Test purchasers told to tell lies
05-Jan-2006
Pressure is being ramped up on pubs to ensure they ask for ID as local authorities bring a new focus on underage sales in 2006.Liverpool City Council...
Police urge pubs to sign Publican charter
05-Jan-2006
Pubs in Essex are being asked to sign The Publican's Proud of Pubs Charter to prove their credentials under a new safer retailing project.Essex...
Proud of Your Staff: Rose & Crown, Plymouth
05-Jan-2006
The team at the Rose & Crown in Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon, are the first of 2006 to be nominated as part of The Publican's Proud of Your Staff...
Big surge in celebrating New Year at home
05-Jan-2006
Seven out of 10 people shunned the pub in favour of a night in or at a friend's on New Year's Eve. A poll conducted by ICM research revealed that...
Waverley TBS recovers from oil depot fire
05-Jan-2006
Supplies from drinks wholesaler Waverley TBS have returned to normal after a mammoth effort following the fire at the Buncefield oil complex near its...
Dickson killed in boating accident
05-Jan-2006
A former chairman and managing director of the Yates Group, Peter Dickson, has been killed in a swimming accident in the West Indies. Dickson, 52,...
Village of Turville tunes in after TV and film appearances.
05-Jan-2006
The Chiltern village of Turville is well known in the worlds of television and the movies. NIGEL HUDDLESTON visits the village pub that certainly...
LETTERS
05-Jan-2006
Brush up on law to stop alcohol sales confusion I thought I would share a story with you in order to provide Morning Advertiser readers with some...
Two Church House Inns sold in Devon
05-Jan-2006
The Church House Inns in South Hams - have changed hands.
FA under fire for closed period footy screenings
05-Jan-2006
The FA Premier League (FAPL) has been accused of hypocrisy for permitting a bar in Newcastle United's stadium to show games on Saturday afternoons when other pubs may not.
Best Community
05-Jan-2006
Pub of the Year This category, sponsored by Mitchells & Butlers, recognises pubs that focus on meeting the needs of their communities Anglia:...
Let 16-year-olds drink in pubs, says Welsh cop
05-Jan-2006 By Ewan Turney
A top North Wales Police officer has called for 16-year-olds to be allowed to drink in pubs in a bid to reduce under-age binge drinking and its...
Oxfordshire licensee wins cellar award
04-Jan-2006
An Oxfordshire licensee is celebrating after being recognised for the quality of beers he serves at his pub.Tony Puddifoot, licensee at Ye Olde...
Best Bar None awards launched for Kirklees
03-Jan-2006
Pubs in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, are being urged to fight alcohol-related disorder by joining up to a new Best Bar None scheme.The initiative sets a...
Pubs in Scotland trial anti-tampering devices
19-Dec-2005
An anti-tampering device designed to prevent drinks from being spiked is being piloted at pubs in North Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire.The 'SafeFlo'...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Dec-2005
The influential Commons select committee on health will this week back calls from medical experts for a nationwide ban on smoking in pubs, bars and...
A fantastic opportunity to cement your place at the heart of
15-Dec-2005 By Andrew Pring, Editor
Festive hours to suit at last
Mail strike... New hours... Punch hits right note...
15-Dec-2005
review of 2005
Kiss 'n' tell... Holy bat-signal... Empty vessels...
15-Dec-2005
review of 2005
Buxom barmaids... Ann Summers... Wild cats...
15-Dec-2005
Review of year
E-mail elbow... Clocking on...Lose the chews...
15-Dec-2005
What are they thinking?
Tim Bonham resigns
15-Dec-2005 By The PMA Team
Tim Bonham has resigned as chief executive of Nottingham brewer and retailer Hardys & Hansons at the same time as the company unveiled a profits...
It's been fun!
15-Dec-2005
Writing on the eve of her departure, Editor-in-Chief Lorna Harrison looks back at 12 years on The Publican - and 12 years of changes in the pub...
Guernsey's RW Randall up for sale
15-Dec-2005
Guernsey brewer RW Randall is up for sale following what appears to be an internal disagreement over the company's future."The company has reached a...
Good tidings
15-Dec-2005
Initiatives on the beer front came thick and fast during 2005. One of the MA's contributions came in the form of our Good for Beer series. Here we...
Licensee counts cost of council's door decision
15-Dec-2005
by Lucy Britner A Penzance licensee has been told he must employ a doorman for at least 12 hours a day during British summer time. Furious Josh...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Dec-2005
The licensee of the Woolpack Inn in Islip, Northamptonshire, argues that the big winners in the new licensing era will be the supermarkets and...
LETTERS
15-Dec-2005
Battling against media misrepresentation The national media has misrepresented many matters on the subjects of binge drinking and '24-hour drinking',...
Beating time
15-Dec-2005 By JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de MILLE
It wasn't just the Daily Mail's screaming headlines that provided licensees and industry figures with the laughs in 2005. JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de...
Almost 15,000 sign up to our Lay off my Local
15-Dec-2005 By Lucy Britner
Signatures in support of the Morning Advertiser's 'Lay off my Local' campaign are nearing the 15,000 mark. Licensees are still gathering in large...
My Shout
15-Dec-2005
The trade will get the last laugh as many of its critics during 2005 are already being proved wrong says Doug Clydesdale In 1450 Johannes Gutenberg...
Norfolk all hours... Chavs... Toilet humour...
15-Dec-2005
Review of 2005
MP calls for more focus to kerb puco abuse of licensees
15-Dec-2005
to curb pubco 'abuse' by John Harrington Labour MP Michael Wills has told fellow MPs in the House of Commons that Government scrutiny of the pubcos...
BAR TALK
15-Dec-2005
What do you think of England's chances in the World Cup? Mike Mercer The Albion Chester 'I don't know. I think we'll do pretty well. They've been...
Research grant is dedicated to Hook Norton
14-Dec-2005
An Oxfordshire brewer's efforts for charity have made such an impact that it has had a prestigious research grant named in its honour.Hook Norton...
Bars in their eyes
12-Dec-2005
When Gill and Sara Currie wanted to find a pub they turned to the professionals - C4's Relocation Relocation.Mother and daughter team Gill and Sara...
A right Bobby dazzler
12-Dec-2005
The popularity of darts continues to rise in pubs - after all, that's where it began. Phil Mellows spoke to darts legend Bobby George.Bobby George,...
Waverley TBS' distribution centre hit by oil depot fire
12-Dec-2005
Drinks distributor Waverley TBS (WTBS) has incurred "significant losses" following the weekend's oil depot fire in Hemel Hempstead.The fire is...
Pubs must raise game to beat supermarket cuts
12-Dec-2005
Brewers are encouraging licensees to up their game this Christmas to counteract the effects of a widening price gap between the on-trade and...
What the Sunday papers said
11-Dec-2005
Regent Inns, owner of the Walkabout and Jongleurs comedy club chains, has made an indicative offer for Revolution vodka bar operator Inventive...
Spirited Punch likely to sell off 1,000 pubs
08-Dec-2005
by The PMA Team Punch Taverns boss Giles Thorley has indicated at least 1,000 pubs are likely be sold by the company in the wake of its acquisition...
Inquiry launched into future of community pubs
08-Dec-2005
A major inquiry into the future of community pubs is being launched to help stem a huge wave of closures. The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group is...
My Shout
08-Dec-2005
John McNamara says it is crucial for hosts to know the important parts of the new Licensing Act I think that we can all agree that the licensed trade...
THE GUV'NOR
08-Dec-2005
The licensee of the Radnor Arms in Corston, Wiltshire, fears he will have to throw two years' hard work down the toilet and sell his business if a...
Pub quizzes: The answer is...
07-Dec-2005
After more than 20 years pub quizzes have grown in variety and professionalism.Quizzes are a relative newcomer in the history of pub games - at least...
What the Sunday papers said
04-Dec-2005
The legal minimum age for buying tobacco in the UK may be raised to 18. The government is considering upping the age limit, currently 16, after...
Trade Talk: Stuart Whitwell
02-Dec-2005
Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business, a brand valuation, strategy and development consultancy, calls on licensees to do...
Chef's CV - Tom Kerridge
01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor
Chef's CV - Tom Kerridge
70 pubcos end upward-only rent agreements
01-Dec-2005
reviews as part of a new code of practice on leases and tenancies drawn up by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
BAR TALK from 01/12/2005
01-Dec-2005
How did the first weekend of the new licensing regime go?
