15-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pleisure scooped the award for Best Drinks Offer at the recent MA200 awards for the country's top independent multiple retailers. Managing director...
15-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Mark Hastings has left his position as British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) communications director.
Mark Daniels: Telling the real drunks from the fakes
15-Nov-2010
Harrison Ford, he of Intergalactic fame, snogger of Princess Leia, pilot of the Millennium Falcon and best friend of a wookie, recently found himself...
Caroline Nodder: Is the British Stiff Upper Lip softening?
15-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
I am concerned this week that the famous British Stiff Upper Lip is softening somewhat. We Brits used to be famed for our steely resolve in the face...
Hamish Champ: What can the internet do for your pub?
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
I experienced a couple of 'firsts' last week. It was the first time I'd ever attended the Federation of Licensed Victualler's Associations' (FLVA)...
BBPA says goodbye to communications chief
15-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association has parted company with its director of communications, Mark Hastings. Hastings stepped down from the role on...
One in three want family friendly pubs
15-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
One in three people expect pubs to be family friendly, according to the latest results in a survey by Greene King. As part of its Proper Pubs...
Autumnal sun shines on managed pub operators
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Leading pub and restaurant chains across the UK continue to perform better than this time last year, according to new research. According to the...
15-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
New figures showing a rise in the number of pubs and clubs with 24-hour licences has been labeled misleading by one trade chief. The survey by...
15-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub, bar and casual dining chains, saw like-for-like sales grow 2.2% in October on last year — but recorded a 16.2% drop on September. In...
12-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
The Milestone in Sheffield, which appeared in the semi-final of Ramsay's Best Restaurant this week, is to open a wine bar and shop.
12-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Our survey shows the frequency of home drinking and the sharp decline in the traditional weekend night out, says The PMA Team.
12-Nov-2010 By John Ellis
John Ellis, licensee of the Crown Inn in Oakengates, Shropshire says Pub Week went well but there is more to come. In 15 years of running a pub,...
12-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The British Beer and Pub Association has said it won't comment on rumours that it could ask Diageo to resign over its stance on duty.
11-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
Enterprise Inns lessee Nigel Williams has been installed as the new president of the Federation Of Licensed Victuallers Associations.
Fake drunks used in pub sting operation
11-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
A police chief responsible for a sting operation using drunk actors to catch out pubs has refused to apologise for the tactic and warned it will be...
11-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Battle of Britain boxing slug fest between David Haye and Audley Harrison will be shown on Sky 3D this Saturday. The World title fight held at...
11-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
MSPs have rejected new restrictions on pub drinks promotions in Scotland but paved the way for the controversial social responsibility fee and...
11-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The red tape watchdog has told Government pubs face a "particularly high regulatory burden". The Better Regulation Executive has told Lord Young,...
11-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The 380-strong Restaurant Group has reported an 8% in turnover for the 45 weeks to 7 November on last year.
10-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead reporting from FLVA Conference
The Licensed Trade Charity has unveiled plans for a pioneering scheme to open a new pub staffed by young people with learning difficulties .
10-Nov-2010 By Paul Wigham
I sat this week on the inaugural meeting of the BII Panel of Professional Advisors and it sparked debate on a number of issues, says Paul Wigham.
Facewatch scheme designed to slash pub crime
10-Nov-2010
Pubs are being urged to sign up to a new crime-reporting system designed by a licensee to dramatically cut offences in the trade. A pilot of the...
10-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs could face "extortionate" costs when new regulations over pensions come into force in 2012. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has...
10-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Nine pubs in Ringwood, Hampshire, have joined forces with Ringwood Brewery to offer the town's first ale trail. Drinkers will collect the ale trail...
09-Nov-2010 By Phil Mellows
Gavin George is not your normal pub entrepreneur. As Phil Mellows discovers, he is an eco-aware culture vulture obsessed with his seaside city.
Pubs pilot 'safer' pint glasses
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trials are underway at secret pub locations across the country to test new safer pint glassware. The Design Council this week confirmed that tests...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Presenting under-18s with direct, raw facts about the effects of alcohol is helping to change behaviour. So says the BII after research showed that...
08-Nov-2010 By Tony Jennings
Being "fair" might be the loadstone of the Coalition's philosophy, but not much of it is percolating down to our business, says Tony Jennings.
Mark Daniels: Coalition should ignore knee-jerk headlines and learn from the Dutch
08-Nov-2010
If there's one thing guaranteed to get me uppity in a morning - apart, that is, from discovering there's no marmalade to put on my eggy bread - it's...
Pub Bitch: 'The Only Way Is Essex' Ale
08-Nov-2010
Cigar evolution Not that we would go to the opening of an envelope or anything, but we did find ourselves at the presentation of the newly designed...
What will be in an executive's pay this year?
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
A number of companies in the pub and brewing sectors will soon reveal how they fared over the past year. It'll have been a tough old 12 months. After...
Hamish Champ: Is it me, or has everybody gone mad?
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
"Is me, or has everybody gone mad?" Not my words, dear reader, but the words of Brian Potter; owner and operator of the Phoenix Club, one of the UK's...
05-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Rel Pub Company is opening a sixth Break Bar site in Berkshire next year after a £700,000 refurbishment.
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.
04-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The best suppliers to the pub industry were announced last night at the Great British Pub Suppliers Awards, sponsored by Tradeteam, at Plaisterer's...
Skeleton and guns found during pub refurb
04-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Work to restore a historic pub gutted by fire was held up after builders found a skeleton and a cache of wartime weapons. Police and archaeologists...
04-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Fourteen hundred submissions have been made for the Government's consultation on licensing reform - as trade chiefs step up their lobbying to get the...
03-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gastropub the Milestone in Sheffield will appear in the semi-final of Channel 4 show Ramsay's Best Restaurant on Tuesday (9 November).
02-Nov-2010 By Paul Chase
What may replace the SIA if it is axed? Paul Chase discusses the options including a licence granted locally that enables the holder to work nationally.
02-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Award winning licensees in the Good Pub Guide 2011 have criticised the guide's decision to introduce charges for the book's main entries. The 2012...
02-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BII chief executive Neil Robertson did his part for the pub trade last night by stepping behind the bar to serve punters in aid of British Pub Week....
01-Nov-2010 By Mark Baird
Diageo corporate social responsibility manager Mark Baird tackles 10 of the most regularly repeated myths about alcohol pricing, promotion and harm.
Pub Bitch: Publican Pub Quiz special
01-Nov-2010
Charity cheats It gives Pub Bitch no pleasure whatsoever to report that a number of teams and individuals were caught cheating at last week's...
Caroline Nodder: Charity begins in the pub
01-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Charity begins at home, so they say. But they're wrong. Charity actually begins in the pub. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that there is no...
IPC 'concerned' by pubcos' slow progress
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade umbrella group the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has raised concerns with MPs about the implementation of new pubco codes of practice....
Executive pay fell in 2010, according to new survey
01-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
The majority of company directors in the private sector saw their pay cut in real terms this year, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD)....
'Alcohol 'causes more harm than crack''
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Alcohol causes more widespread harm than drugs like heroin or crack cocaine, according to a study published in respected medical journal The Lancet....
Powers to ban troublemakers from pubs extended
01-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Powers to impose orders banning drunken troublemakers have been extended to 25 new areas from today. Drink Banning Orders (DBOs) give magistrates...
