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Merseyside host is rare breed'

Linda Lavin is a rare breed of licensee whose business status sits halfway between tenant and pub manager. Lavin operates the Hermitage Tavern on a...

Punch becomes biggest pub group in UK

Two of Britain's biggest pub companies have been thrown together in a move that will see Punch become the biggest pub group in the country.The latest...

Wife Swap star prefers landlady role

by Tony Halstead Merseyside landlady Linda Lavin has vowed "never again" after playing a starring role before millions of viewers in Channel 4's...

King's Head couple call last orders

After 25 years at the King's Head in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, proprietors Richard and Hilary Barnes have sold the business in order to enjoy a well...

A storm in a pint pot

I read with interest your article on metric measures at the Cardinals Hat in Worcester and what you can and cannot serve. The law says that beer...

Hotel expects a big interest

The Ipswich office of Christie & Co has been appointed to handle the sale of the Spixworth Hotel in the Norfolk village of Spixworth, located...

Interbrew U-turn on Staropramen

Interbrew UK has bowed to drinker pressure and announced that the brewing of its draught Staropramen brand is returning to the Czech Republic from...

Red card for football pubs

Prosecutions have been launched against 10 licensees in the crackdown on showing live football games illegally.The Federation Against Copyright Theft...

Scots pub ban on spirits 'upselling'

The routine pub practice of asking customers if they want a double measure when they order spirits has been outlawed by a Scottish licensing...

Spirit levels to go up at Eight Bells?

There seem to be countless tales of strange goings-on in Britain's pubs and many a book has been penned about what happens when beer and the...

Board rejects JDW extension

by Mairi Clark A JD Wetherspoon pub in Scotland has fallen foul of licensing board regulations aimed at cracking down on irresponsible drinks...

What's gone wrong at Shepherd Neame?

Breaking up like Brakspear is not what former vice-chairman Stuart Neame wants for his old company. Instead, three years ago at a Shepherd Neame away...

Burton Ale rears its lovely head

Hello, old friend," I said, "long time no see." Things have come to a pretty pass when I start talking to pump handles, but my outburst was caused by...

'No excuses' on disabled access

Pubs will have no excuses if they fail to take all reasonable measures to make themselves accessible to disabled people by October 2004, a government...

IT's war at Sheps

by Andrew Pring Change the way you run the company, or I will encourage shareholders to sell up and put the company into outside hands. That was the...

Jennings taps into Wards' potential'

by The PMA Team Lakeland brewer Jennings has signed an agreement to produce Wards Best Bitter, which was selling 40,000 barrels a year at its peak...

Man on trial for murder

A fatal stabbing in a Stoke-on-Trent pub has resulted with a man being charged with murder. Paul Hopewell, 44, of Biddulph, is accused of killing...

Cans from nearby shop

Q We have an off-licensed grocery shop near our premises and its operators do not seem to worry about who they sell to. As a result young people,...

Better Thwaites than never

Five years ago, the top brass at Daniel Thwaites realised they had to change or atrophy. Now they're set for an exciting future. Tony Halstead...