Operations

Making the most of Valentine's Day

19-Jan-2015 By Phil Mellows

Valentine's Day could be your biggest weekend since Christmas. The Publican's Morning Advertiser explains how to set the mood.

Speakeasies: Blind pigs might fly

16-Jan-2015 By Jessica Mason

The term speakeasy is being abused. That bar is not illegal. Its selection of whiskies is not bootlegged. It is loosely citing the Prohibition era and it is telling its customers a few tales. But they like it and they’re coming back for more.

Event ideas

Love is in the air: Valentine's Day events and promotions

16-Jan-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Love is in the air: Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and licensees are preparing for an influx of loved-up couples and cynical singletons alike. 

Try January: A fightback against those harming our business

15-Jan-2015 By Jeffrey Bell

Dry January? Don’t get me started. It’s dressed up as virtuous and a way of raising funds for good cause; in fact it’s a neo-prohibitionist ploy by well-paid executives at political lobbying organisations that masquerade as charities.

Business booster

Business booster: event and promotional ideas for your pub

12-Jan-2015 By Sheila McWattie

Great Inns of Britain ran a digital competition to find the Christmas jumper ‘king or queen’ among its customers.

TripAdvisoritis - the publican's disease

08-Jan-2015 By Ray Thompson

I would like to tell you a story of a medical problem mostly suffered by publicans.

Business Booster: Setting up a pub campsite

07-Jan-2015 By Laura Canning

As PMA reported in December, pubs can unlock potential revenue by joining the £2.4bn a year camping market. Outdoor holiday accommodation provider Pitchup.com explains the options.

Business Booster

Money makers: Deli bar

02-Jan-2015 By James Evison

Money-making deli ideas from the Castle at Edgehill, Banbury in Oxfordshire

EVENTS FOCUS

Celebrate.....Burns Night

20-Dec-2014 By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie looks at what licensees are planning for Burns Night in January

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: event and promotional ideas for your pub

20-Dec-2014 By Sheila McWattie

Photography exhibition at the Old Coastguard, Mousehole, Cornwall

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: event and promotional ideas for your pub

19-Dec-2014 By Jo Bruce

Seasonal marquee events space

Maggi reveals regional roast dinner tastes ahead of ‘biggest ever’ Christmas

18-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

People’s most popular roast dinner meat and veg options vary greatly from UK region to region, a survey by Nestlé Professional’s gravy brand Maggi has found.

Thierry Henry joins Sky Sports

16-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football and will join Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador from the start of 2015.   

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money Makers: Event and promotional ideas for your pub

14-Dec-2014 By Alison Baker

Pheasant Week

Pint purchase app released by publican

12-Dec-2014 By Helen Gilbert

A Thornton Heath publican has launched a new ‘pub credit’ website that allows people to buy their mates a pint remotely.

East London licensee hit with £5k fine for illegal Sky Sports coverage

11-Dec-2014 By James Evison

The licensee of the Acorn pub in east London has been convicted for showing Sky Sports illegally - and has been ordered to pay £5615 in fines and costs.

Pubs urged to unlock revenue potential of camping

09-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Pubs are being encouraged to turn unused land into campsites and unlock a potential new revenue stream.

Premier League football: Illegal pub satellite box supplier jailed

08-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

A man who sold illegal satellite boxes to pubs that facilitated unauthorised broadcasting of Premier League football has been jailed for nine months.

Acquiring London pubs: Building a presence in the capital

08-Dec-2014 By Glynn Davis

How do pub companies build a presence in the capital? Glynn Davis finds out.

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money Makers: Ideas for driving food and drink sales at your pub

07-Dec-2014 By Sheila McWattie and Alison Baker

Young’s Movember grooming stations

Star introduces new BDM training schemes

04-Dec-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Star Pubs & Bars is launching a new training schemes for its BDMs based around the “latest best practice and thinking in areas critical to pub retailing”.

TCG sees 10% hike in Christmas bookings

02-Dec-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

TCG, the managed pub and bar operator, says advance Christmas bookings are up 10% on last year, with a rise of 20% for sites outside London.

CHRISTMAS TRADING

Making the most of Christmas:top tips

30-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

Love it or hate it Christmas is here again: arguably the most critical time of year for our industry. The bookings schedule is crazy, the clientele is demanding, the chef is on his knees and the staff are either burned out or partying hard!

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: event and promotional ideas for your pub

30-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

Gin and tonic cakes

One in four plan to spend less on eating and drinking out this Christmas

26-Nov-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

One in four people intend to spend less on eating and drinking out this Christmas, according to a new poll.

BII launches search for industry’s best licensee

24-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The search has begun to find the UK’s best licensee with the launch of the British Institute of Innkeeping’s (BII) Licensee of the Year Award 2015 today.

BUSINESS SUPPORT

Food and social media

23-Nov-2014 By Phil Mellows

Phil Mellows looks at ways licensees are harnessing the power of social media to drive food sales

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: Event and promotional ideas for your pub

23-Nov-2014 By Alison Baker and Sheila McWattie

British Sausage Week

Licensed Trade Charity calls on publicans to support the lonely this Christmas

20-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is urging publicans to reach out to a former colleague or friend who is on their own this Christmas.

Anthony Pender named BII chairman

20-Nov-2014 By James Wallin

Yummy Pub Company co-founder Anthony Pender has been unveiled as the new chairman of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII).

Dry January ‘leads to long-term cut in alcohol consumption’

17-Nov-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Alcohol Concern has revealed new research showing its Dry January challenge leads to a long-term cut in consumption for participants.

Licensee hit with £4,000 fine for showing Sky Sports illegally

17-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A licensee has been ordered to pay £4,000 after being found guilty of illegally screening Sky Sports in his pub.

EVENT IDEAS

Christmas: what licensees are planning

16-Nov-2014 By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie offers a round-up on what festive fun hosts are putting on to help pull in the punters

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: Event and promotional ideas for your pub

16-Nov-2014 By Sheila McWattie

Chocolate Masterclass

Sky Sports launches darts channel for Christmas

13-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Sky Sports will for the first time dedicate an entire channel to darts this Christmas.

Mediatheme strengthens management team

12-Nov-2014 By James Evison

Mediatheme, a provider of touch screen entertainment, has strengthened its management team. The new team is led by managing director, Steve Evans, who has experience in finance and business development, having spent over 35 years at Barclays and Yorkshire...

Visiting the pub remains top leisure choice for consumers

10-Nov-2014 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Visiting the pub remains the number one out-of-home leisure activity for UK adults, a new study by Carlsberg UK has revealed.

Operators' innovative Christmas plans

09-Nov-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A number of London-based pubs and restaurants have unveiled their innovative Christmas event plans.

National Pubwatch launches campaign to protect pub workers from assault

07-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

National Pubwatch has launched a campaign to help prevent violence against publicans and workers in the night time economy.

JW Lees comes under fire for sexist marketing

05-Nov-2014 By Robyn Black

Manchester brewery JW Lees has come under fire for a campaign that urges drinkers to stay out for one more pint.

Q&A: Adding boutique letting rooms to your pub

05-Nov-2014 By Andy Nash

Many pubs are looking at adding letting rooms to their existing offer, but how do you stand out from the crowd and compete against hotels and budget accommodation? Andy Nash, operations director at Young's Hotels - which operates a group of pubs...

Vast majority of bar staff paid less than Living Wage

04-Nov-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

New research has shown that 90% of bar staff and 85% of waiters and waitresses are paid under the Living Wage – as the rate was raised again.

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money Makers: Ideas for helping drive food and drink sales at your pub

02-Nov-2014 By Alison Baker

Chocolate afternoon tea

Paying tax: Bending the rules could prove costly

31-Oct-2014 By Jason Piper

With swathes of taxation, red tape and bureaucracy seemingly smothering the efforts of licensees to make a decent living, the temptation to bend the rules a little can seem attractive. But such a course could prove a costly mistake. Jason Piper lifts...

Institute of Licensing seeking new chairman

31-Oct-2014 By Mike Berry

The Institute of Licensing is on the hunt for a new chairman after existing chair Jon Collins stepped down.

Droylsden wins top Pubwatch award

31-Oct-2014 By Rob Willock

Droylsden Pubwatch was the winner at last night's Diageo National Pubwatch Awards at the House of Commons, beating highly commended schemes from Hereford and Westminster‎.

RFU and Sky Sports agree new partnership

30-Oct-2014 By James Evison

Sky Sports has extended its partnership with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for a further five years, including coverage of England’s autumn internationals.

How clean is your pub?

27-Oct-2014 By Alison Baker

The Publican's Morning Advertiser looks at the cleaning necessities, from a health inspector's point of view, on how to make sure your pub is as hygienic and clean as possible.

Return of Cheryl to X Factor ‘sways 8% to not visit pub’

27-Oct-2014 By James Evison

Almost a third of Britons are choosing to stay at home and watch television on Saturday nights rather than visit local pubs and bars, new research has claimed.

Tips to help avoid allergen trouble

24-Oct-2014 By Poppleston Allen

The new Allergy Awareness Regulations have come into force - this is very relevant, bearing in mind that one in 50 young infants has a nut allergy and one adult in 100 has a food allergy of some description.