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...
05-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The wholesale price of Guinness Draught and Guinness Red is to rise by 5.1% on 1 February, brand owner Diageo has announced. The price hike, which...
05-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Britain's biggest brewer Heineken has announced a 4p a pint increase on the wholesale price of beer and 5p on a pint of cider. The price rise on...
21-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Diageo sold one million extra pints of Guinness in UK pubs as part of the global celebrations for Arthur's Day on 24 September. The date marked the...
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...
16-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Maxxium UK is to launch a 3D advertisement for Courvoisier — it will air between 16-22 November 2009 as part of Channel 4's "3D Week".
11-Nov-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Pubs and restaurants should do more to promote a sense of community around brands by embracing social media.
05-Nov-2009 By Sonya Hook
Lambrini will be supported by a £1m investment to help drive Christmas sales including a national TV ad campaign.
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...
20-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial micro-brewer BrewDog is hoping to raise £2.3m through a share rights issue to fund a carbon neutral brewery in Aberdeen.
Magners asks drinkers to decide new flavour
14-Oct-2009
A poll of consumers on social networking website Facebook is helping to determine the flavour of a new Magners product to be released next summer....
13-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Booker, the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler, has increased its like-for-like sales to catering customers by 12.6% for the 24 weeks to 11th...
08-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Magners producer C&C Group has reported that its UK volumes are stabilising with a fall of just 2% in the six months ended 31 August. Growth in...
07-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Kent brewer and operator Shepherd Neame has reported a 24.6% drop in operating profit as it faced "one of the most challenging and difficult years"...
01-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
BII chief Neil Robertson has made it clear the group will not shirk from criticising and acting against pub operators — and individual licensees...
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...
25-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
Diageo is launching a campaign for food-led pubs to encourage sales of Baileys after a meal. The Sweet Spot campaign will run from September to the...
Food Sourcing: A taste of Autumn
24-Sep-2009
Meat sourced from local suppliers will often work out to be a more expensive option for pubs than going with the best available price from 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.
27-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
More "distress" sales of pubs are taking place than ever and their relatively cheap prices mean they're being snapped up quickly. That's according...
26-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
The UK beer market remains "tough" with Heineken reporting beer volumes down 6% to 22m hectolitres in the fist half of 2009. However, the Dutch...
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...
Carlsberg trials new drink for women
14-Aug-2009
A new type of drink developed by Carlsberg specifically to appeal to women is being trialled in 50 Manchester bars. On trial over a period of 12...
New cider brand launched exclusively for on-trade
13-Aug-2009
A new cider brand has been launched exclusively for the on-trade. Symonds Founders Reserve is a 5.5 per cent ABV draught product that will be...
10-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is now supplying over 18m pints of beer and cider to the on-trade a year. Booker said it was selling around 350,000...
'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...
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...
15-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is set to open 39 pubs by the end of its financial year in September - the highest number in years. It has already opened 33 and has...
09-Jul-2009 By Robyn Lewis
The gin category received a boost this week as Diageo unveiled its strategy to lead a "renaissance" in the sector. The company is re-launching its...
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...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Diageo is to back the national rollout of its Smirnoff vodka flavours with a £3.65m marketing campaign. The flavours, Lime and Green Apple, have...
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....
Young's saw "sizeable offer" for pubs rejected
29-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Young & Co, the South London pub operator, made what it called a "sizeable offer" for a package of pubs but its bid was rejected, chief executive...
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,...
