'Rates relief for small businesses'
28-Oct-2009
Businesses in Wales should receive some relief from rates next year after the assembly government announced a decrease in the amount some will pay....
27-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
It has become something of a cliché to say that drinking is the new smoking, says Peter Coulson.
27-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial Scottish micro-brewer BrewDog is looking to appoint a financial director, following the news it is to expand.
Remember, remember... to have a safe fireworks or bonfire night in November
26-Oct-2009
These two traditional events, hot on the heels of one another, should be fun-filled with everyone taking part enjoying two nights of themed...
Health & safety: Covering all your bases
26-Oct-2009
Reduce risk. This has, for many years, been the mantra for everyone involved in the hospitality industry. And in these uncertain times it should be...
Chris Maclean: For all the sabre-rattling, will people stand fast when their businesses are at stake?
26-Oct-2009 By Chris Maclean
Thirty years ago, when I was at university, I wrote the dullest paper ever. It was called "Obstacles to trade union development in the hotel and...
BII NITAs are open for entries
26-Oct-2009
The BII NITA training and development awards 2009 has opened to find the best training providers in the licensed sector. There are eight awards up...
'Coastal towns have highest levels of bankruptcies'
26-Oct-2009
Britain's coastal towns suffer from the highest level of bankruptcies as the decline in shipbuilding, fishing and seaside tourism takes its toll amid...
Christmas for £2.37 at Booker
26-Oct-2009
A three-course Christmas diner with a cost price of only £2.37 is a key feature of a brand new Festive Menu Guide for 2009 from Booker. The food and...
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
BII boss Neil Robertson believes that life will be much better for new and existing pub tenants as a result of the new code of practice for pubcos....
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Drinks distributor Tradeteam scooped the top award at the GreenFleet Awards for its environmental performance. Tradeteam claimed the sought-after...
Mark Daniels: It's time for the cheap shots to end
23-Oct-2009
Have you ever noticed how hard it is to get a customer to praise you? It's the same in all walks of life and all industries. Customers are quick to...
'European judge casts fresh doubt over SNP plans for minimum alcohol prices'
23-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
The Scottish government's plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol have suffered a setback with a move by the European Court to block similar...
Rents, not the tie, the main issue for tenants, says leading accountant
22-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
In the wake of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report on the pub industry a leading accountant has said it was unsustainable rents rather than the...
Pub Golf Societies: Join the club
22-Oct-2009
Love it or hate it, golf is hugely popular in the UK. According to Sport England's Active People 2 Survey 2007/08, almost a million people in...
PPL forced to pay back up to £20m to pubs - and current fees to be cut in half
22-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs that play recorded music are in line for a share of refunds totalling up to £20m from royalties collection firm PPL after a ruling from the...
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...
22-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Now is the time to draw a line under the pubco-tenant divide and work together to improve the trade, says Marston's Alastair Darby.
20-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
Online applications raise their own questions, such as what if councils don't notify people, says Peter Coulson.
20-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
Attitudes amongst councils to pubs vary like the wind, says Peter Coulson.
FLVA: It was important to 'bank benefits' from mediation
20-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade group the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (FLVA) has explained its decision to support for the British Beer & Pub...
Banks wouldn't pull the plug on rent strike-hit pubcos. Would they?
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The threat by a small group of licensees to withhold rent payments from their pubco landlords could fizzle out like a rocket firework on a damp...
Quartet hits the heights for charity
16-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Four pub adventurers have climbed the highest mountain in Africa and raised £25,000 in the process. Pub operators Lee Cash and Tim Doyle from...
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The tied tenant should be financially no worse off than the free of tie tenant — that is the key finding of the Royal Institute of Chartered...
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has welcomed the findings of the report into the fairness of rent setting.
16-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII is not sitting on the fence despite being the only group in support of both industry agreements. The BII has signed up to the British Beer...
15-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Hamish Champ: Retiring at 65 assumes I can afford to stop working
12-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
I remember when people talked about buying a pub when they retired. It was coppers mainly. And ex-military types. Things have changed rather. And...
J Mark Dodds: Planning for the party season
09-Oct-2009
What's happening this week? Planning, that's what. And fixing - fixing all the things that broke down in the last year; getting ready for winter...
England footy web broadcaster to monitor customers
09-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
The internet company broadcasting England's match against Ukraine tomorrow has warned it will be checking whether customers are using the stream for...
09-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A former Punch lessee, who has just bought his pub's freehold, believes banks are becoming more helpful to the sector. Jeremy Hague, who along with...
08-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
08-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Lord Karan Bilimoria has pledged to clear money owed to Cobra Beer's unsecured creditors out of profits from his joint venture with Molson Coors, the...
08-Oct-2009 By Tim Martin
Wetherspoon's (JDW's) former retained agents Van de Berg (VdB) were paid £14m in fees between 1996 and 2005, and located about 600 pubs for us....
Mark Daniels: Send Us Victorious (up the garden path...)
07-Oct-2009
It can hardly have gone unnoticed this week that on Saturday there will be one of those football game things, and that it'll be between England and...
07-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
A North London pub has been ordered to pay £12,030 in fines after using a domestic Sky card to screen sports. Alan and Beta Johnson of the Queens...
06-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
News that the pub trade might soon be getting a two thirds of a pint measure may cause a further degree of confusion, says Peter Coulson.
06-Oct-2009 By Peter Coulson
Scams against licensees never really go away, or alter that much but can be avoided, says Peter Coulson.
Carlo Platia: Improve your business in 30 minutes
06-Oct-2009
Send an SMS message to your customers offering a special deal or advertising an event. Clean your pub front until it sparkles. Locals will notice....
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub tenants and lessees can get rent review advice at the BII Rent Review Roadshow in Newcastle.
05-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Training for bar staff needs to be ramped up if the job is ever to be seen as a professional career choice, says UK champ Chris Milner.
05-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney & John Harrington
Pubs will not be able to screen England's World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine, which will only be shown to online subscribers. The game is expected to be shown in a number of Odeon cinemas but will not be available to pubs.
Mark Daniels: Do you know what people are saying about your pub on Internet review sites?
05-Oct-2009
The Internet. These days, it's a way of life. Indeed, my children don't actually believe they'd be able to breath without the Internet. That said,...
Web-only England game a "blow" to pubs
05-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs look to set to miss out on being able to screen England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on Saturday - as it will be the first game to be...
05-Oct-2009 By Neil Robertson
Eight months after taking the helm of the BII, the chief executive sets out his vision for the future. In its introductory article back in January,...
05-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial pub tenant campaigner Inez Ward is to help the BII devise a course to prepare newcomers for life as a tied tenant. The BII is hoping...
City Diary - 2 Oct
02-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City
Stocking up for Christmas: Christmas in a cold climate
01-Oct-2009
Forecasting Christmas should be easy - after all, it's the same date every year. However, calendar aside, the forthcoming festive season is a very...
Stocking up for Christmas: Game for a festive feast
01-Oct-2009
At Christmas more than any other time it is essential to make sure you are offering customers a point of difference to get them through the doors....
Stocking up for Christmas: Talking turkey
01-Oct-2009
When it comes to Santa's helpers, Nigel Crane, Dorchester trained chef and managing director of professional stock and gravy maker Essential Cuisine,...
