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Tattershall Castle pubco off-loads 18 pubs

By The PMA Team

Tattershall Castle Group, the company that bought 178 high street sites from Sprit last August, has sold 18 leased sites to a new entrant, Free...

Sensible savings

Sensible savings

All the lights and 10 TVs were on when Honeycombe Leisure managing director James Baer visited one of his pubs recently. In a busy pub it's a cost...

Liability nightmare

Liability nightmare

Violence against staff is an area of increasing concern across licensed retail. Most physical attacks are related to crimes such as theft and robbery...

Ease the burden

Ease the burden

In the opening evidence session of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group's inquiry into the future of community pubs, a cross-party panel of MPs...

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Pubs n Bars satisfied with results

Pubs n Bars satisfied with results

By Iain O'Neil

Pubs n Bars chairman Seamus Murphy said the company had had a satisfactory year and could be well placed to take advantage of the smoke ban....

The Wee-Goal

Urinal goal makes a big splash

By Lucy Britner

There's another reason blokes will be visiting the "little boys room" as a brand new pub game has just been introduced in time for the World Cup....

Lesbian kiss couple get pub ban

Lesbian kiss couple get pub ban

A pub landlord today defended his actions after a lesbian couple claimed they were banned from his bar because they'd openly kissed each other. Kelly...

Auctions see rise in freehold pubs

Auctions see rise in freehold pubs

By The PMA Team

More and more private owners of freehold pubs are selling them through public auctions, a leading auctioneer has claimed. John Barnett, of...

Pubs can survive Rooney foot disaster

Pubs can survive Rooney foot disaster

By Ewan Turney

Wayne Rooney's broken metatarsal won't shatter pub takings over the summer says the trade. Licensees, city analysts and top execs all agree that...

Westminster licensee wins rare court victory

Westminster licensee wins rare court victory

By Iain O'Neil

A Westminster licensee is celebrating a rare court victory over the city council - and calling on others to follow his lead. David Haseldine withdrew...

Calm down, dear. Not everyone's a winner

Calm down, dear. Not everyone's a winner

By Lucy Britner

Food critic and media mogul Michael Winner has been banned for life from Novelli's White Horse pub in Harpenden. The Death Wish film director - now...

FA Cup quiz

FA Cup quiz

The FA Cup final between Liverpool and West Ham next weekend could be a great chance to rehearse your strategy for the World Cu

The White Horse pub, Parson's Green

White Horse pub wins coveted Platinum award

By John Harrington

The much-loved White Horse in Parson's Green, London, has become the first pub to achieve the highest honour in an awards scheme for pubs that serve...

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Underage drinking poster campaign hits pubs

By Iain O'Neil

The British Beer and Pub Association has launched a Challenge 21 poster campaign aimed at stamping out underage drinking in pubs. The idea is to say...

Drink talking

Drink talking

Last night in Strangers' Bar, a regular haunt of many an ale-loving MP, I was pondering which real ale to choose from the guest ales on offer. After...

Back to the floor

Back to the floor

Writing about business trends, M&A activity and general goings on in the licensed trade as one does, it is easy to forget the nuts and bolts...

Who shares wins

Who shares wins

By Richard Fox and Fiona McLelland

The British love affair with a shared eating experience - be it finger snacks, combos, tapas or joints of meat - is starting to take the pub world by...

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