AIR swamped by requests for policy statements
Atmosphere Improves Results (AIR) has received more than 2,000 requests from licensees for policy statements, following the announcement of the...
Archives for June 11, 2003
City Refrigeration spreads wings as Mercury takes flight
Leading facilities management services company City Refrigeration Holdings has announced plans for further expansion of its pub refurbishment arm,...
Licensees face insurance spot checks and fines
Licensees are to face yet more red tape as the government plans to introduce spot-checks over insurance policies. The government is rumoured to be...
Pub boss is tied to loo
A pub manager was left bound to a toilet for nine hours as customers carried on drinking just yards away. Gary Hopwood was tied to a loo in his...
Howells warns pubs to co-operate with local authorities
Licensees need to work closely with local authorities to get a grip on anti-social behaviour or there could be serious implications for the trade,...
Henley site earmarked for luxury hotel development
Winchester-based Hotel du Vin is to apply to build a 42-bedroom luxury hotel on the site of the former Brakspear brewery in Henley-on-Thames. The...
CAMRA signs up key partners for National Pubs Week
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has signed up four key trade partners for next year's National Pubs Week.The consumer group also announced the...
l Po Na Na administrator Grant Thornton has received a "lot
In the meantime, outlets that are open are trading as normal and we are quite satisfied with their trading levels." The company was forced into...
Maxxium UK launches £1 million cocktail training drive
Maxxium UK is investing £1million in a free on-trade cocktail training initiative, devised and delivered by award-winning in-house mixologist Wayne...
48-hour week puts pub trade under pressure
by Claire Hu Plans to end Britain's opt-out of the 48-hour working week will result in many smaller managed houses converting to tenancies and others...
M&B goes for value in high-street initiative
by The PMA Team Mitchells & Butlers has quietly launched a new value-based high-street bar concept in the last month, the Morning Advertiser has...
On the market for the first time in 13 years, the Stags Head
The property is a classic thatched 16th-century Devon longhouse with a beautiful position, well-stocked trout lake, woods and paddock. The Stags Head...
A sixth generation of the family Robinson is currently cutti
The latest batch of entrants to the 165-year-old brewing and pubs dynasty numbers no less than five drawn from three separate lines of the...
Disabled access and your business
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 demands that all public houses, clubs and restaurants equip their premises with access for disabled...
Picture-perfect pub is looking for new owner
The Grade II-listed Woodbridge Inn, beautifully set in approximately five acres of land on the banks of the River Severn in the picturesque...
The Green Man freehouse in the Lincolnshire village of Ropsl
Proprietors Richard and Liz Rawson placed the pub on the market in order to pursue other business interests, having owned and operated it since June...
Old Empire's taste of history
Scores of beers in Britain carry the curious and cryptic label "IPA". I wonder how many drinkers know what it stands for and how important it is to...
Wetherspoon to stock premium spirit brands
Pub-goers may not be able to swear in a Wetherspoon pub anymore, but they can now get their laughing gear round some b****y good spirits!In a move...
Smoking barb is unfair
There is a misapprehension about the "smoking allowed throughout" Charter policy. It has been described as a "cop out" or a "do nothing" option. This...
Maxxium Uk wins gold for After Shock campaign
Maxxium UK, distributor of market leading shooter After Shock, has proved its executional and creative excellence by winning gold in the Event...
Public support for ID cards grows to 80 per cent
A national ID card scheme looks more certain after home secretary David Blunkett revealed that 80 per cent of the public support the scheme.The...
Get a share of the action with Mini Cheddars!
A fantastic new Mini Cheddars 150g sharing tub range will be available across all trade channels from June 2003. In addition, the surprisingly...
The Famous Grouse rocks with another award
Maxxium UK's The Famous Grouse has picked up three gold medals in one of the world's premiere drinks competitions, the International Spirits...
Pubmaster seeks champions of the north
Pubmaster has today revealed a new campaign to reward the unsung heroes of the Northeast of England - many of which may turn out to be its own...