Pubs pray for England to up their game
20-Sep-2007
Licensees are crossing their fingers that England could stay in the Rugby World Cup after reporting soaring sales from the tournament¹s opening...
LTC boxes clever to raise cash
20-Sep-2007
It's not long now until one of the LTC's most eagerly anticipated events - the Annual Charity Boxing Tournament. The event, now in its 49th year,...
Hot profits
20-Sep-2007
Demand for hot drinks is giving pubs the chance to brew up extra trade, as Kelly Smith reveals Hot drinks are becoming more important to the trade...
One eye on the prize
17-Sep-2007
A recent Nielsen report examined the 10 years of the beer industry during Tony Blair's premiership. Here are a couple of points:• off-trade has...
Back to Basics: IT networks
17-Sep-2007
Other small businesses have computer networks, so why not pubs? They can bring plenty of advantages to a busy and overworked publican.If one of the...
Keg deposit scheme could start in 2008
13-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Regional brewers are coming round to the idea of charging licensees deposits on kegs, under a proposed scheme that could start in 2008. That is...
World Cup: home nations falter
13-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Rugby World Cup is well under way now, but none of the home nations stormed through their first matches as confidently as anticipated. After a...
Low booze prices: trade battles on
13-Sep-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Price war fears intensify in wake of inquiry giving supermarket alcohol deals the all clear Trade leaders have warned that the battle against...
Rival aims to halt Nucleus/ Brulines deal
13-Sep-2007
Dispense monitoring company Cotec Technology has lodged a formal objection with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the proposed £3.8m acquisition...
ePub: The joy of text
11-Sep-2007
Pub customers could soon be discovering the joys of text thanks to a wave of companies offering marketing solutions based around mobile...
ePub: taking it to the Max
11-Sep-2007
They say the best things come in small packages, and it is a mantra which Andy Egan, founder and chief executive of pub technology company Felix,...
ePub: Free software for pubs
11-Sep-2007
OK. Pour yourself a stiff drink and sit down. You know everyone always tells you that you don't get something for nothing. And that if it sounds too...
Absolute Leisure's £10m quayside plan
06-Sep-2007 By The PMA Team
One of the North East's leading leisure operators has unveiled its plans to build a £10m office and restaurant complex at one of the region's most...
National Quiz gears up for launch
06-Sep-2007
The Publican's Licensees Forum in York this week was the platform for the launch of a major new quiz aimed at revolutionising entertainment in...
A Saturday of national sport
06-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
You couldn't pack much more top-quality sport into one day if you tried. This Saturday some of England's finest sportsmen will take to the grass of...
SNP: pubs should pay fee for policing
06-Sep-2007 By Iain O'Neill iain.o'neill@william-reed.co.uk
Scotland's justice secretary has claimed pub and club owners should be made to pay for the policing of antisocial behaviour caused by alcohol. The...
Budgeting for all the add-ons
06-Sep-2007
Be alert to the hidden costs when buying a pub lease, says Simon Stracey, commercial director at Marlborough Leisure Everyone knows that when you buy...
Mike Higham consultant Pro-Eco
06-Sep-2007
It is disappointing that the brewery agent recommended the supply company it did. Your case is typical of some of the bad industry practices where...
Paul Savage business services manager Energywatch
06-Sep-2007
Billing disputes are not uncommon when busy pub landlords are approached by sales brokers as they move into new premises. Although the cost you were...
Electric shock
06-Sep-2007
Steve Smith of the Travellers Rest, Sheffield, has seen his electricity bill shoot up by 300%. He wants help to find a way out I came into the pub...
Branded glassware can get your goatee
06-Sep-2007
On the way to the eagerly-awaited World Beard and Moustache Championships in Brighton last weekend (a bit similar to the Great British Beer...
Get on the trail
05-Sep-2007
In many of the pubs around The Publican's Central London office, brown leaflets can be found dotted about on tables and scattered, half-read, on bar...
04-Sep-2007 By The PMA Team
The Portman Group to stop issuing Proof of Age Cards. 18 year-olds will no longer be able to get the Portman Group's Proof of Age Card from the end...
Portman Group calls time on PASS cards
04-Sep-2007
The Portman Group is to stop distributing proof-of-age cards due to the fall in demand. From the end of September 18 year-olds will no longer be able...
Ready to rise to the challenge?
03-Sep-2007
As announced earlier in the summer, The Publican has teamed up with flavoured cocktail liqueur range Volare and the Bar Academy to see if pubs really...
Promotional videos
01-Sep-2007
Where: Walpole Arms, Itteringham, Norwich, Norfolk; www.thewalpolearms.co.uk The idea: Having been a TV producer before taking over the Walpole Arms,...
Venus rising
01-Sep-2007
Fly Pink, a new women-only airline, takes to the skies later this year from Liverpool's John Lennon airport. The launch follows a wealth of other new...
Back to Basics: Customer service
31-Aug-2007
Whether customers have a great experience is not just about the strength of your drinks offer. Ensuring staff deliver great service can make sure...
Bank holiday brings boost in trade
30-Aug-2007
The scorching bank holiday weekend weather came as a welcome boost for pubs across the country.Pubs have recently been hit by a series of trading...
Call for more protection from violent customers
30-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
A trade chief has reignited calls for the government to look at the protection the law offers licensees in dealing with underage sales and violent...
Peggy Mitchell past sell by date
30-Aug-2007
Richard Branson, Alan Sugar and Easyjet's Stelios Haji-Ioannou are rated as pub-goers' favourite potential publicans. TV licensees such as Peggy...
New trade body 'to rival BII and FLVA'
30-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney
A new trade body run by licensees for licensees hopes to get off the ground in the next six months. The group, provisionally called the National...
The thick and thin of EPoS
30-Aug-2007
EPoS systems have evolved to deal with ever more complex levels of service. Noli Dinkovski looks at what new developments are in the pipeline No...
The IT crowd
30-Aug-2007
There is no escaping the ever-increasing presence of technology in the pub trade and the many wide-ranging advantages it provides. Noli Dinkovski...
Wake up and smell the potpourri
30-Aug-2007
Bring back tobacco, says Adam Edwards. At least it doesn't reek as much as some customers In the mid-'60s it was said of soap opera Coronation Street...
Hart of the community
30-Aug-2007
Darren Hales tells Ewan Turney how an exciting array of events has made Marston's Red Hart in Kington, Worcestershire, a vital venue for locals How I...
Demand for supply
30-Aug-2007
Online ordering specialist Makella is hoping to carve out a niche in the pub sector. Noli Dinkovski reports Any licensee worth their salt knows that...
Debtor landlord's tale on Channel 4
30-Aug-2007
Channel 4 is to screen a programme about a man who ran up debts of £250,000 buying four pubs on credit cards. Andy Banwell, 44, used 10 cards from...
Here comes the sun: fine bank holiday weather brings a welcome boost for business
30-Aug-2007
Long overdue bank holiday weekend sunshine gave Britain's pubs a welcome business boost. But licensees have warned that only a sustained spell of...
Sky steps up monitoring of pubs
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Sky is stepping up its pursuit of licensees that screen satellite programmes without a commercial licence by doubling the number of staff that...
Pubs face High Court action over live football
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
The FA Premier League (FAPL) is taking High Court action against five licensees over the screening of live football. The five pubs are accused of...
29-Aug-2007
Five licensees are being taken to the High Court by the Premier League in a row over the screening of live football matches. The Premier League...
Back to Basics: pub apprenticeships
28-Aug-2007
Apprenticeships still feel a new idea to many in the pub trade. You might instinctively associate them with perverse initiation rites, but it's no...
Complaints about antisocial noise have doubled
28-Aug-2007
The recent finding that people between 60 and 65 are drinking more than they should, earning them the rather unfair soubriquet "Saga louts", is...
Coffee Solutions
28-Aug-2007
QWe are limited for space on our back bar and don't feel we have room for a full-size espresso machine, but I want to sell top-quality coffee. What...
Replace smoke with business fire
28-Aug-2007
It seems to be a case of so far, so good for the early days of the smoke-free pub era. As the smoke clears many operators have seen the ban as an...
Focus East Anglia: Drinks brand profile
24-Aug-2007
If you drive through the village of Debenham, only a few miles from the Suffolk town of Stowmarket, you will eventually see a sign pointing towards...
Focus East Anglia: View from the Top
24-Aug-2007
East Anglia is an extremely diverse region; predominantly rural with pockets of urban activity. Its people can enjoy a rich variety of outlets...
Herald's Allcock joins Ultimate
23-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Kevin Allcock has quit Herald Bars and Inns to join nightclub company Ultimate Leisure as managing director of operations, the Morning Advertiser has learnt
Change your attitude
23-Aug-2007
People constantly tell me I have the best job in the world. "Drinks editor?" they say. "That means you get to drink all the time, tasting new...
