Page plan for table dancing in Stoke
20-Jan-2005
Veteran leisure entrepreneur Adam Page is planning to re-open part of his former Terraza nightclub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, as a table dancing and...
Off-trade is rising threat, finds MA poll
20-Jan-2005
Half of current pub-goers say they now visit an outlet less often than they did two years ago, an exclusive Morning Advertiser survey has found. The...
Michelin-starred hosts plan chain
20-Jan-2005
by Tony Halstead The owners of Michelin-starred Northcote Manor, who recently opened a Lancashire gastro pub, are planning more sites. Partners...
Rents should be cut by up to £25,000 says Bell
20-Jan-2005
by John Harrington The Freedom for Pubs Association (FFPA) has claimed the Trade & Industry Select Committee report into pubco power is a chance...
Pub prices rise 9.2%, says Christie & Co
20-Jan-2005
Demand for freeholds from both group and independent publichouse operators helped drive up pub values by 9.2% in 2004, according to licensed property...
Power without responsibility
20-Jan-2005
Joseph Goebbels would be taking his hat off to those cunning propagandists at the Daily Mail group. If you're going to lie, lie big. And that's...
Pop Idol makers stop Pub Idol trademark
20-Jan-2005
by MA Reporter The makers of ITV's Pop Idol have stepped in to stop a karaoke entrepreneur from trademarking the name "Pub Idols" for use in his...
Host sacked in light-bulb row
20-Jan-2005
by John Harrington A pub manager has been sacked and given one week to leave his pub for ordering light bulbs without consent. John Traynor,...
Hosts must be made to join Pubwatch'
20-Jan-2005
A licensee and former Pubwatch chairman has called for the Scottish Executive to look at making participation in a Pubwatch scheme compulsory....
Best Gastro Pub of the year
20-Jan-2005
Wolverhampton & Dudley sponsors this award,which recognises thepub that places itscommercial focus on fresh-cooked food North: Appletree Country...
Legal advice: The Road Safety Bill
19-Jan-2005
By thePublican.com's team of legal experts at London solicitors Joelson Wilson.The latest published annual road casualty statistics show that 3,508...
Property agent predicts continued shortage of freeholds
14-Jan-2005
Demand for freeholds from both pub companies and individual operators drove freehold values up by 9.2 per cent in 2004, says property agent Christie...
Hydes looks to expand into pub accommodation
14-Jan-2005
Hydes Brewery, the Manchester based brewer and pub retailer, is looking to invest in accommodation in its pubs. It has kicked off its new strategy by...
Herald shows its acquisitive Mood
13-Jan-2005
by Tony Halstead and The PMA Team Lancashire-based Herald Inns & Bars, a company linked to leisure entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings, has acquired...
Fears grow over blanket smoking ban
13-Jan-2005
There are growing fears that interference from local authorities could yet result in a blanket smoking ban being introduced in many parts of the...
'24-hour drinking' backlash
13-Jan-2005
Conservative Party leader Michael Howard has raised an early day motion (EDM) calling for a delay to the reforms in the new Licensing Act that enable...
Legal advice: Paternity rights
13-Jan-2005
Labour proposes to give fathers further entitlements.By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from solicitors Joelson Wilson.There...
Deadline passes for SIA licences
13-Jan-2005
Licensees in Leicestershire are being warned to make sure their doorstaff are registered or risk prosecution. The deadline for door supervisors to...
Clock's ticking on fate of drinking up time'
13-Jan-2005
It is still very difficult to predict with any accuracy exactly what will happen to permitted hours under the new regime. As I commented last week,...
Jones explodes myth of 24-hour trading
13-Jan-2005
A high-street bar-chain boss has called for a blanket terminal hour of 2am to be set for pubs to allay fears of 24-hour boozing and disorder when the...
Leicester clean-up stops drunks mid-flow
13-Jan-2005
Drunks caught urinating in the street in Leicester were handed a mop and bucket and told to clean up their mess. Police have warned that patrols...
Poor health forces sale of Devon pub
13-Jan-2005
A popular destination freehouse in a prominent main road position is up for sale in west Devon. "The Harvest Home at Gulworthy is only on the market...
Reform postponement now almost inevitable
13-Jan-2005
Local government and trade unite in face of DCMS inaction by Tony Halstead Pressure is growing on the Government to abandon the 7 February start...
Machines will soon make headlines
13-Jan-2005
It is interesting to note just how much control the justices still exercise over the number of AWP machines allowed on licensed premises. This...
Penthouse gets 3am nightclub licence
13-Jan-2005
A top West End of London nightclub that has been the venue of parties for the glitterati has won a late-night drinks extension in the face of...
Take part in our food survey
13-Jan-2005
Be part of an exciting report on pub food being published by the Morning Advertiser's food magazine PubChef. By filling in our questionnaire, which...
W&D's Burtonwood legal reform help
13-Jan-2005
Burtonwood's 420 tenants are to have licensing reform legal costs met by new owners Wolverhampton & Dudley in a move that will cost around...
Trio reap rewards at Farmers Arms
13-Jan-2005
A successful pub team has purchased the Farmers Arms that is set in an idyllic village near Ledbury, Herefordshire. Nicholas Calfe, of the Bristol...
Wellington under fire on insurance
13-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney Irate Wellington Pub Company tenants have voiced outrage at plans to charge them more than £500 each for a revaluation of the...
Xmas beer sales rise in north and fall in south
13-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney The north of Britain enjoyed the biggest increase in beer sales over the festive season, with the south suffering a small decline. A...
Spy in cellar' sheds image, says Nucleus
13-Jan-2005
Beer dispense monitoring systems have apparently shed their "spy in the cellar tag", according to Nucleus Data, which supplies the systems to pubcos....
Drink Talking: Alan Dunton
12-Jan-2005
Alan Dunton of the King's Head, Llandudno, on what the select committee recommendations could have been.Buzz words, don't you just love...
Legal advice: Aberdeen drink policy ruled unlawful
12-Jan-2005
By thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.The Aberdeen City Licensing Board was left licking its wounds in...
New pressure for cut in drink-drive limit
07-Jan-2005
Calls for the drink-drive threshold to be cut have been renewed after the numbers of drivers found to be over the limit saw little change over the...
Licensees lashout over committee report
06-Jan-2005
Licensees feel that they have been cheated after the Trade & Industry Select Committee failed to recommend decisive action to rein back the pub...
Upwards-only rents curbed by committee
06-Jan-2005
Pubcos have been warned not to exploit their position of economic strength over tenants by the Trade & Industry Select Committee. The committee's...
Trade digs deep for tsunami victims
06-Jan-2005
by John Harrington Pubcos, drinks firms, individual licensees and punters have been digging deep and doing their bit to raise money to help the...
Trojan Horse of reform reveals its true nature
06-Jan-2005
This is set to be the most crucial year for licensing in the modern generation, yet it begins with so many uncertainties. These have been stimulated...
Spirit changes wine and cask-ale ranges
06-Jan-2005
The Spirit Group is revamping the range of cask ales it offers to consumers. The managed pub operator is changing its line-up to introduce more...
Tadcaster hits growth target
06-Jan-2005
Tadcaster Pub Company has reached its target of building an estate of 50 pubs by the end of 2004, achieving an objective set at the company's launch...
Takeaways face behaviour curbs
06-Jan-2005
Antisocial behaviour in town centres should be reduced in a new move to licence takeaways from this year. Kebab shops, burger bars and hotdog vans...
The boy done not too bad
06-Jan-2005
The Trade & Industry Select Committee's pubco report is a curious mixture of naivety and crassness but also spot-on accuracy of judgement....
Liverpool smoking bill in Lords arena
06-Jan-2005
The House of Lords is set to debate Liverpool City Council's plan for a complete ban on smoking in public places in the city next month. Liverpool...
Met police chief leads fresh reform criticism
06-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney The Government's liberalisation of licensing hours received another high-profile verbal bashing over the festive period with London's...
MPs table motion for full liquid pint
06-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney MPs have tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of full-pint legislation. The motion, put forward by Labour MP...
Reform delay fears increase
06-Jan-2005
Trade experts have expressed fears that the date of the First Appointed Day for the Licensing Act could be pushed back following the failure of the...
Licensing Act delay on the cards?
06-Jan-2005
Is the Government going to be forced to postpone the First Appointed Day for licence transition? It is set for 7 February, which is exactly a month...
Has JDW dropped a Belgian bolleke?
06-Jan-2005
Beer-drinking circles were buzzing last month when Wetherspoon's announced it was launching the famous Belgian beer De Koninck on draught throughout...
Eire faces daytime drink ad ban
06-Jan-2005
Alcohol advertising on daytime TV is to be banned in the Irish Republic under legislation that will go before Parliament in the next few months. The...
Big rise in directors' earnings at W&DB
06-Jan-2005
Total remuneration to the board of executive and non-executive directors at Wolves & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) increased by just over 30% to...