24-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil
A retired businessman, who was fed up with licensees complaining about spirit bottles dropping off the wall behind the bar, claims to have invented a...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Apr-2007
What began as a walkout by regular drinkers and then turned into a campaign uniting residents of a rural Sussex town against the might of one of the...
London Town chief exec wants honesty
20-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
London Town determined to become a "tenant-centred" pub company
Chris Maclean: inside outside bars
20-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
I have just turned down another invitation to do an outside bar. The gentleman assured me I had come highly recommended and it was for a charity...
Innovation - or empire building gone mad?
20-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
After much speculation on the part of industry watchers Punch Taverns finally sold just shy of 900 of its pubs to Admiral Taverns this week. But it...
London Town: building a name in the pub trade
20-Apr-2007
Consider the headline 'property company forms pub business' and in these asset-focused times some people picture hostelries being bought to be...
19-Apr-2007 By Mark Wingett
Punch Taverns sells 869 leased and tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m.
Come together for Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
The countdown starts here!In an increasingly faceless society, the Great British Pub is now one of the few places where people can make real human...
Pubs in Kingston forced to use polycarbonates
19-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs opening after midnight in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, have been forced to use polycarbonate glasses.Kingston Council claims pubs and...
Countdown starts to Proud of Pubs Week
19-Apr-2007
Get ready for Proud of Pubs Week!The countdown is on for a major initiative The Publican is launching this summer.Licensees across the country are...
NI pubs not ready for ban
19-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
Severe delays over planning applications means many of Northern Ireland's pubs are not ready for the smoking ban, a trade leader has warned. With...
As easy as ABCQ
19-Apr-2007
As the final stages of CaskForce approach, Rosie Davenport reports on the vital trade training aspect of the competition Competition prizes don't get...
LETTERs
19-Apr-2007
Snifter goes star-gazing Has Snifter been gazing at stars or reading tea-leaves? I was shocked to see your back-page story (MA, 5 April 2007)...
NewsDigest
19-Apr-2007
Capital Pub Company (CPC), the EIS-backed London group, has delayed its planned public listing, according to MA's sister publication M&C Report....
BarTalk
19-Apr-2007
Are you hoping to claim back charges from your bank? Steve Haslam Cutter Inn Ely Cambridgeshire It's not something that we really have to deal with,...
Opus energy bills drive licensee out
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A former Wadworths tenant says he was forced out of his pub by the "crazy" costs charged by under-fire electricity supplier Opus Energy. As licensees...
Globalisation threatens S&N
19-Apr-2007
There is fevered speculation about a takeover bid for Scottish & Newcastle. For many years, S&N was the Mr Nobody of the brewing world. It...
John Smith's cheers in style
19-Apr-2007
Aintree saw a fabulous day for last Saturday's 2007 John Smith's celebrated Grand National meeting. In glorious sunshine, a record crowd cheered on...
Pub duo star in new TV documentary
19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Two friends who quit their London jobs to start a new life running a country pub are the subject of a TV documentary to be screened tomorrow. Kevin...
MyShout
19-Apr-2007
Sport will lose out, argues Stephen Crawley, if there is a ban on alcohol sponsorships I saw snippets of the John Smith's Grand National on the TV on...
West is best
19-Apr-2007
Tony Halstead reports on the growing business potential offered by pubs in the West Country The West Country is enjoying a property boom, with house...
No butts about it
19-Apr-2007
Outdoor TV screens and providing suitable ashtrays could go hand in hand with shelters as pubs seek to keep smokers happy, says Graham Ridout Come...
Camra attack on short pints
19-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has repeated its calls for pubs to serve a full liquid-measure pint to drinkers. The real-ale group claims that one...
InBrief
19-Apr-2007
S&NUK signs Russian beer deal Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) has signed a deal to brew Russian beer Baltika under licence in the UK. The...
Publicity machine
19-Apr-2007
Frances Cunningham tells Ewan Turney how a strong marketing strategy has seen sales top £1m at the Swettenham Arms, Congleton, Cheshire How I got...
A breath of fresh air
19-Apr-2007
A smoke-free pub was the destination for the final Plan for the Ban roadshow, and there was plenty of advice on offer. John Harrington reports With...
Devonshire Dumpling reaps rewards
18-Apr-2007
Taking decisive action and going smoke-free before the ban has been a successful move for Devon publican Gordon Robinson.The licensee of the...
JDW to mix it up
18-Apr-2007
Next month JD Wetherspoon is to launch a new cocktail range to capitalise on the growing popularity of speciality spirits such as sambuca.So far the...
Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections
18-Apr-2007
An Inverness licensee who claims he is "certain" to be a member of the Scottish Parliament blames a year of the smoking ban for this month's closure...
Top chefs match food and sherry
18-Apr-2007 By Lucy Britner
Sixteen of the UK's leading chef's have contributed to a new food and sherry matching book. The Perfect Marriage - The Art of Matching Food and...
Punch takes 50% stake in Matthew Clark
17-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns and Constellation Europe have become joint owners of drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark. Under the deal announced today, Punch and...
17-Apr-2007
There are just two weeks to go until the Morning Advertiser's Pub Business show at the NEC on May 1 and 2. The huge event is absolutely free to enter...
Greene King, the Lewes Arms and the right of protest. Part Two.
16-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
My recent observations on the Greene King/Lewes Arms business certainly appear to have stirred up a plethora of comments, with many people believing...
LTC helps more people than ever before
16-Apr-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has come to the aid of more people in the last six months than ever before. Over half-a-million pounds has been...
16-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns is taking steps to ensure all its staff adhere to the terms of its updated retail charter. The pubco's charter is one of four codes of...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Apr-2007
More 12-year-olds are drinking than not, according to shock figures to be released tomorrow (Monday), reports the Sunday Express. A study by the...
13-Apr-2007
A Dudley licensee has been prosecuted for the second time in six months for showing Sky Sports in his pub using a domestic viewing card. John...
12-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead
Police supplying plastic glasses to persuade pubs to ditch glass
Sheer Poetry
12-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Imaginew Emmerdale without the daily doses of deceit and adultery, and you'd be left with similarly quaint surroundings at the village of Ashover in...
Authorities accused of overstepping the mark over polycarbonates
12-Apr-2007
Local authorities and police are being accused of overstepping the mark in their promotion of polycarbonate glasses. The Publican has seen secret...
McMullen's hits out at Home Office response
12-Apr-2007
McMullen's HAS hit out at the Home Office, claiming its approach to pubs is both "counter-productive" and "misguided". Peter Furness-Smith, the...
La Tasca to bolster Laurel
12-Apr-2007
LAUREL PUB Company will soon be back in growth for the first time in two years after Robert Tchenguiz won the bidding war for La Tasca. The Spanish...
12-Apr-2007
BIIAB issues a 'good practice guide' for physical interventions.
MyShout
12-Apr-2007
As the clamour for blanket glass bans grows, Jon Collins believes pubs should embrace Best Bar None For over a decade now the Bar Entertainment &...
THE GUV'NOR
12-Apr-2007
Dave Daly President, National Association of Licensed House Managers (NALHM) After two years of reluctance to suppress cash going over the bar, the...
InBrief
12-Apr-2007
Sexy lager falls foul of Portman Bottles of a Belgian lager displaying a picture of a woman whose clothing can be removed have been removed from...
BarTalk
12-Apr-2007
How was trade over the Easter holiday? Matt Jackson Sun Hotel Lancaster Lancs We had a great weekend at both our pubs - here at the Sun and at the...
NewsDigest
12-Apr-2007
Marston's is offering cricket fans the chance to make their own TV adverts. Marston's has been running a series of umpire ads during Sky Sports...
It's FA Cup semi-finals time
12-Apr-2007 By Richard Ross
After the high drama of the Champions League, our attention returns to the domestic stage. The top two football teams in the country are both in...
Comfort zone
12-Apr-2007
Five years ago, chef-proprietor Dean Carr left behind work in London's finest restaurants to run the Bath Arms in Crockerton, Wiltshire. Humayun...
