Greene King places IPA at the 'heart of English rugby'
01-Feb-2007
Greene King IPA is launching its first advertising campaign since it became the official beer of England Rugby. The advertising will appear in UK...
Odds are on for pub gambling go-ahead
01-Feb-2007 By Graham Ridout
Playing poker in pubs has come a step closer, following proposals issued last week by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. Under the...
THE GUV'NOR
01-Feb-2007
Peter Eveleigh The licensee of the Riverside Inn in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, considers the smoking ban I always thought the traditional silly...
InBrief
01-Feb-2007
Man told to take down English flag A man from Bedford - the home town of patriotic brewer Wells & Youngs - has been ordered to take down his flag...
Fees hike blow for pubs
01-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.coml
Trade groups are "concerned" and "disappointed" that pubs face a 7% hike in annual licence fees over the next three years, following publication of...
S&N reveals 3.9% on-trade price hike
01-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.coml
Scottish & Newcastle UK is to raise wholesale beer prices to on-trade customers by an average 3.9% from next month. The company, whose brands...
NewsDigest
01-Feb-2007
Barracuda Group has reported a 36% growth in food sales. The group, whose brands include Varsity and Smith & Jones, also reported a 19% rise in...
Welcome
01-Feb-2007
andrew pring: editor, morning advertiser Tonight is a cause for celebration for all the award-winning licensees who now enter the Morning...
Room 101 - the dishes chefs would ban
01-Feb-2007
Pub chefs give us their views on the dishes they want banned from pub menus Adrian Jones executive chef, Spencer Arms, Putney, London Foam. I hate...
31-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team looks at the gastro-legacy of the pub food innovator - Michael Belben.It's easy to forget that the gastropub, a term universally...
Our community pub: the Forester Arms
31-Jan-2007
COMMUNITY PUBS: The Forester Arms, Broseley, ShropshireLICENSEE: Aaron LynnNo-one could accuse 25-year old licensee Aaron Lynn of not trying to make...
Our high street pub: Barcena
31-Jan-2007
THE PUB: Barcena, Burgess Hill, West Sussex LICENSEE: Richard PodestaFormer insurance analyst Richard Podesta has assessed the risks of taking over...
Our rural pub: the Hack & Spade
31-Jan-2007
THE PUB: The Hack &: Spade, Whashton, Richmond, North YorkshireLICENSEES: Anne & Alistair Dowson-Park Former Tory leader William Hague may...
31-Jan-2007
Starters make a first and lasting impression on customers so it is important that pub chefs get their offer right. Our starters and light bites...
31-Jan-2007
Our team category saw four teams of two cooking up a three-course pub menu of their choice. The four teams had to work together to create a starter,...
Charity to help troubled chefs
31-Jan-2007
Trade charity Hospitality Action has launched a new initiative to help companies tackle the number of chefs that are affected by alcohol and drug...
31-Jan-2007
Chefs and food developers celebrate their success after last night's awards.
31-Jan-2007
Finalists developed training materials to support the needs of tenants and lessees looking to introduce or improve their pubs' food offer. Solutions...
31-Jan-2007
This award recognises the pub company that has most successfully developed and delivered a new menu offer in the past year and judges were looking...
Chris Maclean: the difficult pub
30-Jan-2007
On Saturday night I was visited by a young couple who have taken over one of the most difficult pubs in the town. On a Friday and Saturday night from...
Beat the rush for outdoor furniture
30-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees thinking of buying extra furniture for outdoor areas prior to the smoking ban are being urged to get in quick. Manufacturers and suppliers...
30-Jan-2007
The winner of our prestigious PubChef of the year 2007 is Mark Levy Head chef, the Russell, Ellesborough. Mark Levy Pub facts: Address: The...
30-Jan-2007
Just like the first friendly greeting when a customer arrives in a pub, final impressions count. As the last course of a pub meal, desserts often...
30-Jan-2007
Versatile, healthy and an ingredient that can produce an excellent gross profit, poultry is a popular menu staple for pub chefs. Anthony Williams...
30-Jan-2007
The new Mediterranean category for the PubChef Food Excellence Awards challenged pub chefs to create a main course dish taking inspiration from...
30-Jan-2007
There has been a renaissance of classic British dishes since the rise of the gastropub. Timeless comfort food such as Lancashire hot pot, shepherd's...
30-Jan-2007
Meat dishes make up a substantial part of pub menus, with chefs increasingly experimenting with different cuts of meat. The meat category saw our...
30-Jan-2007
Game is an increasingly popular ingredient with pub chefs. It is seasonal and healthy and growing in popularity with consumers, with game sales...
30-Jan-2007
Beer may have lost its place at dining tables in recent decades but in recent years it has been a culinary comeback kid, taking a rightful place as...
30-Jan-2007
Many pubs use Asian fusion cuisine or specialise in serving great Indian, Thai and Chinese dishes. Matthew CurmiMatthew Curmi Position: Sous chefPub:...
30-Jan-2007
Three 19-year-old pub chefs battled it out to be crowned Young Pub Chef of the Year. The category was open to chefs aged under 21 and our fi nalists had one hour and 15 minutes to create a main course, using the ingredients of their choice. No pre-
29-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Herald Inns & Bars has parted company with its managing director Mike Clayton.
Marston's completes Sovereign Inns takeover
26-Jan-2007
Marston's has confirmed the completion of another pub takeover, adding the 33-strong Sovereign Inns business for £19.4m.At its annual meeting, the...
Government may tighten rules if pubcos abuse REIT status
26-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
HM Customs & Revenue has warned pub operators against becoming a real estate investment trust (REIT) in order to avoid paying tax.With several...
26-Jan-2007
Portsmouth licensee faces £8,000 fine
25-Jan-2007 By Mark Wingett
Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the bar and pub operator, from Michael Cannon, for £155.1m.
What next for Woodward?
25-Jan-2007
A little healthy competition never hurt anyone. Still, there may have been a few food suppliers to the pub trade reaching for the aspirin last...
Marston's High Street sites to get Que Pasa treatment
25-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it expects to convert up to a dozen of its own unbranded High Street bars into Que Pasa sites, following today's purchase of EP.The...
Pub loses out in pool prize plan
25-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore
A Bristol licensee claims he has been mislead by a company offering prizes to customers in a pool competition. Andy Long, licensee at the Oldbury...
A question of quality
25-Jan-2007
Industry figures explain why the Marston's and MA CaskForce scheme is vital when it comes to improving cask ale The start of a new year is a time for...
NewsDigest
25-Jan-2007
Details of the licence-fee review are expected to be revealed later this week, with a favourable outcome for the trade anticipated. The MA...
LETTERs
25-Jan-2007
Kiely got what he deserved After reading about the business mishap to Peter Kiely (MA, Big Rent Hike Ousts ex-Provence boss, 18 January, p11), I feel...
Challenges for 2007
25-Jan-2007
In the last of our three-part series on trade issues, Mark Charman shares his experience as a Midlands-based multiple lessee who has run more than...
Pubs ignore fire safety
25-Jan-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
A third of pubs have done nothing to comply with the new fire safety regulations that came into force on 1 October last year. Hosts who have failed...
THE GUV'NOR
25-Jan-2007
Yvonne Cleminson The licensee of the Cherry Tree in Rowledge, Surrey, urges participation in Community Pubs Week Now that the excitement and...
Punch host wins village mast battle
25-Jan-2007
A Punch tenant has taken on the might of the pubco and mobile phone company, 3, and won. Peter Williams, of the Axe and Square, in the Leicestershire...
InBrief
25-Jan-2007
Island trade up CI Traders, the Channel Islands-based pub, bar and restaurant operator, reported a 4.3% like-for-like sales increase for the 21 weeks...
Guinness plans for low-volume pubs
25-Jan-2007 By Nigel Huddleston
Guinness is to launch a bar-top unit that delivers draught quality Guinness from cans in the UK on-trade. The device, known as the Surger, was first...
Wise up and bow to the inevitable
25-Jan-2007
The clock is ticking on the final countdown to the smoking ban, but as Graham Ridout discovers, far too few pubs are prepared for the change Time is...
No longer the ugly duckling
25-Jan-2007
The Ostrich in Colnbrook, Berkshire, has just undergone a £500,000 refurbishment. David Hancock finds out more With the busy M4 and M25 motorways...
