City comment: Hamish Champ, city editor
22-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
The turbulent wake of the London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (L&ES) debacle prompts a serious question. Why do business people deal with...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Oct-2006
New Department of Health figures for England and Wales suggest that one in six women aged between 16 and 64 are either addicted to alcohol or suffer...
20-Oct-2006 By Tony Halstead
Tenants of collapsed London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (L&ESG) have been given a little more time to have premises licences transferred to their own names to ensure their pubs remain open.
LTC plans off-shoot organisation for younger members
20-Oct-2006
A young members' off-shoot of the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) was proposed at the organisation's national conference on Wednesday. Alastair Eadie,...
19-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Mock cards exploit children and make it easier for underaged to buy alcohol.
19-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
Provence, the company that sells pub freeholds at auctions with a leaseback to itself, has created six new concepts for its managed division. The...
The right stuff?
19-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
The sale of Hertford-based McMullen's old brewery site to supermarket giant Sainsbury's at the beginning of last month signalled the end of a chapter...
Don't gamble on AWPs
19-Oct-2006
Licensees will be "ruining it for the entire pub trade" if they are caught not supervising their gaming machines.The Department for Culture, Media...
Pick of the pubs
19-Oct-2006 By James Wilmore
A traditional family-orientated inn with six en-suite letting rooms is on the market in Brixham, Devon. The Weary Ploughman is well known for its...
19-Oct-2006 By Ewan Turney
Interactive TV service Smartbox has admitted it is experiencing "growing pains" after several licensees complained of not being paid. Smartbox,...
Independence day
19-Oct-2006 By Phil Dixon
Phil Dixon turns the traditional pub tenancy agreement on its head and suggests an open-ended, flexible approach as an alternative way forward I...
Pubco goes head-to-head with off-trade discounting
19-Oct-2006
A pubco boss is to meet cheap off-trade drink prices head-on with a Christmas promotion that will undercut supermarket rates. A newly-launched...
Camerons snaps up eleven more venues
19-Oct-2006 By Tony Halstead
North east brewer Camerons is set to notch up a half century of pubs after agreeing terms to buy 11 new venues. Completion of the deal later this...
Drift away from pubs continues
19-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
Britain's alcohol consumption fell last year for the first time since 1998, while the off-trade's share of the market continued to grow. These are...
MyShout
19-Oct-2006 By David Elliott
Social marketing will get us all in the end - but maybe that's not such a bad thing, says David Elliott You may not have noticed yet, but the health...
Junction wins Union's Pub of the Year
19-Oct-2006
The Junction in Sutton-in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire was crowned Pub of the Year at the Union Pub Company awards. The pub was one of 15 outlets...
Pony proves lucrative for pub
18-Oct-2006
For many licensees a customer complaint spells trouble and takes up valuable time to resolve.But for Graham Wheatley and Craig Thomas, licensees at...
Pub rewarded for its outdoor space
18-Oct-2006
The Royal Oak in Worcestershire was named the pub in the Union Pub Company estate which is making the best use of its outdoor space at the pubco's...
Pub boss challenges 'regulars' to show loyalty
18-Oct-2006
The licensee of a Hertfordshire pub has challenged a group of drinkers to prove their loyalty by visiting more often. Drinkers at the McMullen's...
Proud of Pubs special: The Dubliners
17-Oct-2006
It all started in a pub - O'Donoghues in Merrion Row, close to St Stephen's Green in Dublin. Forty-four years on, the members of the Dubliners are...
16-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
A pubco boss is to meet the challenge of cheap off-trade drink prices head-on with a Christmas promotion which will undercut supermarket rates. A...
City Comment: Hamish Champ, City & Business Editor
16-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
What's in a phrase? Take 'long term', for example, and it's sister, 'short term'. 'Long term' is defined in a multitude of ways, including: "a time...
Tarmac gangs target pubs
16-Oct-2006
There is a new threat in the battle to beat rogue traders - tarmac gangs.Tarmac gangs have traditionally targeted older, more vulnerable people for...
What the Sunday papers said
15-Oct-2006
The wine world is up in arms over government plans to force the drinks industry to label bottles with details of the dangers of alcohol. Celebrity...
12-Oct-2006
My survey of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) auction activity in the six years prior to its collapse reveals a number of interesting trends.
BarTalk
12-Oct-2006
Have you started preparing for Christmas yet?
12-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
A survey by the Morning Advertiser into property sales at public auction by London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) has revealed receipts of around £155m.
Top of the pots
12-Oct-2006
The Licensed Trade Charity swaps old for new
First line of defence
12-Oct-2006
The recent court case that decided licensees should not necessarily be held liable for the violent behaviour of their customers should have come as...
Ex-licensees warned over reassigned leases
12-Oct-2006
Thousands of ex-licensees could face legal action from pub companies for reassigning their leases to unsuccessful tenants. The issue has been raised...
12-Oct-2006
Stephen Oliver looks at how the raft of red tape may spell trouble for innocuous pub names.
12-Oct-2006 By Tony Halstead
A licensee locked more than 20 teenagers in the downstairs bar of his pub and telephoned police after suspecting the youngsters were carrying fake ID...
12-Oct-2006
The Morning Advertiser has joined forces with a firm of licensing experts to set up a London & Edinburgh hotline which tenants can ring for help....
Cheers
12-Oct-2006
Budvar's top Marques During a visit to Budweiser Budvar's brewery in Southern Bohemia, Cask Marque's Annabel Smith was deep in the cellars with...
12-Oct-2006
Poring over the entrails of the Bowes empire, it's pretty obvious that gullibility runs through the pub trade like a seaside resort through rock. How...
Pubs face ban over heaters
12-Oct-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs could be banned from using fixed heaters in outdoor smoking shelters under building laws that came into force in April. Instead they may have to...
Managers quitting difficult high street
12-Oct-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pub managers are abandoning the high street because of the demands of heavy- handed policing and later opening. That is the view of National...
The GUV'NOR Paul Clerehugh
12-Oct-2006
I became a "dinner lady" two years ago when I was emotionally blackmailed by my village school, forcing me to witness the only three kids brave...
11-Oct-2006
Complaints about noisy smokers outside Edinburgh pubs have soared with licensees saying controlling noise impacts on trade.
Pubs 2B Inn respond to allegations
10-Oct-2006
Pubs 2B Inn claims it is taking action against licensees Brian and Pauline Parker of the Black Horse in Hellifield, North Yorkshire to avoid...
Pick of the pubs
10-Oct-2006 By James Wilmore
The High Park Tavern is five minutes from the beach in Ryde, one of the biggest towns on the Isle of Wight. A two-storey property, it comprises a...
Licensees ejected from pub at centre of latest placement furore
10-Oct-2006
Licensee Pauline Parker has contacted The Publican this morning as six staff members of Pubs 2B Inn have turned up to close their pub the Black Horse...
10-Oct-2006
A legal ruling confirms that operators and doorstaff are not liable for everything that happens at the entrance or inside pubs or clubs, a lawyer...
10-Oct-2006
Undercover inspectors are to patrol Glasgow pubs and clubs on the lookout for venues serving 'drunks'. The move, which will involve trading standards...
10-Oct-2006
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association has dropped its legal battle over a proposed glass ban and is to receive compensation for its court costs.
Trade group withdraws action against Glasgow Council
09-Oct-2006
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has withdrawn its action to force a judicial review of Glasgow Licensing Board's policy on the use of...
09-Oct-2006
Police in Manchester have hailed an operation to reduce the number of thefts in city centre pubs, bars and clubs. Police say crime was cut by 28 per...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
08-Oct-2006 By Hamish Champ
Never mind what people say about the 'boldest grabbing the prize' and other snappy, industry guru-esque clichés; business people warm to certainty....
06-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team looks at the ramifications of the collapse of the London & Edinburgh Swallow Group
New smoothie is just for pubs
06-Oct-2006
Hartridges is hoping to replicate the popularity of at-home smoothies in the pub by bringing out a drink with a long shelf life. In the past, pub...
