Waverley forges ahead after Hemel depot fire
12-Jan-2006
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS is confident that the devastating Hemel Hempstead oil depot fire will not hit profits for last year. Managing director...
Licensees' party set to fight smoke-ban
12-Jan-2006
A political party led by two Scottish licensees is backing the bid to challenge the Scots smoking ban by appealing over human rights violations. The...
SBPA celebrates 100 years
10-Jan-2006
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) is celebrating its centenary this year with a range of special activities. The association, which...
What the Sunday papers said
08-Jan-2006
Local councils are to be given sweeping powers to investigate homes for identity card evasion and levy hefty fines on occupants found without one. An...
What I love about pubs: Martin Adams
06-Jan-2006
Darts professional Martin Adams on what he loves about pubs.As captain of the England darts team and a full-time professional player, people think I...
On a screen near you...
06-Jan-2006
There's a new way of making the most of your big screen - and paying Sky's fees! Phil Mellows reports.Screenmedia, as it has become known, is already...
BEDA plans to protest
05-Jan-2006 By John Harrington
Underage drinkers stings operations to get official complaint
What are your New Year resolutions?
Festive double header sets pub tills jingling
05-Jan-2006
Trade reaps big rewards from Christmas falling on a Sunday by Ewan Turney and The PMA Team Licensees and operators reported a bumper festive trading...
Test purchasers told to tell lies
05-Jan-2006
Pressure is being ramped up on pubs to ensure they ask for ID as local authorities bring a new focus on underage sales in 2006.Liverpool City Council...
Police urge pubs to sign Publican charter
05-Jan-2006
Pubs in Essex are being asked to sign The Publican's Proud of Pubs Charter to prove their credentials under a new safer retailing project.Essex...
Proud of Your Staff: Rose & Crown, Plymouth
05-Jan-2006
The team at the Rose & Crown in Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon, are the first of 2006 to be nominated as part of The Publican's Proud of Your Staff...
Big surge in celebrating New Year at home
05-Jan-2006
Seven out of 10 people shunned the pub in favour of a night in or at a friend's on New Year's Eve. A poll conducted by ICM research revealed that...
Waverley TBS recovers from oil depot fire
05-Jan-2006
Supplies from drinks wholesaler Waverley TBS have returned to normal after a mammoth effort following the fire at the Buncefield oil complex near its...
Dickson killed in boating accident
05-Jan-2006
A former chairman and managing director of the Yates Group, Peter Dickson, has been killed in a swimming accident in the West Indies. Dickson, 52,...
Village of Turville tunes in after TV and film appearances.
05-Jan-2006
The Chiltern village of Turville is well known in the worlds of television and the movies. NIGEL HUDDLESTON visits the village pub that certainly...
LETTERS
05-Jan-2006
Brush up on law to stop alcohol sales confusion I thought I would share a story with you in order to provide Morning Advertiser readers with some...
Two Church House Inns sold in Devon
05-Jan-2006
The Church House Inns in South Hams - have changed hands.
FA under fire for closed period footy screenings
05-Jan-2006
The FA Premier League (FAPL) has been accused of hypocrisy for permitting a bar in Newcastle United's stadium to show games on Saturday afternoons when other pubs may not.
Best Community
05-Jan-2006
Pub of the Year This category, sponsored by Mitchells & Butlers, recognises pubs that focus on meeting the needs of their communities Anglia:...
Let 16-year-olds drink in pubs, says Welsh cop
05-Jan-2006 By Ewan Turney
A top North Wales Police officer has called for 16-year-olds to be allowed to drink in pubs in a bid to reduce under-age binge drinking and its...
Oxfordshire licensee wins cellar award
04-Jan-2006
An Oxfordshire licensee is celebrating after being recognised for the quality of beers he serves at his pub.Tony Puddifoot, licensee at Ye Olde...
Best Bar None awards launched for Kirklees
03-Jan-2006
Pubs in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, are being urged to fight alcohol-related disorder by joining up to a new Best Bar None scheme.The initiative sets a...
Pubs in Scotland trial anti-tampering devices
19-Dec-2005
An anti-tampering device designed to prevent drinks from being spiked is being piloted at pubs in North Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire.The 'SafeFlo'...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Dec-2005
The influential Commons select committee on health will this week back calls from medical experts for a nationwide ban on smoking in pubs, bars and...
A fantastic opportunity to cement your place at the heart of
15-Dec-2005 By Andrew Pring, Editor
Festive hours to suit at last
Kiss 'n' tell... Holy bat-signal... Empty vessels...
15-Dec-2005
review of 2005
Buxom barmaids... Ann Summers... Wild cats...
15-Dec-2005
Review of year
E-mail elbow... Clocking on...Lose the chews...
15-Dec-2005
What are they thinking?
Tim Bonham resigns
15-Dec-2005 By The PMA Team
Tim Bonham has resigned as chief executive of Nottingham brewer and retailer Hardys & Hansons at the same time as the company unveiled a profits...
It's been fun!
15-Dec-2005
Writing on the eve of her departure, Editor-in-Chief Lorna Harrison looks back at 12 years on The Publican - and 12 years of changes in the pub...
Guernsey's RW Randall up for sale
15-Dec-2005
Guernsey brewer RW Randall is up for sale following what appears to be an internal disagreement over the company's future."The company has reached a...
Good tidings
15-Dec-2005
Initiatives on the beer front came thick and fast during 2005. One of the MA's contributions came in the form of our Good for Beer series. Here we...
Licensee counts cost of council's door decision
15-Dec-2005
by Lucy Britner A Penzance licensee has been told he must employ a doorman for at least 12 hours a day during British summer time. Furious Josh...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Dec-2005
The licensee of the Woolpack Inn in Islip, Northamptonshire, argues that the big winners in the new licensing era will be the supermarkets and...
LETTERS
15-Dec-2005
Battling against media misrepresentation The national media has misrepresented many matters on the subjects of binge drinking and '24-hour drinking',...
Beating time
15-Dec-2005 By JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de MILLE
It wasn't just the Daily Mail's screaming headlines that provided licensees and industry figures with the laughs in 2005. JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de...
Almost 15,000 sign up to our Lay off my Local
15-Dec-2005 By Lucy Britner
Signatures in support of the Morning Advertiser's 'Lay off my Local' campaign are nearing the 15,000 mark. Licensees are still gathering in large...
My Shout
15-Dec-2005
The trade will get the last laugh as many of its critics during 2005 are already being proved wrong says Doug Clydesdale In 1450 Johannes Gutenberg...
Norfolk all hours... Chavs... Toilet humour...
15-Dec-2005
Review of 2005
MP calls for more focus to kerb puco abuse of licensees
15-Dec-2005
to curb pubco 'abuse' by John Harrington Labour MP Michael Wills has told fellow MPs in the House of Commons that Government scrutiny of the pubcos...
BAR TALK
15-Dec-2005
What do you think of England's chances in the World Cup? Mike Mercer The Albion Chester 'I don't know. I think we'll do pretty well. They've been...
Research grant is dedicated to Hook Norton
14-Dec-2005
An Oxfordshire brewer's efforts for charity have made such an impact that it has had a prestigious research grant named in its honour.Hook Norton...
Bars in their eyes
12-Dec-2005
When Gill and Sara Currie wanted to find a pub they turned to the professionals - C4's Relocation Relocation.Mother and daughter team Gill and Sara...
A right Bobby dazzler
12-Dec-2005
The popularity of darts continues to rise in pubs - after all, that's where it began. Phil Mellows spoke to darts legend Bobby George.Bobby George,...
Waverley TBS' distribution centre hit by oil depot fire
12-Dec-2005
Drinks distributor Waverley TBS (WTBS) has incurred "significant losses" following the weekend's oil depot fire in Hemel Hempstead.The fire is...
Pubs must raise game to beat supermarket cuts
12-Dec-2005
Brewers are encouraging licensees to up their game this Christmas to counteract the effects of a widening price gap between the on-trade and...
What the Sunday papers said
11-Dec-2005
Regent Inns, owner of the Walkabout and Jongleurs comedy club chains, has made an indicative offer for Revolution vodka bar operator Inventive...
Inquiry launched into future of community pubs
08-Dec-2005
A major inquiry into the future of community pubs is being launched to help stem a huge wave of closures. The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group is...
My Shout
08-Dec-2005
John McNamara says it is crucial for hosts to know the important parts of the new Licensing Act I think that we can all agree that the licensed trade...
