Beer Matters pub profile: The Wellington
21-Sep-2009
With a reputation for cask ales and speciality lagers, Beer Matters to every pub in Mitchells & Butlers' central London chain Nicholson's. Here...
How to... keep cellar to front of house spotless
21-Sep-2009
This feature is the pub trade's own How Clean is Your House? We may not have Kim and Aggie, the dirt-busting celebrity presenters of that TV show,...
Lager brewery battles CAMRA
21-Sep-2009
A lager brewery has been left furious after the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) banned its products from a beer festival this weekend. Freedom Brewery...
Carling turns advertising in football grounds over to local pubs
21-Sep-2009
Pubs in Manchester, Bolton, Nottingham and Birmingham will be promoted on advertising hoardings during football matches this week thanks to Molson...
Interactive billboards advertising Beck's to music fans
21-Sep-2009
Beck's is being advertised via high tech billboards that invite music fans to plug in digital personal stereos (MP3 players) to generate personalised...
18-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Lancashire brewer and operator Thwaites has confirmed the sale of the Stafford Hotel in London for £77.5m in cash.
18-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans is to trial a partnership with a local micro-brewer at one of its tenanted pubs.
New Grolsch promotion targets on-trade
18-Sep-2009
Molson Coors is launching a £13m campaign next month to promote Grolsch. It involves four different elements. An advertising campaign will run on...
Mike, CAMRA, action
17-Sep-2009
Is it an insult to sit and have a lunchtime drink with the chief executive of CAMRA and have a Coke? Now, this isn't a philosophical point - more...
End to beer tie 'a near impossibility', warns CAMRA
17-Sep-2009
The chances of the beer tie being abolished are "nigh on impossible", Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) boss Mike Benner has warned. Benner, speaking...
The Nightingale is Guinness Community Outlet 2009
17-Sep-2009
A huge commitment to charity fundraising and close links with the elderly have helped a pub to prizes worth more than £10,000. The Nightingale in...
17-Sep-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Diageo is working on developing a new glass for Guinness following changes in what consumers expect from glassware, said marketing manager Paul...
Comment: How much impact will an alcohol advertising ban really have on pubs?
16-Sep-2009
How much of an impact would a ban on alcohol advertising have on pubs' ability to sell booze? Maybe not that much. The British Medical Association...
Miller Brands signs up to SIBA
16-Sep-2009
Miller Brands UK (MBUK) has become the latest company to sign up as an associate member of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). It joins...
Carlsberg UK says Tetley cask bitter is "secure
15-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Carlsberg UK boss Isaac Sheps has given the clearest indication that the cask version of Tetley's Bitter has a future, despite the proposed closure...
Carlsberg announces Wetherspoon supply deal
15-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Carlsberg UK has signed a deal with JD Wetherspoon that will see its beers replace Carling and Coors Light across the managed pub group's 730-strong...
Carlsberg quits as Liverpool FC sponsor
14-Sep-2009
Carlsberg's 17 years as sponsor of Liverpool Football Club will come to an end in July 2010. The brewer has today announced that it will not renew...
New version of Guinness being trialled
14-Sep-2009
A trial begins today in 13 pubs in Fife and Edinburgh of a lower alcohol version of Guinness. Guinness producer Diageo has said that the 2.8 per cent...
'Mid-Strength Guinness being launched in Scotland'
14-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
THE latest attempt by the alcohol industry to contribute towards responsible drinking has been launched with the introduction of a lower-strength...
Wetherspoons confirms new drinks range
14-Sep-2009
Wetherspoons has confirmed it is introducing a large range of new drinks. As exclusively revealed by thepublican.com last week, alcoholic ginger beer...
Carlsberg renews football sponsorship
11-Sep-2009
Carlsberg is set to score with football fans thanks to a renewed sponsorship deal with the FA and a free pint giveaway to celebrate England's...
British brewing is booming
11-Sep-2009 By Roger Protz
Britain is in the throes of a mighty brewing revolution. No, don't send for the men in white coats: I haven't completely lost my marbles. Let the...
Time for an ombudsman?
10-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Everybody knows that it makes sense for disagreements to be sorted out quickly, in a way that both parties feel is fair and just. It's just common...
Justin Adams: Don't neglect the basics in the cask ale revival
10-Sep-2009
Three cheers for cask beer! It's outperforming the overall beer market and, against all the odds, has shown growth in four of the past seven months....
Pete Brown: The pricing system for cask ale is utterly bizarre
10-Sep-2009
Imagine walking into a decent, high-end food pub and reading the following on the wine list: WHITE (BOTTLE):Blossom Hill Chardonnay £10Jacob's Creek...
Champagne sales go flat
10-Sep-2009
If you want to attract drinkers cracking open sparkling wines, you are probably better off looking outside of the north-eastern region of France that...
Government considers duty cut on low-strength beers
10-Sep-2009
A duty cut on lower-strength drinks could prompt UK brewers to launch low-alcohol versions of top-selling brands. The Treasury is "not denying"...
GMB reports "positive" meeting with EC officials over beer tie
08-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The GMB says it has had a "very positive" and "helpful" meeting with EC officials today as part of its bid to prove the beer tie is anti-competitive....
Sponsorship ban would hit sport badly, warns S&N
08-Sep-2009
A ban on alcohol brands sponsoring sport would have a serious impact at all levels, the UK's bigest brewer has warned. Scottish & Newcastle UK...
Fair Pint/GMB meeting EC officials now over tie
08-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Fair Pint campaigners and a senior GMB representative are currently meeting European Commission officials to persuade them the beer tie is...
Champagne harvest reflects declining sales in UK
08-Sep-2009
Champagne sales have declined to such an extent in the all-important UK market that French industry heads have chosen to limit production in order to...
Pop goes the pub in Becks campaign
08-Sep-2009
Three landmark music pubs in the capital have been dressed in new clothes under the Beck's Music Inspired Art campaign. The exteriors of the Old Blue...
Thornbridge opens £2m brewery
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Thornbridge Brewery has opened a new £2m brewery in Derbyshire which will increase capacity from 2,800 brewer's barrels to 28,000 per year....
On the trail of more trade
07-Sep-2009
Consumers today seem to need a good reason to drink in the pub, and one brewery has come up with one such reason. Just under 400 East Anglia pubs are...
Charity backs Tory super-strength tax plan
07-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Tory plans to raise tax on high alcohol beers and ciders has been welcomed by homelessness charity Thames Reach. Last month party leader David...
04-Sep-2009 By Roger Protz
Businesses must be wary of the new tactic of slapping trademarks on beer styles, says Roger Protz.
Fresh controversy over keg version of "world's strongest beer
04-Sep-2009
A pub is set to reignite debate around an 18.2 per cent ABV beer as it takes delivery of the UK's only keg of the product. Scottish brewery BrewDog...
04-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Trade leader Tony Payne has warned the Chancellor beer duty would rise to a massive 9.4% from 1 January if it isn't cut when VAT returns to normal....
Matt Eley: Tesco - not 'every little' deal helps
03-Sep-2009
The latest industry attempt to tackle problem drinking kicked-off this week with the launch of the Campaign for Smarter Drinking. Essentially this...
Comment: When any publicity is bad publicity
03-Sep-2009
People who say any publicity is good publicity should try telling that to licensees affected by the stink around Diageo at the moment. The spirits...
03-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch's move to stop rentalising machine income is a "half-hearted" response to the Business and Enterprise Committee report.
03-Sep-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Following the announcement that Guinness sales had outperformed the UK's declining beer market and gained share in the on-trade last year, brand...
03-Sep-2009 By Sonya Hook
A lager that taps into trends for both tequila-added and fruit-flavoured beers has hit the UK market. H20 Lager Co has launched its Gringo range of...
01-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
The average pint costs the same in tenanted/leased pubs — £2.66 — as in independent venues, according to new figures released from the BBPA.
01-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees are being urged to lobby their MP to make the Government see sense on alcohol tax. The Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations is...
Victorious Bitter celebrates England's Ashes triumph
28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer Marston's has come up with a cheeky beer to celebrate England reclaiming the Ashes. Victorious Bitter - a tongue in cheek swipe at the...
The kings of Corfe castle
27-Aug-2009 By Roger Protz
A thriving year-round trade means the pubs in Corfe are in rude health
27-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Under fire Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has now angered the pub trade by taking holiday just days before the new regime is set to go live.
27-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInbev) has sold Tennent's lager and its associated trading assets to C&C Group for £180m.
Licensees' Choice Awards: winners for a reason
27-Aug-2009
The Licensees' Choice was launched this year and it has proved to be an unqualified success. The results have drawn huge interest from across the...
