Companies

An age-old concern

12-Feb-2003

Jackie Annett investigates the wealth of fake ID cards that are readily available on the internet and the repercussions they have on the trade.An...

6C pubs group to be renamed Mitchells & Butlers

10-Feb-2003

Six Continents is to rename its pubs division Mitchells & Butlers after the famous chain of managed pubs founded in 1898.The pubs and hotels will...

What the Sunday papers said

10-Feb-2003

The Sunday TimesMitchells & Butlers is the new name for Six Continents Retail, the 2,000-strong pubs division that will be split from the leisure...

City briefs

07-Feb-2003

Hampshire brewer Gales has appointed a new chairman. Charles Brims, a non-executive since 1995, will assume the role from George Bowyer, whose family...

A touch of class

06-Feb-2003

The Licensed Victuallers School celebrates its 200th birthday tomorrow. Sally Bairstow takes a look at its proud history and bright future Rubbing...

Historic Michelin coup in the offing

06-Feb-2003

by The PMA Team A trio of young entrepreneurs look set to make pub catering history by winning a Michelin star for quality food at two different...

ScotCo aims for revolution

06-Feb-2003

by The PMA Team Scottish Courage believes it will eradicate the problem of poor quality in the draught lager sector with the £10m roll-out of its...

Red alert over

06-Feb-2003

rating cowboys' by Richard Matthews Licensees are being warned not to part with money upfront to any companies offering to negotiate rate reductions....

Will war have an effect on pubs?

06-Feb-2003

These are tough times for the industry. In recent years pub operators, and the leisure sector at large, have faced a series of trading challenges.The...

Charles Wells hosts are Star performers

06-Feb-2003

Charles Wells has hosted its annual Eagle Star Awards night, aimed at recognising and rewarding the best licensees throughout the Bedford brewer's...

SFI bars for sale?

06-Feb-2003

Speculation over the assets of troubled bar operator SFI Group has resurfaced this week with reports that Bar Med and Slug & Lettuce are up for...

Warning for trade as licensee sees cost of PEL rise 572 per cent

06-Feb-2003

The case of a Welsh publican who saw the cost of his entertainment licence rise by a whopping 572 per cent, has sent alarm bells ringing throughout...

Hosts help stranded travellers

06-Feb-2003

A pub manager accepted watches, rings and a family photograph as collateral for food and drink from desperate motorists stuck in the blizzards which...

Capital gains

05-Feb-2003

Belfast may not have the tourist pull of its southern Irish rival Dublin, but as Michelle Perrett found, it has a lot to offer.Stag and hen parties...

repairs / dilapidations

05-Feb-2003

i took over a pub back in may of last year on a new 20 year lease (no assignment,, just purchased outgoing tenants f&f). In november we started a...

High streets, low prices

03-Feb-2003

Mark Stretton asks whether Ted Tuppen was right in saying Enterprise was benefiting from discounting.Last week Ted Tuppen, chief executive of...

Attention to details: displaying required information

03-Feb-2003

Licensees must take care to display all required informationby Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors...

What the Sunday papers said

03-Feb-2003

The Mail on SundayTHE MAIL picks up on thePublican.com's story last Friday that Spirit Group and Laurel Pub Company are both bidding for the Tom...

Hardys perennial

31-Jan-2003

Mark Stretton visits Nottingham's Hardys & Hansons and finds that first impressions can be deceiving."Define Hardys & Hansons," I ask."We are...

Trade group alerts publicans to measures danger

31-Jan-2003

Customers are at risk of accidentally drinking too much because licensees are failing to give sufficient information on measures.The Federation of...

The widespread appeal of Beefeater

31-Jan-2003

A pack of managed pub companies including Greene King, Noble House and Spirit Group are bidding for the discarded Beefeater sites.The large-scale...

Thirsty northerners are drinking their southern counterparts

30-Jan-2003

Drinkers up north knock back an average 11 pints each week against just seven managed by their southern counterparts. The poll, commissioned jointly...

Gould moves

30-Jan-2003

Punch training and recruitment directorStephen Gould is to join Leicestershire brewer Everards as its trade director. Gould, who introduced a number...

It's bars in their eyes

30-Jan-2003

by Tony Halstead London's Nylon bar will be thrust under the national spotlight in March as the venue for a new ITV network reality show The Club....

Hammers' pub hits the spot

30-Jan-2003

There's a widespread belief in the pub trade that there areno-go areas for cask beer. For no-go areas read working-class areas: the assumption is...

Is this a good way in to the industry?

30-Jan-2003

We have come across a recruitment company that operate retail partnerships. For a fee, they provide you with training for the NLC and the BII...

InfoPage: Tradeteam - creating new value in the supply chain

30-Jan-2003

This InfoPage is an online advertorial from our commercial sponsor Tradeteam.Imagine what it may be like in a few years time. Draught beer volumes...

S&N to be sued for Admiral Duncan nail-bomb blast

30-Jan-2003

Six victims of the 1999 nail-bomb attack at London's Admiral Duncan pub are suing the owners for damages.The victims, all customers at the pub at the...

Finance worries could force Bulmer sale

30-Jan-2003

More than £20m has been wiped from the value of troubled cidermaker HP Bulmer after it warned that yet another debt crisis had forced the Hereford...

Brighton nightclub case serves as disability reminder for pubs

30-Jan-2003

The case of a Brighton nightclub that was hauled before the courts because staff refused entry to a blind person is serving as a reminder to all...

Steep profit warning rise in leisure sector

30-Jan-2003

The leisure, entertainment and hotel sector saw the steepest rise in profit warnings in the last quarter of 2002 according to Ernst &...

Revised Firkin chain comes into its own

30-Jan-2003

Spirit Group has decided to open four more new-style Firkins after success trialling the new format at three outlets in London. The Firkin...

McMullen's property estate worth £176m

30-Jan-2003

McMullen's property estate is worth £176m, according to a fresh valuation in a preface to the 2002 accounts out this week. These accounts show the...

Founder buys back Brulines

30-Jan-2003

The licensed trade's biggest supplier of beer dispense monitoring equipment, Brulines, was in new ownership this week following a management buyout...

High Spirits, low prices

27-Jan-2003

Spirit Group may be discounting beer but it will not sacrifice quality or service. Mark Stretton talks to commercial director Andrew Knight.When...

What the Sunday papers said

27-Jan-2003

The Sunday TimesINVESTMENT bankers working on the break up of Six Continents are examining ways to release additional capital tied up in its £3.5...

Clean-Air

23-Jan-2003

Pub of the Year This award, sponsored by Vent-Axia, aims at recognising the pub that has made the most effort to comply with the "Smoking in Public...

Disco Venue

23-Jan-2003

Pub of the Year This award, sponsored by PPL, aims at recognising the venue that has regularly staged the most entertaining and well-attended dance...

Thug ties up manager

23-Jan-2003

An assistant pub manager was gagged and tied up during an armed robbery. The 31-year-old was cashing up at the Norbiton Dragon pub, in London, in the...

This award, sponsored by Laurel Pub Company, aims at recogni

23-Jan-2003

Aylesbury Buckinghamshire The pioneering Aylesbury Pubwatch has already picked up four awards from the local community during its seven-year...

PASS scheme will help pubs to cut underage drinking

23-Jan-2003

Difficulties in weeding out underage customers are set to become a thing of the past following the launch of a pioneering new scheme.From now on, all...

Michelin guide: pub-style dining is the future of eating out

23-Jan-2003

Pubs have made their mark on the latest edition of the prestigious Michelin Red Guide to Great Britain and Ireland.Six pubs have been awarded the...

Winter warmers

23-Jan-2003

The fact that Christmas and New Year are over with does not necessarily mean that spring is just around the corner. Far from it January, February...

Kinsey lines up Brannigans MBO

22-Jan-2003

Former nightclub boss Paul Kinsey is thought to be preparing a bid for Brannigans, the chain that collapsed into administration in November last...

Pubs on track to meet charter complicance target

22-Jan-2003

New research from the industry's Charter Group on smoking shows that the pub industry is on track to meet its minimum targets. The latest market...

Perez gets his Kicks at GBL

20-Jan-2003

Six years after nearly losing his house, Steve Perez has transformed GBL International into a £60m-a-year success story. Mark Stretton reports.Steve...

What the Sunday papers said

20-Jan-2003

The Sunday TimesTHOUSANDS of asylum seekers are to be housed in country hotels and mansions being bought by property firms working for the Home...

Merger set to create united voice for trade

16-Jan-2003

Merger talks have been initiated between the two leading licensed trade charities, the Society of Licensed Victuallers and the Licensed Victuallers...

Slow-starting Urbium's got a Tiger in the tank

16-Jan-2003

Urbium, the quaintly-named trendy bar chain, has experienced sobering times since it arrived on the stock market in the spring of last year. Although...