Consistency is vital
31-May-2007 By Peter Coulson
Listening to Dave Sissons of Doncaster LVA giving evidence to MPs the other day about the problems of the new Licensing Act, I found myself getting...
LETTERs
31-May-2007
Red tape is a money spinner I'm sure neither MA's legal editor Peter Coulson, nor Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers chief executive Nick...
31-May-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Guild of Master Victuallers calls for fairer insurance deal for pubco licensees Members of the Guild of Master Victuallers (GMV) have called for a...
30-May-2007 By Lucy Britner
Greene King develops Bake 'N' Bite concept for bar food.
30-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Food and Drink Group is to open its first new Henry J Bean's site since it acquired the brand. The company is to convert the Life bar in Wimbledon it...
What the papers say - May 30, 2007
30-May-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Drink-driving is soaring among young people who missed out on the impact of earlier campaigns, according to police statistics which reveal that a...
30-May-2007 By Tony Halstead
Trenstar UK, the trade's biggest beer keg and cask handler, is in talks with its two major customers Carlsberg and Scottish & Newcastle after...
29-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Yesteryear Pub Company, founded by Tony Callaghan, is selling nine of its north-west sites.
29-May-2007
CAMRA Members' Investment Club has purchased a share in Honeycombe, soon to be renamed the Cains Beer Company.
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 8
29-May-2007
If the final entry in my blog sounds a bit emotional, that's because it is! This has been a special week in all of our lives; one that we shall...
29-May-2007 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is trialing a range of energy saving initiatives at 51 Spirit pubs in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. The pubco has set aside...
Food, glorious food?
28-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Although it sounded a note of caution last week in revealing what it perceived as 'twitchiness' among its Middle England customer base, Mitchells...
What the Sunday papers said
27-May-2007
A new opinion poll being released by the Department of Health this week will show that 99 per cent of businesses say they are ready for smoking the...
REITs, pubcos, and the tortoise and the hare
25-May-2007
In the coming weeks and months we should watch carefully the announcements that pubcos make on whether to convert into a real estate investment trust...
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 7
25-May-2007
It's not that we have been over indulging in the beer drinking over the course of this week, but rowing by day, several pints in the evening, and...
Underage sales DVD launched
25-May-2007 By James Wilmore
A new DVD has been launched to help publicans tackle the problem of underage sales. "Teenage Kicks", released by licensing solicitors Poppleston...
Strong sales growth at Marston's
25-May-2007
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a rise in profits after sales grew across all three of its business units in the six months to the end...
Competition: calling all young chefs and waiters
25-May-2007 By Lucy Britner
The Restaurant Association has launched its 2007 Young Chef Waiter competition. Chefs and waiters, who have to be 24 years or under on 31 December...
25-May-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Marston's has reported underlying pre-tax profit of £41.6m for the 26 weeks ending 31 March, a 1.5% increase on the same period last year. The...
24-May-2007
John Baldwin - The licensee of the Big Six in Halifax, Yorkshire, believes Camra's full-pint campaign is a waste of time
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is reviewing the way it deals with its multiple lessees. The pub company is considering whether it can "flex" its lease agreements. So...
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 6
24-May-2007
Brilliant support from the Lifeboat Inn in St Ives last night, bottle of Tribute and our evening meal orders taken on the beach. A massive fund...
Trenstar's UK operations in doubt
24-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Trenstar UK, the country's leading beer keg and cask owner, said it would operate normally for the foreseeable future despite launching a...
Survey reveals con artists see pubs as a soft touch
24-May-2007
More than half of licensees who have been scammed have lost between £100 and £500 to con artists, according to a survey conducted by The...
24-May-2007 By Andrew Pring
In a week when the Government announces its new alcohol strategy, it seems strangely perverse to write about public access to pub toilets. But for...
Pubs to house 500 post offices by 2009
24-May-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs are set to house up to 500 post offices after the Government confirmed it would axe 2,500 by 2009. The Government has earmarked pubs as an ideal...
24-May-2007 By Peter Linacre
Challenges faced by area managers in the trade's front line deserve attention, says Peter Linacre Are there any easy jobs in the pub trade these...
BBPA: pub age checks work
24-May-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
One million people are turned away from pubs every month for failing to have ID, according to a new study by the British Beer & Pub Association...
InBrief
24-May-2007
Lower alcohol wines on the up Lower alcohol wines are becoming more fashionable, according to a new study from the Wine & Spirit Trade...
Home comforts
24-May-2007
Lucy Britner talks to Tina and Trevor Jobson, winners of Shepherd Neame's Food Pub of the Year 2007 Award The Jobsons' Old House at Home was recently...
A world of variety
24-May-2007
Foreign lagers are gaining popularity in the UK in the face of sluggish sales for other beers. Noli Dinkovski reports on the lure of imported brands...
Judge calls for ASBOs for licensees who serve drunks
24-May-2007
A high court judge in Northern Ireland believes that licensees who serve drunks should be slapped with an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). Lord...
BarTalk
24-May-2007
Will Brown make a better Prime Minister than Blair? Stuart Wright Brewery Tap Peterborough Cambridgeshire Gordon Brown is not really my favourite...
Keeping a cool head
24-May-2007
Despite tough market conditions for brewers as sales continue to decline, some areas of the lager sector are offering a ray of light. Noli Dinkovski...
Strength to strength
24-May-2007
As Caskforce reaches its climax, the year's winner Mike Ford tells Noli Dinkovski how he plans to make the most of his prize Tensions were running...
NewsDigest
24-May-2007
Foreign satellite pubs and suppliers have been warned not to expect a quiet summer, despite the end of the football season. Ray Hoskin, managing...
LETTERs
24-May-2007
Cigarette litter proposals 'unfair' Proposals being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs (Defra) to extend Street...
The Cross Keys goes family friendly with The Publican
23-May-2007
Rural pub the Cross Keys in Wiltshire will be taking on the smoking ban with a new family-friendly direction after being chosen for a unique Publican...
What the papers say - May 23, 2007
23-May-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pub and restaurant operator behind All Bar One and Harvester, has blamed rising mortgage rates and taxes for a...
SBPA calls for suspension of test purchase scheme
23-May-2007 By James Wilmore
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has called for the suspension of the national roll-out of the test purchasing of alcohol. The call has...
Pub post office plan
23-May-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Rural pubs could be set to reap the rewards of a new government scheme, which could see the Post Office setting up 500 new outlets in remote...
22-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) expects to sell around 20 pubs in the second half of its financial year in a move expected to raise £20m.
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 4
22-May-2007
After arriving in Bude last night in a stiff northerly breeze and high surf, it was with great relief that I pulled the curtains back this morning to...
The moment of truth
22-May-2007
When was the last time you walked into a pub or up to a bar and knew, way beforehand, what you were going to order? Perhaps a pint of Guinness, a...
Licensees warned as stab proof vests recalled
22-May-2007
Licensees are being warned their doorstaff might be wearing stab proof vests that fail to meet safety standards.Wholesaler Thatchreed has recalled...
21-May-2007 By Iain O'Neil
BBPA: Trade making 'enormous effort'
21-May-2007
Manchester trade group issues smoke ban advice after a number of calls from 'worries' licensees
Integrated brewing, the Liverpool way
21-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Brothers Sudarghara (Sid) and Ajmail (Bill) Dusanj - owners of Liverpool's Robert Cain brewery - have taken a bold step in effectively buying...
What the papers say - May 21, 2007
21-May-2007
Mitchells & Butlers is in advanced talks to put £4 billion of its properties into a 50-50 joint venture with Robert Tchenguiz, the tycoon who is...
Pubs refuse more than one million a month
21-May-2007
More than one million people a month are being turned away from pubs for being under 18 or failing to have the right proof of age, according to the...
