A sunny start - storms later?
04-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
What's worse, to be dying for a fag, or to be dying? This salient question, which is posed in a local radio advert, is loaded with special...
04-Apr-2007
BII, a professional body for the licensed retail sector, has launched two new membership categories for door supervisors. Door supervisors who have...
What the papers say April 3rd, 2007
03-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Labour's promise to make rowdy pubs and clubs pay for the disturbance they cause has been quietly shelved. So-called Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZ)...
02-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
The Po Na Na nightclub business, which is now called Barclub, saw an increase in like-for-like sales of 7% in the six months after it was...
02-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
British men are three times more likely to be talking about their wife or girlfriend over a beer in the pub than they were a year ago, according to a...
Chris Maclean: the ballet behind the bar
02-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
Yesterday I visited London. It's a busy place.I am an impatient person, so my wife tells me, and I loathe queues and crowds. I don't think I am...
Big Questions don't always get Big Answers
02-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay updated the market last week on his group's first-half trading. He wasn't quite so ready to reveal whether it...
Pubs can do more on energy efficiency, new research reveals
02-Apr-2007
Over half of publicans are less conscientious about saving energy in the pub than they are at home, and one in five believes there is little they can...
Men discuss women and sex in the pub, says new research
02-Apr-2007
British men are three times more likely to be talking about their wife or girlfriend over a beer in the pub than they were a year ago, says a new...
02-Apr-2007 By John Harrington
Licensees are being offered the chance to run more environmentally friendly gas patio heaters. As licensees across the country look to use patio...
What the Sunday papers said
01-Apr-2007
The UK faces an apple shortage, such is the popularity of cider throughout the country. Some 970m pints of cider were drunk in Britain last year and...
Star turns
01-Apr-2007
Self-respecting staff presentation reflects brand image and is key to quality service, says Richard Fox Many years ago, between two catering...
Moving forward together
01-Apr-2007
Fiona McLelland talks pub food and new products with Nestlé Foodservices managing director David Field Nestlé Foodservices is not a business that...
Easy access
01-Apr-2007
Humayun Hussain focuses on menu presentation Whether you present your menu as a printed copy or just chalk up the details on a blackboard - or...
Bringing in the dough
01-Apr-2007
Alison Baker looks at ideas for improving your pub's bread offer The days when bread was considered just an extra to a meal are long gone. Pub chefs...
Openings
01-Apr-2007
Westbridge Public House & Dining Rooms Battersea, south-west London, 0207 228 6482 Who: Charlie McVeigh and Adam Simmons. Charlie used to own the...
Good month bad month
01-Apr-2007
Good month for JD Wetherspoon: The managed operator has received a Good Egg award from Compassion in World Farming. The award recognises the fact...
Win a chance to BBQ in the USA
01-Apr-2007
Don't miss your chance to enter PubChef's Battle of the Barbecues competition. With the smoking ban just around the corner, al fresco dining is on...
Desmond Bloom enters the pub market
30-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Desmond Bloom, former chairman and managing director of property group Premier Land, has formed a new venture, Equable Properties, and acquired ten...
What the papers say - March 30, 2007
30-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
ITV and Setanta Sports have won the rights to broadcast the FA Cup and England's home international football matches, according to reports - The...
Project update 2: Eye to eye
29-Mar-2007
A LOT of pubs would benefit if the people in charge could only stand back and take a fresh look at the way they run the business. Unfortunately few...
Project update 2: Confidence is building
29-Mar-2007
WINNING FOOTBALL matches is a confidence game - the more the team wins, the better they play. Just look at the England football team which is proving...
Project update 2: Speculate to accumulate
29-Mar-2007
LIKE MANY licensees, Aaron Lynn is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Our community pub, the Forester Arms in Broseley, Shropshire, needs more...
Bringing the inside out
29-Mar-2007
Licensees need to order their garden equipment now if they're planning changes ahead of the smoke ban. Andrew Burnyeat reports on the options A small...
Keeping it English
29-Mar-2007
St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...
MyShout
29-Mar-2007
Pubs are under increasing attack and Peter Linacre believes it's up to the trade to organise and take action Attack, attack attack - that seems to be...
On and off seek responsible solution
29-Mar-2007
Last week, the Morning Advertiser and its sister publication, Off Licence News, held their second all-day conference on the subject of Responsible...
InBrief
29-Mar-2007
BII offers better insurance deal The British Institute of Innkeeping is offering its members improved insurance benefits. The new package, via...
BarTalk
29-Mar-2007
Should England manager Steve McClaren go? Alan Dreja Royal Oak Southhampton Hampshire "I don't think much of him, but I don't think he should go....
NewsDigest
29-Mar-2007
Bernard Brindley has sold the leasehold of his Warwickshire pub, the White Lion in Pailton, and is retiring after 42 years in the trade. No details...
Carl May's business plan for the Forester Arms
28-Mar-2007
Owner: Aaron LynnDate of visit:Wednesday 14th March 2007 Objectives of visit:To get a first hand impression of the business, to discuss the...
La Tasca agrees £96m bid from Tragus
28-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
La Tasca's restaurant brand is set for an investment bonanza following an agreed bid for the company from Tragus, the owner of Café Rouge and Bella...
Licensee calls for tougher action on fake IDs
28-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
A licensee who seized fake IDs from under-age drinkers in his pub has slammed the local police for failing to act. Keith Bannister, who is licensee...
Save our historic pubs says author
28-Mar-2007
An urgent call has been issued to safeguard the future of Scotland's historic pubs. A new book, Scotland's True Heritage Pubs, says there are about...
27-Mar-2007 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Shepherd Neame unveils like-for-like sales growth of 4.8% in its managed pub business for the six months to 30 December 2006.
Wessex sells 28 pubs to Ladhar Group
27-Mar-2007
The Ladhar Group claims it is now the biggest pub and club operator in the North East after buying 28 pubs from Wessex Taverns.The group, which...
What the daily papers say - March 27, 2007
27-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Greene King said yesterday that it is to split its managed pub operation into two, a move which will see the departure of Mark Angela, the current...
27-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
ALMR boss concerned about pubs near border losing custom to England after next week's smoking ban
To sell or not to sell...
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
The pub sector was gripped by speculation last week that Punch Taverns was looking to sell off up to 10 per cent of its estate in the run up to the...
What the daily papers say - March 26, 2007
26-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Scotland's smoking ban has been hailed as the most important development in public health for a generation, as research predicts up to 22,000 people...
26-Mar-2007
Some Welsh pubs will continue to allow smoking after the ban starts on April 2. According to Wales on Sunday some licensees will ignore the ban -...
What the Sunday papers said...
25-Mar-2007
The Independent On Sunday painted a mixed picture for the prospects of the English and Welsh pub sectors after the smoking bans come into effect in...
Finance Focus: financial check-ups
23-Mar-2007
Do you need a financial makeover? You might have systems in place to manage your money but how do you know whether they are working efficiently?...
Finance Focus: Are you properly insured?
23-Mar-2007
One in five businesses suffer a major disruption every year. A fire, flood, burglary or other major event will have a catastrophic impact -...
Finance Focus: managing your money
23-Mar-2007
Even if you are experienced in the licensed trade, as a pub manager or behind the bar, taking on a pub of your own, a tenancy or lease, is a big...
What the papers say - March 23, 2007
23-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Greene King gets a roasting from Lewes pub goers over the removal of Harvey's beers from their favourite local, The Lewes Arms - GuardianA third of...
Cheers, landlord!
22-Mar-2007
IT'S NOT every day that when someone has the opportunity to invite anyone in the world on a VIP trip to a rugby international that they invite their...
What the papers say - Thursday, March 22
22-Mar-2007
Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a 1p rise on beer duty, a 5p rise on a bottle of wine, 7p rise on sparkling wine, cider to rise by 1p a litre and a...
Grogan: "great thrill" to be first Proud winner
22-Mar-2007
Labour MP John Grogan described it as "a great thrill" to be handed the first ever Proud of Pubs Award at The Publican Awards.The chair of the...
Probably the best stadium in the world
22-Mar-2007
England's most-capped player Peter Shilton helped to celebrate the new Wembley Stadium on behalf of founding partner Carlsberg by pouring the...
