CAMRA slams Scottish licensing laws
05-Dec-2001
Group calls for relaxed licensing laws across ScotlandScotland's licensing laws are "unduly restrictive" according to a submission made by the...
Girls` nights out benefit telecoms industry as much as pubs
04-Dec-2001
Women's busy social lives may be doing even more for the profits of the telecoms industry than they are for the pubs where the women meet, according...
Fly-posting is now official for Manchester pubs
04-Dec-2001
Pubs in Manchester are to benefit from "public entertainment pillars" on which they can fly-post without prosecution.Manchester City Council is...
What the Sunday papers said - 02 December
03-Dec-2001
The Sunday Times Heineken has regained pole position in the race for Carling, Britain's biggest selling lager, which has been put up for sale by...
UK and Ireland hit hardest by terrorist attacks
03-Dec-2001
The UK and Ireland have been the European countries hit hardest by the slump in tourism since the terrorist attacks on the United States in...
Wolves returns £100m to shareholders
30-Nov-2001
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries is on course to fulfil the promises it made to shareholders earlier this year.As part of the defence against a...
Bar owner in unemployment blackspot can't find staff
30-Nov-2001
The owner of a new bar has been left stunned after failing to find workers in one of the country's worst unemployment blackspots.Linda Barker was...
6C tests new unbranded gastropub format
30-Nov-2001
Six Continents Retail is testing a new unbranded pub format to exploit the growing popularity for gastropubs.It has opened four outlets in London as...
SFI goes Stateside for support amid City concern
30-Nov-2001
Bar group looks to USA to raise institutional support for businessThe SFI Group management has been in America in a bid to drum up institutional...
The late late blow
29-Nov-2001
The Government claims to be pushing for licensing leniency, but some police forces and councils are seeking the opposite. Jackie Annett reportsThe...
Staff as well as customers say no to smoky pubs
29-Nov-2001
It is not only customers who prefer pubs that are less smoky but staff as well, according to new research.Speaking at the Federation of Licensed...
UK import stance will remain strict
29-Nov-2001
Government set for clash with EU over refusal to reduce duty ratesThe Government is on a collision course with the EU over Customs and Excise...
Constellation tops offers for Carling
29-Nov-2001
American business to face stiff competition for £1bn lager brandConstellation Brands, the £2bn American drinks business, has emerged as the highest...
Going places with S&N
28-Nov-2001
When Scottish & Newcastle recently moved into a new head office,the company did it with a difference. Phil Mellows reportsNext to death, so they...
Capital Pub Company set for rapid expansion
27-Nov-2001
The Capital Pub Company has raised £8m since February and is all set for rapid expansion. Mark Stretton talks to the founders.Such is the confidence...
Venture capitalist 3i to sell stake in Wessex
27-Nov-2001
The venture capitalist 3i is to sell its stake in Wessex, the North-east based pub operator.The company is thought to have appointed Price Waterhouse...
C-T attacked over Wrexham closure
27-Nov-2001
Welsh MP tables motion for boycott of brewing giant's productsA Welsh MP is calling on licensees to boycott Carlsberg-Tetley (C-T) products as part...
Shepherd Neame keeps bottle with infamous ads
26-Nov-2001
More Spitfire adverts are revealed despite German brewery linkShepherd Neame has unveiled the latest instalment in the jingoistic "Bottle of Britain"...
What the Sunday papers said - 25 November
26-Nov-2001
The Sunday TelegraphConstellation Brands, a $3bn American drinks business, has emerged as the highest bidder for Carling in the final stages of a...
City news round-up
23-Nov-2001
MBO for CapitalIreland-based Capital Bars, which owns Planet Hollywood, the Major Toms pubs and the Capital Hotel chain, has been approached by its...
Trade holds up despite attacks
22-Nov-2001
Companies boosted by strong sector performanceLeisure groups are standing defiant in the face of terrorist attacks and curbed travel. Companies...
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22-Nov-2001
The threat of a ban on smoking in pubs is not a new one. It has hovered over the trade for more than two years and even now represents a very real...
King maker
21-Nov-2001
Wholesaler King has had to change to meet the needs of the independent publican, says Phil MellowsAs the trend from tenanted to managed houses has...
Right to refuse shifts ruling could hit pub trade
21-Nov-2001
Tribunal sees working mothers given new shift rightsA new ruling giving working mothers the right to refuse shifts which conflict with family...
Against all odds - W&DB's Ralph Findlay
20-Nov-2001
Having led W&DB through Pubmaster's attempted takeover, Ralph Findlay now faces the task of restoring confidence. He talks to Mark Stretton.When...
Scotia Properties snaps up two of Aberdeen's best-known pubs
20-Nov-2001
Things are on the move in Aberdeen after two of the city's best-known pubs were bought by newly set up pub company Scotia Properties.Bex Bar and...
Top tenancies on the market in Scotland
20-Nov-2001
Change in Scottish trade sees rise in high-quality sitesPub companies such as Voyager, Punch and Pubmaster are changing the face of the trade in...
Irish Republic to use identity parades to support ID card campaign
20-Nov-2001
The drinks trade in the Irish Republic is supporting its campaign for a compulsory ID card with a series of identity parades.The parades are designed...
What the Sunday papers said - 18 November
19-Nov-2001
The Mail on SundayFresh merger talks between Pubmaster and Laurel Pub Company were abandoned after just two days. Pubmaster wants to buy Laurel's...
Birmingham drinkers return to city bars
19-Nov-2001
Pub-goers in Birmingham are defying terrorists who struck with a bomb earlier this month by returning to the city centre bars and pubs.Drinkers, many...
Settlement for disabled pub cleaner in Whitbread case
14-Nov-2001
A disabled pub cleaner has been paid a £9,500 settlement by Whitbread after claiming discrimination.Arthritis-sufferer Shelia Prytherch of Derby...
University challenge
14-Nov-2001
Kerry Rogan looks at a new campaign targeted at studentsStudents and drinking are a well-established combination. Like gin and tonic or real ale and...
Mistress of the house - Robin Saunders of Germany's WestLB
13-Nov-2001
Robin Saunders of Germany's WestLB is the woman pulling the strings at Pubmaster. Mark Stretton finds out what else she has planned.The tabloids have...
Bid speculation mounts at Eldridge Pope
13-Nov-2001
Eldridge Pope, the West Country pub operator, is the subject of intense bid speculation with both Greene King and Noble House named as possible...
Pubs are losing up to £50bn without disabled facilities
13-Nov-2001
Sky TV debate highlights discrimination problems and solutionsPubs are losing up to £50bn every year by failing to make their premises accessible to...
Nomura puts Inn Partnership up for sale
12-Nov-2001
Nomura has put Inn Partnership up for sale for an estimated £500m. The 1,250 pub group is one of three pub companies the Japanese investment bank...
What the Sunday papers say - 11 November
12-Nov-2001
Sunday BusinessNomura has put Inn Partnerships, one of three pub companies it owns, up for sale for an estimated £500m. Guy Hands, head of Nomura's...
The weekend City round-up
09-Nov-2001
Punch makes Bagnall redundantBrian Bagnall, the only surviving member from the former Allied Domecq management at Punch Retail, has been made...
Agency bids to save rural pubs
09-Nov-2001
Report targeting suffering pub market is just 'tip of the iceberg'The Countryside Agency has launched a major new initiative aimed at saving rural...
Gambling's a lottery
07-Nov-2001
A report from the Gambling Review Body has not been favourable to the trade. The future looks increasingly uncertainJust six months ago the pub...
Getting a move on
07-Nov-2001
Selling your outlet doesn't have to be too stressfulSo the decision to move on has been made. Whether it is a change in area, pub or even career that...
Foreign affair for trendy bars as tastes change
07-Nov-2001
Foreign vodkas are top of the hit list for customers in the UK's most fashionable bars, according to new research.A team at Newcastle University...
Licensees pay for extra beat officer to cut late-night crime
07-Nov-2001
Trade leaders have warned that licensees could end up paying a "levy" to cover the cost of policing, following the launch of a new scheme in...
Licensees rights with regards to the law
07-Nov-2001
Licensees should be fully aware of police procedures and their rights with regards to the lawby Suzanne Davies, one of thePublican.com's legal exerts...
Regent Home in on Leicester Square superclub
07-Nov-2001
Regent Inns snapped up one of the most celebrated sites in London's West End when it bought the leasehold on Home nightclub in Leicester Square on...
WestLB may securitise whisky stocks
06-Nov-2001
WestLB is exploring the possibility of securitising the Whyte & Mackay whisky stocks.The German bank recently backed the £200m management...
Jennings to dispose of managed pub business
06-Nov-2001
Jennings, the Lakeland-based brewer and pub operator that dates back to 1828, says it is pulling out of managed pubs.The company plans to sell off...
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05-Nov-2001
We asked you to email in any responses you had to the recent delivery-disrupting computer glitches at ScotCo. Here are the responses so far:Ian...
What the Sunday papers said - 4 November
05-Nov-2001
The Sunday TelegraphThe Punch Group has begun talks with Laurel Pub Company over a £5.5bn double merger which would create the biggest pubco in...
BBPA speaks out against gambling proposals
05-Nov-2001
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has met with sports minister Richard Caborn to outline its objections to the recommendations made in the...
