Pubs ignore fire safety
25-Jan-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
A third of pubs have done nothing to comply with the new fire safety regulations that came into force on 1 October last year. Hosts who have failed...
THE GUV'NOR
25-Jan-2007
Yvonne Cleminson The licensee of the Cherry Tree in Rowledge, Surrey, urges participation in Community Pubs Week Now that the excitement and...
InBrief
25-Jan-2007
Island trade up CI Traders, the Channel Islands-based pub, bar and restaurant operator, reported a 4.3% like-for-like sales increase for the 21 weeks...
Guinness plans for low-volume pubs
25-Jan-2007 By Nigel Huddleston
Guinness is to launch a bar-top unit that delivers draught quality Guinness from cans in the UK on-trade. The device, known as the Surger, was first...
Wise up and bow to the inevitable
25-Jan-2007
The clock is ticking on the final countdown to the smoking ban, but as Graham Ridout discovers, far too few pubs are prepared for the change Time is...
No longer the ugly duckling
25-Jan-2007
The Ostrich in Colnbrook, Berkshire, has just undergone a £500,000 refurbishment. David Hancock finds out more With the busy M4 and M25 motorways...
West Country
25-Jan-2007
The Cow Parkstone, Dorset David Sax says wine has always been one of his passions. In August 2003, he was able to impart that passion to a wider...
Yorkshire & North East
25-Jan-2007
Shibden Mill Inn Shibden Mill, West Yorkshire Wine is a serious business at the picturesque Shibden Mill Inn and the pub's enthusiastic members of...
South East
25-Jan-2007
The Swan at the Vineyard Lamberhurst, Kent With a pub named the Swan at the Vineyard, most people would naturally assume that the wine offering is...
East Anglia
25-Jan-2007
The Crown Southwold, Suffolk In spite of the fact that the Crown is owned by brewer Adnams and is only a minute's walk from the Sole Bay Brewery,...
BarTalk
25-Jan-2007
What has been the reaction Jade Goody's antics in Big Brother? Steve Murphy Church House Inn Bollington Cheshire There's been little sympathy for her...
West Country
25-Jan-2007
Bournemouth Town Watch Bournemouth Town Watch chair Steve Hudson believes its biggest success has been appointing the UK's first night-time economy...
North West
25-Jan-2007
Liverpool City Centre Pubwatch Liverpool is developing at break-neck speed in the countdown to becoming European City of Culture in 2008. A safe and...
East & West Midlands
25-Jan-2007
Herefordshire Against Night-time Disorder Herefordshire Against Night-time Disorder (HAND) is successfully tightening its grip on alcohol-induced...
East Anglia
25-Jan-2007
Peterborough Centre Safe "Socialise responsibly - get a nightlife, don't get a ban" is the message that Peterborough Centre Safe (PCS) is drumming...
West Country
25-Jan-2007
True Lovers Knot Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset It's a fact of life that very few pubs make any concessions for blind or partially sighted- customers. But...
South East
25-Jan-2007
Riverside Tavern Strood, Kent Peter Foreman has a track record for introducing ideas to the Riverside Tavern. When he reopened the rundown pub after...
London
25-Jan-2007
A Grelha at the Gun Coldharbour, London E14 Grelha is Portuguese for grill and that is what serial entrepreneurs Ed and Tom Martin have introduced at...
Welcome return for Directors
25-Jan-2007
Once, long ago, when keg beer was in the ascendancy, a fellow journalist lured me to a pub in London's Westminster, on the grounds that "they serve...
BBPA set to oppose proposed glass ban
25-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) is fighting back against growing support among MPs for a glass ban at venues that open after 11pm. In...
24-hour pubs: the real story
24-Jan-2007
Midnight, Blandford Forum, Dorset. In Australia the sun is burning down as Matthew Hoggard runs in to bowl a good length delivery, which Ricky...
22-Jan-2007
BBPA warns MPs over blanket use of plastic glasses
22-Jan-2007 By M&C Report
Ultimate Leisure to raise £25m by way of share issue as it looks at acquisitions
Get set for a busy year
22-Jan-2007
Looking at how 2007 might pan out, I see three significant factors affecting the pub sector: more merger and acquisition activity, the possible...
Ultimate Leisure to raise £25m in share issue
22-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Bar operator Ultimate Leisure has announced plans to raise £25m for acquisitions via a conditional share issue.All 14.8m shares to be released will...
Ultimate Leisure buy Huddersfield bar for £3.3m
22-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Ultimate Leisure has acquired the Cotton Factory bar and lounge in Huddersfield for £3.3m. The bar operator bought the freehold property from Daisy...
REITs: A taxing problem for pubcos
21-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in a number of pub operators, notably those expected to make the move to REIT status in the near future, rose sharply at the end of last year....
What the Sunday papers said
21-Jan-2007
Swedish drinks giant Vin & Spirit, which manufactures Absolut vodka, the world's third largest spirit brand, is currently the subject of huge...
19-Jan-2007
A licensee who lost his license has kept his customers by allowing them to bring their own drink.
You get what you pay for...
19-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Bang! What was that? Perhaps the sound of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) shooting itself in the foot over the issue of holiday...
Licensees pull out the stops during floods
18-Jan-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Licensees have been pulling out all the stops to keep punters happy as torrential floods caused disruption across the country. Despite flooded...
THE AGENTS
18-Jan-2007
David Morgan Managing Director Cookseys DMP The market is awash with leasehold public houses. There - I've said it! No platitudes about it "being a...
Yorkshire & THE north east
18-Jan-2007
Fox and Hounds www.foxandhoundscarthorpe.co.uk Carthorpe, North Yorkshire For Helen and Vincent Taylor, the central purpose of establishing a website...
East anglia
18-Jan-2007
Rose and Crown www.roseandcrownsnettisham.co.uk Snettisham, Norfolk Jeanette and Anthony Goodrich are proud to boast a website that successfully...
East & West Midlands
18-Jan-2007
Fox Inn www.thefoxatsteventon.co.uk Steventon, Oxfordshire Situated between two major science parks employing over 10,000 people, the Fox Inn at...
Loose stock valuation guide aims to cut rows
18-Jan-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Trade groups have welcomed "long overdue" new guidelines for loose stock valuations when pub businesses change hands. The new code of practice...
Wales
18-Jan-2007
Terra Nova Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Nick Jones and Steve Morris believe the best way for Terra Nova to retain its premium bar status is by constantly...
West Country
18-Jan-2007
Five Degrees West Falmouth, Cornwall The secret of success for hostelries in popular tourist towns lies in maintaining trade when the holidaymakers...
North West
18-Jan-2007
Fly in the Loaf Liverpool L1 Fly in the Loaf illustrates Victorian style, with a mix of ecclesiastical and baroque designs. The building was once...
Wales
18-Jan-2007
Salt Mermaid Quay, Cardiff When Welsh brewer/retailer SA Brain bought Salt over four years ago, it was an underperforming Scottish & Newcastle...
North East & Yorkshire
18-Jan-2007
Bourbon Leeds, West Yorkshire Competition does not come much tougher for an independent bar operator than being pitched against corporate giants in...
South East
18-Jan-2007
Riverside Tavern Strood, Kent Peter Foreman has seen good times and bad during almost six years of ownership of the Riverside Tavern. Difficulties...
Wales
18-Jan-2007
Bunch of Grapes Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan The Bunch of Grapes is located in a hard-to -find part of Pontypridd. Despite this drawback, increasing...
West Country
18-Jan-2007
Goat & Tricycle Bournemouth, Dorset James Blake and Tricia Baldwin have moved cask-beer drinking at the Goat & Tricycle to a new dimension....
Yorkshire & North East
18-Jan-2007
The Bamburgh South Shields, Tyneside A determined real-ale campaign launched by pub manager Graeme Jack two years ago has paid rich dividends for...
North West
18-Jan-2007
Sun Hotel & Bar Lancaster, Lancashire Manager Dominic Kiziuk and his team at the Sun Hotel & Bar firmly believe that variety is the spice of...
East & West Midlands
18-Jan-2007
The Wellington Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 Nigel Barker believes Birmingham is no longer a "real ale desert" - thanks to the Wellington. Nigel...
East Anglia
18-Jan-2007
Brewery Tap Peterborough, Cambridgeshire It says a lot about the Brewery Tap that one of its customers regularly travels from London to enjoy an...
South East
18-Jan-2007
Cricketers Arms Eastleigh, Hampshire The biggest challenge for South African-born Jason Schinkel has been keeping lots of different cask beers,...
London
18-Jan-2007
Park Tavern Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey Park Tavern has been on the cask beer lovers' trail ever since Peter McFarlane, wife Jo and daughter Sue...
