.Apparently, getting married, having a baby, moving house...
Theakston family seals Scot-Co deal
22-Oct-2003
The Theakston family has taken back control of T&R Theakston from Scottish & Newcastle.The Masham-based brewer - best known for beers like...
What the Sunday papers said
20-Oct-2003
The Mail on SundaySpeculation is growing that Deutsche Bank, owner of Laurel Pub Company, is looking to sell the managed house group. Laurel was a...
A snug reply to Mr Angry
16-Oct-2003
I read the comments from Mr Angry on your letters page Morning Advertiser, 2 October, and felt that I had to reply. Firstly, I am genuinely...
Ivell takes
16-Oct-2003
consultancy role at S&N Scottish & Newcastle Retail chairman and managing director Bob Ivell, 51, is to go his own way but only after...
Unprovoked assault
16-Oct-2003
A man was jailed for six months for punching a customer in an unprovoked attack in a Dorset pub, a court has heard. Victim Wayne Keighley lost all...
My eldest daughter recently started university. If all goes
16-Oct-2003
In my spare time I am a governor of our local secondary school. From time to time I help out with events they run, one of which is a Careers Fair,...
One year to comply
16-Oct-2003
The Disability Act soon comes into effect. Adam Withrington reports.Despite a national campaign to open up business to the UK's 8.5 million disabled...
Cost of reform is top fear for licensees
16-Oct-2003
Licensing reform comes out as the top concern for licensees, according to latest research conducted by the Red Tape Group and The Publican.Licensees...
Adelphi: a new Fawlty Towers
16-Oct-2003
Readers might remember a docu-soap that ran a few years ago about the Britannia Adelphi hotel in Liverpool. For those that didn't see it, the series...
It's beauty and the bar in Nuneaton
16-Oct-2003
Resourceful Unique host Fiona Patterson had a hair-brained idea to attract more people into her pub by opening a beauty salon on the second floor....
Catalogue of errors
13-Oct-2003
SFI's debts are more than £150m and the value of its pubs is plummeting. We report.The investigation is now in its second year but many of the...
What the Sunday papers said
13-Oct-2003
The ObserverDowning Street is set to dump controversial plans to force everyone in Britain to have an identity card after new evidence revealed that...
Me and Mrs Jones
09-Oct-2003
For Bob Ivell and his team, this was the wrong result. They had wanted a venture capital outfit that would give them their head. Now, although...
Pub estates in huge shake up
09-Oct-2003
The coming months will see one of the biggest pub shake-ups since the beer orders, with more than 10,000 managed and tenanted houses set to change...
Stowells success
09-Oct-2003
Constellation Wine has declared last month's Stowells Taste the World Wine Tour a success. Some 100,000 samples of Constellation wines from France,...
SFI Group debts top £150m
08-Oct-2003
Troubled bar group SFI has revealed its debts now stand at £151.2m. Banks have withdrawn support from with other managed house businesses such as...
What the Sunday papers said
06-Oct-2003
The Sunday Telegraph Two of Britain's biggest pub groups are about to change hands in deals involving more than 2,800 outlets with a combined value...
Wolves pays £3.2m to scrap lager deal
03-Oct-2003
Dropping a deal to stock Harp lager in all its pubs has cost Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries a whopping £3.2m.The money was paid over to Harp...
Bar Group buys Wishing Well pubs
02-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team Start-up company The Bar Group Limited has bought two existing pubcos Wishing Well Taverns and RP Wigham Limited. The Bar Group,...
Bite horror alleged
02-Oct-2003
A man has been accused with biting another man's nose off during a fight outside a South Wales pub. Doctors attempted emergency reconstructive...
Case study: Overstone Manor, Northampton
02-Oct-2003
The Overstone Manor in Northampton is a large, open-plan pub-restaurant, which serves between 2,500 and 3,000 customers a week. The outlet has for...
Give us real Theakstons
02-Oct-2003
I couldn't agree more with Roger Protz that the Theakston brothers (sadly minus Paul) need to break completely from having S&Nhave anything to do...
Firkin-style inns for the US
02-Oct-2003
The traditional English community pub concept is enjoying a massive revival in America. Canada's largest pub chainthis week unveiled plans to...
Pope takes a tumble
02-Oct-2003
With the stock market still happy to toast traditional pub-owning brewers, I wonder if the Pope family, which for years successfully conducted the...
Pubco bosses attack 'tough' operators
02-Oct-2003
Two pub company bosses have blasted operators that fail to lend support to tenants when times get tough.Both Peter Linacre, managing director of...
Pubs could face full PEL renewal
02-Oct-2003
Licensees could be forced to pay the full price of their public entertainment licences (PELs) during the transition period of licensing reform.This...
Glass is 'half full' at Brains
01-Oct-2003
The award-winning Welsh brewer and pub owner is full of 'positive thinking' for the future. By Nicola Collenette.No-one was more surprised at the...
Top of the class
01-Oct-2003
The SLV's school is 200 years old. Nicola Collenette pays a visit.Last month heralded the start of a new year at the Licensed Victuallers' School in...
Pubs warned of 'bandit' ratings advisers
30-Sep-2003
Licensees are being advised to watch out for rogue ratings advisers who are exploiting the forthcoming rating evaluation.Michael Yass, head of...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Sep-2003
Sunday TimesLeisure industry legend Trevor Hemmings is preparing to burst back into the contest for the £2.4 billion Scottish & Newcastle pub...
Get ready for a good time
26-Sep-2003
The following article is brought to you by McCain.Fun, value, excitement, novelty - customers can't get enough of a good deal. Promotions and events...
Value and visibility
26-Sep-2003
The following article is brought to you by Walkers Snack Foods.Promotions are a good way of increasing sales of crisps and snacks in pubs, but before...
ScotCo HQ moves
25-Sep-2003
Scottish Courage, the UK brewing arm of Scottish & Newcastle, is moving out of its Fountain House headquarters near Fountainbridge, Edinburgh....
Minimum wage rise is latest burden for hosts
25-Sep-2003
by Tony Halstead Pubs face a big increase in employment costs from 1 October when the national minimum wage goes up by 30p an hour. The increase to...
Disillusioned' boss to sell Carnegies' clubs
25-Sep-2003
by Tom Stainer One of Scotland's best-known independent nightclub operators is to exit the business after becoming "disillusioned" by high-profile...
Kylie stays in our heads
25-Sep-2003
If you've got a jukebox in your pub and are disappointed with the takings, then it is probably because you haven't included Kylie Minogue. According...
New blow hits Eldridge Pope as chairman steps down
24-Sep-2003
Eldridge Pope has announced that chairman Christopher Pope is stepping down due to ill health. The news comes at the same time as Jersey-based pub...
SFI sell-offs to help recovery programme
22-Sep-2003
SFI Group has agreed a management buyout of its For Your Eyes Only (FYEO) table dancing business.The operator of the Bar Med, Litten Tree and Slug...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Sep-2003
Observer Spirit has offered £2.6 billion for Scottish & Newcastle Retail's 1400-strong pub estate, putting it in a strong position to win the...
Brad Pitt and Bedford
18-Sep-2003
Barberstown Castle in the picturesque Irish county of Kildare is now an impressive restaurant run with some skill by proprietor Ken Healy. It has had...
Thieving host went on run
18-Sep-2003
A former Shropshire landlord, hooked on fruit machine gambling, has been jailed for 15 months for stealing £12,000 from his pub. Darren Dougherty,...
It's a kind of magic
18-Sep-2003
Wizard Inns has a pretty tough selection process in its quest to find the best staff, as Max Gosney discovers Everyone knows that being a pub manager...
Theakston's must cut S&N link
18-Sep-2003
My first visit to Theakston's Brewery in Yorkshire was in the late 1970s. I arrived in the remote Dales town of Masham to be greeted by Michael...
BII calls on trade to back ID cards
17-Sep-2003
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) is calling on the trade to show support for the national ID card scheme, despite reports that the Cabinet...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Sep-2003
The Sunday Times Whitbread has held secret talks with all three bidders in the Scottish & Newcastle pub auction to buy the Premier Lodge budget...
Naked truth boosts Jennings
11-Sep-2003
Lakeland brewer Jennings is set to cash in on the movie Calendar Girls. The film, which stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, goes on national...
The Inn, Lancashire
11-Sep-2003
The Bowman family have run the Inn at Whitewell, Lancashire, for the past 30 years and pride themselves on giving customers the personal touch. "We...
The Fox, Gloucestershire
11-Sep-2003
Ring the Fox at Lower Oddington in Gloucestershire and the phone is likely to be answered by the pub's enthusiastic French manager Thomas Chiche....
Waste not, want not
11-Sep-2003
Getting the most out of every cask is all about squeezing out the last drop of profit. Attention to detail when it comes to handling the casks, staff...
