'Pub group collapses double in first three months of 2010'
06-Jun-2010
The number of bar and pub firms going out of business in the first three months of the year was more than double the number in the same period last...
Spurs to turn pub into a ticket office
04-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A pub popular with Spurs fans has been closed down by the club to make way for a ticket office.
04-Jun-2010 By Phil Mellows
CAMRA has become a real force for change. And much of that is down to chief executive Mike Benner, reports Phil Mellows.
03-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Tokyo Industries has announced the acquisition of two new venues - Manchester venue 'South' and the historic 'Fibbers' in York.
03-Jun-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Young's has this morning announced a 1.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £19.4m, with like-for-like sales flat on last year.
100 barstaff change their name to Wayne Rooney
03-Jun-2010
Pubs have been pulling out the stops in their final preparations for the big World Cup kick-off in South Africa next week. But one pub company has...
Cops hire 'drunk' actors in pubs sting
03-Jun-2010
Licensees have raised questions over the police's attitude towards them after a sting operation which used "drunk" actors to catch out staff....
03-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
The Government's review of business regulation is an opportunity to remove burdens on pubs, including the mandatory alcohol retailing code. That's...
02-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
A beer which celebrates the work of the Cotswold Conservation Board is returning to pubs — it was first brewed in 2006.
02-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson
Peter Coulson explains the ins and outs of delegation by the designated premises supervisor under the current law.
Mark Daniels: NICE is the new Nasty
02-Jun-2010
No sooner has our new coalition government announced that it's going to take all the money away from Nu-Labour's quangos, than one strolls along and...
Pub offers shelter to terrified customers during Cumbria shootings
02-Jun-2010
A licensee has revealed how he sheltered around 45 terrified customers behind locked doors during the shooting spree that left 12 people dead in...
02-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Managed operator Barracuda has launched its sixth South-African themed Cape pub, this time in Reading. This opening is part of Barracuda's ongoing...
02-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has released 23-step guidance to help pubs operate smoothly throughout the World Cup.
What's in a word?
01-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week I emailed Roger Whiteside to ask him what Punch Taverns, whose tenanted and leased pub operation he runs, means when it uses the word...
Cougar Leisure looks to sell off 11 sites
01-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cougar Leisure, the bar operator created when Herald Inns & Bars went into administration in 2008, is selling 11 of its properties for a total of...
01-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Brannigans owner Cougar Leisure is selling off 11 of its 14 pubs and bars for a combined total of £5.7m.
Play your cards right with poker... or else
31-May-2010
The cautions dished out recently by the Gambling Commission to three men as a result of illegal poker being played in the function room of Cheshire...
Hamish Champ: Finding the pub equivalent of the Crown Jewels
31-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
There is considerable pleasure to be had from crossing the threshold of a familiar pub. For a start, one knows how the door opens - in or out - thus...
Pub Bitch: The Theatre of Dreams... for some
28-May-2010
Fortune favours the brave With football mania now reaching fever pitch, US brewer Budweiser is pulling out all the stops to be the beer of the...
Caroline Nodder: We need practical solutions and we need to get results. Fast
28-May-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Hearsay. Not just a really bad reality show pop band, but also a dangerous thing to believe. And within the pub sector hearsay has been prevalent in...
28-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The British Beer & Pub Association has called on police and local authorities "not to invent unnecessary regulations" around the World Cup.
28-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows dicusses why alcohol-related deaths and diseases are on the rise, depsite general alcohol consumption being down.
28-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The BII has reported an increase in enquiries and booking from tenanted pub operators who want their codes of practice accredited for clarity.
27-May-2010 By John Harrington
The AMLR is backing a united lobbying effort to ensure there's no "wriggle room" for supermarkets in the crackdown on cheap alcohol deals.
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
The Morning Advertiser's top 50 most influential people in the pub industry.
27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
The latest gossip and rumour from the City.
27-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A pan-industry group has been formed to promote British Pub Week later this year. The week, which will run from Saturday 30 October to Saturday 6...
Paul Heaton: Pedalling for pubs
27-May-2010
What inspired the Pedals and Beer Pumps tour? I was cycling last summer and I saw a couple of pubs closed down round Macclesfield way. Macclesfield...
Party to show that you're Proud of Pubs
27-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The countdown is on for Proud of Pubs Week 2010 and this year we're throwing a party! Once again it has been a tough year for the trade with duty...
Minimum pricing is only way to tackle supermarkets, says operator
27-May-2010 By James Wilmore
A high profile multiple pub operator has argued minimum pricing is the only way to tackle cheap supermarket deals - and called on licensees to spread...
Drop in underage pub drinkers
27-May-2010 By James Wilmore
The number of underage drinkers who consume alcohol in pubs and bars has fallen to less than one in 10, government figures have revealed. Among...
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
Now in its 9th year — The MA ranks the trade's movers and shakers on the impact they've had on the industry in the past 12 months.
27-May-2010 By John Harrington
Pub company boss Michael Kheng is urging immediate, united action by the pub trade to lobby for minimum pricing to curb cheap supermarket alcohol...
26-May-2010 By John Harrington
Licensees have criticised a local CAMRA branch for screening England's first World Cup game at a massive indoor beer festival.
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Edinburgh Council has been accused of "profiteering" after collecting more than £220,000 in charges from pubs for outside tables.
Mark Daniels: Going for a ride...
26-May-2010
On the morning of Monday 26th July I shall most likely wake up in bed, still caked in sweat and my muscles quivering with fatigue. This won't be a...
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Fifteen pubs and clubs in Leeds will receive a letter of congratulations from Leeds Council after passing underage sting tests on Saturday. Police...
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs can get customer feedback and benchmark their service against the industry with the new Livebookings Barometer. The service reveals guest...
25-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Former Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Tim Clarke has been appointed as a non-executive director at Hall & Woodhouse. The Dorset-based...
Pub Bitch: Balloons and bubbles
24-May-2010
Balloons and bubbles I like a good marketing stunt as much as anyone, but the Champagne must have gone to the heads of those at Taittinger when they...
Offering the right deal...for everyone
23-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
There's still no clear indication of the new government's stand on the pub sector and given the small matter of billions of pounds of budgetary...
21-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Andy Harrison, the soon-to-be chief executive at Whitbread, has been heavily critcised by Sir Stelios HajiIoannou, the founder of easyJet, the...
Mark Daniels: Who needs to be responsible now?
21-May-2010
Since the British public sort of voted CleggOn in to power earlier this month, most of us in the pub trade have been sitting around, waiting to see...
David Bremner to join Frederic Robinson
21-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
David Bremner, former commercial operations director at Everards, is to join Cheshire brewer Frederic Robinsons in July. For the past two years...
21-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A new social network, which allows pubs to communicate better with their customers and suppliers, launched today. Each venue owns its own page on...
21-May-2010 By John Harrington
More pubwatch-style groups for doorstaff are set to be formed following the creation of a National Doorwatch steering group. Doorwatch sees...
20-May-2010 By John Harrington
But the trade group warns against increased regulation under the plans announced by the new Government today.
Friend or foe: the coalition
20-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Thirteen high-ranking members of the new Government signed up to a five-point plan to help pubs before the election.
20-May-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
