MyShout
09-Aug-2007
Better publicity for responsible retailing initiatives is the way forward, says Stephen Crawley Just as the furore over the pricing set by one of the...
THE GUV'NOR
09-Aug-2007
Graham Rowson Drinks producers must take their share of the blame for binge drinking, says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston,...
BarTalk
09-Aug-2007
How important are real-ale sales in your pub? Matt Jackson Sun Hotel, Lancaster Cask ale accounts for about 30% of our wet sales at both the pubs we...
Recovery underway at flood-hit pubs
09-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The pub trade is slowly getting back on its feet after floods caused devastation in large parts of the country. At the height of the flooding, two...
Foot-and-mouth fear returns to haunt trade
09-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Trade holds its breath following the announcement that foot and mouth has been discovered in the Surrey area The trade is facing an anxious wait to...
Hamish Champ: The Great British Beard Festival
08-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
I love beer, especially the cask ale variety. Ask anyone who knows me and they'll confirm this not-so-earth-shattering fact. But until I joined The...
What the papers say - August 8, 2007
08-Aug-2007
Scottish & Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, admitted yesterday that "stinking weather" in June and July had meant that it would struggle to...
What the papers say - August 7, 2007
07-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Jane Seymour, the actress best known for her performance as a Bond girl in Live and Let Die, is being taken to court by neighbours who want to stop...
Licensee successfully fights underage sales case
07-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
A South Wales licensee has successfully challenged two charges against her after one of her staff was caught out in an underage test purchase sting....
What the papers say - August 6, 2007
06-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
People across the country made the most of the hottest temperatures of the year yesterday as experts gave warning that another bout of dreary weather...
What the Sunday papers said
05-Aug-2007
A 22-month-old girl is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a dog she had apparently tried to stroke in a pub garden on Saturday. The...
03-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Whitbread has announced it has completed the sale of its David Lloyd Leisure division to Versailles Bidco Limited for £925million
03-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Bob Senior, the boss of bar and nightclub company Utopian Leisure, has won licensing for a new lap-dance club in Newcastle. The 90-capacity venue...
Pete Robinson: Grotty backstreet boozers
03-Aug-2007
There's a lovely old song that begins: "Every street that you meet is a Coronation Street; There's a Rover's Return where the folks all like to...
02-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney
Flood-hit licensees wait as the national cost of damage to insurers reaches estimated £2.5bn
Amanda Green: the recovery from the floods
02-Aug-2007
Last Wednesday the water had gone from the building but the electricity was still compromised. We were still living through the majority of the...
Hall & Woodhouse back campaign against proxy purchasing
02-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse is backing a campaign highlighting the problem of adults buying alcohol for under-18s. The brewer said it was...
Pete Robinson: Has Hamish had it?
01-Aug-2007
This concerns smoking-ban rebel Hamish Howitt who runs the Happy Scots bar in Blackpool. The authorities are out to get Hamish one way or another....
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Ofgem proposals could mean pubs avoid charges when switching energy supplier.
Not an even-handed struggle
01-Aug-2007
So regional brewer Greene King has ducked out of a potentially damaging High Court clash over costs. This is not at all surprising, but I am sorry,...
Let's hear it for the watchdogs
01-Aug-2007
It's unlikely that many tears of solidarity were shed by drinks suppliers as cosmetic giant L'Oreal took a very public lashing from advertising...
When will they realise? Pubs are not the problem
01-Aug-2007
Perhaps, like Shambo the bullock, the kindest thing would be for the Government to put a bullet in the head of the entire pub trade. When both the...
MyShout
01-Aug-2007
The Dunkirk spirit helped pubs in the wake of floods - and poker is good news says David Elliott The recent widespread flooding in many areas of...
Pub trade defiant despite disaster
01-Aug-2007
Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario visited the flood-stricken crisis zone to witness first hand the carnage left in the wake of the worst natural disaster...
Merseyside pubs shut after one sting
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Police closed two Merseyside pubs for more than 24 hours on a busy Friday evening for failing a single test-purchase operation. The closures came...
BarTalk
01-Aug-2007
Who do you prefer: Gordon Brown or David Cameron? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire I'm a Conservative at heart but after the Hug a Hoody...
Ofgem plan to protect pubs
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs would get more protection against being charged penalties when switching energy supplier under new plans being considered. A new consultation...
NewsDigest
01-Aug-2007
The Clear Pub Company (CPC), a fledgling business set up by Duncan Ward and Andy Wilkinson, has launched with the acquisition of 25 leasehold sites...
31-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Sizzling Pub Company, the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) community brand, has unveiled its 200th pub.
Pete Robinson: 12 year old served drink in pub
31-Jul-2007
Even my elderly mum doesn't believe this but my first beer purchase in a pub was made at the tender age of 12. Straight up!A sudden torrential...
What the papers say - July 31, 2007
31-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Just as summer has finally returned, Britain is facing the prospect of a severe ice cream shortage after the country's biggest ice cream factory was...
Hamish Champ: Floods, pubs and insurance companies
30-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
I believe there are those who have spent hours arguing that breathing in other people's smoke is bad for you, and an sizeable number condemning such...
30-Jul-2007
Yesterday's Sunday Mirror reported that a survey it carried out following the smoking ban found takings at pubs had dropped by as much as 40%. The...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Jul-2007
Corby in Northamptonshire was recently branded by an official report as the yob capital of Britain. 55 per cent of those given Asbos breached their...
27-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Phil Pegler, the operations director who has overseen the conversion of 750 Spirit managed pubs to lease at Punch, is taking redundancy, the Morning...
What the papers say - July 27, 2007
27-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A former champion boxer shot in the head after asking three men to stop smoking is now brain dead and will have his life support machine switched off...
27-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Flood-hit pubs may be eligible for tax breaks, the Government has announced. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said it will: - Defer collection of...
26-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario in the flood zone
Licensees giving out free drinks and remaining defiant - despite floods which forced one to live on his pub roof.
Floods: Fears over long-term impact on insurance cover
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Flood-affected licensees are desperately scanning their insurance policies in the wake of the disaster.It is expected that most pubs will be covered...
500 pubs devastated by floods
26-Jul-2007
Pubs and breweries are facing a race against time to save their businesses as floods devastated areas of the country.In the wettest summer weather...
Trade groups call for support for flood-hit pubs
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Trade associations have called for help for licensees affected by the devastating floods across the country.Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
Magic of the big screen
26-Jul-2007
Juke boxes operated by text messages and plasma screens that can be fitted to the ceiling. Graham Ridout discovers the latest technology to help pull...
Art of gold
26-Jul-2007
Tucked away in London's East End is a pub boasting a very unusual clientèle. Adam Edwards meets their host The life-size heart hanging like a neon...
THE GUV'NOR
26-Jul-2007
Mike Bell The smoke ban could be a blessing for pubs if licensees are prepared to go with the flow, says the licensee of West London's Portobello...
BarTalk
26-Jul-2007
What do you think of the pending review of the Licensing Act? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I don't have a problem with it as long as...
NewsDigest
26-Jul-2007
England's top doctor has added his weight to calls for higher tax on alcohol. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England, told The...
Goodbye, Mr George
26-Jul-2007
The turnout was fantastic on Monday for George Bateman's memorial service in Boston. Nearly 900 people packed England's largest parish church, the...
LETTERs
26-Jul-2007
Smoke-ban has killed the pub The economics of running a community pub mean that most are one-person operations, unable to employ additional staff to...
Licensee lashes out over flood defences
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A licensee in Upton upon Severn who escaped the last round of floods is counting the cost of the latest wave after the Environment Agency failed to...
What the papers say - July 25, 2007
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The family of a British boxing champion who was shot at point blank range after asking three men to put out their cigarettes in a London bar said...
