Brains puts 21 leases on market for first time
17-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team Cardiff-based brewer and retailer SA Brain is offering its first leases in a new initiative called Positive Partnerships at 21...
Wales fears all-out smoking ban
17-Feb-2005
Hopes that licensees in Wales would avoid a blanket smoking ban have been dashed after the Welsh Assembly committee on smoking admitted it intended...
Tread carefully withinthis licence minefield
17-Feb-2005
I am pleased to note that, in accordance with what I predicted last week, there has not been an IKEA-style rush to be first in line for a premises...
Smoke ban could stub out 900 pubs in Wales
17-Feb-2005
by MA Reporter One public house in every four in Wales could close if smoking is banned on their premises, according to the Welsh trade. Profit in...
Snap up the throne of Rose & Crown
17-Feb-2005
The Rose & Crown, a historic 400-year-old pub and restaurant, is up for grabs in Wiltshire. The pub, set on a roadside position on the A360, is...
Thorley nets £10m share-option benefit
17-Feb-2005
Punch chief executive Giles Thorley netted £10m on Tuesday after exercising share options in the company. Thorley, right, who will face a tax bill...
Though the Daily Mail hysteria has abated, its malign effect
17-Feb-2005
Levying taxes on a whole swathe of pubs if one of them is consistently misbehaving seems the logic of the madhouse. Why should those who retail...
Millionaire's wife wants to shut rural inn
17-Feb-2005
The wife of millionaire fashion guru George Davies has upset the drinkers in a Cotswoldvillage by revealing plans to close the local pub and turn...
Put a hand up for Horse & Groom
17-Feb-2005
The Horse & Groom, a former winner of the North Oxfordshire Campaign for Real Ale's Pub of the Year, is seeking new owners. The traditional...
Pub set to carve Dame Ellen in wall
17-Feb-2005
The home village of Ellen MacArthur, world record holder for sailing around the globe non-stop, is set to celebrate her achievements by creating a...
Pubs shut for 24-hours in protest at reform'
17-Feb-2005
by Ewan Turney Three Leicestershire licensees slammed their doors shut for 24 hours in protest at the increasing cost, frustration and pressures of...
Licence for microbrewery
17-Feb-2005
Q I am building a microbrewery in the yard of my licensed premises, I have been told by the magistrates that I do not need to apply for a licence for...
Labour election pledge will push up pint price'
17-Feb-2005
by Ewan Turney The price of a pint will rise if Tony Blair delivers on his pre-election promise to further increase the national minimum wage,...
IR offers tax break for tips
17-Feb-2005
by Max Gosney Industry experts have welcomed new Inland Revenue guidelines relaxing the taxing of tips at pubs and restaurants. The Government's...
FSB steps up campaign for new deal for tenants
17-Feb-2005
by John Harrington The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) plans to lobby accountants and surveyors in the next stage of its drive to get a better...
Budget bedroom
17-Feb-2005
bait Small hotels and guest houses are often as attractive for the lifestyle they offer the purchaser as they are for the profits they generate....
Chance for slice of Manor life
17-Feb-2005
A property that's part of Rosewarne Manor in Cornwall has just come onto the market the first time in more than two decades. The manor, which is...
Pubs fear loss of business over council A-board row
16-Feb-2005
Licensees in rural Sussex fear their businesses could go under because their local council has moved to banish road signs advertising their pubs.They...
Industry resilient despite raft of legalities says expert
16-Feb-2005
The pub industry is suffering under government regulation says a leading property specialist.Peter Lapham, senior surveyor of property advisers...
Legal advice: How to opt for best fit
11-Feb-2005
Which legal firm and fee conditions should you pick?By Niall McCann from thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson...
Celtic Inns homes in on 100-pub estate target
10-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team Tenanted pub company Celtic Inns, which runs 63 pubs, is considering an acquisition that would help it reach its target of an...
Wetherspoon's pushes on with smoking ban
10-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is making an early start on its plan to open 60 non-smoking pubs in May of this year prior to a complete ban at all...
Pubs demand more support on licensing
10-Feb-2005
Four days into the new licensing regime licensees across the country claim that local authorities are still not geared up for change.The Publican has...
Facts were wrong on BBPA's promo code'
10-Feb-2005
Your comments and criticisms (leader column, Morning Advertiser, 3 February) of the BBPA's (British Beer & Pub Association) promotions code are...
Durham council offers pubs incentive to grow
10-Feb-2005
by John Harrington The man who was picked to run a council scheme to help pubs has been suspended for suggesting that licensees are "inward-looking"...
Cheap drinks puts Irish host in hot seat
10-Feb-2005
An Irish publican, who has slashed prices in a bid to regain business lost through the smoking ban, has been accused of contributing to alcohol abuse...
BBPA: stick to code or face closure
10-Feb-2005
by Ewan Turney Local authorities and police will be empowered to take sanctions, ranging from fines to loss of licence, against rogue licensees who...
Hay nonny no: it's a licensing book
10-Feb-2005
Barrister Philip Kolvin launched his licensing book in style last week, with morris men and an amorous unicorn prancing merrily in the Old Bank of...
Honeycombe gets new finance boss
10-Feb-2005
Honeycombe has announced that Tracy Alston will join its board as financial director. The appointment comes as the business announces plans to push...
How critical should the trade be of anyone who plays a socia
10-Feb-2005
That's a dilemma for the trade, as well as all the many observers and commentators scrutinising the circuit-bar scene with ahostile eye in these...
Hotels and special hours
10-Feb-2005
QUnder current legislation, a bar in a hotel holding a full on-licence, but no special hours certificate, would have to stop selling intoxicating...
Lancet: drinking's as bad as smoking
10-Feb-2005
A team of international scientists have warned in a report published in The Lancet medical journal that drinking is as dangerous as smoking....
Pull socks up on policing under-aged
10-Feb-2005
Whatever happens in the transition period, one thing that will not go away is the trade's problem with under-age drinking, which is seen in many...
Pub salute by English Heritage
10-Feb-2005
by Ewan Turney English Heritage has hit out at the "plasticisation" of Britain's pubs, which has left just 250 untouched by the ravages of...
Muddle over doorstaff licences may shut bars
10-Feb-2005
by John Harrington Pubs and clubs across London and the south east could be forced to close because not enough doorstaff have applied for the new...
MacArthur sails into St Austell pub
10-Feb-2005
Sailing heroine Ellen MacArthur celebrated her record breaking solo journey around the world with a slap-up meal at the Five Degrees West in...
Surrey pub gets a Claire Sweeney TV makeover
10-Feb-2005
A Shepherd Neame pub was given a £15,000 revamp and a visit from TV star Claire Sweeney after a chance phone call to a TV makeover program....
Yates Group snaps up Santa Fe chain
10-Feb-2005
Yates Group has bought the seven-strong Santa Fe restaurant chain for £3.55m, plus the assumption of £2.5m in debt. Sante Fe, which has two sites...
Shortage of licensed doorstaff threatens South East pubs
08-Feb-2005
Pubs in London and the South East could be forced to close in the next few weeks if there aren't enough licensed door staff.The Security Industry...
Big fish,
03-Feb-2005
small pond Many were surprised when Bob Ivell, the former boss of mighty Scottish & Newcastle Retail, agreed to take charge of Regent Inns. But...
JDW's out to woo a more upmarket clientele
03-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is to trial a lightly branded pub in an attempt to attract a more upmarket clientele. The Draper's Arms pub, which...
Charles Wells gives staff cash after £3m windfall
03-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team Bedford brewer and retailer Charles Wells has given its entire staff an extra week's pay after a windfall profit of £3.1m with the...
Publicans still unclear on Licensing Act
03-Feb-2005
Licensees claim they are still unclear about what they need to do to meet the requirements of the new Licensing Act. Many say that they have still...
WLVA in final bid to avoid blanket smoking ban in Wales
03-Feb-2005
The Welsh Licensed Victuallers' Association (WLVA) will next week make a last-gasp attempt to convince the Welsh Assembly that a blanket smoking ban...
Trawler Inn is prize catch at Brixham
03-Feb-2005
Pub buyers seeking seaside living in the historic port of Brixham will find the Trawler Inn in Devon appealing. Located in a mainly residential area...
Smoking the writing's on the wall
03-Feb-2005
JD Wetherspoon has decided to ban smoking at its 650 pubs in May 2006. The decision was helped by chairman Tim Martin's regular visits to the...
Smoking ban: 58% of pubs to drop food
03-Feb-2005
More than half of Britain's pubs will ditch food in favour of allowing their customers to smoke if the White Paper is implemented in its present...
The high street has to change
03-Feb-2005
by M&C editor Mark Stretton The pressure from Whitehall and the media for the industry to stop flogging cheap drink and stem alcohol-fuelled...
Tap into Old Well's food trade
03-Feb-2005
The Old Well Inn, which takes its name from a former well inside its cellar and dates back to Tudor times, has just come onto the market in Durham....
The chimes they are a changin'
03-Feb-2005
The Hutchings may have been advised against buying a pub in a remote corner of Wales, but they've confounded their critics. MARK TAYLOR reports When...
