Sharing States secrets
01-May-2007
You've got to hand it to those pesky Americans. They have a great ability to take a concept or product from another part of the world, refashion it...
Social responsibility" next challenge for trade
01-May-2007
The next big challenge for the pub industry is "social responsibility in all its forms", a trade chief has claimed. Speaking at the BII's annual...
BII rewards industry's finest
01-May-2007 By James Wilmore
Ten BII members have been awarded the body's highest accolade for their contribution to the industry at a ceremony in London today. Award-winning...
01-May-2007 By Tamara Sender of M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the late-night bar operator, plans to launch a new bar concept across 30 sites over the next three years. The new contemporary bar,...
News digest
01-May-2007
A round-up of the month's pub food news Coping with changing habits Pubs will have to be more innovative with their offer to impress the next...
Good month bad month
01-May-2007
Good month for Pubs in Wales: First results suggest pubs have been busier after the smoking ban was introduced there last month. Operator SA Brains...
Testing the waters
01-May-2007
With sales constantly on the rise, Lucy Britner urges licensees to take their water offering as seriously as their wine Water sales are on the up and...
Back to basics
01-May-2007
Mark Taylor talks to Stephen Terry about his Michelin-rated pub near Abergavenny Stephen Terry took over the Hardwick in Abergavenny in 2005 and...
Pleasure principles
01-May-2007
Stephen Bull, former owner of the Lough Pool Inn and partner of the Hole in the Wall in Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, offers his ideas on writing...
Openings
01-May-2007
Old Mill Berkhamsted, Herts, 01442 879590 theoldmillberkhamsted.co.uk Who: This is Peach Pub Company's seventh offering. It's a joint venture with...
Diary dates...
01-May-2007
What's going on in May May Day bank holiday 7 May Think extra staff and extra stock for this traditionally busy weekend. You could even have a...
Another group gets the pub bug. Apparently.
30-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Alternative Asset Investment Management - a bit of a mouthful, that one - is apparently in exclusive talks to buy the near-300 boozers Marston's...
Chris Maclean: privacy in a public house
30-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
Friday evening two men came in, ordered a beer and asked if Justin had been in. I was immediately suspicious and asked "Justin who?" They said he...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
The celebrity property fund that is backed by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and music mogul Simon Cowell is set to snap up nearly 300...
Plain sailing - the rise of Admiral Taverns
27-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns' much-anticipated sale of 869 pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m has reinforced the latter's position as the country's third largest...
What the papers say - April 27, 2007
27-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
Parents who give alcohol to children under the age of 15 - even with a meal at home - should face prosecution, Alcohol Concern has said - The Daily...
Scottish & Newcastle sees "encouraging" start to year
27-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has described the start to its current financial year as "encouraging", with its core UK beer brands outperforming...
Glendola aims to double in five years
26-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
Glendola Leisure, the managed operator of bars, clubs and restaurants, would like to double its £24m-per-year turnover within five years. The...
Time's up for likely rogues
26-Apr-2007
The Publican is launching ScamWatch month in May, warning licensees about rogues targeting the pub trade.As cash businesses, pubs are prime targets...
Camra: time's right for cask-ale growth
26-Apr-2007 By MA Reporter
Real-ale sales will bounce back over the next five years - that was the confident prediction made at the annual members' meeting of Camra, the...
THE AGENTS
26-Apr-2007
Andy Frisby Fleurets Associate Talk of the impending smoking ban and rising interest rates seem to be having little effect on demand for licensed...
THE GUV'NOR
26-Apr-2007
Dennis Griffiths Licensee of the Miners' Rest, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, extols the virtues of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations...
BarTalk
26-Apr-2007
Did you do anything to celebrate St George's Day on Monday? Dominic Kiziuk Sun Hotel Lancaster We were caught out a bit this year and had no real...
All fired up
26-Apr-2007
With summer rapidly approaching, Jonathan Plummer looks at how barbecues can turn the impending smoking ban into an opportunity to maximise profit...
Going for gold
26-Apr-2007
With less than three weeks to go until the final winner of CaskForce is announced, over the coming issues, the MA talks to the seven readers hoping...
Sawday's treasures
26-Apr-2007
The latest edition of one of the industry's leading pub guides, Alastair Sawday's Pubs & Inns Guide is out today. Jo Bruce talks trends and top...
NewsDigest
26-Apr-2007
Britvic is consulting with its staff about out-sourcing its retail distribution network to KN Drinks Logistics, and its vending and chiller...
It's a mystery
25-Apr-2007
WHATEVER YOU think of your pub, and the wonderful ideas you have for making it a success, it is the customer who will tell you whether it really...
25-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil
This week the Morning Advertiser's web forums received their 10,000th reader's comment - establishing them as the number one place to talk about the...
THE GUV'NOR
25-Apr-2007
Peter Eveleigh Licensees must unite in a trade group, says the Riverside Inn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Did I read or hear the other day that the...
Admiral Taverns to dispose of up to 130 pubs
24-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Gary Landesberg, who together with his father Alan and Elliot and David Rosenberg oversees Admiral Taverns, has revealed the group is likely to sell...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Apr-2007
What began as a walkout by regular drinkers and then turned into a campaign uniting residents of a rural Sussex town against the might of one of the...
London Town chief exec wants honesty
20-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
London Town determined to become a "tenant-centred" pub company
Chris Maclean: inside outside bars
20-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
I have just turned down another invitation to do an outside bar. The gentleman assured me I had come highly recommended and it was for a charity...
Innovation - or empire building gone mad?
20-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
After much speculation on the part of industry watchers Punch Taverns finally sold just shy of 900 of its pubs to Admiral Taverns this week. But it...
London Town: building a name in the pub trade
20-Apr-2007
Consider the headline 'property company forms pub business' and in these asset-focused times some people picture hostelries being bought to be...
Come together for Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
The countdown starts here!In an increasingly faceless society, the Great British Pub is now one of the few places where people can make real human...
Pubs in Kingston forced to use polycarbonates
19-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs opening after midnight in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, have been forced to use polycarbonate glasses.Kingston Council claims pubs and...
Countdown starts to Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
Get ready for Proud of Pubs Week!The countdown is on for a major initiative The Publican is launching this summer.Licensees across the country are...
NI pubs not ready for ban
19-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
Severe delays over planning applications means many of Northern Ireland's pubs are not ready for the smoking ban, a trade leader has warned. With...
As easy as ABCQ
19-Apr-2007
As the final stages of CaskForce approach, Rosie Davenport reports on the vital trade training aspect of the competition Competition prizes don't get...
LETTERs
19-Apr-2007
Snifter goes star-gazing Has Snifter been gazing at stars or reading tea-leaves? I was shocked to see your back-page story (MA, 5 April 2007)...
NewsDigest
19-Apr-2007
Capital Pub Company (CPC), the EIS-backed London group, has delayed its planned public listing, according to MA's sister publication M&C Report....
BarTalk
19-Apr-2007
Are you hoping to claim back charges from your bank? Steve Haslam Cutter Inn Ely Cambridgeshire It's not something that we really have to deal with,...
Opus energy bills drive licensee out
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A former Wadworths tenant says he was forced out of his pub by the "crazy" costs charged by under-fire electricity supplier Opus Energy. As licensees...
Globalisation threatens S&N
19-Apr-2007
There is fevered speculation about a takeover bid for Scottish & Newcastle. For many years, S&N was the Mr Nobody of the brewing world. It...
John Smith's cheers in style
19-Apr-2007
Aintree saw a fabulous day for last Saturday's 2007 John Smith's celebrated Grand National meeting. In glorious sunshine, a record crowd cheered on...
Pub duo star in new TV documentary
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Two friends who quit their London jobs to start a new life running a country pub are the subject of a TV documentary to be screened tomorrow. Kevin...
MyShout
19-Apr-2007
Sport will lose out, argues Stephen Crawley, if there is a ban on alcohol sponsorships I saw snippets of the John Smith's Grand National on the TV on...
West is best
19-Apr-2007
Tony Halstead reports on the growing business potential offered by pubs in the West Country The West Country is enjoying a property boom, with house...
