No butts about it
19-Apr-2007
Outdoor TV screens and providing suitable ashtrays could go hand in hand with shelters as pubs seek to keep smokers happy, says Graham Ridout Come...
Camra attack on short pints
19-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has repeated its calls for pubs to serve a full liquid-measure pint to drinkers. The real-ale group claims that one...
InBrief
19-Apr-2007
S&NUK signs Russian beer deal Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) has signed a deal to brew Russian beer Baltika under licence in the UK. The...
Publicity machine
19-Apr-2007
Frances Cunningham tells Ewan Turney how a strong marketing strategy has seen sales top £1m at the Swettenham Arms, Congleton, Cheshire How I got...
A breath of fresh air
19-Apr-2007
A smoke-free pub was the destination for the final Plan for the Ban roadshow, and there was plenty of advice on offer. John Harrington reports With...
Devonshire Dumpling reaps rewards
18-Apr-2007
Taking decisive action and going smoke-free before the ban has been a successful move for Devon publican Gordon Robinson.The licensee of the...
Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections
18-Apr-2007
An Inverness licensee who claims he is "certain" to be a member of the Scottish Parliament blames a year of the smoking ban for this month's closure...
17-Apr-2007
There are just two weeks to go until the Morning Advertiser's Pub Business show at the NEC on May 1 and 2. The huge event is absolutely free to enter...
LTC helps more people than ever before
16-Apr-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has come to the aid of more people in the last six months than ever before. Over half-a-million pounds has been...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Apr-2007
More 12-year-olds are drinking than not, according to shock figures to be released tomorrow (Monday), reports the Sunday Express. A study by the...
13-Apr-2007
A Dudley licensee has been prosecuted for the second time in six months for showing Sky Sports in his pub using a domestic viewing card. John...
12-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead
Police supplying plastic glasses to persuade pubs to ditch glass
Sheer Poetry
12-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Imaginew Emmerdale without the daily doses of deceit and adultery, and you'd be left with similarly quaint surroundings at the village of Ashover in...
Authorities accused of overstepping the mark over polycarbonates
12-Apr-2007
Local authorities and police are being accused of overstepping the mark in their promotion of polycarbonate glasses. The Publican has seen secret...
La Tasca to bolster Laurel
12-Apr-2007
LAUREL PUB Company will soon be back in growth for the first time in two years after Robert Tchenguiz won the bidding war for La Tasca. The Spanish...
12-Apr-2007
BIIAB issues a 'good practice guide' for physical interventions.
MyShout
12-Apr-2007
As the clamour for blanket glass bans grows, Jon Collins believes pubs should embrace Best Bar None For over a decade now the Bar Entertainment &...
THE GUV'NOR
12-Apr-2007
Dave Daly President, National Association of Licensed House Managers (NALHM) After two years of reluctance to suppress cash going over the bar, the...
InBrief
12-Apr-2007
Sexy lager falls foul of Portman Bottles of a Belgian lager displaying a picture of a woman whose clothing can be removed have been removed from...
BarTalk
12-Apr-2007
How was trade over the Easter holiday? Matt Jackson Sun Hotel Lancaster Lancs We had a great weekend at both our pubs - here at the Sun and at the...
NewsDigest
12-Apr-2007
Marston's is offering cricket fans the chance to make their own TV adverts. Marston's has been running a series of umpire ads during Sky Sports...
It's FA Cup semi-finals time
12-Apr-2007 By Richard Ross
After the high drama of the Champions League, our attention returns to the domestic stage. The top two football teams in the country are both in...
Comfort zone
12-Apr-2007
Five years ago, chef-proprietor Dean Carr left behind work in London's finest restaurants to run the Bath Arms in Crockerton, Wiltshire. Humayun...
Top of the form
12-Apr-2007
The LTC not only helps licensees in hardship, it also invests in the education of its members' children. The MA reports As the profile of the...
'Fantastic' prizes help raise funds
12-Apr-2007
In a bid to help attain a £1m fundraising target, BII will be holding a charity raffle at its annual lunch with the proceeds going to the LTC. The...
Dealing with Mr Angry
12-Apr-2007
There will always be dissatisfied customers no matter how careful you are. Paul Clapham looks at effective customer service strategies The man who...
Backing a winner
12-Apr-2007
One has to assume that Adam Edwards (In the Snug, MA last week) always has his well-turned tongue firmly in his cheek when he makes suggestions about...
On the trail of old favourites
12-Apr-2007
I called the Scottish & Newcastle press office last week to find out where two beers - Webster's Yorkshire Bitter and John Smith's Magnet - are...
Young's top retail managers rewarded
12-Apr-2007
Neil and Maria Dunning of the Duke on the Green in Fulham, west London, were crowned Retail Managers of the Year at the Young's awards. The couple,...
Friendly conman 'stole' licensee's identity
12-Apr-2007
An over-friendly customer was after more than just drinks and hospitality during his numerous visits to a pub in Preston, Lancashire. Con man James...
Chase thugs not staff, says pub boss
12-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
McMullen boss Peter Furness-Smith has been left fuming with the response he received from a strongly worded letter to the Home Office about...
MA flooded with Opus complaints
12-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Angry licensees are continuing to complain about excessive charges demanded by electricity supplier Opus Energy. The MA has been flooded with calls...
Pubs celebrate Easter profits
11-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs across the UK celebrated healthy profits over the Easter weekend as the good weather brought pub-goers out in droves. Seaside pubs were...
11-Apr-2007
Check the pockets of antique collectors as they leave your pub after one described pub ashtrays as a collectible of the future. By July smoking bans...
10-Apr-2007
Swansea licensee hits out at 'heavy-handed smoke police' who declared his shelter illegal.
What the Sunday papers said
09-Apr-2007
Brewer SABMiller is plotting to acquire rival Scottish & Newcastle and sell on half the assets to other drinks companies in order to satisfy...
A deal to change the landscape?
08-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Few life events are as nail-bitingly momentous as witnessing the birth of one's child. OK, Chelsea coming back from 3-1 down against Spurs in the FA...
05-Apr-2007
Calls for blanket bans "growing like bushfire' says trade group
Pubs welcome shake-up of footy rights
05-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees have welcomed the shake-up of rights over televised football, claiming it is "a move in the right direction". ITV and Irish broadcaster...
Have your say...
05-Apr-2007
"Publicans are well used to dealing with disturbances and patrons breaking the law. This law is no different. Public co-operation is important but if...
05-Apr-2007 By John Harrington
The Government has told every police force in the country to target 20 licensed premises in their area during the latest round of sting operations....
Celebrate speciality
05-Apr-2007
This month Andrew Burnyeat looks at how concentrating on a speciality can help differentiate your pub's food offer and boost trade A simple food...
Taking the long view
05-Apr-2007
The Society of Independent Brewers has been enjoying a growing profile of late. Roger Protz meets new chairman Peter Amor Peter Amor has just turned...
'DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT'
05-Apr-2007
Each month a senior buyer from our panel talks anonymously and candidly about the latest brand developments On a recent trip to Ireland to...
Holt's switches more pubs to tenancies
05-Apr-2007
Manchester brewer and pub operator Joseph Holt is switching more managed houses to tenancy following a review of its 131-strong pub estate. The...
MyShout
05-Apr-2007
As the trade goes through major changes Stephen Oliver believes pubs should make the most of the future "Pass us the 'ammer on yer way past, mate". I...
THE GUV'NOR
05-Apr-2007
Bernard Brindley The BII's code of practice benchmarking scheme is a real landmark, says the licensee of the White Lion in Pailton, Warwickshire As...
ADZs slammed as 'too bureaucratic'
05-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Trade leaders and a senior police officer have said they believe alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) will prove "too bureaucratic" to implement. The Home...
NewsDigest
05-Apr-2007
Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams has reported a 22.2% drop in pre-tax profit to £3.79m for the year to 31 December 2006. Adnams said profits...
BBPA pledges to fight police calls for blanket bans on glasses in pubs
05-Apr-2007
Moves by police forces to pressurise pub operators into replacing glass with polycarbonate vessels are "growing like a bushfire" around the country,...
