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Police: resources are being stretched

Market towns can be like 'wild west'

By Ewan Turney

Some small market towns are like the "wild west" because extended pub opening hours are stretching police resources to the limit, say police.

Everards wins award

Everards wins award

By The PMA Team

Everards, the regional brewer, has collected the top honours at the SIBA - Society of Independent Brewers Association - Business Awards. The family...

Banks are putting up loan rates

Banks put squeeze on pub borrowers

By Tony Halstead

Banks are beginning to turn the screw on pubs as the global economic crisis hits the high street. Business loans and charges for overdraft...

Questions have been asked of major pubcos

Experts query pub rents

By The PMA Team

Two of the industry's most senior valuers, Barry Gillham of Fleurets and Rodger Vickers of Brownhill Bateman, have called into question whether the current rent-setting methods are sustainable in bottom-end pubs.

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No centrally-run Xmas alcohol blitz

By John Harrington

The Government has abandoned plans for a centrally-led Christmas alcohol crackdown for 2008 targeting sales to under-18s and drunks. Instead, local...

Protz: cask is on the rise

Celebrating a world of choice

By Roger Protz

Roger Protz explores the international brews on offer at the forthcoming Wetherspoon beer fest.

Coulson: ADZs destined to join froth law

Staying in the comfort zone

By Peter Coulson

MA legal guru Peter Coulson considers why no-one has taken up the offer of an alcohol disorder zone.

Rate cut could leave public with more cash

Interest rates cut by 0.5%

By Ewan Turney

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 0.5% to 4.5% in a co-ordinated approach with the rest of the world.

Supermarkets are selling below cost

Supermarkets selling booze at 1980s prices

By Ewan Turney

Supermarkets are selling alcohol below 1980s prices, according to an investigation by Scottish paper the Sunday Mail. The paper revealed that Asda is...

Coulson: blanket bans are ineffective

Tarred with the same brush

By Peter Coulson

Licensing Act guidance made it clear that blanket conditions should be avoided, says MA legal guru Peter Coulson.

Elliott: average pubs need to change

Make this Christmas work for your pub

By David Elliott

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't the British pub a bastion of hope for just about everyone in this country, asks Greene King Pub Partners chief executive David Elliott.

Englands finest

Englands finest

Nestling in the back lanes of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, the Royal Standard of England is the epitome of an old English pub. It claims to be the...

Fuller's: new training centre for staff

Fuller's opens new training centre

By Ewan Turney

London brewer and operator Fuller's has opened a new training centre. The new Centre of Excellence includes a full working cellar and bar as well as...

Murphy: appeal could take up to two years

Two TV football cases put on hold

By John Harrington

Two licensees have had prosecutions for screening Premiership football via North African channel ART put on hold until Murphy appeal.

Pubs missed out on football action

Top TV football games pub 'blackout'

By Tony Halstead

Thousands of pubs were caught up in a soccer-TV black-out of England's vital World Cup qualifying matches following satellite channel Setanta's capture of exclusive rights.

EPCs: Transition period introduced

Morning Advertiser victory on EPCs

By Ewan Turney

Pressure from the Morning Advertiser has helped to secure a temporary reprieve for pubs requiring an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) — with a transition period being introduced until 4 January.

Going Dutch

Going Dutch

In the Grolsch brewery, in Enschede, a two-hour drive east of Amsterdam, there is a giant snaking gangway that stretches the length of the building....

Coulson: Children of 16 and 17 are allowed to drink if accompanied and with a meal

Coping with kids at functions

By Peter Coulson

MA legal editor Peter Coulson considers the question of whether children are allowed at functions.

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