01-Feb-2004 By Nigel Huddleston
The stars of the Michelin Guide are just starting to light up the pubs of Britain. Nigel Huddleston reports on the pioneering days of what will...
01-Feb-2004 By Jo Bruce
Swapping the fast lane for a more meaningful existence in the country became an easy decision for pub chef Paul Hackett. It just took a motorbike...
01-Feb-2004
The Greyhound in Stockbridge, Hampshire, recently became one of two new pubs to gain a coveted Michelin star. This dish is among several excellent...
Regulars brush up on their life' skills
29-Jan-2004
by Claire Hu Nude models are helping regulars at a Tyneside pub explore their artistic side. Life drawing is just one of the classes launched by...
Marston's takes the creamy route
29-Jan-2004
by Andrew Pring A new beer called Marston's FC Finest Creamy has been launched into the on-trade smooth market. WDB Brands, the beer division...
North: Fat Cat
29-Jan-2004
Sheffield, South Yorkshire Pub and brewing entrepreneur David Wickett was a man ahead of the game when he bought Sheffield's Fat Cat 22 years ago and...
North: Eskdale Inn
29-Jan-2004
Castleton, North Yorkshire Gavin Mead spent 37 years driving coaches before settling on a new career pulling pints at the Eskdale Inn at Castleton,...
The Adam & Eve, Bishopgate
29-Jan-2004
Everyone wants to know how Rita McCluskey got her hands on the Adam & Eve but she's not telling. Reputedly established in 1249 to serve...
The Fat Cat, West End St
29-Jan-2004
It was Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) National Pub of the Year in 1999 and the Good Beer Guide's Beer Pub of the Year in 1998 and 2003. So is the Fat...
Sticking one's head in Lion's mouth
29-Jan-2004
There's no hiding place for the modern journalist. Have you noticed the growing number of newspapers that have daily columns correcting mistakes in...
Wales: Jolly Sailor
29-Jan-2004
Burton, Pembrokeshire Ken Applin says the first thing that he and wife Jean decided to do when they took on the Jolly Sailor was transform the...
Strong Boddies seduces Camra
29-Jan-2004
by Tony Halstead Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale pressure group, has "kissed and made up" with Boddingtons, the brewer it loved to hate over a cold...
Wales: Carpenters Arms
29-Jan-2004
Clydach, West Glamorgan Around the time that Richie Saunders and partner Jill Davies took over the Carpenters Arms in Clydach three years ago, the...
West: Alice Lisle
29-Jan-2004
Rockford Green, Hampshire "It's a cracking pub. If you look after it, it will look after you." So says John Farley, manager of the Alice Lisle an...
Home Counties: The Poacher
29-Jan-2004
Tudeley, Kent Jason and Debbie Emery had their work cut out when they took over the Poacher. The previous licensee didn't encourage children and even...
Home Counties: Land of Liberty
29-Jan-2004
Peace and Plenty Heronsgate, Herts Maggie and John Moir acquired the unusually named Land of Liberty Peace and Plenty (a reference to the Chartist...
Home Counties: Spring Inn
29-Jan-2004
Sulhamstead, Berkshire Customers at the Spring Inn won't need a dictionary of food and drink to understand the food offering. The pub prides itself...
Home Counties: Cock Inn
29-Jan-2004
Gamlingay, Bedfordshire There are a number of ways Roger and Tina Collins measure the part that the Cock Inn plays in the local community. First,...
Home Counties: Falkland Arms
29-Jan-2004
Great Tew, Oxfordshire The Falkland Arms is an oddity within Wadworth's tied estate. It is one of only two pubs in the brewer's 250-strong estate...
You can bank on it
29-Jan-2004
RBS invests millions in pubs. Mark Stretton talks to one of its main men.Think of the least admired professions and after estate agents, lawyers and...
Pubs to lose out in gambling bill
29-Jan-2004
The new gambling bill will hit the income of small pubs, says the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).Giving evidence in Parliament this week,...
Prices set to rise says McMullen's
29-Jan-2004
by Claire Hu The boss of McMullen's, the Hertford brewer and pub company, has warned of big rises in retail prices on the back of a vast array of...
The Ploughman's Principle
29-Jan-2004
Without wishing to tell grandmother how to suck eggs, Andrew Jefford offers a three-point plan for success in pub catering My admiration for pub...
Your voice: even stronger
29-Jan-2004
It's three and a half years since the Morning Advertiser reinvented itself and became a far more relevant newspaper for modern licensees and their...
GK has a ball with Cinderella
29-Jan-2004
American companies spend millions of dollars on management consultants, business gurus and motivational speakers, but what does a great British...
Hughes is top Quays manager
29-Jan-2004
The licensee of the Old Customs House in Portsmouth has been awarded the title of Manager of the Year by Gunwharf Quays, the city's award-winning...
National Pubs Week FREE Quiz
28-Jan-2004 By Chris Harding
Over the last few decades quizzes have been one of the cheapest, easiest and most popular ways for a pub to attract regular trade on a quiet night of the week.
Glasgow pubs call for clarification on promos ban
28-Jan-2004
The ban on drinks promotions in Glasgow has left operators unsure whether even the simplest branding is in breach of the stringent rules laid down by...
What the Sunday papers say
25-Jan-2004
The Sunday TelegraphA new American device that allows non-smokers to test the amount of nocitine they have absorbed is about to be introduced in this...
Lion Inn www.lioninn.co.uk
22-Jan-2004
Trellech, Monmouthshire Tom and Debbie Zsigo first set up a website for the Lion Inn around seven years ago, around 12 months after they brought the...
Harry's www.harrys.uk.com
22-Jan-2004
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Licensee Rob McKeon and media development manager Steve Adams had a clear idea of what they wanted when they created...
Wooldale Arms
22-Jan-2004
Wooldale, West Yorkshire Beer drinking and fundraising are just about the only meaningful activities you will find going on at the Wooldale Arms. The...
NTK (Need To Know)
22-Jan-2004
Blackpool, Lancashire When you run one of Blackpool's busiest town-centre-venue pubs, marketing and promotion are key elements to the success of the...
Leader of the pack
22-Jan-2004
Wolverhampton & Dudley's Ralph Findlay tells Mark Stretton about the changes that have transformed the once-ailing company.IT is a hot summer's...
Pubs and the Data Protection Act
22-Jan-2004
With data scams still in the news, Phil Mellows asks what the law really means.Nobody is quite sure how many licensees have been caught out by Data...
IFBB must admit Cain's error
22-Jan-2004
Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain, has learned a trick or two from professional politicians: when you're under...
Terraces Bar & Grill
22-Jan-2004
Brighton, East Sussex Perhaps it's not surprising that a clean environment is high on the list of priorities for a venue on the Brighton seafront....
Old Spot
22-Jan-2004
Dursley, Gloucestershire Last year, Steve Herbert and the rest of the staff of the Old Spot, set about developing a plan for what they wanted to do...
Unlimited outrage
21-Jan-2004
A call for changes to the drink-drive rules has angered rural publicans, especially as this year's figures were an improvement on previous...
Well-kept secret
20-Jan-2004
Armagnac does not have the profile of its well-known relation cognac but producers are on a mission to change that. Ben McFarland explains.Armagnac...
Industry rejects bed tax proposals
20-Jan-2004
The pub industry has rejected a proposal for the introduction of a "bed" tax on hotels and pubs with accommodation.The Local Government Association...
Living Ventures eyes stock market debut
19-Jan-2004
Living Ventures, the bar group headed by Tim Bacon, plans to float on the stock market within the next 18 months.Mr Bacon (pictured), chief...
What the Sunday papers say
19-Jan-2004
The Mail on SundaySpirit Group, the UK's largest managed pub group, is looking for a property company to buy 300 of its pubs in a sale-and-leaseback...
Pitcher & Piano
15-Jan-2004
Brindley Place, Birmingham When a pub is just a few minutes walk away from the UK's most densely-pubbed circuit, namely Broad Street in Birmingham,...
Red Cat
15-Jan-2004
Crank, Lancashire The Red Cat is situated in an area of central Lancashire where you might expect beer to be the favourite pub drink rather than...
Mid Devon
15-Jan-2004
Mike Sais, co-ordinator of Mid Devon Pubwatch, is proud, and rightly so, of the way alcohol-infuseddisorder has been reduced in the streets of...
Stereo
15-Jan-2004
Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne You would be hard pressed to come up with a better location for a style bar than that enjoyed by Stereo on Newcastle's...
St Margaret's Tavern
15-Jan-2004
Twickenham, Middlesex Oisin Rogers, manager of St Margaret's Tavern, doesn't pull any punches when describing what it used to be like. "It was the...
Golden Fleece
15-Jan-2004
Queen Street, London EC4 "Ever since my first pub 13 years ago, I've always aspired to running a pub like this." So says Annie Power, who realised...
Geoffrey Hartridge
15-Jan-2004
Geoffrey Hartridge, licensed trade campaigner and managing director of Hartridge's Soft Drinks between 1955 and 1982, has died at the age of 85. He...
