Ask An Expert: the Cheltenham Festival
15-Feb-2008
Many of my regulars are keen racing punters. How can I make the most of the upcoming Cheltenham Festival? The Cheltenham Festival - held on March 11...
Equipment focus: Aids for busy chefs
15-Feb-2008
Faster pizzaPizza dough was originally cooked outdoors on hot flat stones - hence the development of stone ovens. Times have changed and it's now...
Car smashes into pub
15-Feb-2008
A driver had a narrow escape when she crashed her car through the front of a Doncaster pub. The car struck the front door of the Salutation as...
14-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
ALMR survey reveals 10% of nation's community pubs were lost last year
Punch shareholder revolt on the cards
14-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
One Punch shareholder has warned the board it will vote against the proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) because it gives too much...
National Theatre
14-Feb-2008
"Together we are stronger."Cliches are only clichés because they are true - and that's certainly true for National Pubwatch. Licensees, local...
Pubcos promise help amid trade gloom
14-Feb-2008
Pub companies claim they are willing to work with licensees to help steer them through the troubled waters currently washing through the trade.Floods...
'UK might be on verge of recession, says King'
14-Feb-2008
The Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, admitted yesterday that the economy might grind to a halt this year - but warned that the continuing risk...
Licensee tells of Hawley Arms hope
14-Feb-2008
The licensee of a pub to the stars gutted by a fire hopes it will be back in business in six months time. A huge blaze destroyed dozens of buildings...
14-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Barracuda has come under fire for a £1 drinks night, attended by Prince William, at its Barracuda Bar in Newquay
14-Feb-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the bar operator led by Steve Richards, has entered exclusive negotiations to buy Soho Clubs & Bars for between £7m and £10m,...
MyShout
14-Feb-2008
It's decision day soon for the big issues affecting the trade, says MP John Grogan The House of Commons is currently taking its half term break, and...
THE GUV'NOR
14-Feb-2008
Dennis Griffiths The licensee of the Miners' Rest, Barnsley, provides a new slant on the supermarket pricing debate It has not been a good start to...
The Agents
14-Feb-2008
Simon Chaplin Director corporate division Christie+Co The market has moved on in the last 12 months, turning from a sellers' to a buyers' market in...
InBrief
14-Feb-2008
Preston's losing one pub a month Plungington Taverns licensee Graham Rowson claims that pubs in Preston, Lancashire, are closing at a rate of one per...
Dixon: 16-year-olds should get served
14-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drink freely in pubs, according to a leading trade figure. Industry consultant and MA columnist Phil Dixon...
Treble chance for leading pair
14-Feb-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Premiership's two top scorers go head-to-head in a mouth-watering FA Cup fifth-round showdown. Cristiano Ronaldo and Emmanuel Adebayor are...
BarTalk
14-Feb-2008
What do you think about the potential ban on outside patio heaters? Ian Rigg The Taps Lytham Lancashire We've got six electric heaters mounted to...
Smith criticised for focus on drinks deals in bars
14-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been criticised for wrongly targeting drinks deals in bars as she announced a crackdown on "dodgy premises". Smith...
Surrey licensees face order to clean up fag ends
14-Feb-2008
Licensees in Surrey could be among the first in the country to be ordered to clear up discarded cigarette ends outside their pubs. Reigate &...
Shoot and then ask questions
14-Feb-2008
It is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy when the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith cites the levels of prosecutions for underage sale as a reason why...
Licensees win extra time to pay rent
14-Feb-2008
A Newquay couple has won a reprieve for the second time to stay at their Enterprise Inns pub. Inez and Craig Ward, who have been at Mavericks since...
NewsDigest
14-Feb-2008
The Scottish Government is tackling supermarkets and off-licences over alcohol abuse by forcing them to contribute to the social cost of "bevvy...
13-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers is to reverse an experiment that has seen new Vintage openings "unbranded"
Wear Inns appoints Malone
13-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Wear Inns has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Frank Malone to the new role of operations director. Malone, who has over 15...
Calm before the storm
13-Feb-2008
On March 12 Chancellor Alistair Darling will step out of Number 11 Downing Street clutching a small red briefcase containing his first Budget as...
Retail growth a thing of the past, says research group
13-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
The days of consumers living beyond their means are over, according to a retail research group's findings published today.Verdict Research Consulting...
13-Feb-2008
Top chef Gordon Ramsay has bought his fourth pub - the York and Albany in Camden. The chef is thought to have paid around £4m for the site. The...
12-Feb-2008 By Tony Halstead
The Campaign For Real Ale is calling for a 1p cut in beer duty to help get drinkers back into local community pubs
Fourth Hospitality buys ABS for £8m
12-Feb-2008
Fourth Hospitality, the London-based supplier of back office software systems to the pub trade, has acquired outsource services company Alternative...
January retail sales up 2.6 per cent
12-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shoppers took advantage of heavy discounting across UK High Streets last month, prompting fears that interest rates are unlikely to be cut in the...
Francis Patton joins Milestone as non-exec
12-Feb-2008
Milestone, the accountancy firm used by a large number of pubcos, has appointed ex-Punch Taverns director Francis Patton as a non-executive director....
12-Feb-2008 By John Harrington
National Pubwatch chairman Steve Baker has paid tribute to founder member Bill Stone, who is retiring from the committee. Stone, who is leaving due...
12-Feb-2008
Trade accountants Milestone has appointed former Punch director of customer services Francis Patton as a non-executive director. Before moving to...
11-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
One Punch shareholder has warned it will vote against the proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers
Hamish Champ: Residents' rights and music pubs
11-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
A small news item in the daily free Metro newspaper caught my eye last week.A pub in Stepney, east London, was in danger of losing its live music...
Mitchells & Butlers property deal still on the cards
11-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
A number of shareholders in Mitchell's & Butlers (M&B) are said to be still hoping for a property deal to revitalise the value of their...
'Guinness brings back toucan logo to boost sales'
11-Feb-2008
Guinness is bringing back the iconic toucan logo to its beer cans to boost sales, 26 years after the image was ditched - Daily MirrorIntelligent...
Waiting for a mega takeover deal - akin to waiting for a bus
10-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
I dunno. You wait ages for a juicy takeover battle then two come along almost at once. Just like waiting for a bus.The dust has barely settled on...
08-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Let them drink in a supervised environment, says leading trade figure
Essex pub cuts fuel bills by half in six months to win energy contest
08-Feb-2008
Ye Olde Albion pub near Colchester, Essex, has won a quiz night with England cricketer Phil Tufnell after slashing its fuel bills in half in The...
07-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario
Market is being flooded with cheap empty sites ahead of the scrapping of concession rates for empty sites
07-Feb-2008 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring considers the proposed merger between Punch and Mitchells & Butlers
07-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team considers a disastrous 12 months for Mitchells & Butlers
City diary special: M&B
07-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Those hedge losses in layman's terms Last week's belated closure of the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) hedge position - at a pre-tax cost of...
City expects Punch/M&B merger to go through
07-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
Despite Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) claiming it is 'open to offers', City experts expect shareholders to okay Punch Taverns' merger proposal,...
07-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
A Newquay couple has won a reprieve for the second time to stay at their Enterprise Inns pub. Inez and Craig Ward, who have been at Mavericks since...
Out on the piste with the ALMR
07-Feb-2008
Lucky old Snifter has just returned from a week on the slopes of Verbier in the pleasant company of members of the Association of Licensed Multiple...
MyNewPub
07-Feb-2008
Biddestone Arms Biddestone, Wiltshire Agent: Guy Simmonds The new operator of the Biddestone Arms, James Hedges, has 20 years' experience in the...
The Agents
07-Feb-2008
Trevor Watson Director, Valuation services, Davis Coffer Lyons Private equity has over recent years come to dominate the pub and restaurant...
