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Licensing

Lincoln late-night venue wins back 4am licence

11-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Lincoln-based bar Status has won a battle to serve alcohol to 4am after police previously cut its hours to 3am earlier this year.

ACVs

CAMRA survey: ACV status 'positive for pubs'

11-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

The majority of licensees at pubs listed as Assets of Community Value (ACV) believe the status has benefitted their pub.

Operator Profile

VIDEO: Dylan Murray, Drake & Morgan

10-Aug-2015 By PubFood

The group's operations director talks pushing breakfast and the benefits of an all-day menu.

Why I’m banning the C-word

07-Aug-2015 By Tony Leonard

When we re-opened the Snowdrop Inn nearly six years ago, we were one of a tiny handful of pubs and bars specialising in what was termed ’craft beer’.

Carlton Tavern

Bulldozed pub developers fight ruling it must be rebuilt 'brick by brick'

06-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Developers who bulldozed the historic Carlton Tavern are fighting an enforcement order that orders the pub to be rebuilt.

Licencing

Brighton's oldest gay pub faces licence review after underage drinking sting

04-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Sussex police have demanded that the licence of Brighton-based pub the Bulldog be reviewed following ‘increasing concern’ about the way it is run.

Brixton licensee blames 'insatiable appetite' of London developers for closure in heartfelt open letter

04-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Brixton pub manager has blamed the ‘insatiable appetite’ of property developers for the closure of his pub, Brixton’s the Canterbury Arms in a heartfelt open letter.

Thatchers opens managed pub after £1m Somerset investment

04-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

Thatchers Cider has opened the doors of its redeveloped pub following a £1m investment in Somerset.

City news

Adnams turnover down 3% but profits up

04-Aug-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has reported beer volumes down by 5% in the six months to 30 June after an 18% hike last year.

Wanted: People to help build a pub by hand

31-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Many of us have thought about starting our own pub after one too many but a mysterious group in Manchester has taken it one step further by starting to build a pub by hand.

Star Pubs & Bars

Inglenook Inns and Taverns takes on first Star pub

31-Jul-2015 By M&C Allegra

Inglenook Inns and Taverns, the Lancashire-based pub group, has taken on its 18th pub – it’s first with Star Pubs & Bars.

Yummy Pub Co launches 'tea themed' pub in London

30-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Yummy Pub Co has secured its sixth site and its fourth with Charles Wells for its first high street pub, which will offer 100 types of loose-leaf tea.

City news

Directors exit as Geronimo Inns restructures

28-Jul-2015 By Ruth Williams, MC Allegra FS

Stalwart Ed Turner leaves along with ops director Mark Ashley.

Tourist pub defends £1 charge to spend a penny

28-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

A pub has defended its decision to charge non-customers to use its toilets and said the new scheme is “working well”.

Robinsons to invest in estate as beer production booms

27-Jul-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Robinsons is to spend £23m over the next five years refurbishing 179 pubs and a similar amount in maintenance.

Community

Prince pops in for a pint at Cornish pub

24-Jul-2015 By Helen Gilbert

A Cornish pub enjoyed a right royal visit when HRH The Prince of Wales dropped in to pull a pint and borrow a library book.

CAMRA

London and South East hit hardest by pub closures

20-Jul-2015 By M&C Report

Regional statistics released by Campaign for Real Ale indicate that London and the South East are hit hardest by pub closures - with an average of 10.2 closing a week.

Farage's favourite London pub saved

15-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The future of a prominent London pub, the Westminster Arms, a favourite among MPs, is looking brighter after luxury developers amended plans that could have forced the pub to close.

London development is killing pubs

14-Jul-2015 By Jessica Mason

I remember being incredibly sad about leaving London. It was seven years ago and, still, it kind of feels like a little bit of my identity is elsewhere.

Charity

Butchers Arms serves up victory in LTC golf heat

13-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

The Butchers Arms from King’s Sutton in Banbury were the latest winners of the latest round of the Licensed Trade Charity 2015 Golf Tournament.

Star pubs

Video: Creating a theatrical bar in Edinburgh

10-Jul-2015 By James Evison

Following Star pubs announcement about investment in its estate, check out this video of the refurbishment of the Jolly Botanist in Edinburgh.

Distinctive Inns opens third site in first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars

10-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Distinctive Inns has opened its third site in its first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

Wear Inns secures £8m refinancing to fund expansion

09-Jul-2015 By M&C Allegra FS

North East and Yorkshire pub operator Wear Inns has secured a new £8m refinancing deal with Natwest as it seeks to make a series of acquisitions across its heartland.

Review into iconic Camden pub's ACV listing

08-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The owners of Camden’s iconic Black Cap have asked for a review into the council’s decision to list the pub as an asset of community value.

PoundPub to open fifth site in Staffordshire

08-Jul-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

PoundPub, the no-frills pub concept, is to open its fifth site in Leek, Staffordshire, M&C understands.

Beer special

'Will BrewDog ever do a Meantime? No.'...Interviewing James Watt

07-Jul-2015 By Adrian Tierney-Jones

The BrewDog empire of beers and bars may well continue to grow at a rapid rate, but co-founder James Watt wants to keep hold of the punk spirit...

FLVA updates members on pubs code

06-Jul-2015 By Martin Caffrey

The Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association (FLVA) held a series of member briefings on the forthcoming pubs code last month. Ops director Martin Caffrey provides an update.

Award for community-run pub that goes 'above and beyond'

06-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Derbyshire pub owned by the local community has won the Plunkett Foundation’s pioneer award for ‘going above and beyond’ in its efforts to help other co-operative pubs.

Shepherd Neame

45 years of wonderful customers keeps passion for pubs alive

06-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

After 45 years in the industry, a licensee puts his enduring love for pubs down to the “wonderful” relationships he has with customers.

Fuller's appoints head of operations

06-Jul-2015 By M&C Report

Fuller’s has announced that Fred Turner will be its new Head of Operations – Tenanted Division.

Locals celebrate as pub closed for almost three years reopens

03-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Hackney’s the Chesham Arms opened its doors to the public last week for the first time in almost three years after being saved from the brink of redevelopment by locals.

Managed Pub Summit

PoundPubs takes franchising route

02-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

The owner of no-frills brand PoundPub says he is ready to expand his franchise offer and is targeting underperforming freehold pubs.

Awards

Surrey pub honoured for turnaround following blaze

02-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

A Surrey pub which was devastated by a fire last year has been crowned Pub of the Year in the annual Shepherd Neame Pub Awards.

Star on track to invest £30m in estate and eyes first managed pub

02-Jul-2015 By Ed Bedington

Dutch brewing giant Heineken has announced plans to invest up to £30m into its Star Pubs and Bars estate and is also on course to open its first managed pub site.

Pub design

CAMRA celebrate pub design excellence

30-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

The Castle at Edgehill in Oxfordshire has won two awards at the Campaign for Real Ale's Pub Design Awards 2015.

Admiral boosts support for new licensees

29-Jun-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Admiral Taverns is launching a new agreement designed specifically to deliver extra support and help for new licensees or those taking their first Admiral pub.

Leisure tracker

Drinks sales growth outstrips food again in May

29-Jun-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra

For the second time in three months spend on drinking out grew faster than eating out in May, the latest Greene King tracker shows.

Pub & Bar Careers website launches

25-Jun-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra

Pubandbarcareers.com, a new website showcasing the range of career opportunities in the sector, has been officially launched.

Campaigns

London licensee fights to revitalise high street

24-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A London licensee has urged other publicans to follow her lead by organising campaigns to help revitalise their local high streets.

NTIA report: Regulation 'unfairly harming' late night venues

23-Jun-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Late night venues are being unfairly harmed by regulation and reduced opening hours, a report by sociologist Professor Frank Furedi on behalf of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has revealed.

Be At One introduces app payment

22-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Be At One has added new features to its smartphone app that enable guests to upload credit and speed up payment at the bar.

How to run a successful seasonal business

22-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Seasonal businesses are a difficult task to take on. While the prospect of an almost guaranteed busy on season is attractive, the trails of a slow off season can challenge even experienced publicans. Laurie MacDonald takes an in depth look at how to make...

Charnwood pubco on market for just under £5m

22-Jun-2015 By Mark Wingett, MC Allegra FS

Charnwood Pub Company, the Albion Ventures-backed, seven-strong chain, has been placed on the market with a combined price of just under £5m.

Pub Opening

GBPA winners double up as new pub opens

19-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

The award-winning duo behind the Great British Pub of the Year the Grafton have opened their second pub, the Gipsy Queen.

Food offer

Sussex licensees open new "steampunk" country pub

18-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Tony Leonard and Dom McCartan, owners of the Snowdrop Inn, Lewes, have reopened the Roebuck, in Laughton, Sussex with a new food offer after taking on a private lease for the site and giving it a major refurbishment.