20-Jul-2010 By Phil Dixon
Scrutinising PIRRS is worthwhile, if only to uncover the extent of the gulf between the new system and RICS regulations, says Phil Dixon.
Small businesses still fearful over economic prospects
20-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Despite the coalition government's determination to haul the UK economy round via spending cuts and tax increases, small businesses are still worried...
Strong as an ox
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Like many a pub operator, Michael Ibbotson wants to know what the competition is up to. While he has contacts with a number of pubs near the Durham...
Where there's a will there's a way...despite the hurdles
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
News that Parliament last week gave its nod of approval to next year's VAT increase will have surprised no-one. The nation's books have to be...
Hamish Champ: Wherever I lay my hat, it's probably a pub
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
I love staying overnight in a pub. In a 'letting room', that is. Not spark out on the floor of the saloon bar. There's a certain something - and to...
Pubs can help drive economic recovery, says new BHA boss
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants could be the engine of the UK economy's recovery, says the new head of the British Hospitality Association (BHA)....
Win a 3DTV as part of Proud of Pubs Week
19-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
As part of its support for this year's Proud of Pubs Week, Sky is offering one lucky licensee the chance to win a brand new 3D TV. The 47-inch LG 3D...
Proud of Pubs Week: Here's to pubs!
19-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The waiting is over and the biggest annual event celebrating all that is great about pubs is finally here. Proud of Pubs Week 2010 launches today...
19-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Four out of ten adults would be willing to join efforts to save their local pub if it was under threat, says CAMRA.
19-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
David Cameron has announced new resources to help local people take over "community assets" such as pubs. Government officials will be made...
19-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Six nightclubs a week are closing with competition from pubs open later and cheap supermarket alcohol ramping up the pressure on the sector....
'Nightclubs losing out to late-night pubs'
18-Jul-2010
Nightclubs are dying as hard-up revellers choose late-night pubs instead. Six venues are closing a week, with the slump and changing tastes leaving...
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
A report into the crash of pub-management company Publicana shows the company has been making losses despite accounts showing a profit.
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Amber Taverns, managed operator of 47 pubs, has reported a strong surge in turnover and profits.
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The owner of award-winning North Yorkshire food pub the Durham Ox has set up a company, Provenance Inns, to acquire new sites. The company has been...
16-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees can now get free business advice from the Pub Assist website, which launched last year. Pubassist.co.uk previously charged £40 for a...
16-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Pubs supplied by rogue jukebox firm Access All Areas — whose directors were jailed last week — are now able to play music legally. The 200 or so...
15-Jul-2010 By Roger Protz
London beer buffs launch an ale to revive famed brewer's name, reports beer expert Roger Protz.
15-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Pub allotments: The Good Life
15-Jul-2010 By Katie Coyne
The idea of growing your own fruit and veg seems to conjure up surprisingly poignant memories for people. There's the historic collective memory of...
Pub Assessments: The mark of a good pub
15-Jul-2010
In an increasingly competitive industry, it is more important than ever for publicans to find ways of attracting customers into their pubs. One way...
World Cup trading 'as expected'
15-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Pubs performed "as expected" during the World Cup as England's early exit from the tournament was offset by the good weather, according to trade...
15-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
An MP "regrets" not talking to a licensee before asking residents to report any complaints about disturbances from his pub. Margot James, new Tory...
15-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Beer flow monitoring company Brulines is confident its new i-draught system will help it increase sales, despite the wider economic uncertainty. The...
15-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
CC Taverns and Jack Beards, two subsidiaries of CCT Group, the multiple-site pub business has gone into administration.
15-Jul-2010 By Phil Mellows
Ted Tuppen is used to fielding brickbats but doesn't shirk responsibility, as Phil Mellows finds when he meets the captain of Enterprise. To find...
A consummate pro, with time for all of us
14-Jul-2010 By Trish McManus
Licensee Trish McManus remembers how a fellow licensee turned around the well-known Hoste Arms in Norfolk.
IRC appoints ex-Living Room director
13-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Individual Restaurant Company has appointed a new operations director and added the role of commercial director to its board.
Summer sun and football a mixed blessing for pubs
13-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last month's half term holidays, international football festivities and sunny weather were a "mixed blessing" for the UK's leading UK pub and...
'Pubs endure stale taste of failure'
13-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
It's not easy being a pub owner. Drinking den insolvencies may be down nearly a third from their peak last year, but circumstances are conspiring...
13-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Managed operator Orchid Group has appointed David Campbell as head of operations for the free house division from September. Campbell has worked in...
13-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Sales of pubs at auction jumped 38% in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year. Experts say it's due to growing numbers...
13-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Diageo's search to find the UK's best bartender has ended with Erik Lorincz of the Connaught Hotel in London being named the winner. Lorincz and 13...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: Dealing with risk
12-Jul-2010
Sound risk management is clearly important during a recession. But experience shows that many companies actually run into financial difficulties...
To run managed or leased pubs... that is the question
12-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Greene King's decision to boost its managed, brand-led pub estate over its tenanted one is a bold move. The Suffolk brewer, led by chief executive...
Hamish Champ: Why can't the UK be a bit more like France?
12-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Travel, they say, broadens the mind and by golly they're right. I recently whizzed around Northern France on my motorbike and found the people in...
Barracuda Group celebrates 10 years in business
12-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Barracuda Group, the privately-backed pub and bar operator, last week celebrated a decade in business with a lavish party in London's St Katharine's...
Surveys paint bleak picture for UK pubs
12-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The immediate trading prospects for the on-trade appear grim, if two new surveys on business survival and consumer spending are to be believed. Pub...
12-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Managed operator Orchid Group is to spend £100,000 a year on a scheme to improve customer service at its pubs. The Exceptional Hospitality Scheme...
09-Jul-2010 By Phil Mellows
Lord Bilimoria is inextricably tied in with his greatest creation, Cobra beer. And, as Phil Mellows found out the two are still closely yoked today.
09-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
The British Beer & Pub Association has backed calls for military ID to be accepted as proof of age in pubs.
Pub jukebox scammers jailed
09-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
A father and son who breached copyright law by selling illegal music systems to pubs and clubs have been jailed following a "landmark" legal case....
09-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gastropub the Cary Arms in Babbacombe, Devon, is offering a £40 baked potato on the menu called the "tuxedo of spuds". The potato, devised by the...
09-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Bosses of a digital jukebox firm that distributed copyrighted tunes without permission to at least 200 pubs have been jailed. Gateshead-based Access...
08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
We have an increasing focus on business-building and encouraging licensees to move up the retail standards curve, says The PMA Team.
08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The Morning Advertiser has published its 500 edition this morning since it moved to William Reed Business Media ten years ago. We asked a range of...
Chris Maclean: Big barking dogs scare me
08-Jul-2010 By Chris Maclean
There wasn't a soul in the bar. Behind the bar was empty. Just me and, it later turned out, Bruno. Bruno is at my side barking and sniffing. Bruno...
Proud of Pubs: New ways to drive trade
08-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Ever wanted to try something new in your pub but not known how, or been too afraid to try? As part of this year's Proud of Pubs Week we are...
Marriage en masse at the pub
08-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A freeholder is hoping her wedding plans go with at least 10 hitches as she bids to set a record for the most marriages in a pub in one day. Rebecca...
