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Harpenden Arms pub crowned Fuller's Master Cellarman of the Year

16-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Hertfordshire pub, the Harpenden Arms, has won the Master Cellarman of the Year award for the second time from London brewer and pub retailer Fuller, Smith & Turner.

Spirit Leased offers £500 in referral scheme

13-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Spirit Leased is launching a Licensee Referral scheme to attract experienced operators to their 500 strong leased pub estate.

Lone fraudster continues to target pubs with accommodation

13-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Pubs with accommodation are still being fleeced out of hundreds of pounds by a man using allegedly stolen cheques to pay for his stay.

Couple celebrate 30 years in Harlow pub

13-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

An Essex couple are set to celebrate 30 years at their pub on 21 July. Lesley Day took over the Admiral Taverns-owned White Admiral in Harlow, Essex, with husband Ray, when she was 29, and feels she wouldn’t have made it without her customers.

Batemans reports rise in turnover

12-Jul-2012 By M&C Report

Batemans, the Lincolnshire brewer and pub operator, has reported a rise in turnover and operating profit in the year to 31 January, although pre-tax profit fell 40% after a fall in profits from property disposals.

Npower under fire from two licensees after disconnecting power at their pubs

12-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

Npower has come under fire from two licensees whose electricity supply was disconnected by the energy firm when they took on the leases of their pubs.

BBPA warning over pub business rates calculations

12-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned licensees to be careful what they wish for when asking for pub business rates to be calculated in the same way as shops.

Bill to protect pubs from closure reaches second stage

11-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A Bill to protect pubs from being demolished or have their use changed has reached its second stage in Parliament.

Yummy Pub Co bids to roll-out Ssshh supper-club concept

11-Jul-2012

Yummy Pub Co, the venture led by Tim Foster and Anthony Pender, hopes to secure a new site every three months and is focusing on its supper-club concept Ssshh for a rollout that could extend to 20 sites.

Wetherspoon's reopens the Great Harry pub after riots destruction

10-Jul-2012

Just 11 months after being destroyed by fire in the riots last August, managed operator JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reopened the Great Harry in Woolwich, south London.

The Big Interview: Rupert Clevely, Geronimo Inns

09-Jul-2012

The old saying ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ doesn’t quite cut it for Geronimo Inns founder Rupert Clevely, who clearly prefers a different version — ‘if it ain’t broke, it’s still worth tinkering with’.

Luminar CEO Peter Marks stars in Undercover Boss tonight

09-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The CEO of nightclub chain Luminar Peter Marks is going back to the floor tonight in the TV series of Undercover Boss.

Brakspear buys two Enterprise Inns pubs in start of acquisition strategy

09-Jul-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Brakspear, the Henley-based tenanted pub operator, has bought two freehold pubs from Enterprise Inns, its first pub acquisitions in six years, and says further acquisitions are “likely” this year.

Pub Chef Opinion: Take time to create an effective menu

09-Jul-2012

When choosing somewhere to eat, most of us read the menu before even going inside. You should never underestimate the importance of your menu, it’s a great marketing tool and often the first contact with potential customers.

Pub Chef Opinion: Frozen food makes sense for certain pubs

06-Jul-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Brian Young at the British Frozen Food Federation is right about the aversion of many to frozen food — it is snobbery.

Running a pub is a complex business

06-Jul-2012 By Gerry Price

It is a busy time of year right now and balancing cost control with great customer service is a challenge. Add in the additional effort for promotional activity vital to keep that sparkle in your customers’ eyes and it makes it a serious job.

BISC chairman: "No further action" on pubco-tenant issue if self-regulation is "demonstrated to work"

05-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

If the industry can demonstrate that self-regulation is working over the pubco-tenant relationship, the Business Innovation and Skills Committee (BISC) chairman, Adrian Bailey, will recommend “no further action”.

Alcohol anxiety and the Scottish Effect

04-Jul-2012

Scotland, or at least the Scottish Government, is proud to find itself at the cutting edge of global alcohol policy. The decision to pioneer minimum unit pricing is a symbol of that, as much as a practical measure.

Punch plans to roll out Champs brand

04-Jul-2012 By M&C Report

Punch Taverns is to examine plans to rollout the Champs US sports bar brand after buying the intellectual rights to the concept that derives from the iconic Sheffield venue, M&C Report has learnt.

26 Things You Don't See in the Pub Anymore

03-Jul-2012 By Mike Berry

Following the Good Pub Guide's controversial claim that thousands of pubs are "stuck in the 1980s", the PMA reminisces about the things from that era - and even further back - that you don't see in pubs anymore.

Smoking ban: Majority of licensees want smoking legislation amended for pubs

03-Jul-2012 By Mike Berry

Five years after the introduction of the smoking ban in England, almost seven out of 10 licensees want the legislation amended to allow for separate smoking rooms in pubs.

Tenanted Pub Company Summit: 'Pubs missing out on a golden opportunity to upsell'

03-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs are missing out on serious upselling opportunities compared to venues such as fast-food outlets and coffee shops. That was the message from two Tenanted Pub Company Summit speakers in London last week.

Tributes as former NLVA president and pub trade veteran Ron Jones dies

02-Jul-2012 By Tony Halstead

Former president of the National Licensed Victuallers Associations, Ron Jones, has died in hospital aged 78 after a long illness.

Ship and Trades named Shepherd Neame Pub of the Year

02-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime, in Kent, has been named Pub of the Year in the Shepherd Neame Pub Awards.

Enterprise Inns opens first Classic Carveries site

29-Jun-2012 By M&C Report

Enterprise Inns, the tenanted and leased pub operator, has opened its first Classic Carvery site under the scheme that sees the company take firmer control of the retail offer, M&C Report has learnt.

Greene King reports another year of record profits and growth

28-Jun-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported another year of record profits and growth, with turnover up 9.4% to £1.14bn and pre-tax profit rising 8.6% to £152m.

Punch like-for-like sales drop

28-Jun-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Punch Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub operator, has reported a 6.4% decline in like-for-like sales in its core estate in the 12 weeks to 26 May due to the poor weather and difficult comparatives, although it said it remains on track for full-year...

Fuller's blamed by licensee for pub's drop in trade

28-Jun-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A licensee has blamed family brewer Fuller’s for customers leaving his pub because it is charging him more for beers brewed by the company than his previous landlord, Enterprise Inns.

Coca Cola is offering licensees the chance to win Olympic tickets

28-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Coca-Cola is offering two lucky readers of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser the chance to win a pair of tickets to the London 2012 Olympic or Paralympic Games.

McMullen's reports 24% profit rise

27-Jun-2012 By by John Harrington, M&C Report

Hertfordshire brewer and pub operator McMullen’s has reported a 24% rise in profits before tax and exceptional items to £7.3m in the year to 1 October 2011, but said the sector’s tax and regulatory burden is forcing it to reconsider its investment plans.

Punch Taverns pubs take part in UK’s biggest pub darts competition

26-Jun-2012 By Gurjit Degun

More than a quarter of Punch Taverns’ 5,000 pubs are taking part in the UK’s biggest pub darts competition Great British Pub Darts Classic.

Pub Chef Opinion: Finding good chefs is no easy matter

25-Jun-2012 By Simon Kalton

How to employ a good chef? Well, I’m no expert, but I have worked for, alongside and employed a great number of chefs during my life.

The Big Interview: Mark Crowther, Liberation Group

25-Jun-2012

Caught between the cultures of England and France, the last thing you might expect as a signature dish in a Channel Islands pub is a kind of giant Portuguese kebab that comes swinging to your table hoisted on a yard-high wrought-iron gibbet.

Sticklebarn pub in Lake District becomes first to be run by National Trust

25-Jun-2012

A pub in the Lake District has become the first to be run by the National Trust.

Euro 2012: Pubs set to sell an extra 5m pints for Sunday's match

22-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Footie fans are set to enjoy an extra five million pints of beer in the pub as the nation cheers on the England team on Sunday, predicts the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Win a £5k makeover for your pub with Glidden Trade

21-Jun-2012

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Glidden Trade, one of the leading trade paint brands, for the third year running to give licensees the chance to win a £5,000 transformation for their pub.

Pub operators urge Sky not to hike prices following £2.2bn TV football deal

21-Jun-2012 By Adam Pescod

Leading pub operators are urging Sky not to raise prices following its £2.2bn acquisition of live Premier League football rights from 2013/14.

BII ran up deficit of almost £500k in 2011

20-Jun-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The BII, the professional body for the licensed trade, has confirmed that it ran up a deficit of £484,563 in 2011.

Punch Taverns pub wins 13,000 pints of beer

20-Jun-2012 By Gurjit Degun

The Bell at Kesgrave, Ipswich, has been crowned the place to celebrate the Summer of Our Lives by Punch Taverns, winning a dray of beer totalling more than 13,000 pints.

City Pub Company secures two more sites ahead of £8m expansion push

20-Jun-2012

City Pub Company has secured two more sites as it prepares to launch a fresh round of fund-raising to generate c.£8m for further expansion, the PMA's sister title M&C Report has learnt.

Pub Chef opinion: Business approach should be consistent

20-Jun-2012 By Edward Halls

Having pondered many subjects for this column I have decided to talk about the economy and how it helps me stay focused. Nearly everyone in our industry is finding life harder and personally, having only been open two years, I am interested to know what...

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