Companies

Square & Compass

Square & Compass

Worth Maltravers, Dorset Freehouse The Square & Compass dates back to the 1750s and some aspects of the way business is done today haven't...

The Fountain

The Fountain

Clent, West Midlands Marston's Pub Company leasehold Richard and Jacqui Macey have made the Fountain such a sought-after place to eat that there is...

The Alma

The Alma

Wandsworth, London Young's managed house The Alma lives up to its Victorian heritage. It is packed with classic furniture and fittings such as solid...

Basketmakers Arms

Basketmakers Arms

Brighton, East Sussex Fuller's leasehold Licensee Peter Dowd has been at the Basketmakers Arms for 21 years and his devotion to the small,...

White Horse

White Horse

Parsons Green, London Mitchells & Butlers managed house The White Horse was voted number one in the last Morning Advertiser Top 20 poll. Then, it...

White Lion

White Lion

Barthomley, Cheshire Marston's Pub Company tenancy As you would expect from a thatched country inn built in 1614, the White Lion is all about...

Churchill Arms

Churchill Arms

Kensington, London Fuller's managed house Next year, Gerry O'Brien celebrates managing the Churchill Arms for 25 years. His enthusiasm for the trade...

Top 20 UK Pubs 2008

Top 20 UK Pubs 2008

As chosen by a select panel of top industry figures, the MA brings you its Top 20 UK pubs of 2008 - a definitive guide for anyone who takes a keen...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Darling and Brown are out of touch With reference to the recent Budget, I want to voice my concerns about the 9.1% increase in beer duty. I firmly...

Freeholds get boost

Freeholds get boost

By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

More private buyers will get the chance to buy freehold pubs, following the decision by Admiral Taverns to curtail its acquisitions programme. Neil...

BarTalk

BarTalk

How will a ban on selling cigarettes affect you? Jessica Luke Brewery Tap Peterborough Cambridgshire I don't see it as much of a problem. I wouldn't...

NewsDigest

NewsDigest

The wife of smoke-ban rebel Hamish Howitt is being prosecuted for not being a member of the local pubwatch. Blackpool Council brought the prosecution...

Punch Taverns

Punch Taverns

By MA reporter

For professional multiple operators within the licensed trade there are few pub companies that offer the same scope of opportunities or flexible...

barbox.com

barbox.com

By MA reporter

Sharing best practice, building strong relationships, and facing the challenges ahead together is what the Morning Advertiser 100 Club is all about....

Fault Lines

Fault Lines

Killed anybody lately? Perhaps you have, but nothing much came of it. Joking aside, from next month you could be prosecuted under the new crime of...

Club loses underage sales appeal

Club loses underage sales appeal

By John Harrington

A licensee has lost his Crown Court appeal against a licence suspension for three underage alcohol sales. Jeffrey Barnett was told he was "driving a...

Point of impact

Point of impact

"There is a real sense of fury in the trade concerning the Chancellor's colossal increase in beer duty in his recent Budget. For those of us close to...

Pub trade ponders price increases

Pub trade ponders price increases

Drinkers are being confronted by a bewildering array of different price increases as licensees and pub operators react to the Budget changes. Rises...

Regional resurgence

Regional resurgence

Despite falling UK beer volumes, brewers in the north are having to grow rapidly to meet demand for cask ale. Tony Halstead reports The north of...

Top of the class

Top of the class

CaskForce, the beer quality initiative driven by Marston's in conjunction with Cask Marque and the Morning Advertiser, announces its second monthly...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Time to stand up and fight for pubs I write with regard to last week's leader: "Pubs - going, going, gone". I have, for some time, considered that we...

MyShout

MyShout

Last week's Budget shows just how clueless politicans are about pressures on licensees, says David Elliott Well, just over a week on from Alistair...

THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

Nigel Anstead The licensee of the White Horse in Bedford, argues that this year's negative Budget will simply drive more people into the...

BarTalk

BarTalk

How much are you putting up your prices after the Budget? John Ellis Crown Inn, Oakengates, Shropshire I've brought a considerable amount of stock so...

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