Setting the standard
30-Nov-2006
Alex McGill from Venners looks at the benefits of professional stocktaking Many people consider stocktaking to be a simple task that almost anyone...
Modern matchmaking
30-Nov-2006
As the smoking ban approaches, beer and food-matching is becoming a hot topic. Jo Grobel looks at how suppliers are trying to make their mark...
More grist for the mill
30-Nov-2006
Miller Brands opened its first UK office a year ago, pledging millions in brand support. Marketing director Jean-Pierre van Lin describes his vision...
League of gentlemen
30-Nov-2006
Advertising is becoming the norm for speciality beers as they step into the limelight. Jo Grobel looks at the role of mass marketing in niche...
Hoggie's Down Under Diary
30-Nov-2006
In the second of a regular series, England cricket hero Matthew Hoggard gives his view on cricket, beer and life. This week he reports from Down...
Poolingideas
30-Nov-2006
From poor man's snooker to a popular game, pool's image is being transformed. But Adrian Tierney-Jones says pubs need to ensure their tables are in...
BrandsBriefs
30-Nov-2006
Old Father Timer is back Wiltshire-based brewer Wadworth is launching a 5.8% abv year-end brew called Old Father Timer. The beer will be available...
Who needs training and qualifications?
30-Nov-2006
If you want your staff to feel confident in their roles and value the licensed trade as a career rather than a job and if you want to consistently...
29-Nov-2006 By Ewan Turney
MA calls on finance firms to offer Smartbox victims reasonable terms to settle their contracts.
28-Nov-2006
Survey finds supermarket beer prices are lowest ever.
24-Nov-2006
Smartbox goes under leaving hundreds of licensees out of pocket.
Trade welcomes Europe ruling on online booze purchases
24-Nov-2006
Trade leaders have welcomed a European Union ruling blocking shoppers from buying low duty alcohol online. The ruling could have allowed consumers to...
Plummeting profits reported by big two
23-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
Two major UK brewers have filed accounts at Companies House that indicate how difficult the UK beer business has become. Both Carlsberg UK and Coors...
Pubs hit by stub-out should pay cheaper rent says Payne
23-Nov-2006 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Pub companies are being urged to consider rent reductions for licensees whose pubs are hit worst by next year's smoking ban. Federation of Licensed...
Hoggie's Down Under Diary
23-Nov-2006
In the first of a regular series, England cricket hero Matthew Hoggard gives his view on cricket, beer and life. This week he reports from Down...
The Ashes defence starts now
23-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross
The wait is finally over. The Ashes series between England and Australia is here. Out in Australia, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff leads his band of men...
Marching to success
23-Nov-2006
Former army chef Chris Wittwer tells Ewan Turney how he and wife Alison used their bright ideas to increase sales by almost £100,000 at the Royal...
All-round entertainment
23-Nov-2006
Jo Grobel kicks off our new technology series with a look at how one licensee is making more money after investing in an entertainment system What...
Political haste cost dearly
23-Nov-2006
Legal experts say reform has been a disaster, largely because the Government tried to create a one-size-fits-all regimePeter Coulson, morning...
Look beyond media hype
23-Nov-2006
How was it for you? Over the next four pages, Ewan Turney wraps up our report with a look at the views of different sectors of the trade, starting...
Doomsday predictions fade
23-Nov-2006
The new regime does not provide the freedom or profit many pubs hoped for, but it has not been all doom and gloom, explains Graeme Cushion a partner...
Business as usual for City investors
23-Nov-2006
The consensus among analysts is that the small earthquake in licensing law has not caused any seismic waves in the City. Martyn Cornell reports For...
Peace and goodwill at Xmas
23-Nov-2006
They call Christmas the season of goodwill, but readers of MA's Snifter page may be forgiven for thinking that there's not much of it about in south...
22-Nov-2006
In the second of a regular series, England cricket hero Matthew Hoggard gives his view on cricket, beer and life. This week he reports from the...
17-Nov-2006 By John Harrington
Pubs would face massive hikes in costs to operate gaming machines under new Government plans. A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket...
Fantasy Ashes: Last chance to enter a team before 1st Test
16-Nov-2006
You can feel the tingle of excitement in pubs across the country as the hundreds of teams already signed up to the Marston's Fantasy Ashes brought to...
LTC golf event pulls in £5,000
16-Nov-2006
As the nights draw in, one group of people have been clinging on to the last remnants of summer - those battling it out to be named the champion of...
0.25% interest rate rise won't hit lending
16-Nov-2006 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
Recent rises in interest rates will not affect lending, according to agents. Interest rates rose last week to 5% - the highest for five years. The...
A special brew
16-Nov-2006
Everards tenant Graham Yates tells Ewan Turney how a passion for real ale has helped boost sales by £4,000 a week at the Brunswick Inn, Derby How I...
Gordon is 'brilliant' says Punch TV star
16-Nov-2006 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
A Punch licensee who will appear on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares next Tuesday has reported "massively increased" turnover at his pub thanks to...
BrandsBriefs
16-Nov-2006
Thwaites ditches super-brew Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites has removed a super-strength lager from sale because of concerns over responsible...
Back to basics: serve the customer right
15-Nov-2006
On a busy Friday or Saturday night going to the bar for a drink can be the least pleasant experience your customers will have at your pub.Drinkers...
Time for an Ashes fightback
14-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross
There are two words on the lips of every sports fan across the land. Say them softly. The Ashes. If ever there was a time to get right behind our...
Security: surveillance cameras
10-Nov-2006
Security cameras were always at the heart of entrepreneur Nick Desai's plans for his innovative brewery-bar-restaurant concept. He wanted to cut out...
The Mac Factor: door security
10-Nov-2006
I was interested to read an article on the BBC website entitled 'Why I hate bouncers'. It was the typical kind of story favoured by the media across...
Security: SIA accredits contractors
10-Nov-2006
Safeguarding people and premises should be top of the agenda for the pub industry, but sadly the procurement of private security services is too...
Security: ID card scanners
10-Nov-2006
In the second episode of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood our high-tech heroes are temporarily stymied when they have to identify a club-goer who has...
Lock up your boss for charity!
10-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore
A City of London pub, which features prison cells in its cellar, will be used to help raise money for this year's Children in Need. The highest...
09-Nov-2006 By Peter Coulson
MA Legal expert Peter Coulson on the Violent Crime Reduction Bill
Smartbox debt enrages hosts
09-Nov-2006 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Furious hosts have rounded on interactive TV service Smartbox, demanding to know exactly when and if they will be paid. The Morning Advertiser has...
A local with deep roots
09-Nov-2006
Yvonne Cleminson talks to Ewan Turney about the highs and lows of running the Cherry Tree, a community pub in Rowledge, Surrey How I got here I have...
Temporary Event Notices: liked only by the trade
09-Nov-2006
It appears that no-one outside the licensed trade has a good word to say for Temporary Event Notices (TENs). Various licensing officers to whom I...
Orkney spirit takes to the sky
09-Nov-2006
Highland Park single malt whisky is sponsoring two aircraft in the fleet of Loganair, the airline that serves the Scottish islands. Two Islander...
BrandsBriefs
09-Nov-2006
The new face of Diet Coke Coleen McLoughlin, girlfriend of England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, is to become the face of Diet Coke,...
Driving force: scooter cabs
08-Nov-2006
How are your customers getting home this Christmas? This is the time of year, more than any other, when some may be tempted to reach for their car...
08-Nov-2006
Diversity is key to improving Britain's night-time economy, according to the Civic Trust's new Nightvision report. The report recommends more...
Security: how to spot a forgery
07-Nov-2006
The manufacturer of a forgery-checking device is warning publicans to be vigilant in the run-up to Christmas against a wave of counterfeit notes,...
The Portman Group launches awareness campaign
07-Nov-2006
The low number of complaints about the packaging and promotion of alcoholic drinks has prompted The Portman Group to launch an awareness campaign....
07-Nov-2006
The UK will go to Europe again today to make its case for continuing to opt out of the EU's 48 hour working week. The EU Working Time Directive...
02-Nov-2006 By Tony Halstead
All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman calls on brewers and pub companies to join the fight against rock-bottom supermarket beer prices.
