Are employee share plans the way ahead for pubcos to improve
Staff retention is an in-creasingly major issue for breweries and lei-sure operators throughout the UK, with recent research suggesting that...
Archives for December 4, 2003
Charter Group calls for industry to work together to avoid ban
The Charter Group has called on the hospitality industry to work closer together or risk a smoking ban.The calls come as more pressure for an all-out...
Pubs' jukebox revolution
by Steve Hemsley Two new digital music systems, which their suppliers claim will revolutionise music in pubs and increase turnover, are being...
Voters will have a say on pay-for-policing
Tony Blair has pushed pay-for-policing back on to the political agenda in his newly launched "Big Conversation" initiative, which gives the public a...
Police start murder hunt
Police have launched a murder hunt after a man died following an attack at a Cambridgeshire pub. Officers believe Peter Stone, 37, was attacked with...
Firm fined £15,500 for soccer scam
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has successfully prosecuted a company which "pirated" internet codes to supply cards to pubs to enable...
Cocktails and spirit measures
QDo the changes to the laws on measures make it legal for a cocktail barman to mix spirits freehand in an ordinary licensed bar? I do not think such...
GK hygiene test case fails in court
by MA Reporter Greene King plc has lost a High Court test case that sought to overturn a conviction for food hygiene offences at one of its pubs in...
Robinson's ups its stake in Jennings
by Tony Halstead Stockport family brewer Frederic Robinson has increased its stake in rival Jennings Brothers to almost 20% after buying up another...
Who are they? It's difficult to see the word Holsten and not
Holsten UK is a subsidiary of Holsten Brauerei, Germany's largest brewer, founded in Hamburg in 1879. In 1965, Holsten Distributors was formed to...
Licensing Act delayed again
The government has failed to keep its promise on the implementation of the new Licensing Act.The trade is still waiting for the guidance and fees to...
Pub arson man killed accomplice
by MA Reporter A pub owner has been convicted of killing his accomplice when he set fire to the premises in a bid to clear large debts. Last...