Customers say what they want to see in 2010
06-Jan-2010
Licensees across the country will be looking to attract new customers and retain the ones they already have as trading continues to be tough this...
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
A nightclub in Leeds has been slammed for a a flyer advertising a "slut party" and featuring pictures of nude women and a sex toy. The Advertising...
Jack Straw shows support for Court Not Caution campaign
05-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has backed calls for attacks on licensees to be dealt with by the courts. In a letter to National Pubwatch chairman...
14-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Alcohol education charity Drinkaware has secured more than £5m funding each year for the next three years, from producers, pub operators,...
Sandwiches and hot drinks: easy money?
20-Nov-2009
Pub menus are getting increasingly sophisticated and diverse, as we have seen elsewhere in this year's Food Report. But there will always be space...
18-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
A £600,000 marketing campaign has been launched to get punters into Manchester's bars and shops over Christmas. It will see ads on TV and in the...
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Drinks distributor Tradeteam scooped the top award at the GreenFleet Awards for its environmental performance. Tradeteam claimed the sought-after...
Campaigners target cheap off-trade booze
22-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Cheap supermarket booze has been blamed for causing health problems and hurting community pubs by campaigners in the North West. Mystery shoppers...
Quartet hits the heights for charity
16-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Four pub adventurers have climbed the highest mountain in Africa and raised £25,000 in the process. Pub operators Lee Cash and Tim Doyle from...
Theme Awards winners announced
30-Sep-2009
The top bars and operators in the country have been celebrated at a ceremony held by The Publican's sister title Theme. The winners of the Theme Bar...
Portman Group chief to tackle issue of binge-drinking women
25-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Portman Group chairman Seymour Fortescue has been booked to speak at an event tackling the issue of women who binge-drink. Charity the YWCA is...
'Women drink before sex 'because they lack the confidence to do it sober'
23-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Researchers examining the link between sexual habits and alcohol consumption among 3,000 women found that half preferred sex after a tipple. The...
18-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Smirnoff is offering creative licensees the chance to win £2,000 worth of marketing support for innovative events.
New ideas - however simple - help us all
10-Sep-2009 By Tony Jennings
New ideas - however simple - help us all?I can't remember any time when it was more urgent for brewers to commit to putting into the hands of...
Mark Daniels: Binge drinking, are advertisers to blame? Ben Shephard seems to think so...
08-Sep-2009
I've just watched an interview with perhaps the world's most sensible binge drinker, if there can be such a thing. Flicking around the news...
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...
Advertising watchdog praises drinks industry
07-Sep-2009
Drinks companies are cleaning up their act, with 99 per cent of adverts reviewed by the advertising watchdog now compliant with industry standards....
£100m anti-binge campaign goes live
01-Sep-2009
Pubs are to be asked to display posters, beermats, stickers and shelf-strips backing a £100m campaign to tackle problem drinking among the young...
Top 10 Blokes campaigns: videos
28-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A part of the Morning Advertiser's look at blokes and pubs, we remind you of the most popular campaigns targeting blokes.
September could be the "new January" for drinkers
28-Aug-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensees could see a downturn in sales next month after a new survey showed around one in 10 drinkers are vowing to have a dry month in September...
Hamish Champ: Managing the customer experience
24-Aug-2009 By Hamish Champ
Despite technically being on holiday over the last two weeks I couldn't keep from casting an eye over what's been going on in the pub world and one...
Pub Food in Focus: Sharing food, saving money
17-Aug-2009
In the latest QuickBite survey, carried out in June, consumers indicated they are less likely to eat out now than they were three months ago. Asked...
'Women drinkers have better sex lives'
07-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Women who drink red wine enjoy better sex lives, a study from the University of Florence in Italy has suggested. A study among Tuscan women...
07-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
A Durham nightclub has been stripped of its Best Bar None awards after running an all-inclusive drinks deal. Loft, owned by Vimac Leisure, is...
06-Aug-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Cigarette manufacturer Imperial Tobacco has joined forces with CSR Solutions to launch a personal ashtray brand. Butts Out is a pocket-sized ashtray...
03-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Beer writer Michael Jackson will be honoured by the British Guild of Beer Writers by having its premier award named after him. The Guild will...
20-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Alcohol Concern has hit out at the industry's £100m responsible drinking campaign, labeling it a "poor substitute" for the proposed mandatory alcohol retailing code.
Sainsbury's snubs £100m anti-binge campaign
17-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is not involved in a new £100m industry-wide responsible drinking campaign because the initiative "duplicates rather...
Industry unites for £100m anti-binge campaign
16-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The drinks industry has today announced a £100 million marketing campaign aimed at encouraging more responsible drinking among young adults. The...
Monday July 13: Get social with Twitter and Facebook
03-Jul-2009
Think you're too busy with running your pub to be sitting on the internet? What about if there was a new technology which offered a genuine way of...
17-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Thwaites training manager Mike Connell has been awarded the prestigious BII Hannon Award for exceptional contribution to the industry and work...
Campaigners celebrate Vulcan victory
12-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Campaigners are celebrating after a threatened historic pub was granted a stay of execution - thanks to the support of a host of celebrities and MPs....
Campaign gives students unit warnings
26-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Diageo has launched a new campaign called 'Are you on top of your game?' to promote responsible drinking at university bars.The initiative, which...
BAT trials 'less toxic' cigarettes
22-May-2009 By Robyn Lewis
British American Tobacco has revealed it is testing a new "less toxic" tobacco. The cigarette manufacturer, which owns brands such as Lucky Strike,...
15-May-2009 By Roger Protz
European elections take place on 4 June, so make the most of your chance to benefit brewers and licensees, says Roger Protz.
Campaigner hails trade summit as success
15-May-2009
Anti-pubco campaigner Inez Ward hailed a high profile summit held this week as a stepping stone to trade unity.The founder of Justice for Licensees...
14-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
The pubco model, run correctly, can be mutually beneficial but in its current state it is an utter and ignominious failure, says campaigner Inez Ward.
Mark Daniels: Supermarkets - we're doing the advertising for them
11-May-2009
Tim Martin made an interesting point last week: the pub trade is doing itself no favours by complaining about supermarkets.I have to put my hand up...
Licensee anger at supermarkets' bulk buying ban
07-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Angry licensees have attacked major supermarkets for banning them from buying bulk loads of beer - claiming it proves alcohol is being used as a...
The power of advertising
01-May-2009
The impact that advertising campaigns have on the drinks ordered over your bar is unquestionable.Put simply, the more advertising there is for a...
S&N to sponsor Kent's Big Quiz
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle is to sponsor the Big Quiz in Canterbury — it will be re-branded the No Nonsense Quiz.
24-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee is campaigning to give police new powers to fine youngsters who use fake or doctored ID to try to buy alcohol. Paul Neades has written to...
'Apology for 'topless' drinks offer'
21-Apr-2009
A pub chain has apologised for offering free drinks to women who bared their breasts to staff. Labour MP for Rotherham Denis MacShane claimed the...
Customer service is key, not price
25-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Reputation and customer service are more likely to bring customers in than price, according to new research. In a survey of 9,000 people carried out...
27-Feb-2009 By Roger Protz
Czech brewer Budvar has introduced a new beer to London. It's a blend of two styles, reminiscent of intriguing 1960s beer mixes, says Roger Protz.
24-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Allowing licensees to choose which forms of ID they accept makes a nonsense of Government attempts to combat underage sales. That was the stern...
Consumers putting value-for-money first, says Marcus Wareing
06-Feb-2009
In the credit crunch market, value-for-money is more important to many consumers than provenance and seasonality, leading chef Marcus Wareing has...
Mark Daniels: What are you Twittering on about?
27-Jan-2009
If I'd been around in 1704, when my pub was first built, the concept of telling everybody about it over something called the Internet would have...
27-Jan-2009 By Ros Shiel
A former drinks PR's optimistic guide to life after redundancy.
The four-pack
14-Jan-2009
When Miller Brands announced its Miller Beer was to be pulled out of the UK early this year, citing strong competition among lagers with an ABV...
