Companies

A ray of sunshine

08-Feb-2007

Hazel Nicholson of Derby's Rising Sun has doubled trade since introducing food at the previously wet-only pub Nicholson took over the Marston's Pub...

Beyond the basics

08-Feb-2007

Simple food offers can help maximise profits and guarantee repeat business. Andrew Burnyeat explores their potential This month, we're going to take...

LETTERs

08-Feb-2007

Rent hikes thin end of wedge There has been a lot of talk about the proposed hike in annual licence fees, not least in the pages of MA (Fees hike...

Pub heritage in safe hands

08-Feb-2007

Anyone who harbours doubts about the future of the pub trade should have been at the Best Pub Awards ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London last...

Chris Maclean: traditional pubs are being overlooked

07-Feb-2007 By Chris Maclean

This afternoon is the LVA meeting. They are usually good fun and the other licensees get along well. There is a strong sense of collective effort for...

Regent Inns turns away 5,000 kids a week under Challenge 21

06-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

Regent Inns is believed to have turned away around 5,000 under-age customers a week in the first half of its current financial year.The managed bar...

Treasury denies changes imminent on REITs

05-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

The Treasury has rebuffed reports that significant changes will be made to legislation covering real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Budget...

Mariah Carey fan gets pub ban

05-Feb-2007

A Mariah Carey fan has reportedly been barred from his local pub after continually playing her songs on the juke box. Jeff Donovan played Carey's...

What the Sunday papers said

04-Feb-2007

The Swedish parliament is to debate new legislation to allow the privatisation of state-owned companies including Vin & Sprit, owner of Absolut...

Nexum appoints managing director

02-Feb-2007

Paul Kinsey, chief executive of nightclub operator Nexum Leisure, has announced the appointment of Tony Marshall as the company's managing director

Marston's scores a hit with EP

02-Feb-2007

It's hard to say what proved more interesting about Marston's - neé Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries - recent swoop on EP, formerly Eldridge...

One man's business genius is another's asset stripper, it would seem

02-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

Last week's news that Marston's had bought EP - formerly Eldridge Pope - came as these here pages were already winging their way to our printers....

REIT rules "unlikely to change

02-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

The government is unlikely to change legislation covering real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the short term in order to help pub companies...

The MA's best Pubs are announced

01-Feb-2007

Find a full list of winners from last night's prestigious Morning Advertiser Pub Awards 2007 here

Bay Horse, Great Broughton

01-Feb-2007 By Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor talks to the licensees of the Bay Horse in Great Broughton, Middlesbrough, Teesside

Eldridge Pope sale nets Cannon £40m

01-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team

Serial pub entrepreneur Michael Cannon has netted as much as £40m after selling Eldridge Pope to Marston's for £155.1m. Cannon, who paid £84m for...

Licensee loses in second FAPL case

01-Feb-2007

Licensees could still face legal action over foreign satellite screenings, even if they have been acquitted first time round. Karen Murphy, 42,...

Licensees hit a brick wall on outdoor smoking shelters

01-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci

It seems the widely predicted obstruction by local authorities is already presenting major issues for licensees attempting to plan outside areas...

Manchester pubs welcome supercasino

01-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci

Manchester now has the go-ahead to develop the SportCity complex in the east of the city, after being granted the licence ahead of bookies'...

Mitchells & Butlers sees quiet start to 2007

01-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) saw a slow build up to Christmas and has a seen quiet start to the New Year in some of its divisions, investors...

Get stuck in to MA competition

01-Feb-2007

Six lucky MA readers will get help fighting the sticky problem of discarded chewing gum in an exclusive competition. The problem is set to increase...

Slippery slope to a top trip

01-Feb-2007

The ALMR's annual ski trip is fast becoming one of the best industry networking opportunities of the year - for those who survive the slopes . This...

East & West Midlands

01-Feb-2007

The Holyhead Coventry Pub manager Jonathan Attridge regards it as a privilege to run the Holyhead, considered to be one of the best in the Ember Inns...

East Anglia

01-Feb-2007

White Horse Bedford Sue and Nigel Anstead repeatedly use the word "loyal" when describing members of staff at the White Horse. Other plaudits handed...

South East

01-Feb-2007

Riverside Tavern Strood, Kent While many outlets are content to lose a member of staff occasionally, the Riverside Tavern isn't. Under owner Peter...

London

01-Feb-2007

The Magpie Bishopsgate, London EC2 Australian Ross McGilvery has been given the freedom of the City of London for his outstanding contribution to the...

Wales

01-Feb-2007

Salt Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Salt is strategically placed to cater for locals as well as the increasing number of visitors and tourists attracted to...

West Country

01-Feb-2007

Royal Oak South Brent, Devon When Andrew and Carol Doree took over the freehold of the Royal Oak days before Christmas four years ago, the members of...

North West

01-Feb-2007

Thomas Rigby's Liverpool Staff training is the key to the success of Thomas Rigby's, which lies in the heart of Liverpool's central business...

East & West Midlands

01-Feb-2007

Red Hart Kington, Worcestershire The Red Hart in Kington is upping the stakes in a bid to have a record-breaking year raising cash for charity. It's...

South East

01-Feb-2007

Dog and Duck Kingsfold, West Sussex When Danny and Sara Shaw took over the Dog and Duck a year ago, they decided that fundraising would be focused on...

Wales

01-Feb-2007

Bryncoch Inn Neath, Glamorgan Craig and Janet Wigley have two callings - one is running the Mitchells & Butlers-owned Bryncoch Inn and the other...

West Country

01-Feb-2007

Old Spot Dursley, Gloucestershire The Old Spot is a cask ale drinkers' paradise. It always has at least six ales on tap and regularly hosts beer...

West Country

01-Feb-2007

Copley Arms Hessenford, Cornwall Michael and Diane Bradburn say that having other members of their family working at the Copley Arms has helped...

North West

01-Feb-2007

Spring Inn Rochdale, Lancashire There's little that Carol and John Cadwallader don't know about their customers - and that includes the scores of...

East & West Midlands

01-Feb-2007

The Greyhound Hinckley, Leicestershire At the Greyhound, Howard and Sue Williams are winning the generation game by catering successfully for the...

East Anglia

01-Feb-2007

The Kings Head Letheringsett, Norfolk Samuel Johnson famously said: "If a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." David and Pam Watts could...

East & West Midlands

01-Feb-2007

The Holly Bush Inn Salt, Staffordshire First-time visitors to the sleepy village of Salt near Stafford could be excused for thinking that the local...

East Anglia

01-Feb-2007

The Axe & Compasses Arkesden, Essex Today, the Axe & Compasses bears no resemblance to the ailing pub that Themis and Diane Christou took...

South East

01-Feb-2007

Countryman Inn Shipley, West Sussex Food has been an essential aspect of the Countryman Inn from the moment Alan Vaughan bought the freehold 21 years...

London

01-Feb-2007

Spaniards Inn Hampstead Heath, London NW3 The Grade II-listed Spaniards Inn is steeped in history, including links with highwayman Dick Turpin. It is...

Wales

01-Feb-2007

Usk Inn Talybont-on-Usk, Powys Andrew and Julie Felix spent a year looking for their ideal pub before spotting the Usk Inn and taking the plunge to...

West Country

01-Feb-2007

Globe Inn Lostwithiel, Cornwall Will Erwin says that from the age of five, he always wanted to be a chef. He eventually achieved that ambition just...

North West

01-Feb-2007

Three Fishes Mitton, Lancashire Food awards and accolades have flowed in to the Three Fishes since the pub first opened its doors just over two years...

Just grin and bear it

01-Feb-2007

As St Valentine's Day candlelight flickers through the February gloom, Adam Edwards suggests a glimmer of hope for winter trade Early February is...

Trying to build on shaky foundations

01-Feb-2007

It is rather like asking a competent tailor to make alterations to a suit that never fitted in the first place. Sir Les Elton's small review...

Let's learn from our EU neighbours

01-Feb-2007

Migrant workers - a good thing or not? It's a topic that's still causing heated debate in pubs around the country. From my experience, the recent...

Marston's identifies right fit to lift quality

01-Feb-2007

Marston's, unveiling pub acqusition deals with Eldridge Pope and Sovereign Inns this week, has broken, albeit temporarily, the 2,500 pub barrier (558...