North West
18-Jan-2007
Laura Condliffe White Lion, Barthomley, Cheshire Twenty-five year old Laura Condliffe is proof that tender years are no barrier to success. Laura has...
Yorkshire & North East
18-Jan-2007
David and Claire Smith The Princess, Rawdon, West Yorkshire What persuades someone with a lucrative and secure job to throw it away for a life...
East & West Midlands
18-Jan-2007
Melissa Price Tilted Wig, Warwick Pub lessee Melissa Price has come a long way in a short time. About 18 months ago, she was happily carrying out...
London
18-Jan-2007
Rowena Smith Old China Hand, Clerkenwell, London EC1 Turning an Irish boozer into a stylish bar specialising in Asian food might seem ambitious, but...
Blackburn hotline prompts underage sales reporting
18-Jan-2007
A telephone hotline has been launched in Blackburn for residents to report licensees who sell alcohol to children. The local council, police and...
Wales
18-Jan-2007
The George Aberbargoed, Mid Glamorgan In the 18 months since trade newcomers Paul Bugler and Nicola Owen were appointed managers of the George, they...
East & West Midlands
18-Jan-2007
Bar Sport Cannock, Staffordshire Former amateur boxing champion Scott Murray has delivered a knock-out blow to some of the heavyweights in the...
Wales
18-Jan-2007
Plough Inn Aberaman, Mid Glamorgan Last January, the back garden of the Plough Inn was a rubbish dump with absolutely no facilities even if its...
North West
18-Jan-2007
The Crofters at Holbeck Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria The garden at the Crofters is the pride and joy of licensees Geoff and Maggie Pattinson. The...
East Anglia
18-Jan-2007
Bird in Hand Gosmore, Hertfordshire Carol Hendry loves gardening. "It's my hobby. I'll spend about one-and-a-half hours every day gardening or all...
South East
18-Jan-2007
The Swan at the Vineyard Lamberhurst, Kent Vanessa and Sean Arnett aren't exaggerating when they say the beer garden at the Swan is a "massive draw"....
Small pubs still a nuisance
18-Jan-2007
Following on from my piece last week about the review of a licence, I have found out that the licensee in question was using the 'small premises'...
LETTERs
18-Jan-2007
Massive boss Peter Linacre took pubcos to task last week - and evoked a passionate response. Below, we publish a selection of posts received on our...
Much at stake for M&B's new steakhouse
18-Jan-2007
A lot rests on the trading success of the Dick Turpin, situated in less-than-inspiring Ilford in Essex. It's a former Beefeater that was converted to...
17-Jan-2007
Wells & Young's buys rights for Courage from Scottish & Newcastle UK.
17-Jan-2007
licensee guilty of running unlicensed poker games after failing to persuade a jury it is a game of skill.
Whitbread sells TGI Friday's for £70.4m
17-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread has sold its interest in the TGI Friday's restaurant chain to ABN AMRO Capital and US group Carlson Restaurants Worldwide for £70.4m.The...
'Racism' claim against JD Wetherspoon rejected
16-Jan-2007
An employment tribunal has thrown out a claim of racial discrimination brought against JD Wetherspoon by a chef who worked at one of its pubs in...
Ultimate Leisure looking to buy rivals
16-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
High street bar operator Ultimate Leisure expects to be in the market for rival operators as well as individual sites in 2007.Speaking as the group...
Epub: a new kind of fruit machine
15-Jan-2007
For the launch of a fruit machine it was quite a lavish affair. A couple of hundred top executives gathered at the old Truman Brewery in London's...
When is a fat cat not a fat cat?
15-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
So, it's that time of year. I don't mean the time of year when a chap goes blasting hundreds of wildfowl out the sky with his 12 bore, although some...
Brighton pub given glass ban
15-Jan-2007 By James Wilmore
A Brighton pub, which was forced to close over Christmas after violence, has been hit with a glass ban and forced to remove its pool table. The...
What the Sunday papers said
14-Jan-2007
Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pubco, wants to convert into a property company in a move that could create a £750m windfall for shareholders. The...
MA Feature - Challenges for pubs in 2007
12-Jan-2007 By Peter Linacre
In the first of a three-week series, we examine challenges facing the trade - this week with Peter Linacre of Massive Pub Company.
12-Jan-2007
Brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has appointed Richard Ball to its marketing team. Ball brings a wealth of knowledge to the Lancashire-based...
11-Jan-2007
The jury who will be asked to decide if poker is a game of skill or chance continued their lesson in card room parlance today.
£1m pre-tax gain for Brunning & Price
11-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Brunning & Price, the only pub company in the UK to to win The Good Pub Guide's Pub Group of the Year award three times, has hit the £1m pre-tax...
BII NITAs: Top trainers
11-Jan-2007
The winners of the BII Nitas were announced at a prestigious ceremony at the Tower of London in December. The awards aim to recognise and reward...
The Publican launches campaign against supermarket alcohol prices
11-Jan-2007
The Publican is taking on the off-trade over its irresponsible promotion of alcohol. We are writing to all major supermarket chains (see letter...
BarTalk
11-Jan-2007
What do you think of David Beckham's move to America? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire "Good riddance to him. Some of these so-called stars...
DoneDeals
11-Jan-2007
The Crystal Fountain Cannock Staffordshire The sports-orientated pub has been purchased by first-time buyer Val Smith. She has previously worked at a...
MyShout
11-Jan-2007
The anti-binge drinking campaign needs a ministerial champion, says John Grogan Never has a "My Shout" article of mine had as strong a reaction as...
Root of the Oak's success
11-Jan-2007
Mark Taylor finds out from Henry and Katherine Cripps what has helped to make their business grow at The Greene Oak, Oakley Green, near Windsor,...
Help the helpers
11-Jan-2007
Following the highly successful fundraiser at the ALMR lunch, the Licensed Trade Charity is appealing for support at the start of an ambitious year...
Wales
11-Jan-2007
Bunch of Grapes Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan When a pub's food revenue starts to far outweigh its wet sales there are many who would say it should be...
West Country
11-Jan-2007
Puesdown Inn Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire The Puesdown Inn is a glorious roadside tavern that looks as if it has welcomed customers for centuries....
Yorkshire and North East
11-Jan-2007
Cook & Barker Inn Newton-on-the-Moor, Northumberland Diners head in their droves up and down the A1 to enjoy the fine food and welcome at one of...
East & West Midlands
11-Jan-2007
Waggon and Horses Halam, Nottinghamshire "Keeping things simple" is a motto that is serving Daniel Thwaites' tenant and head chef Roy Wood in good...
London
11-Jan-2007
Anchor & Hope Southwark, London SE1 Robert Shaw says that when he and three other business partners took over the Anchor & Hope nearly...
London
11-Jan-2007
Teddington Arms Teddington, Middlesex When the Teddington Arms opened nearly four years ago, one of the key objectives was to cement relationships...
East and West Midlands
11-Jan-2007
Red Hart Kington, Worcestershire People power has paid off in Worcestershire, where the Red Hart has hit back from the threat of demolition to become...
Wales
11-Jan-2007
Carne Park Hotel Abercynon, Mid Glamorgan Abercynon was a mining village until the local pit closed in the early 1970s. Although the mining has long...
West Country
11-Jan-2007
Old Inn St Breward, Cornwall Darren Wills has always lived in St Breward and has witnessed "good and bad landlords" running the Old Inn. Darren...
Yorkshire and the North East
11-Jan-2007
Golden Lion Ripon, North Yorkshire There is no shortage of pubs in the North Yorkshire market town of Ripon, so turning a struggling business around...
Pubs main target in underage sales fight
11-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Fifty times as many instant fines were issued to bar and shop staff for serving under-18s than to children for drinking underage in 2005, new...
The GUV'NOR
11-Jan-2007
Paul Clerehugh The Licensing Act has not been all bad, says the licensee of the Crooked Billet, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire Doesn't time fly - where has...
North West
11-Jan-2007
The Oak Kelsall, Cheshire Drinking and dining in style is the watchword phrase for business partners Max Baker and Steve Cooper. The pair have...
East and West Midlands
11-Jan-2007
Fountain Inn Clent, Worcestershire A decision to provide customers with al-fresco dining and drinking facilities is playing a major role in boosting...
South East
11-Jan-2007
Royal Oak Southampton, Hampshire Alan and Suzie Dreja took on the Royal Oak as their first pub in 2005, and quickly turned the depressed boozer into...
London
11-Jan-2007
Three Compasses Hornsey, London N8 In less than three years, Mike Smith and brother and sister duo Nigel and Alison Oxford have totally transformed...
