Q&A
03-Apr-2008
Employing own staff Q. I am contracted with the owner of this pub under a management agreement that imposes on me an obligation to employ and pay...
We all need to change - now
03-Apr-2008
In our first issue in this new-look Morning Advertiser, the interview with Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe throws up important pointers — both...
Admiral bails out for now
03-Apr-2008
Admiral Taverns boss Gary Landesberg has withdrawn from buying pubs while the economic climate remains so uncertain. The alternative-use value for...
Pubcos expand ranges
03-Apr-2008 By Graham Ridout
Big four follow TISC recommendation The country's four largest pubcos have moved to extend the range of products available to tenants in the wake of...
Snifter
03-Apr-2008
T5 trade takes off The ongoing chaos at the billion-pound Terminal Five building at Heathrow Airport was not mirrored in the new development's pubs...
02-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario
New discrimination laws could spell the end for banter with barmaids
A Pub to be Proud of: White Hart doing it for themselves
02-Apr-2008
WALKING INTO the White Hart in Carmarthen, South Wales, is like walking into Noah's Ark. Chickens and more exotic birds squawk in its hallway, a...
Nick Yates: Pubs lace up their running shoes
02-Apr-2008
Some things aren't meant to be: after a month or so laid up by a knee injury and unable to run, I was finally able to hit the roads again last week...
Thwaites names Peter Morris as its new managing director
02-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites has replaced former managing director Brian Hickman with ex-Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE)...
Sheps reveals replacement for Ian Dixon
02-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shepherd Neame, the Kent brewer, has announced that Tom Falcon will replace head of production Ian Dixon upon his retirement in July. Falcon, who...
The keys to a good pub: Be unique and have a vision
02-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Being unique and having a clear vision are the keys to running a great pub, visitors were told at Publican Live yesterday. During the Proud of Pubs...
01-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Tycoon parts company with business partner HBOS in respect of Herald Inns
01-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Summit Clubs, the nightclub company owned by former Soho Clubs and Bar chief executive Jeremy Gordeno, is in administration
Are you local? The great debate
01-Apr-2008
Just how local is local food? The question was debated by panellists and VIP guests at the Pub Catering Trends Forum at Publican Live.Data from The...
Expert panellists at Publican Live spell out benefits of training
01-Apr-2008
Training staff, offering deals on snack items and constantly monitoring the quality of your beer was the advice on offer to licensees at the Sell...
Herrljunga to be relauched at Publican Live
01-Apr-2008
The Liverpool-based drinks company signed a deal to distribute and market the brand last November.However, Halewood has now revealed that from the...
01-Apr-2008
Marston's Pub Company has launched its annual awards to recognise the best in its estate. In addition to the prestigious top prize of Marston's Pub...
Lovin' this month...
01-Apr-2008
Our round-up of what's pulling at the PubChef team's heartstrings this month Annual favourites Old Bunty and Beano annual covers for menu sleeves at...
A round-up of this month's news
01-Apr-2008
Hygiene made public The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has decided that a single nationwide scores-on-the-doors scheme should be put in place to make...
Lovin' this month...
01-Apr-2008
Musical menu covers Old record sleeves for menu covers at the Globe in Brighton, East Sussex. Ever wondered what to do with the Muppets' A Christmas...
What's cooking at Pub Business?
01-Apr-2008
The Morning Advertiser's Pub Business show is full of food ideas for licensees. PubChef's beer and food matching sessions with Food & Beer...
Diary dates... April
01-Apr-2008
Food & Drink Expo 6-9 Birmingham NEC The show includes chef demos from Canada's Kevin Maniaci - executive chef for Inn on the Twenty in Ontario...
Good month bad month
01-Apr-2008
Good month for... Farmers: Orchid carveries are offering the UK's farmers the chance to dine for free at one of its 39 carveries. Development manager...
Even in this market, people are still buying
31-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
According to a new Plimsoll Publishing survey there's never been a better time for pub companies to snap up rival businesses. The group's...
Bank/Zinc acquisition boosts Individual Restaurant Group
31-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Steve Walker, chief executive of the Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), acknowledged the eating out market was getting more "challenging" but said...
Hamish Champ: Bye bye, S&N
30-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Tomorrow (Monday) sees the Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) extraordinary general meeting at which shareholders will in all probability most likely...
28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
One observer believes there is a feeling that M&B management has been going through the motions
28-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns expects to get the go-ahead to convert to tax-efficient Real Estate Investment Trust status
28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has withdrawn its merger proposal for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) but is still pursuing other possible deals involving the...
28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz placed Laurel Pub Company in administration last night before immediately buying out the majority of its sites to be...
We're working hard to help," says Enterprise Inns boss
28-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen said his company was working harder than ever to help those of its licensees who were in genuine need of...
'British youth are violent, drunken and out of control'
28-Mar-2008
Punch Taverns, Britain's biggest pub company, said today that it had dropped its takeover attempt for the rival Mitchells & Butlers (M&B),...
Punch Taverns withdraws M&B merger plans
28-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has given up on its ambitious plan to merge with Mitchells & Butlers.The group said this morning that discussions "have led the...
Enterprise Inns set to become a REIT
28-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns believes it has taken a step closer towards qualifying as a real estate investment trust (REIT).In a trading statement issued today,...
27-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
MA urges licensees to download their own Ban Alistair Darling toolkit today
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises has acquired two packages of tenanted pubs from Tuns Taverns and the Progressive Pub Company
M&B: City analyst issues warning
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
A City analyst, Paul Hickman, of KBC Peel Hunt, has sounded a warning about the economic climate and how it will impact on Mitchells & Butlers....
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Industry rumours suggest Laurel will split into two companies
Triumph for Staffordshire publican
27-Mar-2008
Chris Lewis is one happy publican. A week after he was named BII Licensee of the Year at The Publican Awards 2008, he is back in his pub - the Swan...
New groups buy Laurel Pub Company operations
27-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Laurel Pub Company owner Robert Tchenguiz has put the group into administration and two new companies have immediately repurchased 293 sites. The two...
Bargain booze stays on shelf
27-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Major supermarkets and off-licences have been slammed for absorbing hikes in alcohol duty announced in the recent Budget.Current discount deals...
Police chief wants polycarbonates in every pub
27-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
A senior police officer has reignited the debate on polycarbonates by calling on the trade to ditch glass in all pubs. Chris Allison, the Association...
Cashbox cuts losses to £1.6m
27-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Cashbox, which operates 1,800 automated teller machines (ATM) in pubs and other retail outlets, said it reduced first half operating losses by 10 per...
Over 21 off-sale plan slammed
27-Mar-2008
Proposals to up the legal age for buying alcohol in supermarkets and off-licences in Scotland to 21 have been met with criticism.The move is expected...
Derbyshire coppers breathalyse youths
27-Mar-2008
Police in Derbyshire have started breath-testing teenagers as part of an operation to tackle underage drinking.For the last two months officers in...
The rest of the vote-winning pubs
27-Mar-2008
Albert Arms Esher Surrey Anchor Inn Sutton Gault Cambridgeshire Approach Friar Lane Nottingham Bankes Arms Studland Bay Dorset Banner Cross Hotel...
Horse & Groom
27-Mar-2008
Malmsbury, Wiltshire Merchant Inns managed house The Horse & Groom is a picturesque Cotswold stone inn that Merchant Inns extensively refurbished...
The Swan
27-Mar-2008
Denham, Buckinghamshire Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) leasehold In late 2002 when David and Becky Salisbury took over the...
Five Degrees West
27-Mar-2008
Falmouth, Cornwall St Austell managed house It is nearly five years since a former nightclub with a questionable reputation was transformed into the...
The Taps
27-Mar-2008
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire Greene King managed house For real-ale aficionados, the Taps in Lytham St Annes has become something of a magnet. And...
