Learning at the Pub: Bar school
20-May-2010 By Katie Coyne
Where can you learn how to save a life, sign with the deaf and cook a fantastic meal? Well, increasingly, it seems, you can do all of these things...
20-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Lesley Foottit looks at more ideas for match-time munching and keeping your customers happy.
Health and safety: Fired up for summer
17-May-2010
Have you heard the news? The weather gurus (and by that I don't mean the Met Office) are forecasting a really good summer. Honestly! And given even...
14-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BIIBAS has said pub companies can submit their codes of practice for benchmarking now since the RICS guidelines on rents aren't ready yet.
11-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
Lee Roberts tells Tony Halstead how he and partner Sarah Dinning turned a near-derelict West Yorkshire pub into a £30,000 a week business.
BDMs to be offered degree courses
11-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Business Development Managers (BDMs) could be trained to degree standard following a link-up between the BII and the Association of Licensed Multiple...
11-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Former Punch tenants Richard and Loren Pope were crowned BII Licensees of the Year at the BII's Annual Lunch today. The couple bought the freehold...
World Cup Special: Theatres of dreams
06-May-2010
It's one of those 'where were you?' moments. Twenty seconds left on the clock. The scores tied at 17-all. England surging forward. Yet another ruck...
World Cup Special: Tips and advice to make the absolute most of it
06-May-2010
You may have a ton of ideas on how to get people in and keep them happy while the football is on. Or you may not have a clue. To help you plan and...
Trade chief speaks up for polycarbonates
30-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
A Scottish trade chief has argued that a move towards using toughened glass in Strathclyde pubs is a "positive" step and has "more advantages than...
30-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including a pie and piano evening, a mystery diners' scheme and a swap and sale evening.
Early trading ban in Edinburgh branded 'disappointing'
27-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A blanket ban on early opening in Edinburgh has been branded as "very disappointing" by a leading trade group. The Scottish Beer & Pub...
27-Apr-2010 By Sheila McWattie
One-time Gordon Ramsay College Scholar Josh Eggleton tells Sheila McWattie how he has realised his dream at the Pony & Trap pub.
23-Apr-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Licensee Keith Flanagan tells Robyn Lewis how targeting local businesses helped him turn over £1m in his first year at the Blue Parrot in Manchester.
Chris Maclean: My daughter is a thief
23-Apr-2010 By Chris Maclean
Theft is a disgraceful crime and the perpetrators need to be punished. But even as I write this I fail to convey how insidious the nature of theft...
23-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including a stop-the-clock steak night, food cooked by DJs and low cost specials.
Health and Safety: Are you alert to allergies?
19-Apr-2010
Allergies affect milllions of people in the UK. And it is a wellestablished fact that more and more people are developing intolerance to certain...
19-Apr-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Not so long ago, free Wi-Fi access gave pubs an edge. Now it's increasingly expected by a wide range of customers, reports Robyn Lewis. It was...
CPL's free training offer
16-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
CPL is offering a free on-line health and safety and food safety course for anyone who books a place on its NCPLH course. It's billed as a useful...
Chris Maclean: Marketing your pub
13-Apr-2010 By Chris Maclean
There is an unhealthy preoccupation with websites in some areas of the industry. It is worrying for two reasons. Firstly, gullible licensees are...
Labour makes commitment to pubs
12-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Labour has committed to supporting pubs - and making it more difficult to demolish them - as part of its election manifesto. The statement echoes...
Training: Keep them on board
08-Apr-2010 By Katie Coyne
Apprenticeships are back in vogue, it seems. And as they can offer a recognised qualification while delivering company-specific knowledge and skills,...
01-Apr-2010 By Neil Robertson
The BII chief responds to calls for the group to become the industry's policeman and develop a wider dispute-resolution service There has been a...
29-Mar-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Steve Holland tells Robyn Lewis how golden tickets, Wimbledon garden parties and free soft drinks are helping boost turnover at the Waterman.
29-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
A new BII qualification for music promoters has been launched — it is the first qualification of its kind to be devised.
29-Mar-2010 By Sonya Hook
Sonya Hook reports on S&NP's Bar Boosters programme, which is designed to give licensees a helping hand, offering a range of services.
29-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
West Ham vice chair and Apprentice star Karen Brady is to be the guest speaker at the BII Annual Lunch. The event will take place on Tuesday 11 May...
25-Mar-2010 By Tony Halstead
Pubco business development managers (BDMs) could soon study for degrees in hospitality management.
24-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The BII has announced the semi-finalists in its Licensee of the Year competition — six finalists will now be selected.
23-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Over 15,000 jobs in the Irish drinks industry have been lost over the past 18 months due to falling consumption and lower consumer confidence. A...
22-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including beauty nights, a children's pancake day event and race days.
'Jobs warning as Darling plans extra five per cent on alcohol'
22-Mar-2010
The head of Britain's biggest drinks group has launched a blistering attack on the Government's duty regime ahead of Wednesday's Budget, warning that...
22-Mar-2010 By Sheila McWattie
Giant fish & chips is just one of the Wensleydale Heifer's imaginative attractions, as owner David Moss tells Sheila McWattie. How I got here...
18-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
Doorstaff are being urged to confiscate ID that is used by under-18s to try to buy alcohol. The Security Industry Authority (SIA), which regulates...
Health and Safety: What to expect when the EHO comes to give you your Score on the Door
16-Mar-2010
A shiver of apprehension runs through most establishments when a visit from an environmental health officer (EHO) is on the cards. Yet the visits are...
15-Mar-2010 By Sonya Hook
An effective pub layout and a quality audio-visual kit will keep your pub packed during the World Cup and beyond, says Sonya Hook.
Mark Daniels: Google Wave - Wave, and we'll all Wave back
11-Mar-2010
I love Google. I've made no bones about that going back as far as my days as a BDM in the realms of the Internet software industry. Almost...
Alcohol shock tactics don't work, say academics
11-Mar-2010
Shock tactics used in public health campaigns don't work and could actually make things worse, according to leading academics. Speakers at a meeting...
08-Mar-2010 By Tom Fender
Know your margins and get equipped to compete effectively in the coffee market, says him! sales & marketing director Tom Fender.
08-Mar-2010 By Tony Halstead
Robinsons licensee Darren Johnson tells Tony Halstead about revitalising the Coach House, in High Bentham, North Yorkshire. How we got here My wife...
05-Mar-2010 By Phil Mellows
Beds & Bars is one of the UK leisure sector's most successful firms overseas. Phil Mellows meets its ebullient boss, Keith Knowles. Eighteen...
05-Mar-2010 By Tony Halstead
The enduring appeal of pub quizzes can give trade a healthy boost — as long as you follow a few key rules, says Tony Halstead. They first arrived...
World Cup Special: A whole different ball game
04-Mar-2010
A pub can be a serious pitfall for a professional footballer - you only have to look at the likes of George Best, Paul Gascoigne and Stan Bowles to...
World Cup Special: What do the fans want?
04-Mar-2010
What are customers looking for when they choose where to watch the football? It's a simple question but is perhaps one of the most important you need...
04-Mar-2010 By Sheila McWattie
Sheila McWattie looks at ideas for driving sales of comfort food dishes, from steaks, pies and fish & chips to rhubarb & custard. 1....
04-Mar-2010 By John Porter
John Porter looks at how pub caterers can pull in the punters with some comforting classics. There is, we are often told, a resurgence in classic...
02-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce
The next meeting of the Freehouse 500, the Morning Advertiser's exclusive club for the 500 best UK freehouses, takes place on Tuesday 16 March at...
01-Mar-2010 By Sheila McWattie
Building your business doesn't always require ambitious plans and a massive outlay. Sheila McWattie investigates a few cheap, but well-targeted initiatives.
01-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including coffee and cake offers, a sausage club and village nights.
26-Feb-2010 By Sheila McWattie
Simon Bailey, co-licensee of the Kings Arms, at Hampton Court, tells Sheila McWattie about staff prizes, Red Letter Days and sharing boards.
