Our rural pubs
09-Apr-2008
Rural PubsLicensee: Mark WhiteThe pub: The Cross Keys, Henley, SuffolkLocation: The Cross Keys is on the main road just outside the small village of...
Our community pubs
09-Apr-2008
Community PubsLicensee: Graham BulpettThe pub: The Priory Arms, Stockwell, London Location: The Priory Arms is in a popular area of South London on a...
Our high street pub
09-Apr-2008
High Street PubLicensee: Sue PerkinsThe pub: The White Hart, HullLocation: The White Hart is on the outskirts of Hull city centre, in an area...
Phil Johnson: Where did it all go wrong?
09-Apr-2008
I sit here sometimes wondering where it all went wrong. I mean, when I was a lad a bit of illicit scrumping was fun, a dare, a challenge - 2 apples...
Mark Daniels: The irony of going green
09-Apr-2008
Indeed, a tabloid newspaper has announced this week that beer prices could rise dramatically as climate change affects the production of a key grain...
Potential buyers negotiate for Massive
09-Apr-2008
Administrator for Massive, David Thurgood, said he was in exclusive negotiations with a potential trade buyer for the remaining outlets. Swallet...
M&B reports "resilient" first half sales
09-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Despite withering criticism over its botched property joint venture, managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has claimed "resilient...
Over-50s told to cut back on booze
09-Apr-2008
Doctors are urging the over-50s to cut back on their alcohol intake as part of the war on so-called 'saga louts'.Manchester's NHS Trust has teamed up...
09-Apr-2008 By MA reporter
Grace's CV BackgroundPaul Grace trained as a chef in 1988 after getting the hospitality bug in his parents' pubs. He continued to train through...
09-Apr-2008 By MA reporter
Kemp's CV BackgroundKemp's early career was at Bass, where she held a number of operational and property roles. She joined Punch in 1998 as...
09-Apr-2008
Marston's Pub Company has appointed Amelie Cree as marketing executive, to help provide further support to its tenants. Cree, a product of the...
Licensee labels smoking area lawsuit "bonkers
08-Apr-2008
A licensee who is being sued for £50,000 over his smoking area has branded the action "bonkers".Shane Radmore, of the Silverton Inn in Silverton,...
08-Apr-2008 By Tony Halstead
Couple sue host for £50,000 claiming smoke shelter reduced price of their flat
08-Apr-2008
The Shoulder of Mutton in Kirby Overblow, North Yorkshire was crowned best pub in the North at the Northern Hospitality Awards. Licensees David and...
What now for M&B?
07-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
As one long-running industry takeover saga drew to a close - to wit, Scottish & Newcastle finally succumbing to the Saxon hordes - interest in...
Geoff Newton: There's no magic solution to the economy's woes
07-Apr-2008
Reading the Sunday papers has always been a rewarding experience for me - in a busy week I can make it last until the following Sunday unless my good...
Pubco boss cycles 350 miles for charity
07-Apr-2008
A pub company boss is cycling hundreds of miles to raise money for soldiers hurt in war zones. Enterprise chief executive Ted Tuppen is joining a...
Business failures rise as credit crunch tightens
07-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
The number of UK business failures has increased for the first time in more than a year, as the credit crunch tightens its grip on the...
Back to Basics: Are your prices right?
04-Apr-2008
Duty rises in the latest Budget must have come as a terrific shock to many publicans - and posed an immediate dilemma - whether to absorb the...
Jobs secure at Refresh - for now
04-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Following yesterday's acquisition of Oxfordshire brewer Refresh, Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay pledged to continue operating the business...
Thompson to stay in brewing industry
04-Apr-2008
Rupert Thompson, chief executive of Refresh UK says he is to stay on in the industry following the sale of the business to Marston's...
04-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Portsmouth Trading Standards has launched Proxywatch to catch adults buying booze for kids. Any adult caught buying alcohol for youngsters could be...
JDW's '50m litter pick' not legal
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Council rapped for over-the-top approach Lawyer: conditions are "unreasonable" Councillors in Shrewsbury have been warned against imposing stringent...
Woodforde's on the up
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Turnover up 33% We're leading the way, says Norfolk brewer Norfolk brewer Woodforde's has unveiled a 34% increase in sales volumes and a 33% rise in...
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Marston's has bought the Refresh UK business for an undisclosed sum. Refresh was established in 2000. Its Wychwood Brewery in Witney, Oxfordshire...
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Greene King Pub Partners has appointed three field-based recruitment and training managers to help find high quality licensees and retain them. The...
Mark Daniels: You'lll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it
03-Apr-2008
The art of conversation is something we excel at in The Tharp Arms and some of our late-night Saturday conversations can be extremely random, weird,...
Meet the team
03-Apr-2008
The new journey starts today. And the need for Sell More, Save More has never been greater. If you're facing up to sink-or-swim time in this...
Serving their sentences
03-Apr-2008
Two black eyes, bruised ribs and a cut face. This was what licensee Ray Sutton was left with after he refused to serve a 17-year-old in his Bolton...
Thousands of visitors make the most of Publican Live
03-Apr-2008
Visitors and exhibitors alike have hailed this week's Publican Live exhibition a huge success.Thousands of licensees have been flocking to London's...
Hobgoblin brewer bought by Marston's
03-Apr-2008
Marston's has announced it has acquired Refresh UK which owns the Wychwood Brewery, brewer of Hobgoblin and Brakspear.The acquisition is consistent...
Pub in mourning banned from selling alcohol
03-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A grieving son has slammed a council for banning his pub from selling alcohol after he failed to change licence details within a week of his father's...
Marston's first half profits under pressure
03-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Marston's, the Midlands brewer, has reported sliding wet and machine income sales across its managed pub estate for the first 24 weeks of the current...
Budget will cause 8,000 pub closures
03-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A pubco chief has today sent out a "Mayday warning" to the government, claiming that 8,000 pubs face closure as a result of the Budget. Speaking to...
03-Apr-2008
MA's exclusive interview with licensing minister sparks a media frenzy
03-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame has slammed the "arrogance" and "thoughtlesness" of the Government
03-Apr-2008
Drinks sales at Marston's managed houses fell 3.1% for the 24 weeks to 15 March. Machine income also saw a drop of 10.3% on a like-for-like basis but...
03-Apr-2008 By Andrew Pring
With falling beer sales hurting profits and consumers nervy about spending, the last thing big pubcos need now is another investigation by...
It's hell out there. Great!
03-Apr-2008
The great French general and strategist (yes, there were some) Ferdinand Foch once remarked: "My centre is giving way, my right is retreating:...
The Guv'nor
03-Apr-2008 By Steve Haslam
Great service will help your pub to survive By the time this article is printed everyone will probably be in reflective mood about the Easter that...
Recruitment focus at GK
03-Apr-2008
Greene King Pub Partners has appointed three field-based recruitment and training managers to help find high quality licensees and retain them. The...
My pub juke box
03-Apr-2008
Jon Collins, executive chair of Noctis, chooses his favourite tracks Music is very important to me, whether it's a road-trip soundtrack, a weekend...
Moves
03-Apr-2008
Marston's manager multi-tasks Mike Haw, area manager at Marston's, has been appointed chief executive officer of the licensed trade information...
Oh what a knight!
03-Apr-2008
With less than three weeks to go, Adrian Tierney-Jones finds out how licensees across the land are preparing to make the most of St George's Day...
Darling 'barred' across UK
03-Apr-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees across the country have delivering the "you're barred" message to anti-pub Chancellor Alistair Darling. The Morning Advertiser is backing...
Bar Talk
03-Apr-2008
Do your customers care how environmentally friendly your business is? Steve Haslam Cutter Inn Ely Cambridgeshire Not that I'm aware of — but that's...
Would one help my Hub?
03-Apr-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Prince Charles has called for new ideas to publicise the work of Pub Is The Hub to enable the rural regeneration body to operate on a national basis....
The legacy of Inntrepreneur
03-Apr-2008
Opinion is divided on whether Inntrepreneur's changes were good or bad, but no one can argue that its impact hasn't been far-reaching Everyone agrees...
BDMs: saints, sinners or something in between?
03-Apr-2008
BDMs must run pubs as part of their training if they're going to help build profitable businesses The most maligned individual in our industry is the...
Your say
03-Apr-2008
What pubwatches are really all about The heading for William McLeod's letter "What pubwatches are all about" (MA, 27 March), in context, with his...
