12-Jan-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Cheryl Hickman tells Gurjit Degun how local sourcing, smiling staff and updating bedrooms help them stay ahead at the Olde Bull Inn.
Bunzl launches Metro Cup
11-Jan-2011 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
The new line is available as single and double wall cups in two designs in 8oz, 12oz and 16oz, said the company, adding that the range also includes...
11-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Drinks watchdog Portman Group is advertising for new members to join its panel that rules on breaches of the code for responsible drinks marketing.
Mark Daniels: Less - it's the new more
07-Jan-2011
I'm not really one for making New Year's resolutions. Invariably, I forget I've made them or, in order to achieve them, I cheat: I once resolved to...
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Nearly 80% of young adults adopted one of Drinkaware's tips for responsible drinking from the second year of its "Why let good times go bad?" campaign.
PPL under fire over late payment fee clampdown
06-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore
PPL, the music royalties collection firm, has come under fire for alleged heavy-handed tactics in collecting late payment fees. The company's...
06-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The Mayor of London's key man for the 2012 Olympic Games is to speak at a forthcoming event hosted by M&C Report and the Morning Advertiser.
23-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Food and drink wholesaler Booker plans to stay open throughout the Christmas period, including Boxing day and both bank holidays. The company will...
21-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Executive directors at Marston's have earned their first pay rise since October 2007 — a rise of 5.95% was awarded in October this year, according...
21-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Government, banks and landlords need to act to provide some breathing space for small businesses as they struggle in the cold snap, the...
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Licensees are within their rights to keep deposits for Christmas parties cancelled by customers because of the weather. That piece of advice comes...
Blizzards could prove fatal for some pubs
17-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Blizzards over the weekend could lead the pub trade into the 'toughest year for decades' according to industry experts. Winterhill Leisure, which...
16-Dec-2010 By Becky Paskin, Restaurant
Hospitality businesses are expected to suffer over the next few weeks, as a second wave of freezing weather hits the UK in the run-up to Christmas....
Adnams launches pub quiz app
16-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees with iPhones can always have a pub quiz to hand thanks to a new app launched by Adnams. The Suffolk brewer has teamed up with digital...
15-Dec-2010 By Gerry Price
Use the busy run-up to Christmas to gain some new regulars for 2011 by being cheery, welcoming and efficient, says Gerry Price.
15-Dec-2010 By Tony Halstead
There's no doubt about it, 2010 was a tough 12 months, but there were some laughs along the way. Tony Halstead takes a look. January The year...
13-Dec-2010 By MA team
The Morning Advertiser dishes out the accolades in its Alternative Awards (the AAs) for 2010.
13-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Managed operator Orchid Group is investing £3.6m installing Sky in all its 300 pubs and restaurants. More than half of the estate will also have...
10-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
Business rates are the third-largest cost for many small companies, but how can you ensure you aren't paying over the odds? Phil Mellows reports.
10-Dec-2010 By Robyn Black
United Biscuits has unveiled a raft of promotions and activities for 2011, including a new tie-up between Hula Hoops and Britain's Got Talent.
09-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Worrying elements still remain in the revisions to the licensing reform, says The PMA Team.
News Analysis: The coming revolution
09-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
The government has revealed its final plans for what has been touted as an "overhaul" of the licensing regime. The Police Reform and Social...
09-Dec-2010 By Robyn Black
Ben Cox, who runs the Star at Sancton in East Yorkshire with his wife Lindsey, doesn't like to sit back, as Robyn Black discovers. How we got here...
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Trade chief Neil Robertson says he's "reasonably optimistic" the Government won't alter the drink-drive limit after a committee of MPs rejected calls...
Robert Sayles: The property agent - friend or foe?
08-Dec-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
After much soul searching my wife and I recently came to a momentous decision; the time has come to move on. It wasn't an easy decision to reach;...
08-Dec-2010 By Michelle Perrett
Kensington licensee Gerry O'Brien tells Michelle Perrett how he has built trade and turned the Churchill Arms in west London's Notting Hill into a...
08-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
TV soaps portray alcohol consumption through "rose-tinted glasses" with too little emphasis on the negative effects, according to alcohol charity...
07-Dec-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Amanda Baker, owner of the Jolly Cricketers, talks book signings, home-made dog biscuits and JDW's John Hutson with Noli Dinkovski.
06-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
Landlord and tenant are often seen as enemies. So what's it like for former pubco employees who run their own pub, asked Phil Mellows.
03-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Cheap supermarket deals on alcohol are damaging to alcohol brand building and are reducing the value of Christmas to the alcohol industry.
'Alcohol sales to fall this Christmas, says report'
03-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Alcohol sales this Christmas in the UK are forecast to drop sharply after new figures revealed the extent of falling consumption over the past few...
Branding: Brand new problems for pubs
02-Dec-2010
When I graduated and reluctantly left university, I was offered a job as an advertising account executive. When I expressed surprise at my success...
Makro cuts prices in run up to Christmas
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Makro cash and carry yesterday launched a Christmas Lock Down that will see prices frozen on festive essentials until 31 December. Every day until...
02-Dec-2010 By MA Reporter
M&C Report, in partnership with its sister title the MA, is running a one-day conference exploring the opportunities afforded by London 2012.
01-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
A radio ad for Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer, which contained several sexual innuendos has been cleared by the ASA.
Mark Daniels: Why I love my Brulines...
01-Dec-2010
My first car was an Austin Rover Mini Metro, and I loved it. Despite the beating that the spotty, seventeen-year-old me gave it, that car just kept...
30-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry veteran Ian Payne has stepped down as chairman of Bay Restaurant Group and Town & City Pub Company.
30-Nov-2010 By Sheila McWattie
Licensee Steve Bardsley, of the Barley Mow in Colehill, Dorset, talks tapas Tuesdays, loyalty cards and hot beverages with Sheila McWattie.
Caroline Nodder: Christmas time at the supermarkets
29-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Christmas seems to start earlier every year. It was barely the beginning of November when the festive supermarket TV ads began in earnest this year...
Pub Bitch: Chill out this Christmas
29-Nov-2010
Chill out this Christmas We know that licensees can get quite angry at times, but fear not, riled pourers of the foaming pint, for help is at hand....
29-Nov-2010 By PubChef
This month PubChef looks at ideas for flavoured coffees, driving tea sales and new hot bevs products. Adding flavour to hot drinks Ian Boughton...
29-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
The Greek broadcaster behind Novasports has warned it will pull the plug on screenings of Premier League football via its systems in UK pubs....
26-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Beware of complacency — that was the message delivered by Pete Brown, author of The Cask Report, at last week's SIBA conference.
25-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Drinks watchdog Portman Group has launched a media campaign inviting the public to report irresponsible marketing of alcohol. A series of full page...
25-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Young's, the brewer and pub operator, has this morning unveiled a 4% increase in first half profit before tax of £11.9m. It also reported an...
24-Nov-2010 By PubChef
Some of the industry's top gastropub operators talk to PubChef about what inspired them and how they have used that inspiration.
23-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for driving food and drink sales at your pub including a karaoke room, pig rearing and a game and wine evening. Karaoke room Where: Columbo...
23-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has appointed the brand manager behind tea firm Twinings.
22-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
Tony Halstead finds there are lots of ways licensees can boost interest — and revenue — through pub snacks.
Rent concessions are the industry's sticking plaster
22-Nov-2010
"A further review of the licensed trade is proposed from the Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC, the successor to the Trade and...
