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Bacardi-Martini voted eighth best company to work for

04-Mar-2003

UK drinks group Bacardi-Martini has been placed eighth in The Sunday Times' search for the best companies to work for. Other companies from drinks...

What the Sunday papers said

03-Mar-2003

The Sunday TimesHugh Osmond will this week launch "his first shot" in a sustained assault for control of Six Continents, the hotel-to-pub giant. He...

Licensees condemned by MP for failing disabled customers

03-Mar-2003

Licensees have been condemned by a wheelchair-bound MP who says pubs are failing to meet the needs of disabled customers.Anne Begg (pictured), the...

Eldridge Pope fear after poor trading

28-Feb-2003

Eldridge Pope may be forced to consider a break up of its pub estate because of tough trading conditions.Shares in the Dorchester-based pub operator...

Replacing a roof, especially if thatched, is a big decision

27-Feb-2003

Licensees of the many pubs around the country with thatched roofs believe their outlets would not be the same without it. Yet at around £20,000 a...

Singhboulton sells

27-Feb-2003

Notting Hill Pelican Innovative organic pub chain operator Singhboulton has sold the Pelican in London's Notting Hill because of the "highly...

Life after death' in Norfolk

27-Feb-2003

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive, Robert Louis Stevenson once famously observed. These could seem wise words for anyone planning to...

Isit? a winner they think so in Cardiff!

27-Feb-2003

Welsh brewer and pub owner SA Brain has re-modelled one of its most innovative city centre venues. The unusually-named Isit?, in the centre of...

Round one to Hugh

27-Feb-2003

Mark Stretton examines the fight for Six Continents' managed house business.The gloves are well and truly off in the battle for Britain's biggest...

Putting the hours in

27-Feb-2003

The 48-hour working week may soon be set in stone if Europe rules to remove the opt-out clause. Jackie Annett investigates how this will affect the...

Licensees show support for battling Crehan

27-Feb-2003

Angry licensees rallied outside the High Court this week to support Bernie Crehan in his battle against former pub company Inntrepreneur.The...

City briefs

27-Feb-2003

Pub operators with a limited town centre presence, including Wolverhampton & Dudley, Greene King and Enterprise Inns, are best placed to ride out...

Osmond in talks with 6C

27-Feb-2003

Hugh Osmond and Six Continents are locked in talks over the future of the hotels and pubs giant.Mr Osmond wants Six Continents to postpone plans to...

W&DB drops full-pint from 200 managed pubs

26-Feb-2003

Wolverhampton & Dudley has been forced to scrap the full-pint initiative from 200 of its managed pubs.New-style beer dispense systems from major...

Employee drink and drug testing worries licensees

25-Feb-2003

Fresh fears that businesses could introduce drink and drugs testing among employees have worried licensees.Research by the TUC claims that alcohol...

What the Sunday papers said

24-Feb-2003

The BusinessCorporate raider Hugh Osmond will this week launch a hostile £5.5bn bid for Six Continents, marking the start of the biggest British...

Demerger plan or sale prospectus?

21-Feb-2003

Potential bidders are showing great interest in the intimate trading details of one of the world's biggest hospitality groups. By Mark Stretton.As...

Licensees' anger as Westminster launches licensing inquiry

21-Feb-2003

Westminster City Council has antagonised licensees once again with the launch of a public inquiry into the liberalisation of licensing.Trade members...

Customers call time on pubs

21-Feb-2003

The industry has made little headway in encouraging people away from the home and into pubs, according to new research.The results of a survey among...

Four stages of a tenancy

20-Feb-2003

Ken Newton's latest column turns the spotlight on the issues that affect licensees with tenancies and leases The life of a tenancy or lease can be...

Soho House to stay open

20-Feb-2003

Soho House the celebrity haunt where Jude Law and Sadie Frost's two-year-old daughter swallowed an ecstasy tablet has held onto its licence...

Have a knight to remember

20-Feb-2003

The Publican has teamed up with Charles Wells to raise the profile of St George's Day, which takes place on April 23. The new campaign - the Value of...

Inntrepreneur licensees may be too late to follow Crehan's lead

20-Feb-2003

Hundreds of publicans who are awaiting a High Court ruling on the dispute between publican Bernie Crehan and Inntrepreneur could be left...

City briefs

20-Feb-2003

Heavitree Brewery saw operating profits fall to £875,000 in the year to the end of October 2001, down from £1.2m the previous year. During the...

St Peter's blasted over MD's sacking

20-Feb-2003

St Peter's Brewery was wrong to sack its managing director, an employment tribunal has ruled. George Wortley, 51, was dismissed from his...

Blooming great

19-Feb-2003

A garden can draw in customers and supply your kitchen with ingredients.That Alan Titchmarsh - makes you sick doesn't he? Not only is he handy in the...

Springwood appoints new chief operating officer

18-Feb-2003

Springwood Leisure has appointed a new chief operating officer as the bar and nightclub operator battles with tough trading conditions.New appointee...

ALMR backs calls for ID card

18-Feb-2003

Publicans' calls for a national ID card received a boost last week when a major industry association backed its introduction.The Association of...

What the Sunday papers said

17-Feb-2003

Sunday TimesPubmaster chairman John Sands does not want to float the 3,200 pub business, preferring to securitise money through bonds to raise the...

City briefs

17-Feb-2003

It has been reported that Capital Management and Investment, the UK-listed cash shell, is said to be considering investment in the pubs sector. The...

Licensee hits out at local council control of licensing

17-Feb-2003

A licensee has highlighted his disastrous experiences with his local council in a bid to stop the transfer of licensing from magistrates.Peter Lowry...

Employers hit by rise in litigation

13-Feb-2003 By Tony Halstead

Pub operators are likely be hit hard by increases in compen-sation payments, trade leaders are warning. Increases in tribunal awards, announced last...

BBPA attacks police fee plan

13-Feb-2003

The trade has hit out against suggestions that it should fork out to cover the cost of drink-related crime.According to speculation, Home Office...

Seeing the

13-Feb-2003

light When it comes to having a drink with your meal, beer is emerging as a popular alternative to wine, reports Sally Bairstow What's in your beef...

Tanya charms the Richmond locals

13-Feb-2003

The Fleece, a Laurel outlet in Richmond, North Yorkshire, has been the centre of great interest since it put up a new pub sign last week and...

An age-old concern

12-Feb-2003

Jackie Annett investigates the wealth of fake ID cards that are readily available on the internet and the repercussions they have on the trade.An...

What the Sunday papers said

10-Feb-2003

The Sunday TimesMitchells & Butlers is the new name for Six Continents Retail, the 2,000-strong pubs division that will be split from the leisure...

City briefs

07-Feb-2003

Hampshire brewer Gales has appointed a new chairman. Charles Brims, a non-executive since 1995, will assume the role from George Bowyer, whose family...

A touch of class

06-Feb-2003

The Licensed Victuallers School celebrates its 200th birthday tomorrow. Sally Bairstow takes a look at its proud history and bright future Rubbing...

ScotCo aims for revolution

06-Feb-2003

by The PMA Team Scottish Courage believes it will eradicate the problem of poor quality in the draught lager sector with the £10m roll-out of its...

Red alert over

06-Feb-2003

rating cowboys' by Richard Matthews Licensees are being warned not to part with money upfront to any companies offering to negotiate rate reductions....

Will war have an effect on pubs?

06-Feb-2003

These are tough times for the industry. In recent years pub operators, and the leisure sector at large, have faced a series of trading challenges.The...

Charles Wells hosts are Star performers

06-Feb-2003

Charles Wells has hosted its annual Eagle Star Awards night, aimed at recognising and rewarding the best licensees throughout the Bedford brewer's...

SFI bars for sale?

06-Feb-2003

Speculation over the assets of troubled bar operator SFI Group has resurfaced this week with reports that Bar Med and Slug & Lettuce are up for...

Warning for trade as licensee sees cost of PEL rise 572 per cent

06-Feb-2003

The case of a Welsh publican who saw the cost of his entertainment licence rise by a whopping 572 per cent, has sent alarm bells ringing throughout...

Hosts help stranded travellers

06-Feb-2003

A pub manager accepted watches, rings and a family photograph as collateral for food and drink from desperate motorists stuck in the blizzards which...

Capital gains

05-Feb-2003

Belfast may not have the tourist pull of its southern Irish rival Dublin, but as Michelle Perrett found, it has a lot to offer.Stag and hen parties...