Industry gives Drinkaware £15m boost
14-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pub companies and brewers are among the companies that have pledged £15m to fund alcohol education charity Drinkaware. A total of 50 companies in...
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,...
10-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Diageo workers in Scotland have accepted a "much improved" redundancy deal — almost double previous offers.
Tony Payne: There is a future for pubs that meet demand
10-Dec-2009
Sadly in the last 10 years beer and cider sales have dropped by 14 per cent in the on and off trade. At the same time, other alcohol sales have...
MP attacks Fair Pint over 'discrediting' tactics
10-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
A Labour MP has attacked the Fair Pint campaign for trying to "discredit" him after he suggested issues apart from the tie were to blame for the...
Dear Santa...The Publican's Christmas list
09-Dec-2009
. An end to restrictive covenants So you can buy a pub just as long as you don't use it as a pub, ok? Surely that should be the decision of the...
Mark Daniels: Turn off the lights, or Santa won't make it...!
09-Dec-2009
If, like me, you're a Publican raising children in a pub - or, indeed, one of the many who have already raised little ones in such an environment -...
08-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
New guidance on rent setting should be made compulsory across pub companies, a senior figure at RICS has told MPs.
Fears over open wi-fi networks
03-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Concerns have been raised about pubs operating open Wi-Fi networks after a licensee was reportedly fined £8,000 because a customer was downloading...
Sports in a new dimension
02-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
While Andy Murray's groundstrokes failed to secure him victory at last week's ATP Tour Finals, behind the scenes groundbreaking experiments that...
Pub Bitch: Penny Chuffin' Competition, Turkey Testicle Festival and Jim fixes Christmas
26-Nov-2009
Insert coin in slot Some strange things certainly go on in my local but surely nothing quite as bonkers as the International Penny Chuffin'...
BDM of the year: Making it his business
26-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
While much of the talk following the Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) report into pub companies has focused on the beer tie, other areas of...
'Outrageous' doorstaff blasted by PASS chief
26-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Doorstaff have been slammed for humiliating young adults and potentially harming pub businesses by the chairman of the Proof of Age Standards Scheme...
26-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs could be asked to sign up to a charter committing them to charge fair prices during the 2012 Olympics. Several trade bodies representing events...
Mark Daniels: Who thought white was a good idea?
25-Nov-2009
Yesterday, I received the latest Point of Sale kit from Kronenbourg, including some new glasses, some beer mats for the table, some bar runners, a...
Health & safety: Don't contaminate Christmas
24-Nov-2009
The festive wining and dining season is fast approaching and one vital ingredient is paramount … food safety. More than 20 per cent of food...
Debt collectors allowed to take cash from tills
24-Nov-2009
Pubs and clubs in Scotland that run into serious financial trouble can be raided by debt collectors, under UK law which became effective north of the...
Health & safety is everyone's business
23-Nov-2009
However, many items, even some of the glaringly obvious, are all too often overlooked, with the ultimate cost to the business far outweighing the...
Payne humbled by industry praise
23-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Outgoing trade leader Tony Payne has revealed his pride after receiving glowing tributes from across the industry. Representatives from across the...
20-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
Tributes flowed in for Federation of Licensed Victuallers chief executive Tony Payne as the trade veteran prepares to bow out next month.
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...
Classic Food Pub of the Year 2009: The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
18-Nov-2009
Even the effort of finding the Royal Standard of England contributes to the experience of a special kind of pub. Tucked away in the leafy lanes of...
Drinks Pub of the Year 2009: The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
18-Nov-2009
The Royal Standard of England is no stranger to these awards as it took the Speciality Beer Pub of the Year title last year and was named Pub of the...
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...
18-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
A national roll-out of local pubwatch-style groups for doorstaff, to share information on troublemakers and promote best practice, is being planned....
17-Nov-2009 By The Morning Advertiser
Founders of Admiral Taverns the Landesberg and Rosenberg families have stepped down after Lloyds Banking Group wrote off £600m debt in return for equity in the 2100 site pub company.
Chris Maclean: The gloom merchants have had their day
16-Nov-2009 By Chris Maclean
I realise I am flying in the face of popular opinion, particularly amongst the writers of opinion that grace the forum pages, but I am utterly of the...
Call for national vote on sporting crown jewels
16-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade leader Nick Bish has welcomed a report into the 'crown jewels' of British sport but said he would like the public quizzed on what should be...
World Cup and European qualifiers should all be free-to-air, report says
13-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
All football World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches involving the Home Nations should be offered live on free-to-air television, a...
Pub boss argues Carnage events are not "a good idea
12-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
A pub group chief, whose venues are involved in the heavily-criticised Carnage events, has argued the crawls are not "a good idea" and said he will...
Health & Safety: The burning question
11-Nov-2009
Unfortunately the risk of losing lives, property, reputation and business is not enough to motivate all premises to obtain a fire risk assessment and...
11-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The BII has rejected BBPA's claims that the content of pubco codes are not examined when they get a stamp for clarity from the BII.
10-Nov-2009 By MA Reporter
BII is the professional body for the licensed retail sector and we reflect the views of around 14,000 members.
10-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub customers will soon be able to pay for a pint with Oyster style credit or debit cards without the fuss of entering a pin number. Compufix, whose...
09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The GMB Union says it will ballot members on the possibility of industrial action to secure a better deal for pub tenants. The union has agreed to...
06-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
An unthinking approach to RPI rent increases will cause pressure in pub estates, particularly as inflation is likely to return next year.
Mark Daniels: Fireworks Phobias
06-Nov-2009
Like many publicans, we play host to a variety of events throughout the year and I approach each with a sprinkling of trepidation and an unhealthy...
05-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Sky's new system for calculating pub fees is to be in place by the time new business rates take effect next April, the broadcaster says. It could be...
New music promoter qualification gets industry approval
05-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A new qualification for promoters, being developed by BIIAB and the Met Police, gets approval from the music industry.
04-Nov-2009 By Nectar Business
There is now a new way to collect Nectar points even more quickly so you can reward your business faster with the launch of 'collect points online' at nectar-business.com.'
04-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII managed to secure a £30,000 rebate cheque for a tenant after investigating a code of practice breach by a pubco. BII chief executive Neil...
It's British Sausage Week!
02-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
There's probably not a licensee in the land, except the odd vegetarian, who isn't fond of a good old banger. After all, sausages are simple fare....
Pubs offering more diverse facilties than ever
02-Nov-2009
Pubs have been branching out into more service areas than ever before over the past 12 months to attract new customers, according to a new report...
02-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
A team from the George pub at Langwith, Lincolnshire, triumphed in the final of the annual Licensed Trade Charity golf tournament staged at...
02-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Heavy drinkers are paying just 34p for a unit of alcohol — primarily from supermarkets — a new study has revealed. The study of 377 people, all...
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
It's all eyes now on Lord Mandelson in the wake of the Office of Fair Trading dismissing Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA's) super-complaint. It's...
Taybarns unveils its Christmas offer
30-Oct-2009 By Jo Bruce
Whitbread's "ultimate eatery" Taybarns is offering customers an all-they-can-eat Christmas Day dinner at £27.50 and £12.50 for children. Taybarns,...
The OFT report: Business as usual?
29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The long-awaited Office of Fair Trading (OFT) response to CAMRA's 'super complaint' will have been greeted with sighs of relief in pub company...
Teen passes pub test with flying colours
29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A career minded teenager is believed to be the youngest person to ever achieve the BIIAB Level 2 Introduction to Licensed Retail Operations (ILRO.)...
29-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
British Gas says it has resolved more disputes over bombshell electricity bills after the Morning Advertiser intervened. Dave Foskett received a...
