Westminster restricts pub openings
07-Aug-2006
Westminster City Council is to use planning laws to restrict new pub openings and to encourage more restaurants and cafes in the West End. In its new...
What the Sunday papers said
07-Aug-2006
Police have seized more than 500 fake identity cards from children trying to buy alcohol in a Cornish resort plagued by raucous public school pupils....
07-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
This week sees the launch of the first BII - professional body for the licensed retail sector - Responsible Alcohol Retailing Week. The week will...
04-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Westminster Council has announced plans to ban any new pubs or bars from opening in London's West End.
04-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The trade has attacked a report by the Centre for Public Health which says England is a nation of binge-drinkers. The figures, released today and...
Oldham licensees still without certificates
03-Aug-2006
Oldham council has yet to issue a single premise licence certificate, eight months after the legislation came into place.The council is blaming...
Teenager given six years for killing publican
02-Aug-2006
The teenager who killed a South Gloucestershire licensee by running him over has been jailed for six years. Alexander Dix, 19, from Chipperfield...
02-Aug-2006 By Graham Ridout
A leading bar operator has warned that the use of false ID cards is escalating.Ultimate Leisure executive chairman Mark Jones said: "It has increased...
What the Sunday papers said
30-Jul-2006
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has complained to the Competition Commission about supermarkets selling cheap alcohol in order to attract...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
27-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
The Publican's City desk would like to pass on its congratulations to Messrs Turner, Emeny and Roberts over at west London brewer Fuller's regarding...
A brand with bite
27-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Pulling back from a planned stock market flotation can be cause for a few raised eyebrows, but Karan Bilimoria, who as a 27-year-old accountant...
The Crehan verdict
27-Jul-2006
The "big man wins again" was how licensee Bernie Crehan summed up the loss of his landmark court case in a statement last week. The licensee had...
Heatwave brings problems for pubs
27-Jul-2006
While the hot weather has brought soaring profits for many pubs, licensees have also been experiencing some unexpected problems.The continuing...
Smallest pub in the world?
26-Jul-2006
The Signal Box Inn at Cleethorpes, in Lincolnshire, opens this weekend claiming to be the smallest pub in the world. The pub, which measures eight...
Michael Turner gets top job at Fuller's
25-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Michael Turner, Fuller Smith & Turner's chief executive, is to become the brewer's executive chairman when Anthony Fuller retires at next year's...
25-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
CAMRA has said it is disappointed London Underground has axed a series of spoof tube adverts for next month's Great British Beer Festival. The ads,...
25-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scottish licensees call emergency meeting with their MSP to discuss the effects of the smoking ban. NEW COMMENT
25-Jul-2006
Fuller's has reported a good start to the year but says chairman plans to retire next year.
City Comment: Hamish Champ
24-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Operating drinking establishments on the nation's high streets is not for the faint-hearted. Regent Inns's Bob Ivell suggested as much this week,...
What the Sunday papers said
24-Jul-2006
A leading US hotel and property group is believed to be interested in launching a £3bn bid for Whitbread. Starwood Capital, which is understood to...
Put your house in order
20-Jul-2006
If you're thinking about selling your pub, there's plenty to be done before the estate agents get involved. TONY HALSTEAD reports
Are you responsible enough?
20-Jul-2006
The MA's Responsible Drinks Retailing is returning for a third year, and we're looking to honour pubs and pubcos that are committed to the cause. JO GROBEL talks to previous winners
Watch out!
20-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
The debate over foreign satellite systems is once again back on the radar.Earlier this month in Portsmouth, the FA Premier League (FAPL) and Media...
Licensees face up to fall out of Crehan case
20-Jul-2006
Up to 600 licensees are facing legal action from former pub company Inntrepreneur following the loss of the Bernie Crehan case yesterday. Mr Crehan...
Heat wave brings mixed fortunes for pubs
20-Jul-2006
As temperatures have soared to 34C in London and the South East pub licensees and managers have reported mixed fortunes from the exceptionally hot...
Licensees continue to contact The Publican over scams
20-Jul-2006
Floods of licensees have contacted The Publican claiming they have been ripped off by rogue advertising companies. Following the exclusive story last...
20-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Councils should be able to choose whether applications to vary premises licences are advertised via mailshots to residents instead of in local...
High street operators report mixed fortunes
18-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns, which operates the Walkabout and Jongleurs comedy venues chains, claims to have had a good World Cup, with England remaining in the...
What the Sunday papers said
16-Jul-2006
Tadcaster brewer Samuel Smiths has told its pub landlords it expects them to serve pints of draught ale to be served with approximately a five per...
Back at the branch
14-Jul-2006
Charles Wilson is, in the nicest possible way, accosting customers as they wheel trolleys around a branch of Booker. "Sorry to interrupt you," he...
Soho Clubs chief buys two new venues
14-Jul-2006 By Graham Ridout
Soho Clubs & Bars' new chief executive Joachim Ritter has marked his promotion with the acquisition of two flagship venues in London. Last week,...
13-Jul-2006 By Andrew Jefford
Andrew Jefford wonders whether we'll suffer from bland sponsorship at the 2012 Olympics
Utopian dream
13-Jul-2006
The licensed sector is one of those industries people find difficult to leave. Take Bob Senior. The founder and chief executive of North East...
Who's the best?
13-Jul-2006
The three finalists in the Whitby Breaded Scampi Great British Pub Challenge have been selected. The three will now go head-to-head for the title,...
Scam advertising companies target licensees
13-Jul-2006
Scam companies offering advertisements in magazines they claim are for the emergency services are stepping up their pursuit of licensees.The Publican...
Licensee threatened after Welsh flag is used as a target during celebrations
13-Jul-2006
A landlady who received race hate mail over her St George's Day celebrations says she will continue to mark the saint's day next year.Angie Sayer, of...
13-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
A multiple operator faced gas bill hikes of up to 300% after agreeing to change supplier following a "cold call" from a utility agent that allegedly...
Aprèsbars earmarks 13 towns for new venues
13-Jul-2006 By Tony Halstead
The four-strong Aprèsbars chain has unveiled an ambitious list of target towns it wants to open sites in. The company's development plans could see...
Driving force
12-Jul-2006
Andy Longman is a man on a mission. A mission to quite literally put responsible drinking on the menu. Customers visiting one of his six Leeds...
Public wants tighter controls on underage drinking
11-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Nearly half of all adults want to see tighter controls on underage drinking in pubs, according to a new report. A survey of 980 people by research...
Tadcaster hits the 60-pub mark
11-Jul-2006
Tenanted and leased pubco Tadcaster Pub Company has reached the 60 outlet barrier with the acquisition of a 16th century coaching inn said to be...
What I Love about Pubs: Georgina Wald
11-Jul-2006
When I was a kid, I was convinced that Julie Andrews (in the guise of Maria in The Sound of Music) would one day turn up to babysit, and it would be...
11-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Pubgoers in Exeter have launched a petition over fears Heavitree Inns is considering changing the name of their local. Heavitree owns the Horse and...
SABMiller appoints new marketing chief
10-Jul-2006
International brewer SABMiller has confirmed the appointment of Nick Fell as its new group marketing director effective from the start of next...
What the Sunday Papers said
09-Jul-2006
Tony Blair's flagship identity cards scheme is set to fail and may not be introduced for a generation, according to leaked Whitehall e-mails from the...
Laurel investment rolls on with £1.25m venue
06-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company, the managed operator owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has opened a new £1.25m Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen venue in London's Victoria as...
CAMRA's view
06-Jul-2006
When EastEnders pub the Queen Vic was up for pub of the year the barstaff were up in arms as two rain-coated bearded boffins came in and discussed...
Comment: Acquisition costs continue to rise
06-Jul-2006
No-one can really be surprised to see yet another family-owned brewer snapped up by a hungry, super-pubco. Even so, after 170 years of trading, it...
Nationwide campaign on underage sales launched
06-Jul-2006
A nationwide campaign to crackdown on underage sales is being launched in Doncaster. The initiative, part of the industry's Challenge 21 campaign,...
Pubs urged to get behind the Drinkaware Trust
06-Jul-2006
Pubs are being urged to get behind a new partnership between the drinks industry and the government aimed at raising awareness of responsible...
