Banking
on success Alan Bowes was a banker for 10 years before working in marketing for Belhaven in the 1980s. In 1996, he founded London and Edinburgh Inns....
Archives for February 26, 2004
Avebury set to balloon to 2,000-strong estate
by The PMA Team Avebury Taverns, the operator of 750 leased and tenanted pubs, plans to expand to 2,000-plus pubs after a management buyout backed by...
S&N on-trade beer volumes drop 5%
Scottish & Newcastle beer volumes are booming in the off-trade but are declining in pubs, its full-year results reveal. S&N, Britain's...
McMullen is latest to turn to tenancies
McMullen, the Hertford-based brewer, is to switch 18 pubs from managed to tenancy. It is the latest in a long line of pub players to reduce the...
Cotter argues for rate relief and extended PBD
The government is being urged to protect Britain's local pubs and microbrewers from closure. In support of CAMRA's National Pubs Week, Brian Cotter,...
Couple snap up Turpin's bolt hole'
A coaching inn in Cambridgeshire, reputed to have been used as a bolt hole by Dick Turpin, has changed hands through Fleurets' Sudbury office. The...
JDW gains Cask Marque approval in NI
Eight JD Wetherspoon pubs in Northern Ireland have broken new ground by becoming the first outlets in the province to win Cask Marque accreditation....
Shooters boss gets 25 years in jail
A man who led a double life as a drinks company boss and international drugs smuggler has been jailed for 25 years. Francis Kennedy, 39 who...
Beverage Brands
Who are they? Beverage Brands has been around since the birth of the RTD market, so it may surprise some that it is now over a decade old. Managing...
Beer's dining boom
Wine may appear to be the drink of choice when it comes to dining, but beer is in the process of reinventing itself in an effort to take top slot....
Website solace for lonesome drinkers
Lonesome drinkers looking for mates to go to the pub with have been logging on to a new website in their thousands. The website,...
Trade 'too slow' on no smoking areas
The former bank boss tasked with investigating the nation's health has taken a swipe at the speed at which pubs are introducing no smoking areas....
Historic pub sign stays put after public outcry
by Claire Hu A £25,000 project to remove a pub sign after claims it was racist has been abandoned following a public outcry. A special group had...
Record fine for hosts for illegal Sky screening
by MA Reporter Sky has obtained a record criminal fine against a pub for illegally showing programmes without a business subscription, as part of its...
Licensing minister hits out at his critics
Richard Caborn, the minister responsible for licensing, has refuted claims that he has failed to speak to the trade about licensing. In an exclusive...
RTD decline fails to deter Diageo
by John Harrington Volume sales of Diageo's RTDs (ready to drink) fell 12% in the second half of 2003, while the Treasury is taking more from the...
Sherry moreish
One of the consequences of the British affection for holidays in Spain is a fondness for tapas-style eats accompanied, unsurprisingly, by Sherry....
No pie in the sky sales record
Some dishes never seem to go out of fashion. In the last four months Ember Inns has sold more than 120,000 steak-and-ale pies in its pubs around...
Prince launches guide on saving local pubs
by Tony Halstead Prince Charles has launched a new guide to saving local pubs with a visit to the Old Crown, at Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria. The...