Mark Daniels: Out of the mouths of babes...
23-Jul-2010
Anybody who has brought children up while living and working in a pub will know that they can be your cherished little angels, beloved of all your...
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Miller Genuine Draft (MGD) is being trialled on draught in around 60 pubs in Scotland — MGD sales were boosted by the World Cup.
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
London brewer and pub operator Fuller's has promoted Simon Emeny to group managing director. Emeny, currently managing director of Fuller's Inns,...
22-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Alcohol costs nearly three times as much in pubs as in shops, where two thirds of alcohol is now sold, says a new survey.
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers is making "good progress" on achieving the objectives laid out in its strategic plan.
SABMiller: Duty rises depressing demand
22-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The European lager market was continuing to toil under tough economic conditions, brewing giant SAB Miller said today. In an interim management...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Asda's move to ban below cost sales of alcohol is encouraging but there is still a long way to go, according to trade figures. Asda chief executive...
22-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Oldham Council is "encouraging" pubs, clubs and shops to operate the Challenge 25 age-check policy. Operators are being asked to display notices...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has yet to sell any of its 300 wet-led pubs on the market — as it decides how best to package up the pubs.
22-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Steve Thomas, the founder of nightclub group Luminar, is to enter the restaurant sector, resurrecting the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory brand in the UK,...
21-Jul-2010 By Lucy Barron–Reid
BII Licensee of the Year finalist Lucy Barron-Reid talks about how she started out in the trade and what makes her carry on despite the difficulties.
21-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The FSB has called for an extension of the NI holiday across the south-east after the region was revealed as the most likely to be under-staffed.
The Publican Pub Golf Tournament 2010 - Grand Final
21-Jul-2010
And so to Spain in World Cup final week. In a nation gripped by the sort of football fever England can only dream of, just outside Cartagena there...
Pub gets Deal or No Deal treatment
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee appearance on TV show 'Deal or No Deal' has inspired her pubco to give customers 5,000 chances to beat the banker. Linda Smithers, who...
'Waitrose targets former pubs for convenience'
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Your former local pub could soon become a Waitrose after the grocer unveiled aggressive plans yesterday to open 300 convenience stores in the next 10...
Last-minute TENs plan dropped
21-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Plans to allow pubs to get a last-minute temporary event notice (TEN) for "low-risk" activities appear to have been scrapped. The previous...
Pubs and politicians celebrate Proud of Pubs Week
21-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country have already been getting into the spirit of Proud of Pubs Week 2010. Scores of licensees have held fundraising events,...
20-Jul-2010 By Phil Dixon
Scrutinising PIRRS is worthwhile, if only to uncover the extent of the gulf between the new system and RICS regulations, says Phil Dixon.
20-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has reported an "improving trend in trading performance" in its third quarter performance.
Small businesses still fearful over economic prospects
20-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Despite the coalition government's determination to haul the UK economy round via spending cuts and tax increases, small businesses are still worried...
20-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A licensee is expanding his business after buying the freehold of his pub from Punch last July. Rob Williams has been granted permission to add 15...
Strong as an ox
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Like many a pub operator, Michael Ibbotson wants to know what the competition is up to. While he has contacts with a number of pubs near the Durham...
Where there's a will there's a way...despite the hurdles
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
News that Parliament last week gave its nod of approval to next year's VAT increase will have surprised no-one. The nation's books have to be...
Hamish Champ: Wherever I lay my hat, it's probably a pub
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
I love staying overnight in a pub. In a 'letting room', that is. Not spark out on the floor of the saloon bar. There's a certain something - and to...
Pubs can help drive economic recovery, says new BHA boss
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants could be the engine of the UK economy's recovery, says the new head of the British Hospitality Association (BHA)....
Win a 3DTV as part of Proud of Pubs Week
19-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
As part of its support for this year's Proud of Pubs Week, Sky is offering one lucky licensee the chance to win a brand new 3D TV. The 47-inch LG 3D...
Proud of Pubs Week: Here's to pubs!
19-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The waiting is over and the biggest annual event celebrating all that is great about pubs is finally here. Proud of Pubs Week 2010 launches today...
19-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Four out of ten adults would be willing to join efforts to save their local pub if it was under threat, says CAMRA.
19-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
David Cameron has announced new resources to help local people take over "community assets" such as pubs. Government officials will be made...
19-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Six nightclubs a week are closing with competition from pubs open later and cheap supermarket alcohol ramping up the pressure on the sector....
'Nightclubs losing out to late-night pubs'
18-Jul-2010
Nightclubs are dying as hard-up revellers choose late-night pubs instead. Six venues are closing a week, with the slump and changing tastes leaving...
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
A report into the crash of pub-management company Publicana shows the company has been making losses despite accounts showing a profit.
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Amber Taverns, managed operator of 47 pubs, has reported a strong surge in turnover and profits.
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Wiltshire brewer and retailer Wadworth's has reported turnover up, but profit down for its most recent year. The company saw turn-over rise from...
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The owner of award-winning North Yorkshire food pub the Durham Ox has set up a company, Provenance Inns, to acquire new sites. The company has been...
16-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees can now get free business advice from the Pub Assist website, which launched last year. Pubassist.co.uk previously charged £40 for a...
16-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Pubs supplied by rogue jukebox firm Access All Areas — whose directors were jailed last week — are now able to play music legally. The 200 or so...
15-Jul-2010 By Roger Protz
London beer buffs launch an ale to revive famed brewer's name, reports beer expert Roger Protz.
15-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Pub allotments: The Good Life
15-Jul-2010 By Katie Coyne
The idea of growing your own fruit and veg seems to conjure up surprisingly poignant memories for people. There's the historic collective memory of...
Pub Assessments: The mark of a good pub
15-Jul-2010
In an increasingly competitive industry, it is more important than ever for publicans to find ways of attracting customers into their pubs. One way...
World Cup trading 'as expected'
15-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Pubs performed "as expected" during the World Cup as England's early exit from the tournament was offset by the good weather, according to trade...
15-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
An MP "regrets" not talking to a licensee before asking residents to report any complaints about disturbances from his pub. Margot James, new Tory...
15-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Beer flow monitoring company Brulines is confident its new i-draught system will help it increase sales, despite the wider economic uncertainty. The...
15-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
CC Taverns and Jack Beards, two subsidiaries of CCT Group, the multiple-site pub business has gone into administration.
15-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns boss Ted Tuppen has vowed to remain at the helm of the tenanted pubco to steer it through the choppy waters of recession and reform. In an exclusive interview, he said some positive reforms had come out of BISC.
15-Jul-2010 By Phil Mellows
Ted Tuppen is used to fielding brickbats but doesn't shirk responsibility, as Phil Mellows finds when he meets the captain of Enterprise. To find...
A consummate pro, with time for all of us
14-Jul-2010 By Trish McManus
Licensee Trish McManus remembers how a fellow licensee turned around the well-known Hoste Arms in Norfolk.
14-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Wetherspoons has unveiled like-for-like sales growth of 1.0% in the 11 weeks to 11 July 2010 and reported that its latest openings were "encouraging".
Wetherspoon scores a '0-0 draw' in World Cup trading
14-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, scored a 0-0 draw trading-wise during the recent World Cup, according to the group's finance chief. Keith...
