Catch all with national pub quiz
08-Nov-2007
A lot of pub-goers have opinions about their local pub. Few of them actually get up and try and change them. And the number who come up with an idea...
Project Update 9: Bearing Fruit
08-Nov-2007
The White Hart has been faring well over the past month - and our category champions have praised licensees Simon Tanner and Carlos Alfaro for their...
The responsible Cheese
08-Nov-2007
When Maddie Lavin took over the Hull Cheese with her partner Peter Townend, the city centre pub was in dire straits. "The pub was failing," says...
Publican Conference: 'Individual pubs are best'
08-Nov-2007
Large managed estates are unlikely to make for good individual pubs, according to a panel of industry experts speaking at The Publican...
Pub customers "responding positively" to smoking ban, says Punch boss
08-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' chief executive Giles Thorley said the UK-wide smoking ban had improved the environment of his group's pubs and customers were...
Case Study: The Huntsman, Drax
08-Nov-2007
Robert Vevers and Katie Facer, the Huntsman in Drax, North Yorkshire Robert and Katie have been in the pub trade for seven years. They had been...
Table device proves Dragons' Den wrong
08-Nov-2007
Inventor Andrew Gordon is on the way to solving the age-old problem of annoying wobbly pub tables once and for all. His invention Stabletable is...
JW Lees launches Grip Glass
08-Nov-2007
Brewer and retailer JW Lees has launched a unique pint glass. The Grip Glass has grooves to fit the hand, allowing a proper grip on the glass....
THE GUV'NOR
08-Nov-2007
Dennis Griffiths There is an organisation that provides a valuable forum across our industry, says the licensee of the Miners' Rest in Barnsley,...
MyNewPub
08-Nov-2007
Black Horse Littleport, near Ely, Cambridgeshire Agent: Davey & Co Wendy Lynton worked with children with learning disabilities before picking up...
THE AGENTS
08-Nov-2007
Stephen Taylor Managing director, Guy Simmonds The job of any professional licensed property agent is to be fully aware of market conditions and to...
InBrief
08-Nov-2007
De Bretton buys Guy Fawkes Hotel The Yorkshire-based de Bretton Group has bought the Guy Fawkes Hotel in High Petergate, York, with plans to turn it...
Ploughing their own furrow
08-Nov-2007
Jon and Paula Briscoe at the Jolly Farmers, in Buckland, Surrey, have made a success of a business incorporating a pub, food offer and deli. Nigel...
Break it down to build it up
08-Nov-2007
In the first of a new series, the MA's SWOT team leader Ali Carter gives the ailing Cask Inn, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a much-needed business...
The end for the real East Enders?
08-Nov-2007
Forget the Queen Vic, says Karen Dugdale, how will the real local pubs near London's planned Olympic site fare under the onslaught of redevelopment?...
NewsDigest
08-Nov-2007
The Queen's speech unveiled two bits of good news for pubs. She confirmed the Government intended to go ahead with legislation to reduce regulatory...
Sky's the limit for new Chef & Brewer menu
07-Nov-2007 By Lucy Britner
Chef & Brewer is to launch a new menu by releasing balloons with free meal tags attached.
06-Nov-2007 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
JDW chief executive John Hutson says bar sales are falling as the smoke ban bites
ePub: Pubs raise their game
06-Nov-2007
The digital conversion of pub machines has taken a step forward with the trial of a new package deal in 75 pubs in four different pubco estates.Games...
JD Wetherspoon predicts year-long sales decline
06-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson said sales across the group could decline for the next 12 months as its customers adjust to life under the...
06-Nov-2007
The Queen's speech unveiled two bits of good news for pubs. The Queen confirmed the Government intended to go-ahead with legislation to reduce...
Hamish Champ: No More Heroes Anymore
05-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Time can be a kind aunt to some people, to others it can be a terrible steppe-sweeping horde of Huns, Mongols and Visigoths. More of that later...
Everards ups the stakes in bounty scheme
05-Nov-2007
Leicester brewer Everards has increased the bounty on offer to people who find new tenants for its pub estate.Licensees, employees and members of the...
Scottish & Newcastle 'star chamber' to fend off Carlsberg approach
05-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has created a 'star chamber' of senior board members to see off Carlsberg/Heineken's £6.8bn approach.Officially...
'Punch Taverns to warn smoke ban honeymoon period at an end'
04-Nov-2007
Punch Taverns is expected to warn that any honeymoon period from the smoking ban is firmly over and that it is likely to affect future profits when...
The Mother of all Battles?
03-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Such was speculation surrounding a possible bid for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) in recent months - years, even - that when the other shoe...
Amanda Green: Flood recovery update
02-Nov-2007
It's a bit on the stressful side at the moment. We're not quite on target to open, but we're doing it anyway. We've had some last-minute issues which...
Packing A Punch
02-Nov-2007
"The Punch Pub Pack contains everything a new licensee needs to know about running one of our pubs from scratch, from basic stuff through to...
Evolving with the market
02-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
As Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) chief executive Tim Clarke is no doubt heartily sick of being reminded, the recent 'credit crunch' has played...
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises creates new pubco
02-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has created the Discovery Pub Company (DPC) to encompass the estate of 250 ex-Marston's sites...
Concession on capital gains tax not enough
02-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Business groups are refusing to give up their campaign against the government over planned changes to capital gains tax, despite reports of a...
Pubfolio sale withdrawn
01-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
A package of 340 tenanted Pubfolio pubs has been withdrawn from the market after bidders failed to meet the £100m asking price, according to...
01-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Pubco responds to calls for flexible contracts to suit individual needs
Conquerors from the north
01-Nov-2007
If I was to tell you that there is a cider brand sold in UK pubs that has 50 different fan clubs devoted to it on social networking website Facebook,...
No end for supermarket discounts
01-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Hopes for action on supermarket discount deals were dealt a huge blow last week after the issue was thrown out by the Competition Commission.The...
Pubs in the dark over new waste rules
01-Nov-2007
THE GOVERNMENT "must do more" to make pubs aware of new recycling regulations, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.It described the lack...
01-Nov-2007 By John Harrington
Manchester has been the latest target for the pub karaoke conman. For the past few weeks, hosts across north-west England, the West Midlands and...
Guiding light
01-Nov-2007
Good Pub Guide 2008 editor Fiona Stapley talks prices, pub characters and bad soup with Lucy Britner This year's industry bible contains more than...
Good month bad month
01-Nov-2007
Good month for Raymond Blanc's The Restaurant programme winners Jane and Jeremy Hooper: The couple convinced Raymond and his panel of judges,...
AA publishes new guide to plush pubs with rooms
01-Nov-2007
A new guide on pubs with accommodation has been launched by AA Publishing. Room at the Inn, which is edited by David Hancock, features 76 pubs with...
Perk up performance
01-Nov-2007
According to new research, 30% of pub customers also visit a coffee chain in a week and 46% of customers "don't know" why they use coffee shops....
THE GUV'NOR
01-Nov-2007
Graham Rowson Find a decent stocktaker and get your pub running more efficiently, says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern, Preston, Lancashire I...
Joint leaders tussle for top spot
01-Nov-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Rivalries between Arsenal and Manchester United will always make a fixture between these giants interesting viewing. The fact that they are...
InBrief
01-Nov-2007
Punch receives another fine Punch has been hit with its third fine from the Environment Agency in three years. The latest fine of £4,000, with costs...
No more footy for Harlequin
01-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
A bar operator has undertaken not to show Premier League football using foreign satellite systems. Under the threat of legal action, Harlequin...
BarTalk
01-Nov-2007
What have you got planned for Christmas? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire We'll be busy leading up to Christmas Eve but Christmas Day and...
For PR's sake
01-Nov-2007
How can you generate positive publicity yourself and when should you call in the professionals, asks Humayun Hussain The often-quoted adage of "any...
LETTERs
01-Nov-2007
Punch could be on to something Regarding Punch trialling 24-hour ordering (MA, 25 October 2007), anything that can be done to enable tenants to avoid...
NewsDigest
01-Nov-2007
A huge crackdown on Scottish pubs using foreign satellites to screen English and Scottish Premier League games has begun. Authorities plan to visit...
Like-for-like sales up 1.8% at Luminar
01-Nov-2007 By Mark Wingett mark.wingett@william-reed.co.uk
Luminar, the quoted nightclub group, which operates the Liquid, Oceana, and Lava & Ignite chains, has reported a 1.8% increase in like-for-like...
