InBrief
13-Mar-2008
Licensing Act is a failure, say 54% Just one in three licensees believe the Licensing Act has been a success. A poll on www.morningadvertiser.co.uk...
BarTalk
13-Mar-2008
How did this week's storms affect you? Ian Rigg The Taps Lytham Lancashire We expected a rough time, but this part of the world escaped fairly...
Pub gardens must be 'quiet as offices'
13-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs face stringent new noise regulations that dramatically cut permissible levels inside and outside. But advice on how to stick to the regulations...
NewsDigest
13-Mar-2008
The result of a High Court appeal against a magistrate's decision to cut the hours of a Wirral pub is due this week. Lancashire brewer Daniel...
LTC receives £6,000 donation from Licensees Unite
12-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Licensees Unite, the organisation previously known as NALHM, has donated £6000 to the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC).
Pete Robinson: A double whammy for Tony Blows
12-Mar-2008
Tony Blows was last week fined a total of £12,000 including costs.By coincidence on the same day Shabbir Merali, owner of Markaz Restaurant and...
'Darling couldn't give a XXXX'
12-Mar-2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling has been accused of "binge-taxing" by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) after ramping up tax on beer....
Another nail in the coffin of the traditional British pub
12-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has said Alistair Darling's first Budget is "yet another nail in the coffin of the traditional British...
Hull music pub saved by Winking Beaver
12-Mar-2008
The former tenants of an award winning music pub have blamed high beer costs and the impact of the smoking ban for driving them out. Terry and Pam...
11-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Britain's pub operators make one last plea for a reduction in alcohol tax
ALMR launches annual operations managers' awards
11-Mar-2008
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) is inviting entries to its annual Operations Managers Awards.This year's event is being...
Suburban Style Bar Company goes down wet-led route for £4.5m
11-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
West Yorkshire-based Suburban Style Bar Company has shelled out £4.5m on 10 wet-led pubs, effectively trebling the size of its North of England...
10-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Camra says beer duty must be cut by 1p a pint to halt decline
10-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has joined forces with the Wrapid flatbread sandwich chain to trial a unique food solution at a "run-down pub"
Pete Robinson: Binge Budgeting
10-Mar-2008
Chancellors before him have traditionally sipped from a glass of whiskey. I'm betting he'll refrain - to drive home the evils of the demon drink he's...
Hamish Champ: I'm All Shook Up
10-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
I witnessed at the weekend a quandry I expect many members of bar staff face on a regular basis; at what point do you throw out of your pub someone...
Punch Taverns in M&B talks with private equity firms
10-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has refused to rule out teaming up with private equity groups to ensure its proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) goes...
Giving pubs a break
07-Mar-2008
When pubs are bought or refurbished, a tax break, called a 'capital allowance', is available on the part of the cost relating to business apparatus,...
Too early to judge Tory alcohol tax proposals
07-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
It is too early to assess the implications of tax proposals on alcohol being put forward by the Conservative party, JD Wetherspoon chief executive...
Wetherspoon chairman accuses drunken pop stars of setting bad example
07-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has launched a scathing attack on drunken pop stars; easy-going parents - who he believes set a bad example to...
Smoking ban takes its toll on JD Wetherspoon
07-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
The smoking ban predictably hit pre-tax profits across JD Wetherspoon's 681 managed pubs, sliding 13 per cent in the first half of the group's...
07-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon supreme Tim Martin has taken a swipe at drunken celebrities and sports stars for setting a bad example to youngsters. Martin said that...
06-Mar-2008 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring considers the trend to diversify into accommodation
06-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team considers whether Enterprise are edging towards conversion to REIT status
Power rangers
06-Mar-2008
No-one is more surprised about the result of the Efficiency Factor competition than the winner Simon Taylor-Williams, licensee of Ye Olde Albion...
Sign of the times?
06-Mar-2008
According to a new marketing report, badly written chalkboards in pubs can be enough to make sure customers do not visit again.Marketing company...
Coors UK rejigs sales director role
06-Mar-2008
Coors Brewers has split its sales director role following the departure of John Holberry, who is to leave the group later this month to join Magners...
Huw Bement joins former Beam colleagues at Cobra UK
06-Mar-2008
Cobra Beer has announced the appointment of Huw Bement in the newly-created role of On-Trade Channel Controller. Bement is the latest Beam Global...
06-Mar-2008 By John Harrington
Rent falls 12% in arbitration after pubco proposed an increase at London pub
Snifter salutes Jock Woodhouse
06-Mar-2008
Snifter is saddened to hear of the death of John "Jock" Woodhouse, former commander of the Special Air Service Regiment, former chairman of regional...
MyNewPub
06-Mar-2008
The Pear Tree Hildersham Cambridgeshire Agent: GA-Select John and Gillian Harris have just taken on the Pear Tree, a village pub in an affluent area...
Rates threat to vacant pubs
06-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A pubco property boss has said that the empty-property relief rate changes will not alter how his company looks at empty sites. Punch Taverns...
The Agents
06-Mar-2008
John Clyne Public houses negotiator Christie+Co The effects of the credit crunch have been widely reported and Christie+Co's own statistics showed...
Pompey play Devils' advocate
06-Mar-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Portsmouth suffered with the absence of five key players during the Africa Cup of Nations but their squad has been restored to full strength....
Land with a silver lining
06-Mar-2008
Foreign investment in Argentina has elevated it to fifth place among the world's largest wine producers. Fiona Sims reports How have things changed...
Forced to display pub hours
06-Mar-2008
Some issues in licensing crop up regularly in correspondence, and once again there is a dispute about the display of pub opening hours, which is...
LETTERs
06-Mar-2008
Supermarket smoke screen Re: "Scrap cheap deals - now" (MA, 28 February 2008), Asda and the other supermarkets need to go much further. For...
MyShout
06-Mar-2008
Being a good businessman means dealing with failure as well as success, says Peter Linacre I am sure we all have our own personal soundtracks to our...
THE GUV'NOR
06-Mar-2008
Graham Earl Dennet The licensee of the Rams Head, Grappenhall, in Cheshire, says using alternative energy sources can help your finances As most...
BarTalk
06-Mar-2008
How was trade on Mothers' Day? Nigel Anstead White Horse Bedford It was a very good day for us. We didn't do anything different but we had about 200...
Hosts face red-card clampdown
06-Mar-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Government proposes opening restrictions and soccer-style card scheme to cut bingeing The Government has ruled out significant changes to the...
05-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Spirit, Punch's managed division, is to brand its accommodation Good Night Inns as part of a major refurbishment programme. The company is investing...
05-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Almost four pubs shut for good every day as smoke ban takes its toll
Debt burden prompts Walkabout deal
04-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Reducing the group's debt burden lay behind Regent Inns' decision to put seven of its Walkabout freehold sites on the market in a sale and leaseback...
BII launches business-building roadshows
04-Mar-2008
The BII is this week launching a series of half-day 'Better Business' roadshows, offering advice and guidance from a number of key players in the...
Tim Martin: Education is way to combat binge-drinking
04-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
The boss of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, has said the way to persuade people not to binge drink is through education. Appearing on BBC's Newsnight...
Hundreds of publicans join fight against alcohol-related disorder
04-Mar-2008
Around 250 licensees will gather under one roof today to discuss ways of combating alcohol-related disorder. Publicans will be joined by police,...
04-Mar-2008
Licensees get ready for take off! The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Red Bull to help pubs get involved in one of the most creative,...
04-Mar-2008 By Tony Halstead
Pubs face a series of tough new laws to combat binge drinking
04-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Coors has appointed two new sales directors to replace John Holberry who is taking over as managing director at Magners. Steve Ellis will takeover as...
