Two Shepherd Neame pubs win garden awards
15-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Two Shepherd Neame pubs have been rewarded for their gardens in the brewer's annual Pub Awards.The Generals Arms at Little Baddow, Chelmsford was...
Pub chef crowned burger king
15-Aug-2007 By Lucy Britner
A Wiltshire pub chef has won a best burger competition for the second year. Tony Robson-Burrell, chef/licensee of the Wheatsheaf at Oaksey, has won...
15-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney
The industry remains on tenterhooks over the possibility that foot and mouth has spread outside of the exclusion zones in Surrey. Defra officials are...
Focus Outdoor: weatherproof screens
14-Aug-2007
In the effort to take all the attractions of a pub from indoors to outdoors, weatherproof screens are starting to play their part. The latest on the...
Rock-Inn buys ex-Spirit leases
14-Aug-2007
The Bedford-based Rock-Inn Pub Company has kicked into life by acquiring new leases on three former Spirit pubs from Punch Taverns.The pubs are the...
Government urged to fast-track chefs into the UK
14-Aug-2007
Skilled kitchen staff should be given the same special treatment as top football stars and fast-tracked into the UK, according to hospitality trade...
Pete Robinson: Make mine an organic fry-up
13-Aug-2007
On the surface the 'organic' faux-bacon and sausages may sound tempting but, other than it's probably about as truly organic as the contents of my...
Fishing for profits
13-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
In the cold light of day Greene King's recent foray into restaurants is probably as airtight as the containers used to transport the raw materials...
Licensee defiant over foreign satellite screenings
13-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
A Bolton licensee, who is screening football using foreign satellite equipment, has vowed to fight the issue in court if he is tackled by the...
Privately-owned pubcos are star performers
13-Aug-2007
The UK's privately-owned pub groups are more likely to be potential takeover targets, according to a new report by business analysts Plimsoll...
What the papers say - August 13, 2007
13-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Increasing global demand for champagne means there could soon be a worldwide shortage - with Britons likely to be the first to miss out. Vineyard...
Pub prices up after complaints from neighbours
13-Aug-2007
A Wetherspoon pub in Battersea, south London, is reportedly planning to push up its prices to deter rowdy drinkers who neighbouring residents' have...
Hamish Champ: Rugby, booze and good behaviour
12-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
It's been years since I've been to Twickenham to watch a game of rugby - the last time being 1983, when those brave boys from North Of The Border...
What the Sunday papers said
12-Aug-2007
Dr James Le Fanu writes in the Sunday Telegraph that the smoking ban "threatens to kill off that traditional centre of community life, the pub". A...
10-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Hamish Howitt has receives vote of no confidence from the Pubwatch group he chaired for publicly flouting the smoking ban
Craft Guild of Chefs invites suppliers to put their goods to the test
10-Aug-2007 By Lucy Britner
The Craft Guild of Chefs is inviting pub food suppliers to put their goods to the test and earn the right to use one of its coveted logos. To...
10-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Calco Midlands has acquired Bold Pub Company, the St Helens-based pub group, that operates a 29-strong managed estate in the North of England and...
Critics question M&B's jv
09-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Management at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has come in for sharp criticism in the wake of the decision to put its joint-venture property...
Back to Basics: Recruitment
09-Aug-2007
As the latest wave of school-leavers floods onto the jobs market, now's the time to think about your recruitment techniques.How do you attract the...
Project update 6: Driving forward
09-Aug-2007
A pie and a pint may sound humble but it could provide a boost to the Hack & Spade as Sell More, Save More's rural pub continues to push forwards...
Amanda Green: Week 2 of the flood recovery
09-Aug-2007
I had to lay my head chef off last week, because insurance companies look to make savings, but luckily he has found another job already. He's an...
Q & A with Richard Podesta
09-Aug-2007
What are the key things you have learnt through the Sell More, Save More project so far?Suppliers will fall over backwards to help you if you stock...
Project update 6: Secrets of our success
09-Aug-2007
It has been a busy month at Barcena, with licensee Richard Podesta and the Sell More, Save More champions looking to build on the bar's successful...
Our new community pub
09-Aug-2007
WHEN I arrive at the White Hart, a team of workmen are swinging a wrecking ball through a derelict set of buildings in an area that will eventually...
Daniel Pearce: Should the family come first?
09-Aug-2007
It's not a bad job working on The Publican. We get to see a lot of great pubs, and drink a lot of great beer - when not working our butts off to get...
Chris Maclean: pubs need to clean up their act - and no butts
09-Aug-2007 By Chris Maclean
In this week's local paper one of our local residents, in a letter, is ranting about the litter outside pubs in town. She particularly notes...
Tough trading dents licensees' optimism
09-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees across the UK are feeling the pinch in 2007 with nearly one in five admitting trade has been badly affected, this year's Publican Market...
Adam Hyde celebrates 25 years service
09-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Adam Hyde, finance director at Manchester brewer Hydes, is this week celebrating a quarter of a century working for the company.The only Hydes family...
09-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Government has offered tax breaks for pubs that are affected by the foot and mouth outbreak. Although there is little sign that many pubs have been...
Psychic grabs M&B by the crystal balls
09-Aug-2007
Snifter was fascinated this week by the story of an Ilford psychic, who says she was banned from her local after complaining when a woman ripped a...
Pressure mounts in town pubs
09-Aug-2007
Busy pubs, struggling to keep up. Rosie Davenport rounds up the results from this month's mystery visits to measure the customer experience in urban...
Join GBBF's birthday bash
09-Aug-2007
If you haven't been already, there's still time to get yourself down to Earl's Court and sample some of the finest alcoholic beverages mankind has...
Bold commercial moves Greene King IPA into lager territory
09-Aug-2007 By Rosie Davenport rosie.davenport@william-reed.co.u
Greene King is targeting its top-selling ale, IPA, firmly at the lager market with its first commercial in four years plus a £2m spend. Created by...
A limeless classic from Mexico
09-Aug-2007
I came over all nostalgic when I saw a double-page advertisement for Sol in last week's MA. In the early 1990s, when Sol and Corona were all the rage...
MyShout
09-Aug-2007
Better publicity for responsible retailing initiatives is the way forward, says Stephen Crawley Just as the furore over the pricing set by one of the...
THE GUV'NOR
09-Aug-2007
Graham Rowson Drinks producers must take their share of the blame for binge drinking, says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston,...
BarTalk
09-Aug-2007
How important are real-ale sales in your pub? Matt Jackson Sun Hotel, Lancaster Cask ale accounts for about 30% of our wet sales at both the pubs we...
Recovery underway at flood-hit pubs
09-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The pub trade is slowly getting back on its feet after floods caused devastation in large parts of the country. At the height of the flooding, two...
Foot-and-mouth fear returns to haunt trade
09-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Trade holds its breath following the announcement that foot and mouth has been discovered in the Surrey area The trade is facing an anxious wait to...
Hamish Champ: The Great British Beard Festival
08-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
I love beer, especially the cask ale variety. Ask anyone who knows me and they'll confirm this not-so-earth-shattering fact. But until I joined The...
What the papers say - August 8, 2007
08-Aug-2007
Scottish & Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, admitted yesterday that "stinking weather" in June and July had meant that it would struggle to...
Greene King buys Loch Fyne for £68.1m
07-Aug-2007
Greene King has announced the purchase of fish restaurant chain Loch Fyne for £68.1m.The Bury St Edmunds brewer and pub company has acquired all 36...
What the papers say - August 7, 2007
07-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Jane Seymour, the actress best known for her performance as a Bond girl in Live and Let Die, is being taken to court by neighbours who want to stop...
Licensee successfully fights underage sales case
07-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
A South Wales licensee has successfully challenged two charges against her after one of her staff was caught out in an underage test purchase sting....
07-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has announced it has acquired Loch Fyne Restaurants for £68.1m. The deal for the 36-strong chain marks...
What the papers say - August 6, 2007
06-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
People across the country made the most of the hottest temperatures of the year yesterday as experts gave warning that another bout of dreary weather...
What the Sunday papers said
05-Aug-2007
A 22-month-old girl is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a dog she had apparently tried to stroke in a pub garden on Saturday. The...
03-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Whitbread has announced it has completed the sale of its David Lloyd Leisure division to Versailles Bidco Limited for £925million
03-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Bob Senior, the boss of bar and nightclub company Utopian Leisure, has won licensing for a new lap-dance club in Newcastle. The 90-capacity venue...
Pete Robinson: Grotty backstreet boozers
03-Aug-2007
There's a lovely old song that begins: "Every street that you meet is a Coronation Street; There's a Rover's Return where the folks all like to...
