21-Sep-2010 By Peter Coulson
Some clarification appears to be needed about whether a local council has the power to close down a pub "on the spot", says Peter Coulson.
21-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Drinkaware has roped in two Hollyoaks stars to front its "get watered, not slaughtered" message, as new research shows that two-thirds of young...
Market Town Taverns buys 15th pub
20-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Market Town Taverns (MTT), the Yorkshire based pub retailer, has bought a pub in Otley, West Yorkshire, from Enterprise Inns.
UCL reopens pub after £250,000 refurb
20-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the pub, bar and hotel operator led by Ross Sanders, has reopened the Plough in Downside, Surrey, after investing...
Molson Coors slammed for extending supplier payment terms
20-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brewing behemoth Molson Coors has been heavily criticised for extending the length of time it takes to pay its suppliers. The Forum of Private...
Better management can save three quarters of failing pubs
20-Sep-2010
A hospitality 'mentor' has claimed that three quarters of failing UK pubs can be saved by following a few basic rules. With trade bodies and...
'Village life - and pubs - dying at an alarming rate'
19-Sep-2010
Campaigners say traditional village life is "dying out" after it was revealed that almost 900 country pubs were forced to close last year. Other key...
Blaming the wrong party?
18-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week felt like being back in the days of the Heath government, power cuts, and men wearing platform shoes. At the TUC's conference, speaker...
Pub Bitch: Nightingale Special
17-Sep-2010
The manager's view As any bar worker knows, complaining customers are part and parcel of the working day. One gets used to dealing with tricky types...
GMB calls pubcos 'tax dodgers' in conference resolution
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
The GMB has warned it will draw a link between what it calls 'inflated rental incomes' from pubcos and tax avoidance schemes that see businesses...
16-Sep-2010 By Tony Jennings
Supermarkets, smoking ban, beer tie and official meddling are the pub trade's four horsemen, argues Tony Jennings.
16-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Research firm CGA Strategy is predicting that the number of UK pubs will continue to fall over the next five years with café-bar style outlets the most likely to survive.
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
The winners of the Great British Pub Awards are shining examples of what can be achieved with hard work and dedication, says The PMA Team.
City profile: The Young's ones
16-Sep-2010
Keris De Villiers is a 30-year-old South African who together with her Liverpool-born partner Lee manages the Nightingale, an award-winning Young's...
16-Sep-2010 By Dave Daly
The Government should not be penalising a million young revellers for the mistakes of a few idiots, says Dave Daly.
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A central London nightclub that refused to close to let police gather evidence after a serious assault has been ordered to shut its doors for three...
15-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Passion for authentic cask ale is driving expansion of Alastair Hook's iconic empire, says Roger Protz.
John Comyn: The problem with pubs is, well, the customers
15-Sep-2010
I hate customers. But I'm in a quandary - I am one. Damn. The issue here is: "The customer is always right." Well, I'm a customer; I am right. And I...
Geronimo Inns buys its first City of London pub
15-Sep-2010
Geronimo Inns, the multiple pub operator, has bought its first pub in the City of London for an undisclosed sum. The London-headquartered group has...
Strikes start today at Coca Cola bottling plant
15-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Strike action at Coca Cola Enterprises' (CCE) North London bottling plant could mean four million fewer bottles of Coke being produced this month....
'GMB blames owners for decline in pub-going'
15-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A bar room brawl between the GMB and the top pub groups kicked off again today as the trade union blamed a 25% drop in the amount of alcohol served...
WaterAid fundraiser gathering a Head of Steam
15-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
African communities are to receive a huge boost thanks to the fundraising efforts of a pub group. The Head of Steam, which has venues across the...
15-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Licensees are still suffering the after-effects of receiving huge out-of-the-blue utility bills, with monthly repayments soaring to "unmanageable"...
15-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs are on a "life support machine" because they are selling 25% less drinks now than in 2002 — and the GMB is blaming pubco rents.
14-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
S&NPC has denied industry rumours that it's giving up its contract to run 279 tenanted pubs on behalf of Piccadilly Licensed Properties Limited.
Great British Pub Awards 2010: photos
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Re-live all the excitement from the Great British Pub Awards 2010 through our online gallery of pictures.
'Irish pub trade sales down 14 per cent'
14-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
The pub trade is experiencing a "meltdown" with sales down by more than 14 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the Drinks Industry Group...
Leading pub companies see August sales dive
14-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Trading across the larger pub and restaurant chains fell more than 16 per cent in August, with poor weather and the fag-end of the World Cup...
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
More than 532,000 young teenagers have had to cope with a drunken friend who was sick, injured or unconscious over the past year, shocking new...
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Irish pub trade is in "meltdown" after suffering a 14.1% decline in sales for the first seven months of 2010. Mid-year market figures from the...
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Leading managed pub and restaurant chains have reported like-for-like sales growth of 1.5% in August on last year. The Coffer Peach Business Tracker...
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Last year's Pilsner Urquell UK Master Bartender champion is back to defend his title after being shortlisted for the finals. Chris Milner of Browns...
13-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A support package has been promised to help communities that want to buy their local pubs, after the Government pulled the plug on funding.
Hamish Champ: Tripping down memory lane... in a pub, of course
13-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
I spent most of last Saturday drinking in pubs. All in the cause of reminding one's self as to the power and value of friendship, you understand. My...
13-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Government should set a lower duty rate on draught products to encourage customers back into the responsible environment of the pub — that's...
10-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
British Gas Business has been ordered to pay a £2,000 "goodwill" payment to licensees who received a "service shortfall" over several years.
10-Sep-2010 By Dave McNulty
Pubs could learn a lot from Apple, says Dave McNulty, Coca-Cola Enterprises trading director — on premise.
10-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Battlesteads in Wark-on-Tyne, Northumberland, owned by Richard and Dee Slade, has been crowned Great British Pub of the Year. The couple also...
Coca-Cola workers' strike back on
10-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
A strike by workers at Coca-Cola Enterprise's (CCE) North London bottling plant is now "likely" next week, trade union Unite has said. The union...
10-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
TV star licensee Jay Smith is working with Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband on his campaign to save the pub. Smith, who runs Monty's in York...
10-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Westminster has the most profitable on-trade of all UK towns and cities at £2bn a year, according to new research. Night-time economy specialists...
10-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
Whitbread brand Taybarns is celebrating its second birthday with an attempt to set a record for the world's largest simultaneous barn dance. On 25...
09-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Pubs that make a "substantial contribution to the local community" should be exempt from the late-night levy, says the Campaign for Real Ale.
09-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Heston Blumenthal has hailed the hard work of his staff at his Hinds Head pub after being named Michelin Pub of the Year 2011.
09-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
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Mark Daniels: When the cotton wool starts to itch...
09-Sep-2010
Once upon a time, we were able to drive cars without wearing seatbelts and race up the M1 at mind-boggling (for the time), unrestricted speeds....
Police issue closure threat to pubs over toughened glass
09-Sep-2010
Scotland's largest police force is warning licensees they could face a premises licence review, leading to possible closure, if they don't come up to...
09-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Police have warned Strathclyde pubs to ditch glass "as soon as reasonably practical" - or risk licence reviews if attacks occur on-site or nearby....
08-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Stockport's Arden Arms is packed. Even on a wet Monday. So what's the brewer's secret? Roger Protz reports.
GMB steps up pubco pressure with tenant meetings
08-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
The GMB trade union is to step up its pressure on the UK's pubcos next week when it hosts three meetings to discuss what it calls the overcharging of...
