Halal Inn is UK's first alcohol-free Islamic pub
16-Apr-2008
The owners of what is thought to be the UK's first Islamic pub, are "shell- shocked" with the attention their business has received. A flood of...
16-Apr-2008
Have you ever thought of owning and running your own pub? Would you like to see your name above the door of your very own licensed outlet? Well, a...
16-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
Pub bosses have paid £3,000 compensation to a wheelchair-bound woman who was refused entry to a Northern Ireland bar. The case is a warning to...
15-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Licensees are mobilising to force a rethink on massive alcohol duty rises
15-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Rebel Howitt banned from being DPS at his pub for flouting the smoke ban
Comment: A move up a gear
15-Apr-2008
Over the past two years Marston's strategy has been very clear: to put together the best portfolio of premium cask beers in the land - with a local...
Nick Yates: Maasai Wariors and Puffing Publicans at the London Marathon
15-Apr-2008
Sweaty, breathless congratulations to all the London Marathon runners in a week in which the chefs team outran the publicans."We was robbed," said...
'M&B and Punch could merge'
15-Apr-2008
Mitchells & Butlers and Punch Taverns are exploring a complicated deal that would merge the two pub groups' managed operations while attracting a...
Tough times can help us, says Brulines
15-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Brulines, the cellar monitoring equipment supplier, can take advantage of the tough market conditions in the pub sector, believes chief executive...
Pubs urged to go for grants
15-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A couple that has given new life to a run-down pub are urging licensees across the country to investigate grants that could help their businesses....
15-Apr-2008
Two Oxfordshire pubs have been given a final warning over serving underage drinkers, after failing a second test purchase operation. Police carried...
14-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney & The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers is in talks to acquire Punch's managed division Spirit Group
Meet the challenge
14-Apr-2008
THE COMBINATION of increased consumer interest in local and sustainable foods, as well as the overall prospects for the pub food market, brought...
Whistling In The Dark
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
So, are you optimistic about the UK's economic prospects? If your name is Alistair Darling you will be. Obviously.Asked last week about the future...
Imagesound to de-list from AIM
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Imagesound, the AIM-listed supplier of audio visual equipment to the pub trade, has decided to quit the stock market after four years.The...
M&B launches bid for Spirit Group
14-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has launched an audacious bid for Spirit Group, the managed pub estate owned by Punch Taverns.M&B proposes that...
14-Apr-2008
One licensee could win £2,000 for having the safest cellar, thanks to Boc Suresevre's Safe Cellar Award. The award is designed to reward safe cellar...
Back to Basics: How to be a racing pub
11-Apr-2008
This week the flat racing season is off in earnest at Newmarket, and fresh interest in the Sport of Kings will be stirred among punters.It's a good...
Why we sold Refresh
11-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
It was entirely predictable that the decision by Rupert Thompson to sell Refresh UK to Marston's for an undisclosed fee would be viewed in some...
Enterprise launch Promotions Club to help licensees
11-Apr-2008
Enterprise Inns has launched a new scheme to help licensees boost sales.The Promotions Club will see the pubco team up with grocery brands and...
11-Apr-2008 By Andy Slee
I read with interest the editor's scoop with the licensing minister last week and can't help feeling a certain amount of thunder has been stolen from...
10-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Inventive Leisure's flagship Revolution vodka bar site in the City of London has had its hours pegged back from 3am to midnight
Chris Maclean: Bar billiards RIP
10-Apr-2008 By Chris Maclean
Wikipedia tells me the game originated in the thirties and is mostly found in the South of England in parts of London, Kent, Sussex and Berks.For...
Pubs due better deal on energy complaints
10-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Energy firms that fail to handle licensees' complaints properly will face heavy fines under new rules. Regulator Ofgem yesterday unveiled tough new...
'M&B shares hit three-year low'
10-Apr-2008
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers hit a three-year low yesterday as the pub group warned cash-strapped drinkers would continue to thirst for cheap...
Weather, Honeycombe and smoking ban take their toll on Cains
10-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Cains Beer Company, the AIM-listed brewer, has been reported a pre-tax loss of £2.77m for 2007 and in line with other operators remains "cautious"...
10-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
The deal is part of Enterprises' new Promotions Club to get more customers into pubs
10-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Cains has reported a £2.8m loss for the fourteen months to 28 October 2007 following its reverse takeover of Honeycombe Leisure. The loss was in...
10-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Smoke rebel Hamish Howitt has won his fight to keep his Blackpool pub open. Howitt won his appeal against Blackpool Council's decision to revoke the...
10-Apr-2008 By Fight the Hikes
Join the battle to overturn the massive duty hikes promised for the next four years by the Chancellor
My New Pub
10-Apr-2008
Robert Holt Railway Inn Forden, Powys, Wales Agent: GA-Select Robert Holt and family plan to boost turnover by up to 30% over the next year at the...
The agent
10-Apr-2008
Stephen Taylor, MD, Guy Simmonds Legislation, legislation, legislation! You really can't escape it. From April 2008, commercial property offered for...
My pub juke box
10-Apr-2008
Mark Hastings communications director at the British Beer & Pub Association, chooses his favourite tracks First record bought: Led Zeppelin II...
Moves
10-Apr-2008
Moorhouse's boss wins US scholarship Lancashire brewery Moorhouse's managing director David Grant is the only British brewery executive to have won...
A warm welcome in the heart of the city
10-Apr-2008
Licensee Gerry Conteh reckons great service is the main factor behind his bars. Nigel Huddleston reports Gerry Conteh takes the inspiration for the...
Swing time again
10-Apr-2008
It's time to book a place on the Licensed Trade Charity's Annual Golf Tournament in aid of those in the trade who need support Now that spring has...
Squeezing the bingeing
10-Apr-2008
Underage drinking in public spaces has fallen in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, thanks to a pilot project that looks set to be repeated nationwide. MA...
Your say
10-Apr-2008
Tenants must unite to survive I have been trying recently to evaluate the plight of the pubco tenant. My partner and I have 18 years left on our...
Q&A
10-Apr-2008
Age no barrier to licence Q. My father recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Is there an upper age limit for the holding of a personal licence? I...
Calming hosts' machine fears
10-Apr-2008
Some readers running family pubs and the like might have been alarmed by the suggestion last week that they could be operating illegally. In...
China Now for Harbin
10-Apr-2008
Harbin Chinese lager is to be the official beer supplier to China Now, a six-month-long festival of more than 800 Chinese events. The festival...
Diary
10-Apr-2008
David Brown draws in his Hawn Loveable UK sales director (on-trade) at Whyte & Mackay, David Brown attended a recent fund-raising dinner with the...
Breweries and brands: Marston's wins again
10-Apr-2008
Midlands-based Marston's moved to buy the Refresh brewery last week. The deal means Marston's has now acquired three breweries in recent years. Nigel...
The Guv'nor Bill Sharp
10-Apr-2008
Thank goodness for all this lovely red tape While reminding my staff about the importance of not serving alcohol to people who may be under the...
New petition to curb pubco power
10-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co
MPs table motion to benefit tenants A new petition calling for action to curb pubco power for the benefit of tenants has been launched by two MPs. As...
Hello gorgeous: not any more sir!
10-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
New rules could ban banter at the bar New laws may make banter with the barmaid a thing of the past. Licensees who allow sexist jokes — or even...
Bar Talk
10-Apr-2008
Has the Budget duty rise had any effect on trade? Kevin Connor Red Lion Withington Manchester It's a bit early to say, but so far we haven't...
Sutcliffe sparks hike controversy
10-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
MA interview hits national headlines The damaging impact of alcohol-duty hikes on pubs has been thrust into the media spotlight after controversial...
09-Apr-2008 By John Harrington
Very few pubs or clubs sold to drunks during the Christmas crackdown
09-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers has reported a 4.8% growth in food sales for the 27 weeks to 5 April
