Womble to carry Little a long way
02-Dec-2004
Intrepid licensee Tiny Little is set to swap his bar for a boat as he rows across the Atlantic. The host is setting out on 20 January in a 24ft...
Gaining access
01-Dec-2004
The introduction of the doorstaff licence has so far resulted in problems and prosecutions. Tom Sandham probes Andy Drane of the SIA for answers.The...
Looking back
01-Dec-2004
Adam Withrington casts an eye back over the year's biggest brands stories.So how was 2004 for you? Unless your name is Kelly Holmes or you're a Greek...
Trade Talk: Colin Pedrick
01-Dec-2004
Last week The Publican published an investigation into off-trade pricing, which highlighted the amazing discrepancy between on and off-trade pricing...
BFG accepts reduced offer
01-Dec-2004
Big Food Group has accepted a lower revised offer from Icelandic group Bauger.The offer, of 95p a share, came about after a deal was thrashed out...
Government to call time on pubs for pensions
30-Nov-2004
The Government is soon to restrict the amount of money private individuals can raise for commercial investment against their pension stopping a...
Belhaven buoyant despite smoking ban
29-Nov-2004
Belhaven, Scotland's largest regional brewer, says the country's 2006 smoking ban will have little effect on its own business but will hit others...
Fuller's takes pride
26-Nov-2004
Sound financial results at Fuller's underpin new pub acquisitions.The Chiswick-based brewer has confirmed the acquisition of a further two pubs...
Finance: Making plans
26-Nov-2004
Planning for your financial future can be worrying, especially amid the current talk of a UK pensions crisis. Phil Mellows gives some advice.The...
Consumer spending slowdown in run-up to Christmas
25-Nov-2004
High street operators could be in for a tough ride this Christmas as a cocktail of gloomy economic factors dampens their spirits.With research among...
'Disappeared' couple speak of pubco disagreement
25-Nov-2004
The former tenants of a famous Kent pub are suing Enterprise Inns for £1m for alleged breach of contract.Adam Conti and his wife Hayley took over...
Drink Talking: Alison Smith
25-Nov-2004
The most important factor in delivering good customer service is the person doing it says Alison Smith of Bar One Nine, Keynsham.I had a sorry...
Finance: Wealth help
25-Nov-2004
Be careful when choosing a financial adviser. They must be able to offer you a truly unbiased solution says Phil Mellows.Getting good independent...
No trouble at t'Mill
25-Nov-2004
Providing high-quality food while retaining a distinctive pub atmosphere has been key to the revival of the Shibden Mill Inn. Tony Halstead reports...
Paper roll scam targets pub tenant
25-Nov-2004
The credit card terminal roll scam has struck the pub trade again, with another host almost being conned out of more than £200. The Red Lion Inn at...
Now you see 'em now you don't
25-Nov-2004
A "disappearing act" by a group of councillors during a licensing hearing at Tamworth in Staffordshire has left solicitors bewildered and a local...
Questions on the White Paper
25-Nov-2004
Frequently asked questions about the smoking ban Just what is "prepared" food? Apparently, this will be up to environmental health officers to...
Licensees who are for and against
25-Nov-2004
Danny Davis The Woodman, Chapmore End, Hertfordshire AGAINST "I am not happy with the ban. A month ago we made one of our two bar areas no smoking...
Good behaviour trial at Trust Inns
25-Nov-2004
by John Harrington Manchester-based Trust Inns, the former Pub Estate Company, is making troublemakers sign contracts promising good behaviour, in a...
Gang jailed for armed raids
25-Nov-2004
An armed gang that used the internet to learn the lay-out of pubs and other businesses, before raiding 30 premises in a nine-month crime spree across...
Bosses air mixed views on proposals
25-Nov-2004
The news of the smoking ban has received a mixed reception from pubco bosses with some generally satisfied, some angry and others simply...
Sorry, another first time buyer!
24-Nov-2004
For quite some time I have been looking at the options available to me to move into the pub business. In order to release the capital necessary I...
How low can they go?
24-Nov-2004
With the off-trade unleashing its crazy Christmas prices, Adam Withrington and Daniel Pearce decided to compare and contrast these with the...
Looking ahead
24-Nov-2004
The Department of Health is working with The Portman Group in a bid to tackle the UK's current binge-drinking issues. Daniel Pearce reports.Licensees...
Pub & Bar and The Publican reveal 2005 show plans
24-Nov-2004
Pub & Bar - the leading exhibition for the licensed trade - is linking up with The Publican in a bigger, better show in 2005.The show, at Olympia...
Licensee loses fight to convert closed pub into housing
24-Nov-2004
A licensee is considering an appeal to the High Court after a local community won its fight to prevent his pub being converted into housing.After...
Tourism and health equal industry wealth
23-Nov-2004
"Bidding for Better" was the strap-line of this year's Business in Sport and Leisure conference which focused in on tourism-related and health-driven...
Finance: Tax concerns
23-Nov-2004
Casual staff are a vital part of running a pub. But are you taxing them properly? Expert Peter Davies answers some common questionsWhy should I...
Pub trade welcomes tube proposals
23-Nov-2004
Proposals to extend the tube so that it runs for an hour later on Friday and Saturday evenings have been welcomed by the pub industry.Mayor of...
Smoking ban proposals may boost corporate deals
22-Nov-2004
The delivery of the White Paper on Public Health outlining the forthcoming smoking ban is likely to intensify the round of corporate bids,...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Nov-2004
Everyone knows smoking kills. But what no one considered was that Government plans to help the quarter of the population who smoke to quit could...
High street saturation affecting rent reviews, say valuers
22-Nov-2004
The slow A3 letting market is making rent reviews difficult, according to Bill Graham and Paul Newby of property agent Fleurets. When conducting a...
Lincoln pub offers fifty ales at festival
19-Nov-2004
A Lincoln pub has boosted sales with its biggest ever annual beer festival, offering almost 50 guest ales.The Strugglers in Lincoln, the current...
Four jailed over licensee's murder
18-Nov-2004
Three men have been jailed for life for beating a licensee to death in his bedroom while they raided the pub's safe to get cash for drugs. Michael...
A bridge too near
18-Nov-2004
What happens when alcohol is much cheaper down the road? The PMA Team went to Malmo in Sweden to find out and argues that there are lessons for the...
Licensees told not to panic over smoke ban
18-Nov-2004
Licensees have been urged not to panic over plans for a smoking ban in the White Paper on Public Health.Broad proposals revealed by health secretary...
Food or fags choice for licensees
18-Nov-2004
Licensees are facing up to a stark choice between food or fags following the announcement of a smoking ban in food pubs.According to The Publican's...
Confused definitions reign in the trade
18-Nov-2004
Herding the styles of imported, speciality and specialty beers into recognised groups is a difficult task; even a poll of brewers reveals some...
Food pubs warm to Scotland's ban
18-Nov-2004
by Max Gosney Pub chefs in Scotland claim their businesses will continue to thrive despite the Scottish Executive's decision to outlaw smoking....
RSVP Bar
18-Nov-2004
Brooker's clean-up crusade Hugh Brooker is a man on a mission. Not content with running one of the 10 best-performing sites in Laurel Pub Company's...
TV chef signs lease at King of Prussia
18-Nov-2004
TV chef Phil Vickery has boosted the profile of pub cuisine after becoming lessee at the 70-cover King of Prussia at Farnham Royal, Berkshire. The...
William Reed scoops top award
18-Nov-2004
Morning Advertiser publisher William Reed, scooped the top award in the Business Success category of the UK Family Business Honours programme....
We salute responsible hosts
18-Nov-2004
Yesterday, believe it or not, a Government minister said something nice about the trade. At least, I trust he did as I write this in advance of...
BBC's new goal
17-Nov-2004
Sky's domination of sport in pubs faces some new competition - from the oldest kid on the block. Tom Sandham reports.Witnessing Garth Crooks barking...
Majestic's bumper off-sales figures a warning for pubcos
17-Nov-2004
Majestic's recently released half year figures make sobering reading for anyone involved in brewing, operating pubs or selling beer.With a 7.4 per...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Nov-2004
Leading investment banks and research houses are cutting their growth forecasts as the outlook darkens for the global economy, research has revealed....
SIA deadline approaches in North West
12-Nov-2004
Fears are growing over the lack of door staff signing up to the Security Industry Authority license in the North West.The deadline is now days away...
It's the Grandaddy
11-Nov-2004
by The PMA Team The Good Beer Guide can lay claim to the title of Guide Grandad. First published in 1972, a year after Camra (Campaign for Real Ale)...
Let's open books'
11-Nov-2004
Peter Linacre, managing director of Massive, argues that the pubco rent review process still brings an implicit penalty for success'. He maintains a...
Turning full circle
11-Nov-2004
Gerry Martin, brother of JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, has gone back behind the bar as he down-sizes his company, Stone Hill Taverns. The PMA...
