Court puts sword to Zanzibar plan
27-Mar-2003
by Richard Matthews A Crown Court's decision to overturn a previous ruling of a licensing panel and turn down a licence for a city-centre superclub...
BEDA's Hayes in discount blast
27-Mar-2003
By The PMA Team Nightclub operator John Hayes who is chairman of the Bar Entertainment and Dance Asso-ciation (BEDA) has called for a...
InfoPage: PRS - Congratulations to Dogma, The Publican's Music Pub of the Year 2003
27-Mar-2003
This InfoPage is an online advertorial from our sponsor PRS.Dogma, a three storey building based in the heart of Nottingham is a spilt level venue...
Laurel heads the pack for 6C pubs
27-Mar-2003
Laurel Pub Company is working on an audacious bid for the Six Continents pub division Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).The managed company is one of...
Publican People Charter launched
27-Mar-2003
A new campaign to raise service standards in British pubs has been launched by The Publican.The Publican People Charter aims to improve customer...
Case study: The Living Room
27-Mar-2003
Living Room bars are renowned across the country, not just for attracting famous footballers such as David Beckham, but also for their excellent...
Pub excellence promoted by Charter
27-Mar-2003
Not so long ago, a new high street bar opened near The Publican's offices in Croydon, South London.The company had gone to a great deal of expense,...
Plan to open new Nottingham lap dancing club ruled unsafe
27-Mar-2003
A bid to open a table dancing club on the outskirts of Nottingham has been turned down because councillors fear it could put women at risk....
Athenaeum's fate uncertain
27-Mar-2003
The fate of a Manchester city-centre pub, closed by magistrates for fear of soccer violence breaking out, will be decided at a hearing next month....
Publican Award winners revealed
26-Mar-2003
The industry's leading stars were celebrating last night after reaping success at the glittering Publican Awards ceremony.Gathering for the largest...
Licensees split over minimum wage rise
25-Mar-2003
Over 40 per cent of licensees believe that the 30p an hour increase in the minimum wage will not affect their businesses, according to a poll on...
What the Sunday papers said
24-Mar-2003
The ObserverLibido-boosting drinks will flood into bars this summer as young clubbers are targeted with a potent new range of products that have been...
Chameleon' bars face bleak future report
20-Mar-2003
by Mike Bennett A major new report predicts the continued demise of "chameleon" pubs and bars caught in the middle between innovative high street...
Case study: The Garsdale Country Inn
20-Mar-2003
The opening of a self-contained restaurant in a disused back room proved the crucial turning point in the development of the Garsdale Country Inn at...
Hall & Woodhouse will be introducing a new seasonal ale in M
20-Mar-2003
Marketing manager Rick Payne said: "Badger has established a good track record of attracting new consumers to cask ale through product innovation...
Thatched-roofed pubs face insurance dilemma
20-Mar-2003
by Richard Matthews The escalating cost of insurance cover has now hit licensees running pubs with thatched roofs. One says the cost of his insurance...
Osmond fails to land killer blow
20-Mar-2003
People tend to be more polite in company of course. And that might be the reason why the much-anticipated Six Continents showdown seemed more like a...
Of muppets and men
20-Mar-2003
So what, exactly, is a muppet? A small puppet of grotesque appearance, I believe. The avaricious Miss Piggy was the most celebrated muppet of them...
Trade told to foot pub violence injury bill
20-Mar-2003
The pub trade should contribute to the cost of compensation for victims of pub fights, according to researchers in Cardiff.The call for action came...
Research shows pubs are still the place to drink
20-Mar-2003
Nearly three quarters of all beer is drunk in pubs, despite previous reports that the British pub is a dying breed.According to new research by...
Girls grin and bare it in aid of charity
20-Mar-2003
Workers at a Hungry Horse pub have unveiled a cheeky charity product a saucy staff calendar in aid of Children in Need. Four female workers at The...
Maxxium
20-Mar-2003
Who are they? A rapidly expanding producer, distribution and sales network, Maxxium Worldwide was formed in 1999 through the partnership of Highland...
New 'Adopt a Local' website tries to save country pubs
19-Mar-2003
The founder of a Gloucestershire pub website has come up with a tongue-in-cheek way of saving rural pubs.Jon Ellard, a web designer based near...
Noble House weighs up Beefeater bid
17-Mar-2003
Noble House Pub Company is weighing up a bid for the 45 Beefeater sites put up for sale by Whitbread.A glut of operators are interested in parts of...
6C shareholders call for Richard North's head
17-Mar-2003
Richard North is said to be on his way out of Six Continents.The finance director and hotels boss-in-waiting is set to be forced out by the group's...
What the Sunday papers said
17-Mar-2003
The Sunday ExpressRichard North, Six Continents' finance director, looks set to be forced out of the pubs and hotels group by its largest...
Nylon reaps rewards of star TV hosts
13-Mar-2003
Television's latest reality show The Club has celebrated its "live" launch on ITV2, with London's Nylon bar reaping the rewards of instant celebrity...
Oxford opts for Validate
13-Mar-2003
Licensees in Oxford are supporting a new initiative aimed at clamping down on under-age drinking. Members of the city's pubwatch are backing the...
Look back in
13-Mar-2003
lager In many peoples' minds, lager is a child of the 70s, as far as the UK is concerned. The truth is very different and Britain's lager brewing...
Cahill exits Noble
13-Mar-2003
Noble House operations director John Cahill has left to become a consultant. Noble House chairman Robert Breare is to take a more hands- on role in...
Tax rises restrict JDW openings to 50 pubs
13-Mar-2003
By The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon has reduced the number of pub openings planned for this year to 50 compared to 87 just last year as a result of...
Genuine Concern
13-Mar-2003
Alcohol Concern is being blamed for drink-related scare stories in the press. Jackie Annett investigates.If all the recent scare stories in the media...
Ahead of the field - Grand National preview
13-Mar-2003
Once again it's time for the biggest race of the year, the Grand National. Read on for our preview, plus betting tips and the latest odds.There is...
UK licensees against smoking ban
13-Mar-2003
Fewer than one in 12 UK publicans want a complete smoking ban, according to a new survey published by Atmosphere Improves Results (AIR).AIR, which is...
Six Continents defeats Osmond
13-Mar-2003
Hugh Osmond's £5.6bn hostile takeover bid for Six Continents (6C) was scuppered yesterday.Shareholders backed plans to separate the pubs and hotels...
Pubs want to clear the air, says AIR
13-Mar-2003
A survey of 500 licensees by AIR has revealed that 45% of them would be prepared to invest between £1,000 and £2,000 on a bar ventilation system...
National nous
13-Mar-2003
JENNINGS: Many smaller regional brewers steer away from producing lager because of the costs involved in advertising and marketing a product that...
Teutonic tone
13-Mar-2003
DANIEL THWAITES: Britain's sixth-biggest brewer, Daniel Thwaites, contract brews and packages lager for a wide variety of customers. But it is also...
Halewood launch is hot stuff
13-Mar-2003
By Claire Hu Halewood International says it is looking to revive a jaded "down-in-one" market with the launch of a new energy shots product. Red...
JDW managers hit salary super-league
13-Mar-2003
Six pub management couples at JD Wetherspoon have entered the salary super-league by earning £100,000 last year. The average single manager earned...
Do you think you can get rich in the pub trade?
13-Mar-2003
Pam Shotton Airport Hotel Wythenshawe Manchester Anybody expecting to make a lot of money in this business needs to run the right pub and get plenty...
Pub & Bar 2003 preview
12-Mar-2003
This year's Pub & Bar at London Olympia looks set to be the biggest and best yet, so get yourself along to sample what's on show.When the first...
Licensees prefer St George
12-Mar-2003
Two thirds of licensees would prefer to see St George's Day become a bank holiday rather than St Patrick's day, according to a poll on...
Wetherspoon boss slams £5m tax hit
10-Mar-2003
Tim Martin has slammed the government for wiping £5m from his company's profits this year.The JD Wetherspoon executive chairman said that was the...
Clarke hits back at Osmond criticism
10-Mar-2003
Six Continents chief executive Tim Clarke has hit back at fierce criticism from Hugh Osmond.The former Pizza Express and Punch Taverns entrepreneur...
What the Sunday papers said
10-Mar-2003
The Sunday TelegraphPRIVATE EQUITY firm CVC Capital Partners is close to putting together a consortium to make a £6bn friendly cash bid for pub and...
Osmond goes hostile on 6C
07-Mar-2003
Serial entrepreneur tables £5.6bn bid to tempt Six Continents shareholders. By Mark Stretton.After weeks of hot air, insults and derision, Hugh...
Ant and Dec enjoy bar stake
06-Mar-2003
Television personalities Ant & Dec have taken a stake in oneof Newcastle's best-known city centre leisure venues. The Tyneside-born duo have...
Charles taps into a Rutland tradition
06-Mar-2003
The award-winning Grainstore Brewery in Oakham, Rutland, brewed up a special beer for last week's visit to the town by the Prince of Wales. The...
Cruel to be kind
06-Mar-2003
I was pleased to read John Sands' words of praise for Camra's first National Pubs Week (Morning Advertiser "My Shout" 27 February). It is reassuring...
