Archives for January 15, 2004

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Armed pair steal safe

The manager of a Nottingham pub was tied up for more than three hours while his premises was raided. Two men, one armed with a gun and the other with...

Return home as pair take over Tower

It's a case of coming back home to Devon for Annette Hammett. Annette used to work in the restaurant business years ago when she lived in Torquay,...

Hart beats to a new rhythm

The Exeter office of agents Christie & Co have sold the White Hart freehouse in the picturesque market town of North Tawton, Devon, on behalf of...

Mid Devon

Mike Sais, co-ordinator of Mid Devon Pubwatch, is proud, and rightly so, of the way alcohol-infuseddisorder has been reduced in the streets of...

Pubs to blame for 'thuggery'

Leading police officers are calling for a curb on numbers of pubs and a ban on drinks promotions to stem the rise of drink-related violence.The calls...

Playing safe

Adam Withrington finds that the Manchester City Centre Safe scheme is having a positive impact, due in no small part to the spirit of partnership.It...

Pub entrepreneurs score in rich list

Pub and bar entrepreneurs have featured heavily in a list of the rich and famous from the hotel and restaurant sector.Michael Cannon (pictured) was...

Why sloth-like Steve had to make a move

Time has been called on Britain's laziest man, Steve Mould. For, after almost five years of bedding down in the bar of his favourite pub, Steve had...

Stereo

Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne You would be hard pressed to come up with a better location for a style bar than that enjoyed by Stereo on Newcastle's...

The price is right

A shortage of quality available freeholds has led to a steady rise in pub values, according to agent Christie & Co. Michelle Perrett reports.Pub...

Red Cat

Crank, Lancashire The Red Cat is situated in an area of central Lancashire where you might expect beer to be the favourite pub drink rather than...

Captain Digby

Broadstairs, Kent Whatever the sales and profitability targets that are set for the Captain Digby, general manager Tony Pearson has the uncanny knack...

Crooked Billet

Stoke Row, Oxfordshire Paul Clerehugh has a notion that pubco Brakspear only gave him the tenancy of the Crooked Billet in order to prove that the...

Anchor away as couple sell up to retire

After 33 years in the licensed trade ­ the last 20 of which were spent running the well-known Anchor Hotel and Ship Inn overlooking the tiny harbour...

Long Island Iced Tea Shop

Sutton, Surrey Neil Ainsworth, manager of the Long Island Iced Tea Shop in Sutton, knows exactly what he wants to give customers. "What we aspire to...

Golden Fleece

Queen Street, London EC4 "Ever since my first pub 13 years ago, I've always aspired to running a pub like this." So says Annie Power, who realised...

Simon Ward

Industry consultant Simon Ward is less than impressed with Guy Hands' track record when it comes to pub life... A question. Who was recently quoted...

Pitcher & Piano

Brindley Place, Birmingham When a pub is just a few minutes walk away from the UK's most densely-pubbed circuit, namely Broad Street in Birmingham,...

Police shut down Brum club

Police have used their powers under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to close a Birmingham nightspot, the Plazza Café in Lozells Road,...

Geoffrey Hartridge

Geoffrey Hartridge, licensed trade campaigner and managing director of Hartridge's Soft Drinks between 1955 and 1982, has died at the age of 85. He...

Club meetings in pubs

QWith reference to your recent answer about turning a pub into a club, isn't it true that if a club meets in a private room on your premises they are...

St Margaret's Tavern

Twickenham, Middlesex Oisin Rogers, manager of St Margaret's Tavern, doesn't pull any punches when describing what it used to be like. "It was the...

Row between Cains and the IFBB worsens

Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB), has launched a scathing attack on beer writer Roger Protz after he...