Merger plan for Beer Seller and Waverley
By Andrew Pring Customers and suppliers to Beer Seller will have to wait up to three months before Scottish Courage unveils its plans for merging the...
Archives for November 27, 2003
Beer Naturally boost for beer and food matching
Beer and food matching has been taken to new levels after pressure group Beer Naturally took its message to top sommeliers.Beer Naturally, the...
Pub pair's terror ordeal
Two pub workers were beaten and locked in a cellar after three men wearing balaclavas and wielding baseball bats raided a Berkshire pub in what's...
I never much cared for the TV series A Family at War and I c
One particular advertisement always conjures up memories of a certain radio show I was presenting years ago (Beacon/WABC Wolverhampton), when the...
Who are they? You might just have heard of this lot. Accordi
Britvic might be among the biggest, but it's also one of the oldest. The name is an abbreviation of the British Vitamin Products Company, set up in...
Spirit to close S&N Retail headquarters
Spirit Group is to close the Northampton headquarters of Scottish & Newcastle Retail following its acquisition of the company last month. Spirit...
Avoiding private party problems
I have had a communication from an irate reader who says he has been banned from holding a private party in his bar after hours, because his local...
Buck Inn may prove a winner for new owner
The Buck Inn, described by selling agent Guy Simmonds as being in the "honey pot" village of Maunby, North Yorkshire, has come onto the market. The...
Nobody's perfect
New MA wine columnist Fiona Sims takes a look at the Nobody Inn's superb offer Somebody asked me the other day which pubI thought had the best wine...
Crunch time
The nation's insatiable appetite for snacks has food manufacturers competing for a bigger cut of the action. But are hosts beingbombarded by too much...
Caravan sites: Carry on camping
It could cost less than £100 to turn an unused plot of land into a caravan site - so what are you waiting for?They are a strange breed, caravanning...
VIP preparations pay off at the Dun Cow Inn
by Danny Fryer Just what do you serve one of the most important men in the world? That was the question worrying staff at the Dun Cow Inn,...
Seafarers is sold
The Exeter office of Christie & Co has sold the Seafarers restaurant in Falmouth, Cornwall, on behalf of Paula Greenhead to Nigel Holmes, who...
A kind of hush
A new dating trend is proving popular in north London.Max Gosney gets to the heart of the matter For years, pubs have played the part of Cupid in the...
Mansion is set for new lease of life
A Georgian mansion in Llechryd, around three miles from Cardigan, Wales, has been sold by Robert Barry & Co. Castell Malgwyn is situated on the...
Doctors call for smoking ban in UK pubs
Letter to The Times from the president of the Royal College of Physicians and others calling for a smoking ban in the UK's pubs and bars.Sir, We...
Home of Madonna's tipple gets £2m lift
The Timothy Taylor brewery, famously endorsed by pop icon Madonna, celebrated the opening of a £2m extension to its Knowle Spring brewery last week....
Revolution's in retreat
Another "drinks revolution" is feeling the pinch. Old timers will remember the infamous red revolution Watney Mann's desperate attempt to remain a...
Foodies pub changes hands
A food-led freehouse which is the only pub in the village of Great Braxted, near Witham, Essex, has changed hands. The Du Cane Arms has been sold on...