Invest in the free market
23-Aug-2007
Buying a freehouse remains a holy grail for most licensees who dream of being their own boss. Tony Halstead reports Ask four people to give you their...
XXXX rewards working blokes
23-Aug-2007
Men working in "desperate" working environments will be treated to a barbecue, free beer and a performance by a stand-up comedian in their own home...
£3m funding for Heartstone
23-Aug-2007
Recently-formed Heartstone Inns has raised a further £3m in a second round of private-equity funding, enabling it to rapidly expand its chain of...
Property prices put pressure on pubs
23-Aug-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Soaring property prices are posing a new threat to village community pubs, according to BBC's The One Show in a special investigation into the...
Supermarkets face pricing backlash
23-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Supermarkets are facing an unprecedented backlash against their alcohol pricing policies, with senior police and politicians adding to the chorus of...
Esta plans wave of anti-Sky actions
23-Aug-2007
The European Satellite Television Association (Esta) plans to launch a wave of legal actions against Sky in a bid to open up a free European market...
Chris Maclean: Turkey's don't vote for Christmas
22-Aug-2007 By Chris Maclean
I am trying to get a grip on the problem of excessive drinking which has been highlighted recently. For my part I see nothing new in drinking huge...
Newcomers: Getting qualified
22-Aug-2007
The lease on the pub can only be signed when the license is transferred, in order that the license can be transferred we needed to qualify as a...
Rugby World Cup: The legends pick their winners
17-Aug-2007
THE PUBLICAN scrummed down with some world cup heroes and rugby legends to get their thoughts ahead of a sporting event that should mean big...
Rugby World Cup: Pubs prepare for rugby fest
17-Aug-2007
SINCE THE heady days of England¹s rugby World Cup win in 2003, brands and pubcos have been rampaging like a prop forward to get a piece of the rugby...
Rugby World Cup: Rugby conversion
17-Aug-2007
THE RUGBY World Cup is set to draw huge numbers of sports fans to the pub to watch the tournament. Licensees are gearing up for the start of an event...
Back to Basics: Stocktaking
17-Aug-2007
For pubs and hotels it can now be the difference between success and failure, profit and loss. Indeed, there are many recent cases where it has...
Heartstone raises a further £3m
16-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Recently-formed pubco has raised a further £3 million in a second round of private equity funding
Access all areas
16-Aug-2007
Antony Marshall tells Ewan Turney how catering for all types of customers helped increase trade at the True Lovers Knot, in Blandford, Dorset How I...
The big matches not to miss
16-Aug-2007
England v South Africa Friday, 14 September, 8pm, ITV1 This promises to be a brutal and physical encounter that should please the fans no end. The...
The Efficiency Factor: let battle commence
15-Aug-2007
The four pub finalists taking part in British Gas Business's Efficiency Factor are now well into the first month of the contest.Energy-saving experts...
Focus Outdoor: Table service
14-Aug-2007
Good service is another important factor that can make sure your customers are properly looked after outdoors so they stay longer and spend more...
Focus Outdoor: Garden security
14-Aug-2007
Pubs are investing in higher-quality garden furniture these days, not only as a result of the smoking ban but because customers expect a little more...
Focus Outdoor: a garden with atmosphere
14-Aug-2007
When asked why they like a pub, most people will come up with the word 'Atmosphere' somewhere in their reply but did you know it¹s possible to...
14-Aug-2007
ALMR reveals 'shocking' figures
Newcomers: Stretching Time
13-Aug-2007
We have pretty much got things sewn up at our end with regards to the lease. Myself and R have both successfully passed the qualification which...
Newcomers: Eureka
10-Aug-2007
What is becoming apparent through continued research into EPOS systems is that although much of the EPOS hardware is much the same, it's the software...
3D to use polycarbs at a third of venues
09-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
3D Entertainment Group, which runs mainly late-licensed sites, has introduced polycarbonate glasses in around one third of its 90 venues. The...
Publican staff go back to the floor in Somerset
09-Aug-2007
The George Inn, five miles south of Bath, Somerset, has been an inn for more than 600 years and is reputed to be one of the oldest in the country. It...
A glorious weekend for sport
09-Aug-2007 By Richard Ross
It's a glorious time for sports lovers, no matter what game they follow most avidly. The return of Premiership football to our screens this weekend...
Boxing clever
09-Aug-2007
Former amateur boxer Scott Murray tells Ewan Turney how he reached a £1m turnover at Bar Sport in Cannock, Staffordshire How I got here When I was...
Saucy ideas
09-Aug-2007
products on trial Heinz Foodservice is encouraging licensees to improve table presentation and consumer perception of their pubs in a new Heinz...
SIA door-staff minefield
09-Aug-2007
I was surprised to read, in the report of a recent conference on door supervision, a claim by one speaker that there were up to 20,000 unlicensed...
BrandsBriefs
09-Aug-2007
Innis & Gunn at the Fringe Innis & Gunn oak-aged beer is sponsoring a series of gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Acoustic Music Centre...
09-Aug-2007
New licensing minister and past National Pubwatch president Gerry Sutcliffe tells John Harrington that the trade will have to wait on some big...
Hamish Champ: What's in a glass?
03-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
I was drinking in the centre of London last night and witnessed what I can only describe as, well, a 'crime against branding'.Waiting to be served in...
After the floods
02-Aug-2007
The recent floods have left hundreds of pubs devastated but help is at hand. Noli Dinkovski sets out a step-by-step guide to get your pub up and...
City stands by for flood costs
01-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Uncertainty surrounds the precise cost of the floods to the major pub companies as they struggle to assess the level of damage. One City analyst,...
Chris Platts, Partner, Brownhill Vickers and Platts
01-Aug-2007
I find it hard to believe that your pubco has suddenly "found" a lease amendment and is looking to enforce it. Your first port of call must be the...
David Morgan, Managing Director, Cookseys DMP
01-Aug-2007
Third-party liability is fertile ground for solicitors - and it's expensive. The pubco was a third party to the contract, its solicitors did not...
Graeme Bunn, Director, Fleurets
01-Aug-2007
Your situation is complex and clearly unfortunate. Given the circumstances you have highlighted, I anticipate that the principal matter of the...
Rent increase is a bolt from the blue
01-Aug-2007
Mrs K's pubco claims to have found a lease amendment signed by a previous lessee, agreeing to a rent increase When I bought a pubco tied lease on...
Mighty marketing?
01-Aug-2007
Advertising is key to ale's growth - but are brewers getting it right? The dwindling marketing budgets afforded by some of the national brewers to...
Chinawhite club defends brand
01-Aug-2007 By Rosie Davenport rosie.davenport@william-reed.co.u
Fashionable London club Chinawhite is taking legal action to defend its trademark after a supplier launched an RTD using its name. In the latest...
Sky's new deal questioned
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs that take Sky's extra football package, but not the basic subscription next season, will pay about one-third more for it and have to fork out...
Triple sting failure may cost host £10k
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A Northampton licensee could be the first to face a £10,000 fine and a three-month suspension of his licence for serving under-18s three times...
Comfort factor
01-Aug-2007
Paul and Jo Stretton-Downes won the Good Pub Guide's Licensees of the Year Award 2007. Humayun Hussain reports Why my food business is a success It's...
On the right tracks
01-Aug-2007
Ewan Turney finds out how a £147,000 investment transformed the Brighton Belle Inn, Winsford, Cheshire, from a dark and tired boozer to a stylish,...
Newcomers: Keeping going
31-Jul-2007
In the end it only took a couple of hours and a few phone calls to secure the money for the pub from another high street bank. This means we are back...
31-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Mark Jones of Ultimate Leisure urges other operators to ditch glass in favour of polycarbonate where necessary
The asset question: cash, equities or property?
29-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
What would you do with a billion quid? Sadly it's a conundrum the vast majority of us are unlikely to find ourselves grappling with. Yet Admiral...
Focus South West: a root cause
27-Jul-2007
Just because you're a national pub chain doesn't mean you have to replicate exactly the same formula wherever you are in the country - as the new JD...
Soft options
26-Jul-2007
Drinking trends are changing in the light of the smoking ban and other influences. So could we be ready for the Chinese tea-house? Andrew Jefford tests the water and tries beer in a bowl
England now need 2nd Test win
26-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
It's a rough old life being a professional cricketer. Just four days on from the end of the Lord's Test between England and India, and it's already...
Basking in success
26-Jul-2007
Philip Davison tells Ewan Turney how a marketing seminar helped him achieve £750,000 worth of sales at the Wadworth-owned Sun in the Wood, in...
