High street wins battle for Christmas pound
News of modest but significant increases in like-for-like sales over the festive trading period delivered a note of optimism to the high street...
Archives for January 12, 2005
Historic values
The Blue Anchor's award-winning pub food is making waves. John Porter reports.If Winston Churchill or two of the unfortunate victims of Jack the...
Shouting for pubs
National Pubs Week is coming up fast - and organiser CAMRA is urging YOU to get involved. Chief executive Mike Benner tells Daniel Pearce how.No one...
Grape expectations: Back to basics
Continuing our series on wine varieties, this month we look at syrah... or is that shiraz?This is the third in a series of features focusing on grape...
Drink Talking: Alan Dunton
Alan Dunton of the King's Head, Llandudno, on what the select committee recommendations could have been.Buzz words, don't you just love...
Casualties expected as W&DB integrates Burtonwood
The new owners of Burtonwood's 460 pubs are moving full steam ahead with the integration expected to be completed by May.Wolverhampton & Dudley...
The way forward
Now that the Trade & Industry Select Committee has finished its investigation into the pub companies, what steps can the industry take to build a...
Legal advice: Aberdeen drink policy ruled unlawful
By thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.The Aberdeen City Licensing Board was left licking its wounds in...
Top chef's new gastro pub
Stephen Terry, the former chef/proprietor of the Walnut Tree in Abergavenny, has opened a new gastro pub in Wales. Terry, who made his name in the...
Licensee continues to back quizmaster after court battle
A publican has re-affirmed his faith in his quizmaster after he was cleared of cheat allegations when a two and a half year court battle ended...
FSA reviews food law introduction
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to reconsider the introduction of a new law which would enable food inspectors to instantly close pub kitchens....