21-Feb-2007 By John Harrington
Pubwatch is key to reducing crime and rejuvenating towns and cities, says Coventry co-ordinator.
LETTERs
21-Feb-2007
Taking advantage of our pub loos I read with interest how some local authorities are asking pubs to allow the general public to use their toilets...
20-Feb-2007
A new survey by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) predicts 7million people plan to spend more time in pubs after the ban.
Smoke ban to hit Scottish & Newcastle profits by £10m
20-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has said it expects the forthcoming English and Welsh smoking bans to hit its profits to the tune of around...
19-Feb-2007
Pubs must innovate their offer to mitigate against the short-term loss of earnings expected after smoking is banned. They should also develop an...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Feb-2007
Pub customers face a nasty shock when the next spate of smoking bans come into force later this year. Findings of a survey by soft drinks' maker...
16-Feb-2007
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) sends message to Ministers and MPs on the need to support these vital community resources.
Making sense of City-speak
16-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
I receive a lot of investment research from City analysts on listed pub companies, and jolly useful it is too, helping me to form my 'world view' of...
Staying independent
16-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
When Young & Co moves out of the Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth later this year and into new offices by the Thames in the same South London...
Screen test your supplier
15-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
The cricket World Cup kicks off next month - another chance for pubs to cash in on a top sporting event. With games set to begin around...
Big Brother psychologist to speak at Publican Live
15-Feb-2007
If you want to know how to succeed in business - the psychologist from Big Brother (BB) could be the one to explain. Ros Taylor the BB psychologist...
15-Feb-2007
Licensees up and down the country are being urged to look at the possible benefits of hosting poker nights. This week, over 300 players have been...
15-Feb-2007
The pub assets of 30-strong managed company Wessex Taverns have been sold for a second time in less than 18 months, the Morning Advertiser has...
Unearthing a hidden treasure
15-Feb-2007
Before the snows came and on a day of bright sun and fleecy clouds, with the Chiltern Hills dusted with frost, I drove to Buckinghamshire with my...
Less camera, more Camra
15-Feb-2007
The former portrait photographer to HM the Queen, beer-loving Mark Lawrence, has put his mind to capturing the spirit of another great British...
MyShout
15-Feb-2007
Don't stick your head in the snow - go smoke-free now and reap the rewards, says David Elliott As I write, snow is taking over most of the country,...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Feb-2007
Graham Rowson Don't risk missing the smoking ban roadshows says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston, Lancashire I make no apologies for...
InBrief
15-Feb-2007
TV cheat caught with wrong card A London licensee has been ordered to do 100 hours of community service work and pay costs of £768.68 after he was...
Cup fever starts feast of footy
15-Feb-2007 By Richard Ross
Coming up over the next seven days, there are two major events to look forward to: round five of the FA Cup; and later, the Uefa Champions League....
Host goes self-sufficient
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A North Yorkshire host is on a quest to supply all his pub's own energy needs. David Hawksworth is already saving about 25% on electricity bills -...
Playing the reel of fortune
15-Feb-2007
The new generation of gaming machines is breathing new life into the market How one operator is putting entertainment at the top of its agenda...
Pubs must warm to the idea of the green agenda
15-Feb-2007
Combating climate change should be at the top of everyone's agenda, including local pub owners, says Andrew Jefford Imagine that you're lying on a...
NewsDigest
15-Feb-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity would like to clarify that the report in the Morning Advertiser on 8 February regarding the LTC Trust being wound up after...
Public house to private home
15-Feb-2007
The gloomy predictions for pub closures over the next few years will highlight the fact that it is still difficult to "de-license" a pub. I don't...
LETTERs
15-Feb-2007
LTC is not going anywhere Further to the story reported on 8 February (MA, LTC Trust Wound Up After 26 Years), I want to reassure all readers and...
Pub closure debate needed
15-Feb-2007
There's a craterhole the size of a fallen meteorite bang outside Sevenoaks station where once used to stand the finest kind of community pub you...
Pebble trio buy hotels
15-Feb-2007
Former Mill House Inns bosses Ted Kennedy and Ziya Akguneyliu have acquired three hotels from Punch Taverns in a deal estimated to be worth around...
Regent steers course away from high street
15-Feb-2007
Regent Inns has been at the eye of the high-street storm since the new licensing regime commenced in November 2005. The company has had to gird its...
Opportunity knocks?
14-Feb-2007
How many smokers do you have in your pub? You've probably got a rough idea. How many customers have walked past your pub because they have been put...
Green Goblin unleashed on pub trade
14-Feb-2007
Wychwood Brewery has launched a new six per cent cider targeted at the top-end of the resurgent cider market.Green Goblin, which is the result of a...
Snow brings mixed fortunes for publicans
14-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs around the UK experienced varying trading as a result of the bad weather conditions last week. Heavy snow hit many areas across the country on...
More than 1,300 pubs under threat, says CAMRA
14-Feb-2007
More than 1,300 pubs are under threat from closure, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The consumer organisation is calling for communities to...
LETTERs
14-Feb-2007
Strike a healthy price balance I am sending this letter to the Morning Advertiser as your editor, Andrew Pring, is probably best placed to make...
14-Feb-2007
Figures show 56 pubs a month are closed permanently - 80 per cent of which are urban.
Pub pics sought for Ruby couple
13-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Richie and Mary Barrett pulled pints in 12 pubs across Leeds between 1970 and 1990, quenching the thirsts of thousands of drinkers along the way. The...
12-Feb-2007
British Beer and Pub Association director Martin Rawlings opposes calls to introduce a glass ban in Reading pubs.
Will they or won't they?
12-Feb-2007
Until recently, the discussions, analysis and political debate surrounding real estate investment trusts (REITs) and their impact on the property...
Shouldn't REIT legislation have been watertight to begin with?
12-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Real estate investment trusts - or as you know them well enough by now, REITs - have featured rather heavily in these pages recently. Sorry if you're...
Pub customers increasingly 'flexing the plastic'
12-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Despite concerns over rising personal debts, UK pub customers are increasingly 'flexing the plastic' when visiting their favourite watering holes,...
What the Sunday papers said
11-Feb-2007
Pub operator and brewer Young & Co is the target of rival pub companies, private equity groups and property players, with some observers...
09-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Allan Rankin, the former chairman of Ultimate Leisure, has acquired a sizeable stake in Utopian Leisure, the Morning Advertiser has learnt.
08-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Former Mill House Inns bosses Ted Kennedy and Ziya Akguneyli have acquired three hotels from Punch for around £10m.
M&B conversions ahead of schedule
08-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is in line to complete the conversion of the former Whitbread pubs it bought last summer to its...
Compulsory questions to stay on BII NCPLH
08-Feb-2007
Compulsory questions are to stay as part of England and Wales' most popular exam for licensees - despite the BII losing its battle over the...
Licensee wins David and Goliath case against energy supplier
08-Feb-2007
A licensee who vowed to go to court to fight his case against energy supplier Opus Energy has thanked The Publican for its help. Paul Blyth, tenant...
Pubs in the dark as Satvision goes bust
08-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
Confusion is reigning for customers of big screen supplier Satvision, which went into liquidation earlier this week. The Stockport-based company,...
Camra: 14 pubs close every week
08-Feb-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
'Incredible rate' is expected to increase following smoke ban introduction on 1 July, says Camra boss Fourteen pubs close for good every week - more...
MA names Cow as its Pub of the Year
08-Feb-2007
Freehouse, the Cow in Parkstone, Dorset, has been named the Morning Advertiser Pub of the Year 2007 - and won £5,000 for owner David Sax in the...
Hosts urged to back Camra pubs week
08-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
More licensees are being urged to get involved with the trade's first Community Pubs Week, which kicks off in nine days' time. Hosts throughout the...
Getting the name across
08-Feb-2007
This year the LTC, in tandem with LVAs, is set on raising its profile to make new and existing members aware of all the help it can offer One of the...
