19-Nov-2010 By MA Reporter
An events company is helping to boost trade at a number of pubs and bars across the UK. Invasion Events, which started in 2008, takes 1,000 students...
19-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
A health campaigner says VAT on alcohol sold in pubs should be slashed — and minimum pricing introduced — to help pubs and encourage sensible...
Social Media Marketing: Wooing the under-30s into your pub
18-Nov-2010
They are typically single, have fewer demands on their time, and have more disposable income because they are generally mortgage-free. So is it any...
Fury over supermarket Xmas price war
18-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
A bumper pre-Christmas price war on alcohol among major supermarkets has sparked fury within the pub trade. Despite the threat of government...
18-Nov-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Luke Spyrou talks to Noli Dinkovski about staff checklists, set price menus, takeaways, delivering leaflets and mixing pub food with fine dining.
18-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Miller Brands, the UK subsidiary of SABMiller, saw lager volumes grow 25% on an organic basis for the six months to September. The uplift was...
17-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Ideas to drive food sales at your pub including a children's menu competition, offering pizza when the kitchen is closed and a family fun day.
'Bargain booze war hits UK supermarkets in time for Christmas'
16-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
Rival supermarkets have launched a Christmas spirits price war with heavy discounts on whisky, gin and vodka - despite admitting the move might lose...
Brits are best at getting them in
16-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
When it comes to buying a round of beers the Brits are the most generous of all Europeans, according to new research. In its 'Whose Round' report...
FLVA looking to broaden its horizons
16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Growing membership and getting industry messages across to MPs are top of the priority list for the newly-elected president of the Federation of...
16-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub including an own-brand local beer, a 1927 menu and regional dishes.
15-Nov-2010 By Sheila McWattie
The Milestone battled it out in the semi-finals of Ramsay's Best Restaurant and is a finalist in the MA's Top 50 Gastropub Awards.
12-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
British Pub Week proved a big boost for licensees, and rose to national prominence with high-profile backing from the likes of David Cameron. Lesley...
Pub Walks: Welcoming walkers
11-Nov-2010
When people talk about walking and pubs in the one breath, the image that usually springs to my mind is a hen or stag party sporting cowboy hats and...
11-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Sky Italia is paying international security firm G4S to check if pubs are using its cards to broadcast Premier League football, the Morning...
10-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
Joe Moran tells Tony Halstead how the Ings in Guiseley, West Yorkshire survived two recessions with good beer, real fires and community spirit.
Health & Safety: Christmas safety checklist
10-Nov-2010
Hospitality is especially hard work during the busy festive season but it can also be great fun - and very profitable. More custom, however,...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Shares in ATM cash machine supplier Cashbox have been suspended from the AIM over a demand for a £1.8m loan to be repaid.
Trade pays respects to war heroes
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub has created its own Remembrance Day memorial by naming its bedrooms after local heroes who fought in the Second World War. Greene King pub the...
'Call to back minimum alcohol price'
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
MSPs have been urged to seize a "historic opportunity" and back Scottish Government proposals to introduce a minimum alcohol price. Professor Sir Ian...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Presenting under-18s with direct, raw facts about the effects of alcohol is helping to change behaviour. So says the BII after research showed that...
08-Nov-2010 By MA reporter
The MA visited Home Lounge Bar and Restaurant in Nottinghamshire to try to persuade drinkers to choose wine in bars as well as at home.
Caroline Nodder: Nutt's findings didn't match the headlines
08-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
If you want to grab attention in the media these days you need a catchy one-liner, preferably involving sex, drugs or alcohol. Take, for example,...
Employment Law: Transfer trouble
08-Nov-2010
An empty pub means no revenue from rent, premises potentially vulnerable to vandalism, and ownership of an uninsurable asset which may be...
Guinness strengthens rugby union sponsorship deals
05-Nov-2010
Guinness has strengthened its associations with rugby union by agreeing new sponsorship deals with the national bodies for England, Scotland and...
Raise funds by giving a pound to spend a penny
05-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
WaterAid is calling on licensees to ask customers to give a pound every time they spend a penny. The charity, which provides clean water and...
05-Nov-2010 By John Porter
John Porter looks at how pub caterers can make the most of Oriental flavours on their menus in the forthcoming Chinese year of the rabbit. Despite...
04-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
Tony Halstead reports on more ideas from the MA's Freehouse 500 meeting including running movie nights and digital marketing.
Lawrence Dallaglio: 'There's no point licensees whingeing'
04-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
How will England fare in the Autumn Internationals? If they go into it with a lot of confidence and belief they have a good chance. But we have to be...
04-Nov-2010 By Michelle Perrett
Licensee Ray Davies tells Michelle Perrett how he and his wife, Tracey, have turned around the fortunes of the Red Cow Inn in Llwydcoed, Aberdare,...
03-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
Tony Halstead reports on the MA's latest Freehouse 500 meeting that featured insights on getting customer feedback and digital marketing ideas.
02-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead
The already buoyant freetrade sector is predicted to grow over the next few years. Tony Halstead reports. There are approximately 18,000 freehouses...
02-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BII chief executive Neil Robertson did his part for the pub trade last night by stepping behind the bar to serve punters in aid of British Pub Week....
Hamish Champ: Customer service, Warhammer style!
01-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
In such economically perilous times as these, when Hard-Pressed Consumers™ are looking for the best value experience they can get, it is staggering...
SIA to remain until after 2012 Olympics
01-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not expected to be dismantled until after the 2012 Olympics, according to the body's chief executive....
01-Nov-2010 By PubChef
Ideas for driving food sales in your pub including a back to school party, a Faulty Towers night and a Seventh Heaven menu.
01-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
The BII is to strengthen its support for new entrants to the pub trade through an extension of its mentoring scheme. In its update on pubco progress...
29-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
No significant changes to the SIA doorstaff licensing regime will take place before the London 2012 Olympics.
29-Oct-2010 By Phil Mellows
Peach managing director Hamish Stoddart tells Phil Mellows about co-founding one of the most influential gastropub operations in the industry.
Good Pub Guide to charge for inclusion
29-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs are set to be charged up to £200 for the privilege of appearing in the Good Pub Guide from next year. Fiona Stapley, who has edited the book...
29-Oct-2010 By Claire Elliott
Condiments can leave more of an impression on customers than you might think. Claire Elliott explores different ways to make the right impact. In...
28-Oct-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Noli Dinkovski talks to former international banker Daniel Capper about resurrecting family business the Old Hall Inn in Whitehough, Derbyshire.
Lansley offers hope war on alcohol could end
28-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has raised hopes the war on alcohol could be over after admitting "prohibition doesn't work". Around 100 senior...
27-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Unite members across seven Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) sites will protest today as the company's restructuring threatens 120 UK jobs.
27-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Admiral Taverns marketing manager Paul Holmes has left the business to set up his own marketing consultancy business — Howl Marketing. Holmes, who...
25-Oct-2010 By Phil Mellows
Pub co-operatives are one way of saving community locals under threat. Phil Mellows investigates the effectiveness of the business model. There can...
25-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Underage drinking, fuelled by the "ludicrously cheap price of alcohol" in supermarkets, is costing the National Health Service £19m a year. The...
'Binge drinking costs NHS millions, says Alcohol Concern'
24-Oct-2010
An analysis of statistics from A&E departments in UK hospitals and the emergency services showed the number of young people taken to hospital due...
21-Oct-2010 By Phil Mellows
Tony Leonard and Dominic McCarten talk to Phil Mellows about rescuing the Snowdrop Inn in Lewes, East Sussex, from dereliction.
Curry favour with your customers
21-Oct-2010
With origins in India, curry has really found its home in Britain. Whether it's a korma or a vindaloo that gets your pulse racing and your brow...
