Licensees have a 'tough job', pubs minister admits
17-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
Community pubs minister Bob Neill has acknowledged licensees do a "tough job with long hours" and said the coalition wants pubs to "succeed"....
'High income households among biggest alcohol drinkers'
17-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Top earners are more likely to drink alcohol frequently than adults in poorer households, a survey says. The Health Survey for England 2009 found...
16-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
A Lincolnshire pub is offering kids the chance to meet Santa whilst parents relax with a drink. Batemans pub the Bricklayers Arms in Boston has set...
Pub group collapses up 31 per cent in third quarter
15-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
The number of on-trade businesses going belly-up rose by nearly a third in the third quarter of 2010, prompting fears that the much-heralded economic...
Sceptre Leisure sees profits slump by a third
15-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
UK-wide pub closures were partly to blame for a 33 per cent slide in first half profits for Sceptre Leisure, which supplies amusement machines to the...
15-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
AWP supplier Sceptre Leisure believes it is in a strong position despite revealing a 33% drop in profit before tax to £0.6m for the six months to 31...
14-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
The Yorkshire Bridge Inn in Bamford, Derbyshire, has won gold again at the East Midlands Tourism Excellence Awards 2010. It is the second year...
14-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark has signed a deal to supply a range of Elgood's Brewery ales to its customers in the Midlands and East Anglia. In...
The Great British pub faces a critical year
13-Dec-2010 By Greg Mulholland
The rise in VAT next January and low-cost supermarket alcohol will make 2011 a critical year for the pub trade, says Greg Mulholland.
An interesting few months to come
13-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
This time last year I wrote about the inaugural Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee hearing, held at Westminster, which put a...
Pub Bitch: Santa loses his head
13-Dec-2010
Rocking the Kasbah You have to hand it to those BrewDog guys, they are such rebels. At its AGM the other week the PR-hungry indie brewery outlined...
Chris Maclean: Pubs are a force for good
13-Dec-2010 By Chris Maclean
I have long believed that the demonisation of alcohol is the single greatest threat to the licensed industry. It is the systematic removal of any...
Hamish Champ: Who needs footy on the pub telly when there's a riot goin' on?
13-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
I never watch televised sport in pubs as a rule. I might latch onto a game of football or rugby if a pub I'm in is showing one, but I haven't made a...
Top end trading slows in November
13-Dec-2010
Pub industry experts are warning that following a sluggish November, the trading picture for December is likely to be badly affected by the current...
13-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Communities will get the right to buy their pub and other community assets under new plans to shift power back to local communities. Groups of...
10-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Pay for extra police or we'll object to your temporary event notice (TEN) - that's the message from police to licensees in Watford.
10-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
He's had his ups and downs, but through it all Phil Dixon has spoken up for pubs and the people who run them. Phil Mellows catches up with him.
10-Dec-2010 By Paul Smith
As Paul Smith leaves his role as executive director at Noctis, he reflects on his time at the organisation and predicts the future of the industry.
09-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Liverpool brewery Cains is taking its range of beers and lagers across the pond to America after linking up with Win-It-Too of Boston.
New LTC film tugs at the heartstrings
09-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
An emotionally-charged short film commissioned by the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is set to get its public premiere this week as part of a fresh bid...
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
The upcoming Localism Bill will "make good Christmas reading" for those who want to save pubs by making it easier for communities to take them on....
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Trade chief Neil Robertson says he's "reasonably optimistic" the Government won't alter the drink-drive limit after a committee of MPs rejected calls...
08-Dec-2010 By Ufi Ibrahim
The British Hospitality Association's chief executive Ufi Ibrahim argues that Britain will benefit hugely from the 2010 Olympics.
08-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Charging the full price for a meal out will become more difficult for restaurant and pub operators, due to discount vouchers.
08-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Police and councils in 26 areas are to receive "intensive" support visits to get them up to speed on their powers to tackle 'problem pubs'. The Home Office cited a "lack of confidence" among enforcement officers.
Pub Bitch: Crap Gordon
08-Dec-2010
Crap Gordon Gordon's alive?! Brian Blessed, the 'face' - if not the voice - of Greene King's Old Speckled Hen, isn't a man to be messed with, it...
Can Harry Potter help pub's fortunes?
08-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pair of publicans are hoping Harry Potter can weave his magic to help their bid to run a cinema from their pub. Angela Morgan-Knight, licensee of...
Petrol station analysis boosts Brulines
07-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brulines' recent move into the petrol station forecourt sector has helped the group post a near 25 per cent hike in first half turnover. Best known...
07-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Paul Smith is to leave his role as executive director of Noctis, the trade body for late-night bar and club operators, at the end of the year. The...
Hamish Champ: 'Brulines blog lands author in spot of bother shock!'
06-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
When licensee and Publican blogger Mark Daniels told me he was going to write a piece on his experience with Brulines he acknowledged that he would...
Is the government's duty proposal a bright idea? Or just the 'same old same old'?
06-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
'Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.' Immortal words from The Who's Pete Townsend which sprang gazelle-like to mind after the government...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
One Surrey pub reported a "very successful" week after opening an "aprés ski lodge" — and is praying for more snow. Carol Haime, chef proprieter...
06-Dec-2010 By Innscribe
Innscribe are Specialist Pub Accountants committed to providing quality professional accounting services and business advice at sustainable prices....
03-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Realpubs, the London pub operator founded by Malcolm Heap and Nick Pring, has bought the freehold of its 14th pub.
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The UK's big freeze has brought mixed fortunes to the pub trade as rural pubs suffer and city pubs do a roaring trade. Michael Kheng, of...
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Devon pub suffered a loss of trade yesterday after a tractor towing a trailer of manure crashed and dumped its 14-tonne load on the doorstep....
WaterAid: Water with Whitbread
02-Dec-2010
With words such as 'inspiring', 'eye-opening' and 'thought-provoking' peppering conversation it is not difficult to understand the impact a recent...
Marco Pierre White slams expensive gastro pubs
02-Dec-2010
Leading chef Marco Pierre White has slammed expensive gastro pubs for failing to deliver, in an exclusive interview with The Publican. The pub lover...
Piccadilly lessees to get letters confirming Admiral Taverns deal
02-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Lessees with pubs formerly owned by Piccadilly Licensed Properties (PLP) will receive letters today confirming their new landlord is Admiral Taverns....
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Licensing authorities will be judge, jury and executioner under proposed changes to the Licensing Act. That's the warning from the Association of...
02-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Underage test purchase operations have "served their purpose" and a more "holistic" strategy is needed to tackle child drinking. So says a new...
01-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Admiral Taverns has acquired around 190 pubs formerly owned by Piccadilly Licensed Properties, owned by aAIM.
'Lets battle the bingers'
01-Dec-2010
Home Secretary Theresa May will today vow to "reclaim the streets" from drunken louts causing misery in towns across Britain. She will declare war on...
Molson Coors: Stemming the tide of water consumption
30-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner could easily be the sort of thing that keeps brewers awake at night....
Licensees weather storm to serve school dinners
30-Nov-2010
Award winning licensees Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, of Ye Old Sun Inn, in Colton Yorkshire, stepped in to provide lunch for more than 50 school...
Ian Payne quits as Town & City/Bay Restaurant chairman
30-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ian Payne has resigned as chairman of the Town & City Pub Company and Bay Restaurant Group with immediate effect. Payne, who according to a...
30-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The FSA has today launched the roll-out of its pub and restaurant hygiene rating system that allows the public to see each score.
30-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Two trade lobby groups have written to business secretary Vince Cable this week over instigating a full market review of the sector. Lib Dem MP Greg...
30-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
London pub company ETM Group, run by brothers Tom and Ed Martin, has appointed a new recruitment, training and staff development manager. Yvonne...
30-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
The Foresters Arms has been named Pub of the Year at family brewer Hall and Woodhouse's Tenanted Awards. Karl and Linda Turrill, who were awarded...
