Pub insolvency rates fall, but remain high
11-Aug-2010
Pub sector insolvency levels remain high in the second quarter of 2010, despite a slight fall in the first quarter of the year, new figures show....
11-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Underage drinkers using fake IDs could be charged with fraud — that's the stark warning from Lincolnshire police. The force is warning under-18s...
10-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
The Great British Beer Festival defied gloomy expectations as visitor numbers jumped by 3,000 on last year, leading to a "record-breaking" event.
Ken Livingstone attacks pubcos with launch of pub campaign
10-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has launched a campaign to help save the capital's pubs, laying the blame largely at the feet of pubcos for...
09-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone has become the second prominent Labour figure to launch a campaign to save the pub this month.
09-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Bay Restaurants is to embark on a two-year investment programme for its 70-strong La Tasca brand but will now sell Ha Ha Bar & Grill.
09-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Government has ditched its £3.3m support package for community pubs and a further £1m grant for the Pub is the Hub scheme as part of its...
09-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensee Jay Smith's Save Our Boozer series featuring a number of pub revamps and reopenings will air again at the end of the month. The TV series,...
06-Aug-2010 By MA reporter
Campaign for Real Ale chief executive Mike Benner talks to MATV about the benefits of joining in CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival.
Penn Street Taverns to sell four pubs
06-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Penn Street Taverns, the Birmingham-based pub group, is selling four freehold pubs in the West Midlands through agent Christie + Co.
06-Aug-2010 By Phil Mellows
Orchid chief executive Rufus Hall talks to Phil Mellows about the view from the box-car of the recession.
Glasgow pubs face 'unfeasible' clampdown
06-Aug-2010
A Scottish trade chief has slammed wide-ranging plans to crack down on the way pubs in Glasgow operate. In a report seen by The Publican, containing...
06-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Thieves recreated a scam shown on the Real Hustle TV show to steal a licensee's fruit machine from right under their nose. The Ring O'Bells in...
06-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Pub campaigners have announced a second push to measure a pub's community value in financial terms. Rick Muir, of the Institute for Public Policy...
06-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has listed its top ten most cherished pubs in the country with the relaunch of its Pubs Heritage website.
05-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Big pubcos have become "unwieldy beasts" who don't care for their tenants, according to one family brewer.
05-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Lincolnshire operator Kurnia Group is looking to downsize its seven-strong pub estate to concentrate on its property and training portfolio.
05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
With licensing reform on the cards, the trade will be hoping that Home Secretary Theresa May shows a sense of perspective, says The PMA Team.
Consumers split over VAT rise
05-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Consumers appear split over whether next January's VAT hike will affect their spending habits. Research outfit Retail Eyes said that 52 per cent of...
'Neil Morrissey to star in pub sitcom'
05-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Neil Morrissey is making a comedy comeback, playing a gay dad. The Men Behaving Badly star is taking the lead in a sitcom set in a boozer. Neil, 48,...
Belgravia pub picks up Fuller's top cellar award
05-Aug-2010
The Star Tavern in Belgravia has picked up a top accolade for delivering great quality beer. Licensees Jason and Karen Tinklin picked up the...
05-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Mark Daniels: Who wants to be a licensee?
04-Aug-2010
Donning, in a mildly puerile effort at tongue-in-cheekedness, a pair of cuff-links each broadcasting the slogan "My Official Drinking Arm," I headed...
Findlay calls on MPs to recognise industry progress
04-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
MPs still looking to knock the pub sector should look at the progress being made by companies, Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay said today....
04-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
The BBPA is in talks about putting together its own benchmarking survey on the costs of running leased and tenanted pubs.
04-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Town & City Pub Company, the privately-owned high street bar operator led by Toby Smith, has revealed like-for-like sales growth of 9.5% in the...
'Alcohol-free pub plan for city centre wins support'
03-Aug-2010
First it was the smoking ban - now Cardiff could have its first ever alcohol-free pub. A former bar manager says he wants to open Wales' only dry pub...
03-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
New research has found that beer can help weight loss, cut alcohol consumption and be part of a healthy lifestyle. That's according to the Campaign...
02-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband has launched a campaign to save the pub — he urges action on the tie.
David Miliband announces plan to 'save British pubs'
02-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband has launched a campaign to help save pubs - including plans to tackle the beer tie. In an unexpected move,...
02-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz
Locals running locals may sound a great plan, but who's going to support them? I imagine there must have been some wry smiles on the faces of...
Rebalancing act
31-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Sometimes someone comes into a business and their arrival triggers a marked change of culture and focus. The arrival of Isaac Sheps to Carlsberg's UK...
Making money or taking the Michael?
31-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
If recent history has taught the pub community anything it is the need to keep a tight rein on costs. It's a key way to protect margins in this day...
30-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Publican Local Focus: Edinburgh - Flower of Scotland
30-Jul-2010
Visit the well-worn tourist trails of Scotland's capital at the height of the Festival in August and you'll find a city that looks a lot like a...
Caroline Nodder: The Daily Mail misses the point - again
30-Jul-2010 By Caroline Nodder
I feel like I'm in a bit of a time warp this week. The wranglings over the new government's proposed review of the licensing laws takes me right back...
Harvard beckons for Fuller's' Simon Emeny
29-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Simon Emeny, group managing director-designate at Fuller, Smith & Turner, said he hopes to return from a two-month-long sabbatical at the Harvard...
Save Pub Group calls for Home Office meeting
29-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Save the Pub Group chair Greg Mulholland has called for a meeting with the Home Office over the proposed changes on licensing. The Lib Dem MP has...
29-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Greene King tenant is suing the company for more than £230,000 after attempts to lease the pub or buy the freehold failed. Meadowden Holdings...
29-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek & Mark Stretton, M&C Report
A report into the collapse of Merchant Inns, the mid-market pubs-and-inns business, shows that only half of its six venues were profitable at site...
28-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney & Gemma McKenna
One trade group has blasted the proposed licensing changes as top down stick bashing of pubs. The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR)...
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) member has released a book to help ale-lovers visiting Edinburgh find good pubs.
'I'll have what he's having' is a genetic response'
27-Jul-2010
Dutch researchers have found those carrying the long version of the dopamine D4 7-repeat genotype are more susceptible to excessive drinking...
Proud licensees to guest edit The Publican
27-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A couple of licensees are being given the chance to get to grips with The Publican after winning the title of Britain's Proudest Pub. During Proud...
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A former BII Licensee of the Year is ramping up his consultancy business to help others in the pub trade. Long-time Wadworth tenant Phil Davision...
27-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Bogus callers are targeting pubs in south Wales to pay for ads in magazines — according to one Chepstow host. Ian Mayrick, licensee at the Coach...
27-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
A clutch of operators that took part in a trial of labelling menus with calorie information have decided not to continue with the scheme.
27-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Police in Cambridge say a traffic light system has helped two pubs raise their safety standards. They kept track of alcohol-related disorder and...
Government to tackle bank lending log-jam
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The coalition government has today ramped up the pressure on banks to start lending vital cash to small businesses. Business Secretary Vince Cable...
Hamish Champ: Hurrah for the Daily Mail?*
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
So, the country will soon be rid of the scourge of 24 hour pubs thanks to the campaigning efforts of the Daily Mail. Hurrah! After months of...
