Your voice: even stronger
It's three and a half years since the Morning Advertiser reinvented itself and became a far more relevant newspaper for modern licensees and their...
Archives for January 29, 2004
Home Counties: Land of Liberty
Peace and Plenty Heronsgate, Herts Maggie and John Moir acquired the unusually named Land of Liberty Peace and Plenty (a reference to the Chartist...
Hughes is top Quays manager
The licensee of the Old Customs House in Portsmouth has been awarded the title of Manager of the Year by Gunwharf Quays, the city's award-winning...
North: Fat Cat
Sheffield, South Yorkshire Pub and brewing entrepreneur David Wickett was a man ahead of the game when he bought Sheffield's Fat Cat 22 years ago and...
Home Counties: The Poacher
Tudeley, Kent Jason and Debbie Emery had their work cut out when they took over the Poacher. The previous licensee didn't encourage children and even...
Church v pub on Sabbath
QIs there actually a law which means thatmagistrates cannot grant an extension for pubs on Sunday mornings? We have taken over avillage pub near land...
Sticking one's head in Lion's mouth
There's no hiding place for the modern journalist. Have you noticed the growing number of newspapers that have daily columns correcting mistakes in...
It's time to make a choice
There's no escaping the fact that smoking bans in pubs are a bigger threat now than they ever have been.Each week The Publican runs stories on the...
Westminster under fire for 'preposterous situation'
Westminster's controversial approach to licensing is costing pub operators thousands of pounds in appeals.One company, Interpub, faces a bill of at...
GK has a ball with Cinderella
American companies spend millions of dollars on management consultants, business gurus and motivational speakers, but what does a great British...
Marston's takes the creamy route
by Andrew Pring A new beer called Marston's FC Finest Creamy has been launched into the on-trade smooth market. WDB Brands, the beer division...
Prices set to rise says McMullen's
by Claire Hu The boss of McMullen's, the Hertford brewer and pub company, has warned of big rises in retail prices on the back of a vast array of...
The Ribs of Beef, Fye Bridge
A "city local" is how Roger Cawdron, chairman of the British Institute of Innkeeping's Anglia region, describes the Ribs of Beef, his freehouse at...
Abbey Ales Brewery
The brewery was founded in 1997 by Alan Morgan and became the first beer producer in Bath since the 1950s. Morgan worked for some the UK's leading...
Pub quiz row in High Court
by Phil Pemberton A friendly quiz night in a Bedford pub is to be settled in the High Court after a contestant accused the quizmaster of cheating....
Regulars brush up on their life' skills
by Claire Hu Nude models are helping regulars at a Tyneside pub explore their artistic side. Life drawing is just one of the classes launched by...
Poultry prices to rise as Asian chicken flu spreads
Pub grub favourite chicken tikka masala could be off the menu as poultry prices soar in the wake of Asia's avian flu epidemic.Chicken prices in the...
Pubs to lose out in gambling bill
The new gambling bill will hit the income of small pubs, says the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).Giving evidence in Parliament this week,...
The Fat Cat, West End St
It was Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) National Pub of the Year in 1999 and the Good Beer Guide's Beer Pub of the Year in 1998 and 2003. So is the Fat...
The Ploughman's Principle
Without wishing to tell grandmother how to suck eggs, Andrew Jefford offers a three-point plan for success in pub catering My admiration for pub...
The Adam & Eve, Bishopgate
Everyone wants to know how Rita McCluskey got her hands on the Adam & Eve but she's not telling. Reputedly established in 1249 to serve...
You can bank on it
RBS invests millions in pubs. Mark Stretton talks to one of its main men.Think of the least admired professions and after estate agents, lawyers and...
Wales: Jolly Sailor
Burton, Pembrokeshire Ken Applin says the first thing that he and wife Jean decided to do when they took on the Jolly Sailor was transform the...
Establish liability for repairs at the outset
One regular topic raised by readers concerns their liabilities in respect of their properties. Tenants and lessees regularly contact me with sorry...
Strong Boddies seduces Camra
by Tony Halstead Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale pressure group, has "kissed and made up" with Boddingtons, the brewer it loved to hate over a cold...
Home Counties: Cock Inn
Gamlingay, Bedfordshire There are a number of ways Roger and Tina Collins measure the part that the Cock Inn plays in the local community. First,...
West: Alice Lisle
Rockford Green, Hampshire "It's a cracking pub. If you look after it, it will look after you." So says John Farley, manager of the Alice Lisle an...
Legal advice: the Anti-social Behaviour Act
The Anti-social Behaviour Act now governs disputes over garden hedges too.By Niall McCann of thePublican.com's legal team from London solicitors...
Charity slams government for lack of DDA help for pubs
Cerebral palsy charity Scope has slammed the government for not doing enough to help licensees comply with the Disability Discrimination Act...
Wales: Carpenters Arms
Clydach, West Glamorgan Around the time that Richie Saunders and partner Jill Davies took over the Carpenters Arms in Clydach three years ago, the...
Home Counties: Falkland Arms
Great Tew, Oxfordshire The Falkland Arms is an oddity within Wadworth's tied estate. It is one of only two pubs in the brewer's 250-strong estate...
North: Eskdale Inn
Castleton, North Yorkshire Gavin Mead spent 37 years driving coaches before settling on a new career pulling pints at the Eskdale Inn at Castleton,...
Home Counties: Spring Inn
Sulhamstead, Berkshire Customers at the Spring Inn won't need a dictionary of food and drink to understand the food offering. The pub prides itself...