'Neil Morrissey to star in pub sitcom'
05-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Neil Morrissey is making a comedy comeback, playing a gay dad. The Men Behaving Badly star is taking the lead in a sitcom set in a boozer. Neil, 48,...
Belgravia pub picks up Fuller's top cellar award
05-Aug-2010
The Star Tavern in Belgravia has picked up a top accolade for delivering great quality beer. Licensees Jason and Karen Tinklin picked up the...
05-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Mark Daniels: Who wants to be a licensee?
04-Aug-2010
Donning, in a mildly puerile effort at tongue-in-cheekedness, a pair of cuff-links each broadcasting the slogan "My Official Drinking Arm," I headed...
Findlay calls on MPs to recognise industry progress
04-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
MPs still looking to knock the pub sector should look at the progress being made by companies, Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay said today....
04-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
The BBPA is in talks about putting together its own benchmarking survey on the costs of running leased and tenanted pubs.
04-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Town & City Pub Company, the privately-owned high street bar operator led by Toby Smith, has revealed like-for-like sales growth of 9.5% in the...
'Alcohol-free pub plan for city centre wins support'
03-Aug-2010
First it was the smoking ban - now Cardiff could have its first ever alcohol-free pub. A former bar manager says he wants to open Wales' only dry pub...
03-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
New research has found that beer can help weight loss, cut alcohol consumption and be part of a healthy lifestyle. That's according to the Campaign...
02-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband has launched a campaign to save the pub — he urges action on the tie.
David Miliband announces plan to 'save British pubs'
02-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband has launched a campaign to help save pubs - including plans to tackle the beer tie. In an unexpected move,...
02-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz
Locals running locals may sound a great plan, but who's going to support them? I imagine there must have been some wry smiles on the faces of...
Rebalancing act
31-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Sometimes someone comes into a business and their arrival triggers a marked change of culture and focus. The arrival of Isaac Sheps to Carlsberg's UK...
Making money or taking the Michael?
31-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
If recent history has taught the pub community anything it is the need to keep a tight rein on costs. It's a key way to protect margins in this day...
30-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Publican Local Focus: Edinburgh - Flower of Scotland
30-Jul-2010
Visit the well-worn tourist trails of Scotland's capital at the height of the Festival in August and you'll find a city that looks a lot like a...
Caroline Nodder: The Daily Mail misses the point - again
30-Jul-2010 By Caroline Nodder
I feel like I'm in a bit of a time warp this week. The wranglings over the new government's proposed review of the licensing laws takes me right back...
Harvard beckons for Fuller's' Simon Emeny
29-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Simon Emeny, group managing director-designate at Fuller, Smith & Turner, said he hopes to return from a two-month-long sabbatical at the Harvard...
Save Pub Group calls for Home Office meeting
29-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Save the Pub Group chair Greg Mulholland has called for a meeting with the Home Office over the proposed changes on licensing. The Lib Dem MP has...
29-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Greene King tenant is suing the company for more than £230,000 after attempts to lease the pub or buy the freehold failed. Meadowden Holdings...
29-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek & Mark Stretton, M&C Report
A report into the collapse of Merchant Inns, the mid-market pubs-and-inns business, shows that only half of its six venues were profitable at site...
28-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney & Gemma McKenna
One trade group has blasted the proposed licensing changes as top down stick bashing of pubs. The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR)...
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) member has released a book to help ale-lovers visiting Edinburgh find good pubs.
'I'll have what he's having' is a genetic response'
27-Jul-2010
Dutch researchers have found those carrying the long version of the dopamine D4 7-repeat genotype are more susceptible to excessive drinking...
Proud licensees to guest edit The Publican
27-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A couple of licensees are being given the chance to get to grips with The Publican after winning the title of Britain's Proudest Pub. During Proud...
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A former BII Licensee of the Year is ramping up his consultancy business to help others in the pub trade. Long-time Wadworth tenant Phil Davision...
27-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Bogus callers are targeting pubs in south Wales to pay for ads in magazines — according to one Chepstow host. Ian Mayrick, licensee at the Coach...
27-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
A clutch of operators that took part in a trial of labelling menus with calorie information have decided not to continue with the scheme.
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Police in Cambridge say a traffic light system has helped two pubs raise their safety standards. They kept track of alcohol-related disorder and...
Government to tackle bank lending log-jam
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The coalition government has today ramped up the pressure on banks to start lending vital cash to small businesses. Business Secretary Vince Cable...
Hamish Champ: Hurrah for the Daily Mail?*
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
So, the country will soon be rid of the scourge of 24 hour pubs thanks to the campaigning efforts of the Daily Mail. Hurrah! After months of...
Zonal acquires Freshnet Systems
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
EPoS till provider Zonal has acquired online ordering company Freshnet Systems — it allows ordering of fresh goods.
23-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The entire north Norfolk coast has been transformed by the commitment of the late Paul Whittome, owner of the Hoste Arms, says The PMA Team.
23-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Caroline Nodder: We should be Proud of Pubs and the people who run them every single day
23-Jul-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Thank you to all the hundreds of you out there who made last week's Proud of Pubs Week our best ever. Pubs across the land threw parties, raised...
James Wilmore: Is the BBPA a house of cards?
23-Jul-2010
How long can the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) survive in its current form? Rumours have been circulating for some time that one of the...
Mark Daniels: Out of the mouths of babes...
23-Jul-2010
Anybody who has brought children up while living and working in a pub will know that they can be your cherished little angels, beloved of all your...
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Miller Genuine Draft (MGD) is being trialled on draught in around 60 pubs in Scotland — MGD sales were boosted by the World Cup.
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
London brewer and pub operator Fuller's has promoted Simon Emeny to group managing director. Emeny, currently managing director of Fuller's Inns,...
22-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Alcohol costs nearly three times as much in pubs as in shops, where two thirds of alcohol is now sold, says a new survey.
SABMiller: Duty rises depressing demand
22-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The European lager market was continuing to toil under tough economic conditions, brewing giant SAB Miller said today. In an interim management...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Asda's move to ban below cost sales of alcohol is encouraging but there is still a long way to go, according to trade figures. Asda chief executive...
22-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Oldham Council is "encouraging" pubs, clubs and shops to operate the Challenge 25 age-check policy. Operators are being asked to display notices...
21-Jul-2010 By Lucy Barron–Reid
BII Licensee of the Year finalist Lucy Barron-Reid talks about how she started out in the trade and what makes her carry on despite the difficulties.
21-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The FSB has called for an extension of the NI holiday across the south-east after the region was revealed as the most likely to be under-staffed.
The Publican Pub Golf Tournament 2010 - Grand Final
21-Jul-2010
And so to Spain in World Cup final week. In a nation gripped by the sort of football fever England can only dream of, just outside Cartagena there...
Pub gets Deal or No Deal treatment
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee appearance on TV show 'Deal or No Deal' has inspired her pubco to give customers 5,000 chances to beat the banker. Linda Smithers, who...
'Waitrose targets former pubs for convenience'
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Your former local pub could soon become a Waitrose after the grocer unveiled aggressive plans yesterday to open 300 convenience stores in the next 10...
Last-minute TENs plan dropped
21-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Plans to allow pubs to get a last-minute temporary event notice (TEN) for "low-risk" activities appear to have been scrapped. The previous...
Pubs and politicians celebrate Proud of Pubs Week
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country have already been getting into the spirit of Proud of Pubs Week 2010. Scores of licensees have held fundraising events,...
