Edinburgh licensees slam seating plans
27-Sep-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Licensees in Edinburgh have expressed serious concern over council plans to force licensed premises to provide seats for at least 50% of drinkers....
MyShout
27-Sep-2007
If the Scots gave up eating deep-fried Mars bars I'd believe in their new found health, says Stephen Oliver If my head's in the oven and my arse is...
THE AGENTS
27-Sep-2007
Richard Payne Senior negotiator Caldicott Payne Caldicott Payne is involved with a vast amount of tenant recruitment and acquisition for Punch...
InBrief
27-Sep-2007
M&B trials energy saving devices Mitchells & Butlers is trialing a series of energy-saving devices in its new Toby Carvery in Banbury,...
Going Dutch
27-Sep-2007 By Noli Dinkovski
traces the story of a Dutch brewery that is planning to make serious inroads into the UK on-trade It was during the football World Cup in Germany...
BarTalk
27-Sep-2007
What do you think of Gordon Brown's review of licensing reform? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I wonder if Gordon Brown will look at...
Sources of conflict when a tenancy ends
27-Sep-2007
Following on from my article on landlord and tenant relationships last week, there is another area which, if anything, is the most damaging aspect...
NewsDigest
27-Sep-2007
The Licensed Victuallers' School, in Ascot, Berks, is running a Christmas activity camp for kids - with a 50% discount for those who work in the...
26-Sep-2007
The White Horse in Parsons Green, London, is honouring former patron Michael Jackson this Sunday (30 September) by inviting his friends, family and a...
25-Sep-2007
Morning Advertiser readers are being asked to help create a little history by sending their pre-smoking ban paraphernalia to London's Science Museum
Fuller's pubs are ready for action
25-Sep-2007
Fuller's is challenging is managers to host the most exciting event possible during their first 'Action Week'. All 170 pubs in the firm's managed...
Pubco chief in TV defence
25-Sep-2007
Pubco chief and millionaire Tony Callaghan has defended his decision to take part in Channel 4's reality TV series Millionaires' Mission. Some of the...
25-Sep-2007
Mitchells & Butlers will open its first pub restaurant, designed to be as energy efficient as possible, at the Toby Carvery, Banbury. The pub...
Geoff Newton: An industry made of sterner stuff
24-Sep-2007
After a very quiet summer everyone is now back at work and in recent weeks we have had some interesting trading statements from Greene King, Punch...
To hell in a handcart?
24-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Snaking their way along many of our cities' streets last week, the queues of people waiting to withdraw money from branches of Northern Rock hardly...
Ultimate Leisure takes premium to heart
24-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
In changing its name to Premium Bars and Restaurants Ultimate Leisure new moniker will reflect "the positive strides the group has taken over the...
24-Sep-2007
The future of one of Britain's smallest pubs is under threat after a police crackdown on drinkers standing outside its doors. The manger of the...
Hamish Champ: There's 'premium' and then there's 'having a laugh'...
22-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Feeling rather parched one lunchtime last week I popped into one of my favourite pubs down a back street near the Publican's offices where I ordered...
Smoking ban hits Pubs 'N' Bars
21-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
South England-based pub group Pubs 'N' Bars is one of the first pubcos to admit the smoking ban has probably hit trade since its introduction in...
LETTERs
21-Sep-2007
Off-trade must take the heat I write regarding the comments in MA Opinion (13 September 2007). You have hit the nail firmly on the head in your...
Pete Robinson: Discarded fag ends and 'irresponsible' landlords
20-Sep-2007
A while back I wrote about the dishonest claims that smokers dump over 100 tons of fag ends in town centre streets every day, pointing out this...
Giles Thorley backs calls to reduce drinking age
20-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has added his weight to calls for the drinking age in the UK to be lowered to 16.The boss of the biggest...
Supermarkets accused of dairy price fixing
20-Sep-2007
Leading supermarkets have been accused of working together to keep the price of dairy products artificially high. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT)...
THE AGENTS
20-Sep-2007 By Stephen Taylor Managing director Guy Simmonds
Anyone looking to buy a pub could be forgiven for hearing only doom and gloom. But at Guy Simmonds, we are finding the smoking ban has had a...
Red Devils look to divert Blues
20-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Big Four are not the Premier League's only football teams taking on some of Europe's best in recent weeks. Everton and Tottenham Hotspur both...
A lifeline for more people in 2007
20-Sep-2007
The LTC is assisting more people than ever and can make a real difference to the quality of life of those who seek help The Licensed Trade Charity...
Perfect ploughman's
20-Sep-2007 By Joe Lutrario
This month looks at how pub classic the ploughman's is an ideal dish for licensees wanting to develop their food offer Why put it on the menu British...
Beneath the froth
20-Sep-2007
The hot drinks market is growing and customers expect more for their cash - but is the trade taking advantage of the opportunities? Kelly Smith takes...
Love pubs, love the planet too
20-Sep-2007
Pampering emporium Lush can lay more claims to the green agenda than most given that its products are derived from natural sources like seaweed and...
Hedging losses rise to £140m at M&B
20-Sep-2007 By Mark Wingett mark.wingett@william-reed.co.uk
The hedging loss from Mitchells & Butlers's (M&B) postponed property joint venture (JV) with Robert Tchenguiz's R20 has increased to £200m...
Sometimes the big boys listen
20-Sep-2007
Global giants can be forced to listen. As a result of protests from consumers and the people of the small town of Hoegaarden in Belgium, a brewery...
MyShout
20-Sep-2007
It's about time the industry recognised the vital role played by multiple retailers, says Nick Bish When I opened last week's MA I was both delighted...
Former licensee to get Opus refund
20-Sep-2007
Opus Energy has agreed to refund a former licensee £1,250 after complaints about inaccurate meter readings. Scott Tucker is the latest Morning...
THE GUV'NOR
20-Sep-2007 By Yvonne Cleminson
The industry must unite and fight on all fronts to save the great British pub following the summer of discontent, says the licensee of the Cherry...
BarTalk
20-Sep-2007
Are you worried by the current state of the economy? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I'm not at all worried about my freehold business but...
Rateable value reduced for pubco
20-Sep-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Award-winning pub company Brunning & Price has had the rateable value at one of its pubs slashed by proving its high turnover was down to its...
NewsDigest
20-Sep-2007
In a dramatic u-turn, InBev is moving production of Hoegaarden back to the original town in Belgium where it was first brewed. The drinks giant...
Supplier pursuing host for old debts
20-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Scottish Power is pursuing an Admiral Taverns host for the debts of the previous licensee - and demanding a £2,000 "security deposit" to recognise...
Ultimate Leisure sees progress
19-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Ultimate Leisure is proposing to change its name to Premium Bars & Restaurants as part of a drive to reinforce the group's "more appropriate...
Wellstead's successors announced at Christies
19-Sep-2007
Following Colin Wellstead's decision earlier this year to retire Neil Morgan has been appointed as Christie & Co's director & head of public...
19-Sep-2007
Ultimate Leisure has announced plans to change its name to Premium Bars and Restaurants
17-Sep-2007
Mitchells & Butlers statement on press reports
Pete Robinson: Should I start taking the pill?
17-Sep-2007
Among the latest raft of information from the whitecoats comes the news that the contraceptive pill, the one they always swore would give cervical...
Hamish Champ: Nostalgia; it ain't what it used to be
17-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Following the Campaign for Real Ale's recent announcement - that six out of 10 people prefer the pubs of today to the hostelries of 30 years ago -...
M&B's £140m property deal loss
17-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) plunged nearly five per cent to 589p this morning as the group fought back at weekend press claims that...
Walking a tightrope
16-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
I rather liked Jim Clarke's take on JD Wetherspoon's trading under the English smoking ban. Speaking at his last results presentation as finance...
What the Sunday papers said
16-Sep-2007
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pub company behind the Harvester chain, is facing a much higher liability from a failed property deal than the...
14-Sep-2007
The smoking ban has led to a 43% rise in cigarette butts dropped on pavements in England, a new survey shows. The survey of 140 councils by the Keep...
Pub company gets rating value reduced
13-Sep-2007
Brunning & Price argued that the pub's high turnover is a result of its "exceptional ability".
LETTERs
13-Sep-2007
Why is Setanta so costly? Having dispensed with Sky TV in April 2007 (for the obvious reasons) I recently telephoned Setanta to find out the cost of...
