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Wooldale Arms

22-Jan-2004

Wooldale, West Yorkshire Beer drinking and fundraising are just about the only meaningful activities you will find going on at the Wooldale Arms. The...

NTK (Need To Know)

22-Jan-2004

Blackpool, Lancashire When you run one of Blackpool's busiest town-centre-venue pubs, marketing and promotion are key elements to the success of the...

Leader of the pack

22-Jan-2004

Wolverhampton & Dudley's Ralph Findlay tells Mark Stretton about the changes that have transformed the once-ailing company.IT is a hot summer's...

Pubs and the Data Protection Act

22-Jan-2004

With data scams still in the news, Phil Mellows asks what the law really means.Nobody is quite sure how many licensees have been caught out by Data...

IFBB must admit Cain's error

22-Jan-2004

Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain, has learned a trick or two from professional politicians: when you're under...

Terraces Bar & Grill

22-Jan-2004

Brighton, East Sussex Perhaps it's not surprising that a clean environment is high on the list of priorities for a venue on the Brighton seafront....

Old Spot

22-Jan-2004

Dursley, Gloucestershire Last year, Steve Herbert and the rest of the staff of the Old Spot, set about developing a plan for what they wanted to do...

Unlimited outrage

21-Jan-2004

A call for changes to the drink-drive rules has angered rural publicans, especially as this year's figures were an improvement on previous...

Well-kept secret

20-Jan-2004

Armagnac does not have the profile of its well-known relation cognac but producers are on a mission to change that. Ben McFarland explains.Armagnac...

Industry rejects bed tax proposals

20-Jan-2004

The pub industry has rejected a proposal for the introduction of a "bed" tax on hotels and pubs with accommodation.The Local Government Association...

What the Sunday papers say

19-Jan-2004

The Mail on SundaySpirit Group, the UK's largest managed pub group, is looking for a property company to buy 300 of its pubs in a sale-and-leaseback...

Red Cat

15-Jan-2004

Crank, Lancashire The Red Cat is situated in an area of central Lancashire where you might expect beer to be the favourite pub drink rather than...

Pitcher & Piano

15-Jan-2004

Brindley Place, Birmingham When a pub is just a few minutes walk away from the UK's most densely-pubbed circuit, namely Broad Street in Birmingham,...

Mid Devon

15-Jan-2004

Mike Sais, co-ordinator of Mid Devon Pubwatch, is proud, and rightly so, of the way alcohol-infuseddisorder has been reduced in the streets of...

Stereo

15-Jan-2004

Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne You would be hard pressed to come up with a better location for a style bar than that enjoyed by Stereo on Newcastle's...

St Margaret's Tavern

15-Jan-2004

Twickenham, Middlesex Oisin Rogers, manager of St Margaret's Tavern, doesn't pull any punches when describing what it used to be like. "It was the...

Golden Fleece

15-Jan-2004

Queen Street, London EC4 "Ever since my first pub 13 years ago, I've always aspired to running a pub like this." So says Annie Power, who realised...

Geoffrey Hartridge

15-Jan-2004

Geoffrey Hartridge, licensed trade campaigner and managing director of Hartridge's Soft Drinks between 1955 and 1982, has died at the age of 85. He...

Captain Digby

15-Jan-2004

Broadstairs, Kent Whatever the sales and profitability targets that are set for the Captain Digby, general manager Tony Pearson has the uncanny knack...

Armed pair steal safe

15-Jan-2004

The manager of a Nottingham pub was tied up for more than three hours while his premises was raided. Two men, one armed with a gun and the other with...

Playing safe

15-Jan-2004

Adam Withrington finds that the Manchester City Centre Safe scheme is having a positive impact, due in no small part to the spirit of partnership.It...

Pubs to blame for 'thuggery'

15-Jan-2004

Leading police officers are calling for a curb on numbers of pubs and a ban on drinks promotions to stem the rise of drink-related violence.The calls...

Pub entrepreneurs score in rich list

15-Jan-2004

Pub and bar entrepreneurs have featured heavily in a list of the rich and famous from the hotel and restaurant sector.Michael Cannon (pictured) was...

Row between Cains and the IFBB worsens

15-Jan-2004

Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB), has launched a scathing attack on beer writer Roger Protz after he...

Why sloth-like Steve had to make a move

15-Jan-2004

Time has been called on Britain's laziest man, Steve Mould. For, after almost five years of bedding down in the bar of his favourite pub, Steve had...

CAMRA sees support for National Pubs Week grow

14-Jan-2004

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has beaten last year's figure on pubs pledging support for National Pubs Week.CAMRA estimates that over 8,000 pubs...

What the Sunday papers say

11-Jan-2004

The Sunday ExpressThe price of beer is set to rise by as much as 10p a pint. Brewing giant Coors, which produces Carling, Grolsch and Worthington,...

OFT threat after IFBB leaves Cains out in the cold

09-Jan-2004

The Dusanj brothers, the entrepreneurs who rescued Liverpool brewer Cains, have been snubbed by the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB). The...

Great expectations of uncertainty

08-Jan-2004

It was the most uncertain of times. It was the most certain of times. The nod to Charles Dickens, Morning Advertiser's most famous contributor, is...

Man shot dead in pub

08-Jan-2004

A man was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in a Liverpool pub as he celebrated the New Year. Danny McDonald, 20, was shot several times while...

Drink-drive limit cut fear for rural pubs

08-Jan-2004

Rural pubs are facing another blow to business after a leading police officer called for drink-drive limits to be reduced.Chief Constable Richard...

What the Sunday papers say

05-Jan-2004

The Sunday TimesSpirit Group's £2.51bn acquisition of Scottish & Newcastle's managed pub business was the UK's second biggest private equity...

What the Sunday papers say

28-Dec-2003

The Independent on SundayScientists have discovered the world's oldest wine - a vintage produced by Stone Age people 8,000 years ago. The find pushes...

Americans force out Local Hero pub host

18-Dec-2003

by Claire Hu The owner of one of Scotland's most famous pubs, featured in the 1983 film Local Hero, has been ordered to paint the building white...

What the punters say

18-Dec-2003

Jane Radley, below left, and Virginia Bernard, right, work as administrators in Tower 42 and were enthusiastic about having a smoke-free pub nearby...

Ten steps forward,

18-Dec-2003

none back At the British Guild of Beer Writers' recent annual dinner, its chairman Morning Advertiser editor Andrew Pring presented a 10-strong list...

Oldham licensees join Street Safe scheme

18-Dec-2003

Oldham licensees are urging customers to keep themselves safe over the Christmas period.Pubs have joined with the Safe Street campaign to push the...

Acid' burns 24 punters

18-Dec-2003

A substance believed to be acid was thrown into a Bristol pub, causing burns to 24 customers. An "unidentified corrosive substance" was thrown into...

What the Sunday papers say

15-Dec-2003

The Sunday TelegraphBudweiser is to test a new computerised beer tap that will pour a pint in two seconds. The new Ultimate Draft System is now...

Market forces?

12-Dec-2003

We ask which companies will be winners in 2004.As former Aussie rugby union ace David Campese can testify, trying to pick winners is a sport littered...

Crowned

11-Dec-2003

with loyalty In this tale of two co-ops, the villagers of Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria unitedas one to save the last pub in town the Old Crown ...

Festival of fun

11-Dec-2003

by Adrian Tierney-Jones St Austell doesn't spring to mind as a prime destination in the dark days of winter. However, for the last four years,...

Eldridge Pope looks to reverse declines

11-Dec-2003

by The PMA Team Business at Eldridge Pope's Toad brand and its other high-street bars in October and November was 9.3% lower than the year before....

Who are they? Prince Charles was snapped holding a "Willy"

11-Dec-2003

JW Lees is truly a family business. It began when retired cotton manufacturer John Lees began brewing on the present Middleton Junction site in 1828....

Since the day family-owned St Austell brewed its first ale,

11-Dec-2003

There are few breweries around the country that reflect the true colour and heritage of their own region quite likeSt Austell in Cornwall....

Meacher resigns from SIA's chair

11-Dec-2003

by John Harrington Molly Meacher, chairwoman of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), who caused confusion last month when she misleadingly said...

Red Lion voted king of Fuller's

11-Dec-2003

Jonathan and Victoria Lee of the Red Lion, Ealing, have won Fuller's Griffin Trophy, which is awarded to the company's best pub. The Griffin Trophy...

What the Sunday papers said

08-Dec-2003

The ObserverPremier League officials will travel to Brussels this week for a series of meetings with European Commission officials investigating the...

Profits fall after 'disappointing' year at Eldridge Pope

05-Dec-2003

Eldridge Pope (EP), the embattled Dorset-based pub operator has unveiled full-year results showing profits had almost halved from £6.4m to £3.5m.As...