11-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The 380-strong Restaurant Group has reported an 8% in turnover for the 45 weeks to 7 November on last year.
10-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead reporting from FLVA Conference
The Licensed Trade Charity has unveiled plans for a pioneering scheme to open a new pub staffed by young people with learning difficulties .
10-Nov-2010 By Paul Wigham
I sat this week on the inaugural meeting of the BII Panel of Professional Advisors and it sparked debate on a number of issues, says Paul Wigham.
Facewatch scheme designed to slash pub crime
10-Nov-2010
Pubs are being urged to sign up to a new crime-reporting system designed by a licensee to dramatically cut offences in the trade. A pilot of the...
10-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs could face "extortionate" costs when new regulations over pensions come into force in 2012. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has...
10-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Nine pubs in Ringwood, Hampshire, have joined forces with Ringwood Brewery to offer the town's first ale trail. Drinkers will collect the ale trail...
09-Nov-2010 By Phil Mellows
Gavin George is not your normal pub entrepreneur. As Phil Mellows discovers, he is an eco-aware culture vulture obsessed with his seaside city.
Pubs pilot 'safer' pint glasses
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trials are underway at secret pub locations across the country to test new safer pint glassware. The Design Council this week confirmed that tests...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Presenting under-18s with direct, raw facts about the effects of alcohol is helping to change behaviour. So says the BII after research showed that...
08-Nov-2010 By Tony Jennings
Being "fair" might be the loadstone of the Coalition's philosophy, but not much of it is percolating down to our business, says Tony Jennings.
Mark Daniels: Coalition should ignore knee-jerk headlines and learn from the Dutch
08-Nov-2010
If there's one thing guaranteed to get me uppity in a morning - apart, that is, from discovering there's no marmalade to put on my eggy bread - it's...
Pub Bitch: 'The Only Way Is Essex' Ale
08-Nov-2010
Cigar evolution Not that we would go to the opening of an envelope or anything, but we did find ourselves at the presentation of the newly designed...
What will be in an executive's pay this year?
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
A number of companies in the pub and brewing sectors will soon reveal how they fared over the past year. It'll have been a tough old 12 months. After...
Hamish Champ: Is it me, or has everybody gone mad?
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
"Is me, or has everybody gone mad?" Not my words, dear reader, but the words of Brian Potter; owner and operator of the Phoenix Club, one of the UK's...
05-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Rel Pub Company is opening a sixth Break Bar site in Berkshire next year after a £700,000 refurbishment.
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.
04-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The best suppliers to the pub industry were announced last night at the Great British Pub Suppliers Awards, sponsored by Tradeteam, at Plaisterer's...
Skeleton and guns found during pub refurb
04-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Work to restore a historic pub gutted by fire was held up after builders found a skeleton and a cache of wartime weapons. Police and archaeologists...
04-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Fourteen hundred submissions have been made for the Government's consultation on licensing reform - as trade chiefs step up their lobbying to get the...
03-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gastropub the Milestone in Sheffield will appear in the semi-final of Channel 4 show Ramsay's Best Restaurant on Tuesday (9 November).
02-Nov-2010 By Paul Chase
What may replace the SIA if it is axed? Paul Chase discusses the options including a licence granted locally that enables the holder to work nationally.
02-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Award winning licensees in the Good Pub Guide 2011 have criticised the guide's decision to introduce charges for the book's main entries. The 2012...
02-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BII chief executive Neil Robertson did his part for the pub trade last night by stepping behind the bar to serve punters in aid of British Pub Week....
01-Nov-2010 By Mark Baird
Diageo corporate social responsibility manager Mark Baird tackles 10 of the most regularly repeated myths about alcohol pricing, promotion and harm.
Pub Bitch: Publican Pub Quiz special
01-Nov-2010
Charity cheats It gives Pub Bitch no pleasure whatsoever to report that a number of teams and individuals were caught cheating at last week's...
Caroline Nodder: Charity begins in the pub
01-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Charity begins at home, so they say. But they're wrong. Charity actually begins in the pub. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that there is no...
IPC 'concerned' by pubcos' slow progress
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade umbrella group the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has raised concerns with MPs about the implementation of new pubco codes of practice....
Executive pay fell in 2010, according to new survey
01-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
The majority of company directors in the private sector saw their pay cut in real terms this year, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD)....
'Alcohol 'causes more harm than crack''
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Alcohol causes more widespread harm than drugs like heroin or crack cocaine, according to a study published in respected medical journal The Lancet....
Powers to ban troublemakers from pubs extended
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Powers to impose orders banning drunken troublemakers have been extended to 25 new areas from today. Drink Banning Orders (DBOs) give magistrates...
01-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
The pub sector will soon have "good quality information" on running costs, which are used to set rents, for the first time - so says RICS.
01-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs are being urged to carry out a full business review of how the cuts in public spending will affect them. Baker Tilly Recovery and...
29-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
New powers that let magistrates ban troublemakers from pubs are being introduced in a further 25 areas of the country on Monday (1 November).
29-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
29-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
UCL, the expanding pub restaurant management operator run by Ross Sanders, opens its first exclusive boutique style hotel today.
Jongleurs names David Elphick as new MD
29-Oct-2010
David Elphick has been appointed as MD of Comedy Club operator, Jongleurs. Elphick, who earlier this year founded Momo Leisure with Jez King as a...
29-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
British Pub Week kicks off on Saturday — creating an opportunity for licensees to increase footfall for Halloween and the following week, including...
28-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Many freehold pubs are changing hands despite talk of hamstrung banks unwilling to lend money, says The PMA Team.
Pubwatch: licensees need same protection as nurses
28-Oct-2010
Licensees should be given the same level of protection from assault as nurses, according to the group National Pubwatch. The group, which supports...
London licensees not keen on mayor's drunk test
28-Oct-2010
Licensees are unconvinced Boris Johnson's proposed "24/7" sobriety programme would make their lives any easier. London's mayor wants to trial a pilot...
The test team: keeping an eye on ID checks
28-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Figures released on underage sales last week offered signs of encouragement for the pub trade. Test purchasing company Serve Legal revealed that so...
28-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Operators of three nightclubs have been warned they may be breaching competition law by agreeing not to sell drinks below £1.50. Under a...
28-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
There is growing concern over how pubs will deal with having to automatically enroll all staff into pension schemes. For the first time employers...
27-Oct-2010 By Peter Coulson
Peter Coulson wonders whether some pub licensees are aware of their own double standards on family law.
27-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
National Pubwatch is calling for tougher sentencing guidelines to ensure people who assault pub staff receive appropriate penalties.
27-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company has given up the management contract on 207 pubs, mostly located in Scotland.
'Stay sober or go back to prison'
27-Oct-2010
A scheme where convicted criminals commit to stay sober or face prison could be introduced in Britain, it has been suggested. The "24/7 sobriety"...
27-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP has been appointed as administrators of the Maypole Group. Partners Simon Bower and Bruce Mackay will act...
27-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
A&E doctors have called for nightclubs to employ paramedics to take the pressure off hospitals. But the trade has expressed fears that it would...
