Furnishing the great outdoors
16-Mar-2006
With a smoke ban on its way, the minds of those running pubs are concentrating on ways of minimising the impact to trade
Poacher turns gamekeeper
16-Mar-2006
InBev's Steve Kitching is bringing his off-trade experience to the fight to get customers out of their living rooms and back into pubs. Adam...
'Stings' will go on in Liverpool
16-Mar-2006
Liverpool City Council is standing by its policy of allowing underage children to lie during test purchasing "sting" operations.This is despite...
Glasgow licensee stands up to proposed glass ban
16-Mar-2006
A Glasgow licensee is calling on pubs to make a stand against the city's proposed glass ban. Ken Storrie, licensee at the Pot Still in Glasgow, has...
Old Crown team are kings!
16-Mar-2006
The team at the Old Crown, in the Cumbrian village of Hesket Newmarket, is the latest to be nominated for Proud of Your Staff. Licensee Lou Hogg says...
What I love about pubs: Les Samuels
16-Mar-2006
Les Samuels, travel agent, on what he loves about pubs.Céad míle fáilte - as the saying goes. And that's exactly what you get at Hennessy's in...
16-Mar-2006
A Punch host has been giving away free beer to customers buying sweets - in an attempt to buy out of his tie without breaching his agreement. But...
Mixed messages on underage sales issue
16-Mar-2006
It is pleasing to discover that LACORS, the local government regulatory service, is issuing a fresh code of conduct to local authorities that are...
Come with us
15-Mar-2006
Have you got behind The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign yet? Now's your chance.Almost six months in, and The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign is...
CAMRA celebrates a membership milestone
15-Mar-2006
Membership of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has passed the 80,000 mark - giving the consumer group its highest number of members since it began...
Pubcos start to address upward-only rent reviews
15-Mar-2006
The pub trade is making strides to end upward-only rent reviews, say leading property agents. They have refuted claims made by the Federation of...
15-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Robert Tchenguiz could make a bid for Britain's biggest managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers as early as next week say experts. The Iranian...
15-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
CAMRA is celebrating a landmark today after it signed up its 80,000th member. This week campaign group celebrates its 35th anniversary and chief...
14-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
THE Government is to bring in laws aimed at ensuring gays and lesbians are not discriminated against in Britain's pubs, clubs, restaurants and...
The Guvnor 09/03/2006
09-Mar-2006
David Heyes, Garsdale Inn, Brandlesholme, Bury Licensees should manage energy consumption with the same care and attention they pay to their food-and-drink offering
09-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scottish licensees could end up in jail if they don't sweep up after smokers who pop outside for a fag. Two Comments
09-Mar-2006 By Lucy Britner
Culture secretary cleared by watchdog over husband's pub shares
09-Mar-2006 By Tony Halstead
FA Premier League suffers rare court defeat over a pub screening of Premiership football
09-Mar-2006 By John Harrington
A new and long-awaited draft code of conduct for sting operations - leaked to the Morning Advertiser - says children should not lie about their age,...
09-Mar-2006 By Ewan Turney
The trade has reacted angrily to a new paid-for-policing scheme being mooted by the Home Office.
Raising the bar
08-Mar-2006
Adam Benzine discovers why Best Bar None has become such a success story.The Grand Harbour De Vere Hotel in Southampton was the glitzy venue for...
Tip of the iceberg
08-Mar-2006
Super-chilled lagers are hot favourites, but has their growth been at the expense of the standard versions, asks Helen Sloan The introduction of...
07-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
CAMRA urges pub-goers to seek out a pint of real stout or porter this St Patrick's Day
06-Mar-2006 By John Harrington
Local government chiefs are seeking the views of the Home Office before they chose whether to recommend children lie about their age in sting...
What the Sunday papers said
05-Mar-2006
Olympic silver medallist Shelley Rudman celebrated her success in her home village of Pewsey in Wiltshire at the weekend, and then joined regulars at...
JD Wetherspoon halts non-smoking pubs' roll-out
03-Mar-2006
JD Wetherspoon is calling a halt to its roll-out of no-smoking pubs until the government brings in the full smoking ban next year.Wetherspoon...
03-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Pubco will not convert anymore existing pubs but all new premises will be smoke free
National Pubwatch Conference: Shout from the top
02-Mar-2006
The National Pubwatch Conference heard some positive responses to the start of the new regime. By Daniel Pearce. The pub trade should be celebrating...
Broker loans firm vanishes
02-Mar-2006
The Dorset company at the centre of the broker loans scandal has disappeared and new broker Funds4Business is running out of the same offices....
Gales licensees accept 'sad' decision
02-Mar-2006
Fuller's decision to close the Gales brewery in Horndean following its takeover of the Hampshire brewer has been accepted by licensees.The...
CAMRA celebrates 'most successful' Pubs Week
02-Mar-2006
The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) is celebrating its most successful National Pubs Weeks yet.More than 10,000 pubs received promotional packs from...
02-Mar-2006 By Graham Ridout
Gas and electricity could go up by £100 per week
01-Mar-2006
Ed Baines almost gave up cooking to take up car design, but staying in the kitchen paid off. Now, writes Humayun Hussain, he has a gastro pub, two...
Full steam ahead
01-Mar-2006
It's not only the Steamboat Inn that has given up smoking - some of its customers have too. Adam Benzine reports on a pub clearly on the...
Great Pub Chefs - Freedom for food!
01-Mar-2006 By Lucy Britner
His unique approach to food saw Adrian Jones described as a 'gastroterrorist' by fellow chef, Richard Corrigan. Lucy Britner talks to the theatrical...
The Drinks Editor says
27-Feb-2006
While cider has become the new weapon of choice for drinkers, old favourites RTDs are struggling. Drinks editor Adam Withrington asks whether there...
Fuller's slammed over Gales closure
27-Feb-2006
Fuller Smith and Turner's decision to close Gales brewery in Horndean, Hampshire, has been slammed as showing "contemptible disregard" for the...
Police praise licensee over private drug initiative
27-Feb-2006
A licensee has been praised by police after launching a zero tolerance campaign against drugs in his pub.Chris Bailey, licensee of the Jailhouse in...
What the Sunday papers said
26-Feb-2006
Despite a cooling economy and a slowdown in the residential property market in 2005 business property values continued to rise. According to a report...
Leaders of the pack
24-Feb-2006
S&N's Tony Froggatt claims to owe the company's success to 'impressive brand momentum' and a new management structure. Hamish Champ reports.A...
24-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Anger as a Cumbrian council says it has spent unused portion of licencees' Public Entertainments Licences
23-Feb-2006
New documentary claims smoke ban will be lethal to children
Building the brand
22-Feb-2006
Now the only regional brewer in the North East, Camerons has big plans, as Phil Mellows reports.Sometimes one little mistake can seem to haunt you...
20-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A regular Monday morning look back at how the weekend's papers reported issues affecting the licensed trade.
20-Feb-2006 By The PMA Team and Tony Halstead
Trust Inns, the 506-strong tenanted pub operator owned by millionaire Trevor Hemmings, has reported increased profit for the fifth year in a row....
What the Sunday papers said
19-Feb-2006
The UK Food Standards Agency is to follow up an investigation in America by its US counterpart after benzene, the carcinogenic chemical, had been...
Is Independent Distillers planning an exit?
17-Feb-2006
Drinks manufacturer Independent Distillers has denied reports it is to pull its entire operation out of the UK, despite growing speculation that it...
Brickmakers team build on their success
17-Feb-2006
The team at the Brickmakers in Norwich is the latest to be nominated for The Publican's Proud of Your Staff initiative. Licensee Charley South has...
17-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A pub which faced closure ten years ago has won CAMRA Pub of the Year for the second time. The Swan - a 16th century cottage style pub - in Little...
Licensees argue for and against the ban
16-Feb-2006
FORAlison Smith, Bar One Nine - a smoke-free pub in Keynsham, Somerset"This is a great thing for pubs as it will give everyone a kick to reconsider...
