What the papers say - June 13, 2007
13-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The definition of GM-free food was relaxed last night as European ministers decided to allow a greater proportion of genetically-modified material...
13-Jun-2007
Licensees and operators are urged to be careful to avoid paying penalty fees while agreeing to energy contracts. Energywatch said they increasingly...
Chris Maclean: beguiled by sales people
12-Jun-2007 By Chris Maclean
I think the three words I least like to hear in a pub are "What you want to do is…" My heart sinks when I hear this line."What you want to do...
Pub manager jailed after gambling takings
12-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A former pub manager has been jailed for nine months for stealing nearly £12,000 of his employer's money and betting it on the horses. Gambling...
Pubs could be forced to allow breastfeeding
12-Jun-2007
Pubs could be forced to allow women to breastfeed on their premises under new proposals. The government has published a consultation document which...
What the papers say - June 12, 2007
12-Jun-2007
Inflation figures are expected to show the cost of living at its lowest level for seven months as falling energy prices and rising interest rates...
12-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Breastfeeding 'rights' proposal
12-Jun-2007
The Campaign for Real Ale, (CAMRA) is looking for exceptionally designed pubs where work was completed last year to be nominated for the prestigious Pub Design Awards 2007.
The art of moaning
11-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
I was having a breakfast meeting with the chief executive of a large pub group last week and in the course of our conversation I asked him how often...
Ditch patio heaters, pubs urged
11-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
Pubs are being urged to consider greener alternatives to patio heaters amid a continuing backlash from environmental campaigners. With the smoking...
Chris Maclean: living in the public eye
10-Jun-2007 By Chris Maclean
One of our central pubs, particularly popular with the younger element is firmly closed tonight. The blinds remain drawn and there are no lights on...
What the Sunday papers say
10-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
More than eight million people in the UK are 'problem drinkers', says the Sunday Express, defined as a man who drinks eight glasses of alcohol in a...
BII to put Best Bar None on national stage
08-Jun-2007
A new move to put the Best Bar None (BBN) scheme on a national stage is being spearheaded by the BII. Together with the Home Office and Greater...
Fuller's in the market for a deal
08-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
Young & Co may be the next target of rival London pubco Fuller's.Fuller's would not comment today on whether it had Young & Co in its...
Pubco share slide continues
08-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in leading UK pubcos slid further yesterday as investors continued to digest a raft of potentially bad news for the sector.Companies such as...
Gales boosts Fuller's results
08-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
A full year's contribution from the acquired Gales estate, rising food sales and two hotel disposals boosted Fuller Smith & Turner's annual...
08-Jun-2007
The Home Office, police and BII have agreed a joint approach to develop the highly successful Best Bar None initiative. The scheme will come under...
MPs and licensees back Proud of Pubs Week
07-Jun-2007
Proud of Pubs Week is set to go with a bang next month with licensees and MPs across the country ranking behind the initiative. Pubs are planning...
Licensees help regulars to give up
07-Jun-2007
Trays of mints have replaced ashtrays at a pub which has organised its own stop-smoking sessions ahead of July 1. Joint licensees Lorraine Lewis and...
InBev slammed over new payment terms
07-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
A private business pressure group has lambasted brewing giant InBev for doubling the time it takes to pay suppliers.The Forum for Private Business...
Ready to go into audit?
07-Jun-2007
Alex McGill of stocktaker and inventory specialist Venners shows how an audit works and how it differs from a stocktake People often confuse...
Rewarding best practice
07-Jun-2007
With the pub trade under frequent attack for many social ills, the MA's award scheme promoting responsible alcohol retailing has never been more...
Sparkling and rosé set pace
07-Jun-2007
Sparkling and rosé wines will be setting the pace of growth in the on-trade in the coming year as suppliers attempt to replicate successful trends...
On-trade sales dip continues
07-Jun-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Pub and bar sales of drink are continuing to decline, with every category except cider and minerals showing a drop in volumes, according the latest...
Clay reveals plans for renowned Blackpool pub
07-Jun-2007
Award-winning pub manager Adrian Clay has crossed the trade divide to become his own boss as tenant of the Raikes Hall Hotel in Blackpool,...
Rate relief plan for making loos public
07-Jun-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A lobby group is calling for rate relief for pubs that open their toilets to the public. The British Toilet Associa-tion (BTA) has argued for the...
MyShout
07-Jun-2007
It's time the Government considered the real impact of its activities on the trade, says David Elliott Once again our industry is being pounded by...
THE GUV'NOR
07-Jun-2007
Paul Clerehugh Be prepared for unannounced visits from the tax man, warns the licensee of the Crooked Billet in Stoke-Rowe, Oxfordshire Recently I...
BarTalk
07-Jun-2007
How would your business cope if there was a national postal strike? Fiona Hornsby Thomas Rigby's, Liverpool First of all there would be less junk...
NewsDigest
07-Jun-2007
The European Union (EU) is looking to ban smokers from huddling in pub doorways, according to a report in The Observer. The newspaper says that the...
Hamish Champ: Me, my motorbike and pubs...
06-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
It's been my recent experience that standards of service in pubs are on the rise. Sure, you can still get a 'traditional' welcome in certain robust...
What the papers say - June 6, 2007
06-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Visa, the credit card brand and Olympic sponsor, has given a ringing endorsement to the London 2012 logo, which made its first commercial appearance...
SIA appoints new chief exec
06-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced the appointment of Mike Wilson as the new chief executive.It is expected Wilson will take over...
Blame for alcohol related disorder shifted away from pubs
05-Jun-2007
A host of senior pub trade figures have added their weight to the argument that pubs are not to blame for alcohol-related disorder.Speaking at trade...
What the papers say - June 5, 2007
05-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Middle-class wine drinkers will be the focus of government plans to make drunkenness as socially unacceptable as smoking, The Times has learnt. Under...
Something in the Ayres
05-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Gloucestershire brewery has rewarded two brothers for decades of custom by giving them their own pint glasses.Swindon-based Arkell's Brewery, which...
The price is right - or is it?
04-Jun-2007
Apart from next month's smoking ban in England, the debate raging most strongly in the industry at the moment is the huge disparity between prices in...
What the papers say - June 4, 2007
04-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Top chefs insure their crockery, their wine cellars and the contents of their fridges and freezers. Now they are being offered cover against the...
Pubs among the targets of litter campaign
04-Jun-2007
Businesses and smokers are being targeted in a new campaign launching this week, aimed at keeping the streets clean after July 1.Free posters and...
To list or not to list...
03-Jun-2007 By Hamish Champ
Why do companies seek a stock exchange listing? An obvious answer is to be able to throw a wider net to access funds. That, and affording investors a...
What the Sunday papers said
03-Jun-2007
Hundreds of English pubs plan to flout next month's ban on smoking in public places, reports the Sunday Telegraph. The number of pubs involved in...
What the papers say - June 1, 2007
01-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Richard Caring, the millionaire owner of celebrity haunt The Ivy, has sold off his Strada pizza chain for £140m, less than a month after buying a 3%...
01-Jun-2007
The Government is set to call for pubs to display notices at the bar to educate customers about safe drinking. The proposal is not included in the...
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commercial director, Sky Business (22)
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31-May-2007
managing director, Western Europe, Scottish & Newcastle UK (7)
7 Robert Tchenguiz
31-May-2007
owner, R20 (6)
2 Tim Clarke
31-May-2007
chief executive, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) (3)
40 Inspector Steve Greenacre & Sergeant Jan Brown
31-May-2007
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36 Jonathan Paveley
31-May-2007
commercial director, Punch Taverns (new entry)
Yesteryear plans to unload nine bars
31-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Yesteryear Pub Company, founded by Tony Callaghan, is selling nine of its north-west sites prior to embarking on a change of strategic direction....
