Building
06-Oct-2005
community spirit During his travels as the Daily Telegraph's pub correspondent, Adam Edwards has found that Britain's local pubs provide their...
People in before time
06-Oct-2005
QWhat will be the position under the new law with regard to letting people in early, before the permitted hours start? Will it be illegal to unlock...
Oliver makes mischief
06-Oct-2005
as pubs lap up plaudits Self-deprecation was clearly on the agenda at the Union Pub Company's (UPC) fourth annual Pub of the Year Awards last week....
LTC provides hope and
06-Oct-2005
help for those in a crisis The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) helps those working in or retired from the drinks trade who have hit a crisis point in...
Reading licensee blames council for inconsistency
04-Oct-2005
A Reading licensee has accused his local council of being "inconsistent" over its implementation of the Licensing Act.Dean Miles, licensee of the...
Church service held in Cheshire pub
04-Oct-2005
The owners of a Macclesfield pub transformed its bar into a pulpit this weekend when they played host to a half hour church service.The Reverend John...
What the Sunday papers said
02-Oct-2005
Anthony Fuller, the deer-stalking boss of Fuller's brewery, has denied the Independent Family Brewers of Britain Association (IFBBA) - which he also...
Great Pub Chefs - From rags to seafood riches - Clare Mansfield
01-Oct-2005 By Alice Whitehead
Clare Mansfield freely admits she was an appalling cook when she started 10 years ago - so how did the former trainee tailor become an award-winning head chef at a gastro pub in the Highlands? Alice Whitehead finds out.
Battle of the Chefs - Creative Juices
01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper
Using Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce in a menu that didn't include turkey inspired the chefs at the Baskerville Arms in Lower Shiplake. Natalie Cooper...
PubChef Live - Dish of the day that PubChef Live guests savoured
01-Oct-2005 By Jeremy Hollingsworth
Pot Roast Partridge with Smoked Bacon & Savoy Cabbage Serves six Ingredients 6 oven-prepared partridges 2 litres chicken stock 250ml red wine...
PubChef Awards - Eastern Cuisine
01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper
With pub menus at chains and gastro pubs increasingly showing eastern influences, this category challenged pub chefs to create dishes with a...
PubChef Awards - Seafood
01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper
With growing customer awareness of the health benefits from eating fish, recipes in the seafood cook-off reflected the category's increasing...
PubChef Awards - Young Pub Chef
01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper, Jo Bruce
The PubChef Awards 2006 began by celebrating the talent of some of the country's youngest chefs. Natalie Cooper and Jo Bruce report Our inaugural...
Business Ideas - Enterprising Spirit
01-Oct-2005 By Mark Taylor
In our regular series, Mark Taylor looks at some more money-making ideas from pubs around the country that could be used to boost your pub's income....
Long live the king
30-Sep-2005
Regent Inns is seeing something of a turnaround in its fortunes - finally. Hamish Champ reports.Shareholders in Regent Inns are a robust lot, which...
Union Pub Company celebrates with 4th annual awards
30-Sep-2005
The Union Pub Company (UPC), the tenanted arm of Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, hosted its annual Pub Of The Year awards ceremony last night...
Ousted Ultimate chief
29-Sep-2005
starts Utopian venture by The PMA Team Former Ultimate Leisure chief executive Bob Senior has launched a new company just six weeks after he was...
Show your commitment
29-Sep-2005
As the Proud of Pubs campaign gathers pace we urge you to sign up to our charter today - and show why you are proud of your pub.Licensees have been...
Publican forces Mail slogan u-turn
29-Sep-2005
The Publican has claimed a victory in its fight to highlight the Daily Mail's unfair treatment of pubs over the new Licensing Act. Last month The...
Food-led smoking ban will not work claims M&B
29-Sep-2005
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) claims a trial smoking ban at its pubs in Grimsby has illustrated the disastrous consequences that will arise if...
Proud of Pubs Charter
29-Sep-2005
We're asking publicans to sign up to our Proud of Pubs Charter to underline their commitment to trading responsibly.The following licensees have...
What I love about pubs: Hamish Champ
29-Sep-2005
The Publican's city editor, Hamish Champ, on what he loves about our pubs.Keeping things simple and having a welcoming attitude. I love that in a...
E100m paid for Stolichnaya distribution
29-Sep-2005
Pernod Ricard has announced details of its deal to secure the distribution rights to Stolichnaya vodka.Pernod paid around E100m to Swiss owners SPI...
Terror attack recovery will take 'six months'
29-Sep-2005
by Tony Halstead Trade leaders believe it could be another six months before London's pubs fully recover from the effects of last June's terrorist...
M&B lashes food-based Government smoke ban
29-Sep-2005
by Ewan Turney One of Britain's largest managed operators has told the Govern-ment that a total smoking ban is preferable to its current proposals...
Pair slam recruitment firm over 'dump' pubs
29-Sep-2005
by John Harrington An angry couple who paid a pub recruitment company £5,000 to find them a dream pub claim that they have been offered a series of...
Reaping the rewards of responsibility
29-Sep-2005
Running a pub in a responsible manner is good for business and can cut your operating costs. So say the winners of the Morning Advertiser's...
Restricting movement
29-Sep-2005
Q We have had no objections to our application to open until 2am instead of 1am, as at present, but the police have imposed certain conditions on our...
Punch capitulates over Six Bells rent wrangle
29-Sep-2005
by John Harrington Punch Taverns has agreed to pay a couple's £20,000 legal bill after capitulating in a two-year rent dispute. The company conceded...
Punch hosts lose rights
29-Sep-2005
in licence bids foul-up by Tony Halstead More licensees have been left without grandfather rights after councils rejected more than 100 licence...
Pub renaissance beckons
29-Sep-2005
there is much to do if we are to reverse the tidal wave of negativity that's swept over the trade Andrew Pring, Editor Enough really is enough. After...
BBPA in call to ease minimum wage rise
29-Sep-2005
The British Beer & Pub Association has urged the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to keep future minimum wage rises to a 'sensible level as the industry...
Fighting fund call
29-Sep-2005
>> Continued from page 1 initiatives it is undertaking. Though firm proposals and timescales have yet to be drawn up, the BBPA told Hutt that...
A beacon of hope amid media hysteria
29-Sep-2005
Tim and Jane Hunter run the Red Lion in Preston that's Preston in Hertfordshire, a small village not far from Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City. A...
Sudoku: Hooked?
28-Sep-2005
Asahi is bringing the latest puzzle craze into pubs. Phil Mellows reports.If you've been thinking your customers have been a little quiet lately,...
Mitchells & Butlers marches on
27-Sep-2005
Mitchells & Butlers continued to eat up market share during 2005 and expects overall trading for the year to be at the top end of expectations.In...
Manchester Police respond to licensee concerns
26-Sep-2005
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has denied claims it is being counterproductive by objecting to licensing applications in the city.Publicans claimed...
What the Sunday papers said
25-Sep-2005
Foster's is "hell-bent" on changing the terms of its distribution agreements with Scottish & Newcastle and SAB Miller. Foster's chief executive...
Ivell: 'We can add third arm to Regent estate'
22-Sep-2005
by The PMA Team Walkabout operator Regent Inns is looking at 'all sorts of acquisition opportunities after its bid for Urbium was thwarted, executive...
Alchemy plans £8m spend on Spirit sites
22-Sep-2005
by The PMA Team Private equity company Alchemy plans to invest £8m in the 178 pubs and bars it acquired from Spirit Group this week. Alchemy, which...
Mystery pub visitors help test service
22-Sep-2005
A new 'mystery shopper service aimed at independent pubs has been launched. The service, from mystery shopper agency MarketPublic, is a way for...
JDW boss named pub personality with most impact
22-Sep-2005
Tim Martin has been voted as the individual from the pub trade who has made the biggest impact on the industry in the past 30 years.In a poll of...
Purnell on the pub trade as Publican Newspaper hits 30
22-Sep-2005
Licensing minister James Purnell has hailed the Licensing Act as the biggest development in the pub industry for the last 30 years.Responding to The...
Industry figures supporting Proud of Pubs
22-Sep-2005
Leading industry figures explain why they're supporting The Publican's new Proud of Pubs campaign.Rob Hayward, chief executive, British Beer &...
Campaign: Proud of Pubs
22-Sep-2005
The Publican is looking forward to its next 30 years with a major new campaign celebrating pubs - and we want your support. Daniel Pearce reports.The...
Get them coming back for more
22-Sep-2005
Most pubs expect to be busy at Christmas, but how can you keep that trade going into the new year? Jo de Mille has some ideas While most pubs expect...
Going the extra mile to save their community's store
22-Sep-2005
Red Lion, Coleshill, Buckinghamshire Thirteen years ago Coleshill village shop closed its doors, leaving local residents with nowhere to buy...
Lay off my Local takes off
22-Sep-2005
by getting customers to sign our petition, we can confront the peddlers of lies about the trade Andrew Pring, Editor Morning Advertiser readers have...
Licensee's fury at Mail
22-Sep-2005
over booze laws letter by Ewan Turney An irate licensee has lambasted the Daily Mail for censoring part of a letter criticising its coverage of the...
Any surprise big sellers over the summer?
22-Sep-2005
Mark Fallon The Wheatsheaf Barrow Cumbria 'It's not really a surprise but we have a bottled drink called VHF that comes in nine different flavours....
