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Greene King employees in Dementia Friends support

07-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

More than 1,000 Greene King employees have signed up to become Dementia Friends part of a network of volunteers to reach out to people affected by dementia.

More pubs fined for Premier League copyright breaches

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Seven more pubs have been fined for showing unauthorised foreign broadcasts of Premier League football.

Pub owner Sellers to feature in Burger Bar to Gourmet Star

02-Apr-2015 By Jo Bruce

Pub and restaurant owner Tom Sellers is to appear in TV show Burger Bar to Gourmet Star on Channel 4.

EXPERT INSIGHT

Development chef focus

02-Apr-2015 By Nick Hemming

Nick Hemming, St Austell Brewery’s catering development manager, talks sous vide, chef motivation and recommended apps.

Music

Enterprise Inns' 'Pub Idol' competition heats up

02-Apr-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Pubs across South Yorkshire have been polishing their microphones in the run up to the final of Enterprise Inns’ Pub Idol singing competition.

Brand News

London's new 'Chinese gastropub' installs Pilsner Urquell tank beer

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Pilsner Urquell brand owner Miller Brands has installed its Tankovna beer at a fourth London site – new ‘Chinese gastropub’ Duck & Rice.

Punch unveils roadshow dates

02-Apr-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Punch Taverns has unveiled the dates and venues for its 12th annual roadshow.

Star to buy big ticket items for new lessees

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Star Pubs & Bars has said it will pay for big ticket items such as ovens, fridges and grills for lessees taking on new pubs.

Pubs Code

Scottish tenant campaigners call for pubs code north of the border

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Pub tenant representatives in Scotland are ramping up the pressure on the Holyrood Government to introduce similar protections enjoyed by their counterparts south of the border.

Jeremy Clarkson launches Top Beer concept

01-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

Controversial television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has announced he will be moving from cars to bars, following the BBC’s announcement they would not be renewing his contract.

Michelin-starred chef Daniel Clifford buys Essex pub

31-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Clifford, who is chef patron of acclaimed Cambridge eatery Midsummer House, bought the freehold of the Flitch of Bacon, in Little Dunmow, for £300k with an eye to re-opening it in under five months after a £500k refurbishment.

Marston’s buys Thwaites’ beer division

31-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Marston’s has agreed to buy the trading operation of Daniel Thwaites’ beer division for £25.1m.

Dark Star Brewery to grow pub company

31-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Dark Star Brewery is to develop its own pub estate – with a target of growing it to 20 sites in the next five years.

"Local Food Hero" chef takes on Cornish foodie pub

30-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

An award-winning chef has opened Cornish food pub the St Tudy Inn.

TV chef Colin McGurran re-opens Lincolnshire pub

30-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

A Great British Menu winning chef has re-opened a Lincolnshire pub that was nearly destroyed by a tidal surge.

Enterprise offers tenants new entertainment service

30-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

More than 500 Enterprise Inns publicans have signed up for a new live music service that enables them to find and book local artists through an online portal.

Social media training rolled out to Greene King tenants

27-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

A programme of social media marketing training has been rolled out to support Greene King tenants and lessees.

Expert Insight

Service award finalist's top tips

27-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Amelia Thornhill, restaurant manager at Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs site the Plough Inn, in Longparish, is currently competing in the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Annual Awards of Excellence. She told Daniel Woolfson about competing in the awards,...

Enterprise welcomes Royal Assent for pubs code

27-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Enterprise Inns has welcomed the granting of Royal Assent for the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill yesterday, which enshrines in law the introduction of a pubs code and adjudicator.

St Austell's Waterfront pub resurfaces a year after storm damage

27-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Cornish brewer and pub operator St Austell has reopened the Waterfront Pub and Eating House on Plymouth seafront a year after fierce storms all but destroyed the venue.

Adnams reports record brewing year and jump in profit

27-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator, has reported sales for the year to 31 December up 9.1% to £66m.

Enterprise roadshows attract record number of visitors

26-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Enterprise Inns’ 2015 roadshows have been hailed a resounding success, after the six events attracted publicans and managers from more than 40% of the pub company’s estate.

New head chef for Columbo Group site

26-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Columbo Group pub Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green has appointed a new head chef to oversee the site’s food offer.

Heston pub chef joins Lidl

26-Mar-2015 By Jo Bruce

The former head chef of Heston Blumenthal’s Hinds Head pub has become chef in residence for discount supermarket chain Lidl.

BrewDog tops profit tracker list

26-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog came out on top in this year’s AlixPartners Profit Tracker in association with the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report.

Awards

Pub operators celebrate success in Development Chef Awards 2015

25-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Five pub companies have been recognised for the quality of their food offers in Restaurant's Farm Frites Development Chef Awards 2015.

Walkabout operator turns attention to all-day format

25-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

John Leslie, chief executive of Walkabout operator Intertain, has said that the company’s refurbishment programme will focus on an all-day format.

Comment

Heineken: We will rise to the challenge of the pubs code

25-Mar-2015 By David Forde

It’s time to rise to the challenge of reform and secure the future of the Great British Pub.

Pub minimum wage offenders named and shamed

24-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Scottish leisure operator G1 Group and a number of pubs have been named and shamed by the Government in a list of employers who failed to pay their workers minimum wage.

JDW's new Stansted airport pub set for take off

23-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon is to open a pub at Stansted Airport’s new-look terminal on 30 March.

ETM Group to open Suffolk country pub

23-Mar-2015 By Ruth Williams, M&C Report

ETM Group, the London-based gastropub operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, is opening its first country pub at Preston St Mary in Suffolk called the Six Bells this spring, M&C Report has learnt.

Wetherspoon joins Mexican wave

23-Mar-2015 By Jo Bruce

Pubco J D Wetherspoon has introduced a Mexican night to its weekly food clubs.

Pub is the Hub secures £100k funding

23-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Pub is the Hub has secured a £100,000 injection of funding from the Government for its Community Services Fund that will go directly to pubs that are looking to diversify.

COMMUNITY PUBS DAY

CAMRA celebrates pub campaign wins

23-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Members of the Campaign for Real Ale are being urged to visit their local asset of community value-listed pubs to celebrate Community Pubs Day – a new national event to highlight the 600 pubs that have so far been listed.

VIDEO

Community Pubs Day: Kris Hopkins on pubs

23-Mar-2015 By James Evison

The Publican's Morning Advertiser caught up with community pubs minister Kris Hopkins during the Publican Awards 2015 judging day.

Brothers Cider gets makeover and new flavours

20-Mar-2015 By Jessica Mason

Brothers Cider has received festival-inspired makeover and added two new flavours to its range in a bid to celebrate 20 years since their birth at Glastonbury.

'Oldest pub in London' celebrates 600th anniversary

20-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

A north London pub, thought to be the oldest surviving boozer in London, has organised a raft of creative events to celebrate its 600th anniversary.

SMALL TALK

Jasper Cuppaidge of Camden Town Brewery on crowdfunding and running 'awesome' pubs

20-Mar-2015 By Emma Eversham

Camden Town Brewery launched its Hells Raiser crowdfunding campaign to help finance a new brewery in February and has already over-reached its £1.5m target. Founder Jasper Cuppaidge talks about his reasons for going down the crowdfunding route and why...

Video

Publican Awards 2015: Winners' interviews

19-Mar-2015 By James Evison

Interviews by features editor Jessica Mason with the winners of the Publican Awards 2015, including Seafood Pub Co, Oakman Inns, Fuller's and Sky Business.

Tenant Track survey

Pubco/tenant relations on the up

19-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Tenants have reported another year of improving relationships with their pub companies, according to exclusive research.

Budget 2015: Reaction from the pub trade

18-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Industry figures and organisations have responded to George Osborne’s Budget, in which he announced a 1p per pint cut in beer duty for the third year in a row.

Drinkaware to launch campaign encouraging moderate drinking in pubs

18-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Drinkaware is planning to launch a new on-trade campaign, which aims to reduce the amount of alcohol drunk in pubs.

Novus to convert Jewel to Mabel’s

18-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Novus Leisure, the Hutton Collins and LGV Capital-backed group, will launch its modern neighbourhood bar format on its Jewel site in Covent Garden next week, under the name Mabel’s, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report...

Publican Awards 2015 - it rocked!

17-Mar-2015 By James Evison

Comedian David Walliams, Elvis, Dr Who's tardis and a laser violinst were among the highlights at last night's Publican Awards 2015.

Pub celebrates 100 years of family ownership

17-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

A pub near Shrewsbury is celebrating having been owned and run by the same family for 100 years.

Upham seeks £30m for expansion

17-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Hampshire-based Upham Pub Company is seeking £30m of funding through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) over the next two years to take it to between 30 and 40 pubs, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report understands.

Publican Awards: Triple Crown for Fuller’s and Oakman Inns

16-Mar-2015 By James Evison

Fuller’s and Oakman Inns were the big winners at the Publican Awards 2015 in association with Sky – each winning three trophies.

Riverside pub with unique flood defences for sale

16-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

A riverside Oxfordshire pub, which has unique flood defences has been put on the market.

Awards

Publican Awards: Tonight's the night

16-Mar-2015 By James Evison

It's only a few hours until the biggest awards night in the industry, presented by David Walliams at the Grosvenor, Mayfair. Find out all you need to know about the event here.