Smoking licensees get off scot-free
12-Jul-2007
Licensees in England who are openly defying the smoking ban are being allowed to get off scot-free.There are no reports of licensees being fined,...
Opus complaints rise again
12-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Complaints about electricity supplier Opus Energy are continuing to stream into The Publican from frustrated licensees. Opus claims it has introduced...
Marston's buys Ringwood
12-Jul-2007
Marston's has bought Ringwood Brewery Limited for £19.2m. As well as seven freehold pubs, the deal includes Ringwood's award-winning brands Ringwood...
Kent pubs benefit from Tour De France
12-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Pubs across Kent reaped the rewards of the Tour De France, as 189 riders swept through the county for the first leg of the legendary cycling...
MyShout
12-Jul-2007
In the trade's parallel universes, ensure revenue comes before volume, says Tony Jennings We all know there's an on-trade and an off-trade, and that...
A ladies' hour to beat that indecision
12-Jul-2007
Building a ladies' hour into nights out in Wigan, Lancashire, could halve waiting time at the bar, according to a computational flow dynamics...
THE GUV'NOR
12-Jul-2007
John Baldwin Pubcos need to do more to protect the traditional community pub, says the licensee of the Big 6 in Halifax, Yorkshire I recently took...
Beware of use class dangers
12-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Trade leaders are warning of planning hurdles for pubs that increase their food offer and then revert back to being wet-led. Under the current use...
InBrief
12-Jul-2007
Suburban Style cash exchange West Yorkshire bar operator Suburban Style Bar is offering to exchange customer's coins for notes. Punters can hand over...
Flood-hit pubs face struggle to recover
12-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs in South Yorkshire are beginning the long journey back to normality after the horrendous floods of the last three weeks. Marston's Inns and...
Keeping it professional
12-Jul-2007
The Siba Local Brewing Business Awards are now in their second year, and expanding their scope with new categories. Adrian Tierney-Jones reports...
Delivering under pressure
12-Jul-2007
The second wave of the MA's new monthly section puts community pubs under the microscope. Rosie Davenport reports on how they fared Community pubs...
Rebel licensee trio ignore ban
12-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Rebel licensees have vowed to continue their smoking-ban protest - despite official warnings handed out by their local councils. The renegade trio...
NewsDigest
12-Jul-2007
Merchant Inns, the company headed by veteran entrepreneur Robert Breare, has opened its sixth site in Ripley, Surrey. The food-led inns operator...
12-Jul-2007 By Peter Coulson
Licensees are a sociable lot - that's their trade. They also do most of their business by word of mouth, over the bar. So I suppose it isn't...
LETTERs
12-Jul-2007
The smoking ban starts to bite Is there any hope left for this country? Sunday saw the first day of the smoking ban in pubs. It was the first day of...
Are you listening?
11-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
On the face of it, live music in the UK is flourishing. The vast number of festivals held during 2007 reflects this, with festival website...
What the papers say - July 11, 2007
11-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Smokers in Stoke-on-Trent are still lighting up in public places because the local council has no power to impose fines. Officials failed to complete...
Global's star starts to shine
10-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Until its recent acquisition of the 108 year-old Walsall-based Highgate Brewery, few people had heard of a pub group going by the name of Global...
Hamish Champ: And I thought I had it tough...
10-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Many licensees who fear that their livelihoods - and pub customers their way of life - will be hit for six thanks to the smoking ban have been making...
What the papers say - July 10, 2007
10-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Cricket ace Monty Panesar is to advertise a new flavour of crisps - aimed at Asians. The Sikh England star was hired by snack giant Walkers, who...
Kick off for Proud of Pubs Week
09-Jul-2007
Proud of Pubs Week kicked off this weekend with the first of more than 100 visits from MPs to pubs taking place over the next few days.John Denham,...
09-Jul-2007
The Campaign for Real Ale has attacked Tory plans to increase tax on alcohol as 'naïve'. Mike Benner, Camra chief executive said any beer tax would...
What the Sunday papers said
08-Jul-2007
David Cameron will slap at least an extra 15p on wine and 3p on beer if he becomes prime minister to fund a crackdown on drunks and druggies. The...
06-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
New 'development estate' of 160 pubs will get increased support from regional managers to help them develop trade.
A light in the black?
06-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
What a difference a results announcement can make to the listed pub sector. And what a pleasant change to see sentiment turn positive on the back of...
The first 12 months...
06-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Everybody knows that first birthdays, whether for babies or businesses, are significant events, to be celebrated properly. It's not clear if the...
Camerons Brewery sells free on-trade business
06-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Tough market conditions have forced North East brewery Camerons to sell its free on-trade business to Coors for an undisclosed sum.The business...
What the papers say - July 6, 2007
06-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Under-21s could be banned from buying booze in stores and off-licences in a bid to halt soaring alcohol-fuelled violence. Gordon Brown is considering...
Milton Keynes pub wins CAMRA award
06-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Milton Keynes pub has beaten more than 300 others to win the 'Pub of the Year' award from the Milton Keynes and North Bucks branch of the Campaign...
06-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Licensee reacts angrily to council's failure to take action against Nick Hogan for flouting the smoking ban.
More leases for Greene King
05-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Greene King is to offer more of its pubs on a leased basis to attract more entrepreneurial licensees. The company has traditionally let around 80%...
Licensees across England rise to the smoking ban challenge
05-Jul-2007
Facelifts, food and families will be among the key factors that will keep pubs at the top of their game as they adjust to the new smoke-free...
Unfair balance in West End, Glendola chief claims
05-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
A leading pub operator has spoken out about the imbalance between the needs of businesses and residents in London's West End. Speaking at a debate on...
Support spirals for Proud of Pubs Week
05-Jul-2007
Support for next week's Proud of Pubs Week has been sweeping the country with licensees, MPs and pub companies queuing up to join in.Just days before...
Fears that pubs are terrorist target confirmed
05-Jul-2007
The failed bomb attack on late-night venue Tiger Tiger has confirmed the trade's deepest fears that pubs are a prime target for terrorists.The...
Licensees heading for council showdown over smoking
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Councils across the country are adopting a 'softly softly' approach to enforcement in the first days of the smoking ban. Early signs are that no...
Aftermath of floods challenges licensees
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Pubs and breweries in the North are coming to terms with the aftermath of the torrential floods which have battered areas of the country.Licensees...
What the papers say - July 5, 2007
05-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Staff and regulars at a pub in Scarborough have organised a whip-round for Martin Whisker, 42, the first man to be fined £80 for flouting England's...
Mercury to help out troubled operators
05-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Mercury Inns, the Tamworth-based pub management group, has launched a new consultancy operation, Mercury Liquid, which it says is designed to help...
Half Moon rolls out the barrel
05-Jul-2007
Regulars at the Half Moon pub in Kempston, on the outskirts of Bedford, are recovering after completing a gruelling Peak District sponsored walk of...
Rich pickings, weather permitting
05-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
June has been a terrible month for British sport, weather-wise. Countless cricket matches have fallen victim to the torrential rain that has swept...
Watching Wales
05-Jul-2007
Three months into the Welsh ban, Kelly Smith finds it's tough for most - but there are some success stories Warm weather and a sprinkling of success...
Nelson's eye in the Lakes
05-Jul-2007
Some time ago, eagle-eyed readers may remember a strong letter of complaint from a certain Councillor Geoffrey Theobalds about my assertion that not...
LETTERs
05-Jul-2007
Energetically passing the buck The new energy regulations and their requirements will place the whole pub industry under immense financial strain....
05-Jul-2007
The first time I met George Bateman, he took me on a tour of his brewery in Wainfleet, in Lincolnshire. The gesture was typical of the man: George...
MyShout
05-Jul-2007
The pub lease has come a long way since its introduction almost 20 years ago, says Colin Wellstead The pub lease, as we know it today, was introduced...
THE GUV'NOR
05-Jul-2007
Graham Rowson Customers will soon have a personal licence for drinking, predicts the licensee of the Plungington Tavern, Preston, Lancashire The...
BarTalk
05-Jul-2007
How has the smoking ban gone so far? Gail Brockbank Levers Arms, Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancs It's been a bit difficult, especially as more than 60% of...
Historic day for pubs as ban becomes fact
05-Jul-2007
There were hopes that the ban would coincide with warm weather, but despite the heavy rain the big English stub-out went smoothly The introduction...
