CGA Strategy moves on Europe
19-Sep-2008
CGA Strategy, the UK licensed trade research consultancy, has revealed plans to establish services in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland. The new...
Bars beat the ban
19-Sep-2008
Top-end bars are bearing up better than pubs during the smoking ban and the credit crunch, according to exclusive research compiled by The Publican's...
19-Sep-2008 By Andrew Pring
The impending Parliamentary review of the Tisc inquiry should pose more difficult questions for the pubcos.
19-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Compasses in Pattiswick, Essex has been crowned Great British Pub of the Year — licensees Jono and Jane Clark won three awards in total.
19-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
Marston's has revealed long-term plans to increase production at its Hampshire brewery Ringwood by more than 25%. It comes as the £500,000 upgrade...
19-Sep-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Regent Inns, the troubled bar and restaurant operator, has placed six Old Orleans sites on the market, M&C Report has learnt. The company, which...
Ban on pub signs to stop drink-driving
18-Sep-2008
Fears are growing that pubs across the country could be asked to take down their road signs to prevent drink-driving following action by a local...
Pub unaware of sale
18-Sep-2008
A licensee was shocked to read a newspaper article stating her pub had been sold and was due to be converted into a synagogue. Ellen McLean, manager...
18-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns is ensuring all tenancy agreements are issued with a valid gas certificate after news emerged of the tragic accidental death of one of its tenants from carbon monoxide poisoning.
18-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
A Government-backed body has promised funding to help flood-hit pubs in north-east England. A £500,000 flood relief fund is being offered for firms...
18-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Spirit Group is the first operator to stock Morrissey Fox Blonde Ale in its London pubs. The beer, which was launched this month, has been developed...
17-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
Licensees at more than 60 pubs face prosecution for screening Premiership football via foreign satellite systems so far this season, according to Media Protection Services.
17-Sep-2008 By MA reporter
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is rolling out a poker-night package to 200 community pubs.
Licensees vow to take electricity supplier to court
17-Sep-2008
Two licensees are planning court action against controversial electricity company Opus Energy after disputes over thousands of pounds.On a busy...
17-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
The Walkabout operator wins four awards at Birmingham's inaugural Best Bar None awards.
17-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association has hit out at attempts to introduce minimum pricing and introduce a responsibility fee for licensees.
17-Sep-2008 By MA reporter
An experimental launch of a local currency — involving four pubs — saw all 10,000 pound notes snapped up within five days of coming into...
16-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Pubs across the country united yesterday to ring their bells as a wake-up call to Westminster. The mass bell-ringing, organised by the British Beer...
Hamish Champ: The London Effect
15-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
A rather short statement from Capital Pub Company (CPC) last week described the group's trading in its London heartland as "resilient".It is an...
Thousands of pub and brewing jobs to go
15-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 40,000 pub and brewing jobs will be axed in the next five years according to a new report published today. The British Beer & Pub...
The Publican Food & Drink Awards - the shortlist!
15-Sep-2008
The shortlisted finalists for The Publican Food & Drink Awards have been announced.The finalists have been selected after much careful...
15-Sep-2008 By Jessica Harvey
Actor Neil Morrissey and television chef Richard Fox have revealed plans to launch a new bitter and open a second pub in the next few months....
Rays of sunshine or flights of fancy?
13-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
For the country's more cynical pubco watchers, Enterprise Inns' demotion from the FTSE100 share index last week probably came as a ray of sunshine...
All Tye'd Up
13-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Few executives like to see their best laid plans splashed all over the media within hours of being confidentially announced to members of staff. Nor...
Geoff Newton: Bearing with the banks
12-Sep-2008
It's raining again... so the old Supertramp song goes, and the thought of an Indian summer is fading fast. Beer gardens remain empty and licensees'...
Absolut to exit Maxxium on October 1
12-Sep-2008
Maxxium is to cease distributing Vin and Sprit's (V&S) portfolio of spirits, which includes vodka brand Absolut, from October 1.The announcement...
Cains ownership decision this week?
12-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
The identity of the new owner of collapsed Liverpool brewer Cains Beer Company could be unveiled this week.The former AIM-listed brewer is currently...
11-Sep-2008 By Roger Protz
Demand is high for the training courses run by the Brewers' Laboratory.
11-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Value offers are making a difference to the performance of managed operators, says The PMA Team.
11-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Camra has launched the 36th edition of the Good Beer Guide featuring 1,227 new pubs and 73 new breweries.
11-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Thousands of tenanted pubs are receiving special help as they struggle with "the biggest test" for the industry in living memory, according to an MA survey of four major quoted pubcos.
Keep on moving
11-Sep-2008
Keep moving your business forward - by introducing new products, by keeping the décor looking fresh and by constantly innovating and surprising your...
On a Mission
11-Sep-2008
Three of the pubs involved in Sell More, Save More this year have entered a new dimension - with the addition of their own EPoS system.Installed by...
Pub caught up in BNP furore
11-Sep-2008
An award-winning licensee was forced to call in the police when her pub became the target of a showdown between British National Party (BNP)...
Enterprise shares hit by broker downgrade
11-Sep-2008
Enterprise Inns saw its share price fall to a five-year low yesterday after being downgraded by broker Morgan Stanley.With the City very downbeat on...
11-Sep-2008 By Andrew Pring
The Government has done nothing to help pubs, so it's time the trade went on the offensive and showed just how tough it can be.
11-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government must introduce a minimum price on alcohol to stop from the relentless supermarket onslaught of cut price booze from killing pubs —...
Pensioner saves pub in memory of his wife
10-Sep-2008
A farmer has saved the historic pub where he used to regularly drink with late wife. David Bingham has pumped £100,000 into renovating the Fleece in...
Comedian Vegas has smashing time at pub
10-Sep-2008
Comedian and pub fan Johnny Vegas smashed a giant piñata filled with cigarette lighters and other smoking paraphernalia to open a new patio at a...
Licensee wins smoke ban court case
10-Sep-2008
A licensee has won his court battle against an air purifier system supplier who promised to take the equipment back in the event of a smoking...
10-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
A city analyst believes that 20-30% of Enterprise and Punch leased pubs may be "uneconomic" because the licensees are making under £20,000 a year...
10-Sep-2008 By PubChef
Marks & Spencer is appealing to pub and restaurant-goers with its new advertising campaign. The company has dropped the seductive lilt of...
New trade body boss pledges support for Northern Ireland pubs
09-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A new chief executive has been appointed by the Federation of Licensed Trade Retail (FRLT), which represents more than 1,100 pubs, hotels and...
'Continental customs could save the pub'
09-Sep-2008
The much-vaunted adoption of the Continental custom of families gathering over food and drink has been a desperately slow one, but it remains not...
Pubs battle against flood devastation
09-Sep-2008
Flood-hit pubs have revealed the devastation severe weather has had on their businesses. Staff at the Joiners Arms in Morpeth, Northumberland, tried...
09-Sep-2008 By Lucy Britner
A Staffordshire pub chef is celebrating increased trade after he won a day with celebrity pub chef Jean-Christophe Novelli. Chef proprietor Michael...
09-Sep-2008 By Tony Halstead
Licensees suffered yet more floods misery over the weekend barely 12 months after last year's monsoon, which forced hundreds of pubs to close their...
Marc Allinson: What is a recession anyway?
08-Sep-2008
In short it is confidence.There is nothing tangible, it is not a big fire-breathing monster that can be slain and everything be put right. Simply...
Dear Prudence?
08-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
When Greene King published its trading update on Tuesday of last week its shares immediately shot up, to the bewilderment of even some of the City's...
Get your five a day - at the pub!
08-Sep-2008
Going to the pub can help with your health regime thanks to a new scheme introduced by an innovative licensee. Patsi Matthews, who took over the...
