Managers quitting difficult high street
12-Oct-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pub managers are abandoning the high street because of the demands of heavy- handed policing and later opening. That is the view of National...
The GUV'NOR Paul Clerehugh
12-Oct-2006
I became a "dinner lady" two years ago when I was emotionally blackmailed by my village school, forcing me to witness the only three kids brave...
11-Oct-2006
Complaints about noisy smokers outside Edinburgh pubs have soared with licensees saying controlling noise impacts on trade.
Pubs 2B Inn respond to allegations
10-Oct-2006
Pubs 2B Inn claims it is taking action against licensees Brian and Pauline Parker of the Black Horse in Hellifield, North Yorkshire to avoid...
Pick of the pubs
10-Oct-2006 By James Wilmore
The High Park Tavern is five minutes from the beach in Ryde, one of the biggest towns on the Isle of Wight. A two-storey property, it comprises a...
Licensees ejected from pub at centre of latest placement furore
10-Oct-2006
Licensee Pauline Parker has contacted The Publican this morning as six staff members of Pubs 2B Inn have turned up to close their pub the Black Horse...
10-Oct-2006
A legal ruling confirms that operators and doorstaff are not liable for everything that happens at the entrance or inside pubs or clubs, a lawyer...
10-Oct-2006
Undercover inspectors are to patrol Glasgow pubs and clubs on the lookout for venues serving 'drunks'. The move, which will involve trading standards...
10-Oct-2006
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association has dropped its legal battle over a proposed glass ban and is to receive compensation for its court costs.
Trade group withdraws action against Glasgow Council
09-Oct-2006
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has withdrawn its action to force a judicial review of Glasgow Licensing Board's policy on the use of...
09-Oct-2006
Police in Manchester have hailed an operation to reduce the number of thefts in city centre pubs, bars and clubs. Police say crime was cut by 28 per...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
08-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
Never mind what people say about the 'boldest grabbing the prize' and other snappy, industry guru-esque clichés; business people warm to certainty....
06-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team looks at the ramifications of the collapse of the London & Edinburgh Swallow Group
New smoothie is just for pubs
06-Oct-2006
Hartridges is hoping to replicate the popularity of at-home smoothies in the pub by bringing out a drink with a long shelf life. In the past, pub...
05-Oct-2006
Hundreds of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) licensees face the extraordinary prospect of a direct relationship with the freehold owner of their pub in the wake of the company's collapse.
Publican Conference line-up announced
05-Oct-2006 By Caroline Nodder
In many circles the very mention of the word conference can bring people out in hives.The idea that anyone running a busy pub business, be they an...
Licensees in uproar over discrimination fine
05-Oct-2006
The managers of an Oxfordshire pub have hit out at receiving a massive fine after a man successfully claimed he was refused service because he is a...
Outside areas facing squeeze
05-Oct-2006
Fresh concerns have emerged over a possible threat to outside smoking areas under next year's ban. Submissions to the consultation on the details of...
Yorkshire licensees claim harsh treatment by pub company Pubs 2B Inn
05-Oct-2006
Licensees Brian and Pauline Parker and local residents are planning a protest outside their pub claiming they are being treated unfairly by pub...
05-Oct-2006 By Ewan Turney
A Bradford couple say they earned just £62 between them in a year as pub managers with Pubs 2B Inn at the Black Horse in Hellifield, Yorkshire....
Cheers
05-Oct-2006
Top Gun's benevolent rivals are buddies Snifter donned his best tweeds to ride up to Holland and Holland shooting club in Middlesex for the Buddies...
The GUV'NOR
05-Oct-2006
Is motivation the thing that makes us get up in the morning and go to work, or is it just the pay packet at the end of the week? Money motivates us...
Winter warmers
05-Oct-2006
November is a bit of a lean month - people are still paying for their summer holidays and want to curb their spending before Christmas. This tends to...
Test-purchase sting set to target venues
05-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Another round of test- purchase operations will target pubs this month, according to a leading licensing solicitor. Although a Home Office-backed...
The Elephant never forgets
05-Oct-2006
One London pub sponsors local football teams and even joins the regulars on holiday. Jo Grobel meets the latest winner of our Heart of the Community pub honours
BarTalk
05-Oct-2006
Will cider continue to be popular next year?
Double celebration for 90-year-old host
05-Oct-2006
A Shepherd Neame lessee has good reason for a double celebration - 70 years in the trade and her 90th birthday. Rhona Barnett, of the Rose in June at...
05-Oct-2006
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group's collapse has been a nightmare for licensees caught up in the demise of this deeply flawed operation. But our...
Drinkers rebuild flooded pub
04-Oct-2006
A licensee who arrived home after a quadruple heart-bypass only to find his pub destroyed by 2ft of water has found help from his regulars.Customers...
04-Oct-2006
A pubco and manager have been fined after the manager refused to serve a customer because he was a traveller. Manager Carol Griffiths of the Blue...
Pubs must offer more
03-Oct-2006
With the UK on-trade evolving at pace, it's time for pubs to start thinking like supermarkets. And what the supermarkets are good at is giving the...
Shepherd Neame sees double digit profit growth
03-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has recorded its 31st consecutive year of growth, seeing pre-tax profits up 13.9 per cent at £11.2mAnnouncing its results...
Professor fights to save historic pubs
03-Oct-2006
A leading academic has embarked on a crusade to secure the same protection for culturally historic pubs that listed buildings enjoy under...
Geoff Newton: Give my regards to Broadway…
02-Oct-2006
Having just returned from a short break to New York it was refreshing to get my hands on a proper pint of English ale again. While in Manhattan, I...
Road to ruin...
02-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
An aggressive expansion programme has been cited as lying behind London and Edinburgh Swallow Groups' downfall, although it was a strategy that group...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
02-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
An industry bigwig once suggested how odd it was of The Publican to employ me, a "left-wing socialist" (as opposed to a right-wing one, presumably),...
Starting out
01-Oct-2006
Having taken the leap from pub chef to co-proprietor, James Burn aims to transform the Crown into a destination food pub. In a new series PubChef will chart the highs and lows over his initial year of trading. Fiona McLelland reports
What the Sunday papers said
01-Oct-2006
Permira, the private equity firm, is expected to table a £600m bid tomorrow for soft drink giant Britvic. The drinks company was floated on the...
Trends reunited
01-Oct-2006
PubChef looks at how the changing consumer focus - such as the increasing desire to know where food is sourced - is shaping the pub food...
Lights fantastic
01-Oct-2006
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance with lights,...
East meets West
01-Oct-2006
Spice up your life with some Eastern mysticism - but make sure you're no fusion fool, says Richard Fox
Innovative show at Pub Business
01-Oct-2006
Food features heavily in the first ever business-focused national event for pubs only, which has just been announced. The Pub Business exhibition...
Landlord ale fan has an ice idea
01-Oct-2006
First there were pies and sausages, then came fruitcake and now there's ice cream made with Landlord, the award-winning ale from Keighley-based...
Last chance to become BII Licensee of the Year
29-Sep-2006
The BII has sounded a final call for entries to the BII Licensee of the Year, one of the awards to be presented at The Publican Awards 2007.The...
MyShout
28-Sep-2006
Why tie pubs for beer when we don't tie them for food, asks Tony Jennings
BarTalk
28-Sep-2006
Are you sympathetic towards Richard Hammond?
28-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company new chief executive Paul Symonds has restructured the company just three weeks after his arrival. Symonds' reorganisation has...
The fight for the future
28-Sep-2006
"GHOST TOWN Britain." "10 years to save the high street." "Your local pub may soon be extinct."If any of those newspaper headlines from recent months...
Scottish licensees face tough winter, trade leader warns
28-Sep-2006 By James Wilmore
The winter months and tougher enforcement are about to tighten the screw on pubs in Scotland already struggling with the smoking ban, according to...
L&ES licensees still unhappy
28-Sep-2006 By James Wilmore
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (L&ES) licensees remain unhappy with the situation over beer supplies despite reassurances from the...
