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Glass ceiling

Glass ceiling

The cost of waste disposal has doubled in some pubs with the move to non-returnable bottles. Kelly Smith investigates ethical and cost-effective...

MARKETING MUSCLE

MARKETING MUSCLE

A round-up of the latest campaigns Gaymers Gaymer Cider Company has thrown £4m behind Gaymers Original - the largest investment the company is...

Blackpool wizard

Blackpool wizard

Adrian Clay tells Tony Halstead how he increased sales four-fold in four months when he took on the Trust Inns tenancy of the Raikes Hall in...

Poley's Position

Poley's Position

Can you clarify your recent comments comparing the discounting of beer to that of Fairy Liquid?The point I was making about Fairy liquid was that...

Newcomers: Confused

Newcomers: Confused

We met with the area pubco's estates manager and representative and spent quite a considerable amount of time touring the pub and cellar to get some...

Ask the experts

Ask the experts

Brian George president, National BBQ Association Barbecues look attractive displaying a mix of colours, and red, green or yellow bell peppers can...

Blue sky dining

Blue sky dining

The smoking ban presents a big opportunity for licensees to maximise their food offer in outside areas of all shapes and sizes. Mark Taylor explores...

Earning a crust

Earning a crust

Carl Smith tells Ewan Turney how building a great team has helped him and wife Pauline increase trade at two Young's pubs in Mayfair, London How I...

Ideas to inspire

Ideas to inspire

Whether it's cocktails, shots or long drinks with mixers, the beauty and appeal of spirits is their flexibilityTraining to help pubs make spirits...

Free the spirit

Free the spirit

The range of speciality spirits can appear bewildering at first, but with a little know-how they present pubs with a great opportunity to boost...

How to...conduct a rent review

How to...conduct a rent review

By Ewan Turney

Rent reviews are a time of angst and confusion for many licensees but with good preparation and a clear head fair deals can be had, says Ewan Turney....

View from the top

View from the top

Christoph Brooke, managing director of Hillbrooke Hotels, which runs Wiltshire's Bath Arms, leased from the Longleat Estate, shares secrets of...

Hooked on style

Hooked on style

Ewan Turney discovers how St Austell's £443k investment transformed the Sharksfin in Mevagissey, Cornwall, from a derelict hotel into a premium bar...

The rentman cometh

The rentman cometh

Rent reviews are a time of angst and confusion for many licensees. Ewan Turney reports the top tips from the BII's recent rent-review seminar Pubco:...

Unite to end energy rip-offs

Unite to end energy rip-offs

By Andrew Pring

Energy costs may have come down slightly in the past few months, for some licensees at least. But for most people, the hike in utility bills over the...

Mon£y mak£rs

Mon£y mak£rs

Alison Baker looks at more business-enhancing conceptsOrganic kitchen garden Where: Felin Fach Griffin, near Brecon, Powys, Wales,...

Club's doorstaff praised over London car bomb

Club's doorstaff praised over London car bomb

By John Harrington

Doorstaff alerted the police to the car that is believed to have contained a bomb after it was parked outside a London nightclub. The car was parked...

Earthly delights

Earthly delights

Cotswolds-based Five Mile House, in Duntisbourne Abbots, has a second-to-none reputation for its food. Humayun Hussain talks to co-owner Jo Carrier...

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