Events

Former Great British Pub Awards finalist to begin £230k refurb

17-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Bridgewater in Darwen, which was named Best Managed House in the North-West in the Great British Pub Awards 2013, has closed temporarily for a top-to-toe refurbishment which will create two new jobs.

Beer Innovation Summit: Big plans for Let There Beer campaign after 'mixed' first year

06-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

After admitting the first year of Let There Be Beer, the cross industry campaign to revive the beer category, had been “mixed,” brewers unveiled big plans for 2014.

Beer Innovation Summit: Hybrid beers can answer consumer demand

04-Mar-2014 By Jessica Mason

The Millennial generation seek high quality brands that are sweeter, offer a sense of adventure and pander to a healthier lifestyle, according to new research from Mintel.

Young's pub Horts scoops Bristol tourism award

25-Feb-2014 By Helen Gilbert

The Oscars may be around the corner but a Bristol-based pub is already celebrating after scooping a regional ‘pub of the year’ award.

Award-winning licensees Leonard & McCartan secure second Sussex pub

30-Jan-2014 By Mark Wingett

Licensees Dominic McCartan and Tony Leonard have said that they could eventually grow an estate of five pubs across Sussex, after taking on their second pub, the Roebuck Inn in East Sussex.

Perceptions Group slams career advisors for lack of hospitality knowledge

27-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Perceptions Group vice-chair Anthony Pender says he is “appalled” by the lack of promotion of hospitality jobs from careers advisors after a dozen industry employees carried out mystery visits at Jobcentre Plus outlets.

Wetherspoon's boss Tim Martin hits out at 'deluded' pubco chiefs

21-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has said there’s a “level of delusion” among senior figures in the industry who are “out of touch” and “don’t actually like pubs”.

Beer-tie is an 'extraordinary thing' claims leading restaurateur

20-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The beer tie is an “extraordinary thing” the co-founder of Loch Fyne Restaurants and chief executive of Blanc Brasseries Mark Derry told the Pub Retail Summit last week.

This year predicted as "turning point" for pub sector

15-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

This year will prove to be a “turning point” in the pub market, Sapient Corporate Finance founder Peter Hansen has predicted.

Cider Trends Summit 2013: UK cider boom will be adopted by the US

28-Oct-2013 By Jessica Mason

Cider is following in the footsteps of the craft-beer scene and pioneering a movement that is being adopted in the US, according to cider company Aspall.

When will the cider boom burst?

01-Oct-2013 By Robyn Black

Nearly a decade on from Magners over ice and it seems the cider boom will never burst.

Publican Awards 2014 - open for entries

25-Sep-2013 By Jo Bruce

The search is now on for the industry's best pub companies in the Publican Awards 2014.

Merrydown Cider moves into pubs and bars

12-Sep-2013 By Robyn Black

Merrydown Cider is to return to pubs and bars, following a 20 year absence, The Publican’s Morning Advertiser can reveal.

Should Brothers revive its Lemon cider?

21-Aug-2013 By Robyn Black

Brothers Cider is canvassing votes in what it is calling “the world’s most creative petition” to see if it should bring back its lemon flavoured cider.

Heineken UK backs PMA cider summit

24-Jul-2013 By Mike Berry

Heineken UK has given its support to the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s Cider Trends Summit and signed up to become headline partner.

Aspall launches lower alcohol cider

23-Jul-2013 By Robyn Black

A style of cider not made at Aspall in over 50 years has been revived to plug a gap in the market for a more “sessionable” traditional cider.

Smart new operators make pub retailing look easy

27-Jun-2013 By Rob Willock

I’ve recently been involved in preliminary judging for our BT Sport Great British Pub Awards. In particular, I was looking at entries for two categories — Best Partnership Pub and Best Turnaround Pub, writes PMA editor Rob Willock.

Tenanted Pub Summit: Marston urges pub franchisors to restore trust

26-Jun-2013 By Rob Willock

Pub companies embarking on franchise operations have to go further than other hospitality franchises because of an historic lack of trust between partners in the sector.

Tenanted Pub Summit: Ted Tuppen unveils compensation paid to PICA-Service licensees

25-Jun-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Enterprise chief executive Ted Tuppen has revealed that the company paid compensation of between £5,000 to £6,000 on average in the two cases lost through the Pubs Independent Conciliation & Arbitration Service (PICA-Service).

Drake & Morgan's Jillian Maclean and Adnams' Andy Wood awarded OBEs

17-Jun-2013 By John Harrington

Drake & Morgan founder Jillian Maclean and Andy Wood, chief executive of Adnams, have been awarded OBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Henry Westons cider at the double on draught

12-Jun-2013 By Robyn Black

Westons Cider is launching its Henry Westons brand on draught for the first time.

BII Licensees of the Year back changes planned by chief executive Tim Hulme

21-May-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

The newly-crowned BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) Licensees of the Year have pledged to help bring the organisation “back to the hospitality industry” after scooping the award at a gala lunch in London last week.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company takes two awards at International Brewing Awards 2013

25-Apr-2013 By Gurjit Degun

US firm Sierra Nevada Brewing Company won two awards at the International Brewing Awards 2013, at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall yesterday.

Top speakers lined up for Tenanted Pub Company Summit

19-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

A stellar line-up of figures from across the tenanted pub sector and beyond are to speak at a major conference in London on 17 June.

BT Sport named as sponsor of the Great British Pub Awards 2013

11-Apr-2013 By Jo Bruce

BT Sport is to be the title sponsor of the Great British Pub Awards 2013

Celebrating the best in the business at the Publican Awards

20-Mar-2013 By Rob Willock

The Publican Awards, in association with Sky, was a night for celebrating in the company of friends, colleagues and competitors — in the way that only our industry knows how to do.

National Pubwatch awards licensees and police for outstanding contributions

19-Mar-2013 By Adam Pescod

Three licensees were awarded Outstanding Contribution Awards at the National Pubwatch (NPW) Conference last week.

A watching brief at the Beer Oscars

11-Mar-2013 By Pete Brown

Pete Brown samples the buzz, and some of the beers, at the International Brewing Awards.

Beer Innovation Summit: On-trade remains the place for consumers to try new brands

12-Feb-2013

The on-trade remains the place to visit for consumers who want to try new brands, claims new research from CGA.

Admiral deal is a boost for tenanted pub sector

10-Jan-2013 By Mark Wingett

For the past 18 months or so, corporate financiers have been saying that private-equity players are again circling the tenanted pub sector. These investors remember what the industry and the returns generated were like 15 years ago, and have been looking...

PMA launches new event - Beer Innovation Summit

03-Dec-2012 By Mike Berry

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser has launched an exciting new event focused purely on the beer category.

Pub Chef: Why entering awards is good for business

26-Oct-2012 By Tim Abbott

If months were drinks September would have been a bottle of Bollinger for the Pigs as we won two awards — one local Eastern Daily Press Adnams Norfolk Food & Drink accolade and a Publican’s Morning Advertiser award for Best Family Pub at the Great...

Publican Awards 2013: Search is on for pub industry’s top pubcos

28-Sep-2012

After the merger of the Publican and the Morning Advertiser last year, the Publican Awards was relaunched as the blue-riband event for pubcos — and by far the biggest night in the industry’s calendar.

Great British Pub Awards 2012: Lass O’Gowrie crowned Great British Pub of the Year

14-Sep-2012 By Mike Berry

The Lass O’Gowrie in Manchester has been crowned Great British Pub of the Year 2012.

Tenanted Pub Company Summit: 'Pubs missing out on a golden opportunity to upsell'

03-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs are missing out on serious upselling opportunities compared to venues such as fast-food outlets and coffee shops. That was the message from two Tenanted Pub Company Summit speakers in London last week.

Jennings: Pub people are our trade’s shining stars

02-Jul-2012 By Tony Jennings

One of my team recently made his annual pilgrimage to the PMA to engage in the preliminaries of the Great British Pub Awards. Since its inception nine years ago we have always supported this event and it gets permanent red-letter status in our beer calendar.

Ship and Trades named Shepherd Neame Pub of the Year

02-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime, in Kent, has been named Pub of the Year in the Shepherd Neame Pub Awards.

Pub companies satisfy 10% more tenants

28-Jun-2012 By Gurjit Degun

More tenants are happy with their pubcos, with seven out of 10 (71%) saying they would sign up with their landlord again — a 10% improvement on last year.

When passion isn't enough: Run your pub like Spain or Germany, not like England

27-Jun-2012 By Rob Willock

So that’s it — England are coming home from Euro 2012, dumped out of the tournament in the time-honoured fashion.

Hall and Woodhouse head brewer Toby Heasman awarded brewer of the year

17-May-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Hall and Woodhouse head brewer Toby Heasman was given the top accolade of brewer of the year at the All-Party Parliamentary Annual Beer Awards Dinner last night.

Mahdis Neghabian of the Camden Eye is BII Licensee of the Year 2012

08-May-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Mahdis Neghabian of the Camden Eye in London has been awarded BII Licensee of the Year 2012.

M&B's Sizzling Pubs scoop MIDAS award for top offers and pub meal discounts

05-Apr-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Mitchells & Butlers’ Sizzling Pubs chain has scooped the best Value Pub Restaurant title in the MIDAS awards (Menu Innovation and Development Awards).

Doorstaff Games alarm

16-Feb-2012 By Mike Berry

Earlier this month, a diktat was sent to Whitehall departments by Government spin doctors, effectively ordering them to produce three good news stories a day in the run up to this summer’s Olympic Games.

Shining light on the best in a changing industry

27-Oct-2011 By The PMA Team

It has always been the way. At any given moment in any given market there are winners and losers. No matter how dire the market conditions are, somebody — invariably quite a few people — will be prospering.

Entries open for Publican Awards 2012

14-Oct-2011

Entries are now being sought for the Publican Awards 2012. The Morning Advertiser’s merger with the Publican earlier this year to create the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has seen us taking over the biggest event in the pub industry calendar — the Publican...

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