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Pubs and bars will suffer if consumers cut back on spending

16-Jan-2003

Pubs and bars could be the first to suffer if consumers are forced to cut-back on spending, says a new report from consultants KPMG. KPMG's Consumer...

Why, why why Delilah? Bar strikes a bum note

16-Jan-2003

Snifter has received information that may make licensees interested in hiring a certain Tom Jones impersonator think again. A crowd had gathered at...

Joint bid to tackle yobs

16-Jan-2003

Licensees and police in Poulton-le-Flyde, Lancashire, have joined forces to crack down on trouble-makers in the town. The scheme means drinkers must...

Merry Christmas for JD Wetherspoon

14-Jan-2003

High street discounter JD Wetherspoon last week unveiled Christmas and New Year figures showing 4.2 per cent rise in like-for-like sales figures, a...

What the Sunday papers said

13-Jan-2003

The Mail on SundayFORMER Go airline boss Barbara Cassani has landed a new job - running her local pub. The 41-year-old ploughed some of the £9.5m...

Daley joins Gale

09-Jan-2003

George Gale & Co has appointed a chef as its first catering development manager. Jonathan Daley will be involved in creating tailor-made pub...

Hosts fear revenge missions after double killing

09-Jan-2003

by Richard Matthews Licensees in Birmingham have spoken of their fears after last week's gangland shooting which left two cousins dead and twoothers...

Village

09-Jan-2003

Pub of the Year This award, sponsored by Greene King Abbot Ale, acknowledges the part played by country locals in serving the community. Judges are...

'Tis the season to be jolly... hungry

09-Jan-2003

Pubs open all day, 36-hour opening allowed over the New Year period and plans for more flexible closing times in the future. You could be forgiven...

Small is beautiful, according to Alan Morgan, who runs the A

09-Jan-2003

Micro-breweries are becoming big business, at least in the sense that a couple of hundred are reckoned to start up every year. What often goes...

Pensions time-bomb

09-Jan-2003

by Steve Hemsley The licensed trade is sitting on a pensions time-bomb with many landlords facing a grim future and being forced to work beyond the...

Shout' is a wake-up call

09-Jan-2003

Dave Elliott's "My Shout" (Morning Advertiser, 19 December) calling for the industry to "embrace" a possible future Government smoking ban is...

A matter of Principality on Continent

09-Jan-2003

The chef at a mid-Wales pub is helping to ensure that our European neighbours get a tasteof the Principality. Peter Martin, chef and manager at the...

Hosts mop up as rains prompt cover warning

09-Jan-2003

by Richard Matthews Flood-hit licensees could face increased insurance premiums following the New Year deluge. Experts are urging traders to reduce...

Hales storm

09-Jan-2003

Allied Domecq shareholders are said to be "furious" at extra payments made to former chief executive Tony Hales. They are to raise the issue at next...

Villagers in fight to save

09-Jan-2003

Peggy's pub Villagers are fighting to save apub which used to be owned by EastEnders landlady Barbara Windsor. The Plough Inn at Winchmore Hill in...

Punch ready to

09-Jan-2003

push conquests' by Mike Bennett Punch Taverns has pledged to invest in and swiftly exploit business opportunities in the 61 tenancies acquired as a...

Pubs attract preying rapists, claims expert

08-Jan-2003

Pubs are becoming dangerous places for customers because they attract preying rapists, according to a police expert.Detective chief inspector Richard...

SFI lives to fight another day

07-Jan-2003

Troubled bar group SFI has successfully re-negotiated its sizeable overdraft with a consortium of bankers, led by Barclays.The operator of the high...

Carling launches Scottish assault

07-Jan-2003

Carling has emphatically launched a full-blooded assault north of the border, signing shirt sponsorship deals with Scotland's two biggest football...

CAMRA blames death of rural pubs on pub companies

07-Jan-2003

National pub companies have been blamed for contributing to the demise of rural pubs by hiking up rents.Accusations that the pub giants are making...

What the Sunday papers said

06-Jan-2003

The Sunday TimesTHERE have been enough whispers in recent weeks to indicate there will be no shortage of buyers to scour Six Continents' demerger...

Landlord flattens pub after being refused a drink

03-Jan-2003

A landlord could be jailed after demolishing his own pub with a JCB digger.Police want to speak to pub owner Robert Tyrell after the mechanical...

CAMRA fears the decline of the rural pub

02-Jan-2003

Fears are again growing for the future of the rural pub as more licensees are finding it uneconomical to run their businesses.The Suffolk branches of...

Old Monk's Martin in comeback

19-Dec-2002

by Mike Bennett Old Monk founder Gerry Martin is back in business with the surprise acquisition of three pubs from the administrator charged with...

After an 18-month delay, the doorsfinally opened last month

19-Dec-2002

It's the kind of pub where Prince Charles would feel at home. After all, he was recently named Beer Drinker of the Year by a select committee of MPs...

Bottle of Hastings

19-Dec-2002

Mark Hastings, communications boss at the British Beer & Pub Association, spends much of his time sticking up for the hospitality trade. So it...

Osmond and Johnson eye 6C Retail

16-Dec-2002

Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson are both said to be mulling bids for Six Continents' retail pubs division, which will be demerged from the group's...

What the Sunday papers said

16-Dec-2002

The Independent on SundayCUSTOMS & EXCISE has suffered another embarrassing setback, with the latest collapse of a fraud trial bringing its total...

Fuller's fulfils cool promise

12-Dec-2002

We live in a cool age. I smile when my two sons one just into his teens, the other two years younger tell me that something is "cool", for it...

Two die after TB hits Glasgow pub

12-Dec-2002

by MA Reporter Two men have died after contracting tuberculosis in a Glasgow pub, health officials have confirmed. Five people were diagnosed with...

Parisa's founder

12-Dec-2002

Haghighi is dead by Mike Bennett Former colleagues and business associates have been stunned by the sudden death of Parisa Bars founder Nader...

Paris catch

12-Dec-2002

In operating eight English pubs in Paris, Mayday Inns has made subtle yet vital concessions to French culture. The PMA Team meets founder Jeremy Bown...

GK profits rise to £35m at halfway

12-Dec-2002

Greene King delivered reassuring half-year results this week when it reported a 9% rise in profits to £35m, pre-tax and exceptionals. Chief...

Spirit sells 34 pubs to Punch

12-Dec-2002

Spirit Group has sold 34 "bottom end" pubs to Punch Tavern for £12.75m about £360,000 per pub. The pubs, three in Scotland and 31 in England,...

This week sees Marston's embark on a three-stage advertising

12-Dec-2002

The theme of the campaign is "No compromise" and relates to the Wolverhampton & Dudley-owned brewer's pledge that Pedigree will continue to be...

Punch experts

12-Dec-2002

Punch Pub Company is spending more than £500,000 a year employing a team of nine merchandising and marketing experts to help licensees develop their...

Regent revises profits down and cuts expansion plans

11-Dec-2002

Regent Inns, operator of late-night high street venues, has downgraded profit expectations and cut back expansion plans.The board said its profits...

Greene King moves profits up nine per cent

10-Dec-2002

Brewer and pub operator Greene King has unveiled a nine per cent rise in profits to £35m on sales up 17 per cent to £249m for the half-year.In the...

What the Sunday papers said

09-Dec-2002

The Independent on SundayTHE Independent goes big on the troubles of the pub and bar industry. In the run-up to what is traditionally the busiest...

'Judge me by results'

06-Dec-2002

Robert Breare, the man in charge of Noble House, has a lot to say to those who claim his business is less than healthy. By Mark Stretton.Robert...

Po Na Na slump

05-Dec-2002

Bar operator Po Na Na experienced a dip in sales and profits in the six months to the end of September. Turnover fell year-on-year from £17.2m to...

Karaoke test case lost by licensee

05-Dec-2002

By The PMA Team A London licensee has failed in his last-ditch test-case challenge over the interpretation of local authority licensing requirements...

If the young woman he'd just married hadn't accepted a teach

05-Dec-2002

Twenty-eight years on, we certainly wouldn't be celebrating his talents as Coors' first chief operating officer in the UK. "It was all a lot easier...

Licensees' anger at rumours Westminster will be classed top LA

05-Dec-2002

Rumours that Westminster Council is to be crowned one of the top local authorities in the country has angered licensees in central London.Government...

Seasonal greetings for trade as consumer confidence grows

05-Dec-2002

Pubs across the country should enjoy a busy Christmas and New Year after a consumer survey revealed people are optimistic about the state of the...

LAs could introduce 'nuisance taxes'

05-Dec-2002

Local authorities across the country could introduce "nuisance taxes" to top up their licence fee.Although it is understood that councils will have...