I've worked in bars and nightclubs since I was 18. I'm now 24 and trying to get into the trade as a licensee but I have trouble with the finance side...
Having a strong, realistic business plan is essential to the success of any pub or licensed trade business - and it is the basis on which any lender...
Ted Kennedy likes a challenge. An affable veteran of Whitbread's pub and hotel businesses, Kennedy is one of a growing number of executives who see a...
With pub and brewing sectors contracting under the weight of recent corporate activity there's been much beating of chests over what some see as the...
Ross Williams Head chef/owner, the Wellington A former London PR director turned pub owner and self-taught chef has been crowned PubChef of the Year...
Where: the Inn @ West End, West End, Surrey ? the-inn.co.uk The idea: Theme night offering music, games, quizzes and '60s themed menu. How it works:...
Pies British Pie Week is from 1 to 7 March - a fantastic time to put the king of pub classics on your menu. Chef/licensee Shane Morris at the Duke of...
It's time to stand up for pubs. Proper pubs. Pubs that stand for something traditional, decent, honest and true. In the debates raging at the moment...
Michael Ward, head chef, the Highwayman, Burrow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, 01524 273338 www.highwaymaninn.co.uk Tenure: The second pub from Nigel...
They couldn't be more different if they tried. In fact, not since Jack Straw and Condoleeza Rice got all hot under the collar has there been such an...
Everything you ever needed to know about running a pub - and probably a little bit more - will be available at Publican Live next month.The pages of...
Two pubs in Scotland have won planning permission to convert part of their premises to betting shops, in what's believed to be a first in the UK.The...
Pressure is mounting on the government to back down over new laws that could see the tax burden on family businesses increase by £200m.More than 140...
Rogue publishing firms that con pubs are getting a final warning to stop the scams. Letters are to be sent to suspected rogue publishers to coincide...
Marston's Pub Company has announced further dates for its trade shows in Spring. The first event is at Haydock Park Racecourse on April 16, followed...
John Ellis The licensee of the Crown Inn, in Oakengates, Telford, says allowing the public to use pubs' toilets is fraught with difficulty Just like...
A record number of events helped put British pubs back on the map during a highly successful Community Pubs Week 2008. About 2,500 pubs took part in...
The National Association of Licensed House Managers (NALHM) is to be called Licensees Unite. The new union will cover pub managers, licensees and all...
I'm normally quite alert but I didn't spot them at first. I'd served them both halves of lager and they looked OK to me. But Jo, the barmaid on duty,...