DTI launches investigation into Dorset broker
The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) has agreed to look into Dorset broker Gateway Finance.co.uk after licensees across the UK were left out...
Archives for February 10, 2005
Unite for tsunami cause, pubs urged
by Ewan Turney Pubs are being urged to rally one last time to raise money for the victims of the tsunami disaster by charity organisation Pub Aid....
Licensees and trade officials petition against smoking ban
The battle to block moves by councils in Liverpool and London to ban smoking in all public places - including pubs - is officially under way.The...
Salisbury out to break new bar-deli ground
by The PMA Team Pub entrepreneur Paul Salisbury is to open a high-street bar-cum-delicatessen concept, Morton's Kitchen, Bar and Deli. Salisbury is...
Reasons to be cheerful
In spite of doom-laden headlines ANDREW JEFFORD is in positive mood Something odd's been going on. Snow shuts airports from New York to Chicago;...
Durham council offers pubs incentive to grow
by John Harrington The man who was picked to run a council scheme to help pubs has been suspended for suggesting that licensees are "inward-looking"...
Hotels and special hours
QUnder current legislation, a bar in a hotel holding a full on-licence, but no special hours certificate, would have to stop selling intoxicating...
Clark takes MA's PubChef crown with pork loin dish
Neil Clark, head chef at the Linnet in Great Hinton, Wiltshire, has been crowned the UK's top pub chef at the Morning Advertiser Best Pub Awards...
Lancet: drinking's as bad as smoking
A team of international scientists have warned in a report published in The Lancet medical journal that drinking is as dangerous as smoking....
How critical should the trade be of anyone who plays a socia
That's a dilemma for the trade, as well as all the many observers and commentators scrutinising the circuit-bar scene with ahostile eye in these...
Cheer for beer
Beer With Food Week is fast approaching from 14 to 20 March and with it the opportunity to generate extra income, promote your pub and raise...
Cheap drinks puts Irish host in hot seat
An Irish publican, who has slashed prices in a bid to regain business lost through the smoking ban, has been accused of contributing to alcohol abuse...
Extensions for sport is transition's first hurdle
We are now in the first week of the new licensing system. The First Appointed Day was Monday. I do not anticipate that many local authorities have...
We'll fight NY-ban say capital pubs
by Tony Halstead A leading London trade group has attacked attempts by local councils to force through a "New York-style" pub smoking ban in the...
BBPA: stick to code or face closure
by Ewan Turney Local authorities and police will be empowered to take sanctions, ranging from fines to loss of licence, against rogue licensees who...
Facts were wrong on BBPA's promo code'
Your comments and criticisms (leader column, Morning Advertiser, 3 February) of the BBPA's (British Beer & Pub Association) promotions code are...
Drink Talking: Alison Smith
Is our society really ready for flexible trading hours asks Alison Smith of Bar One Nine, Keynsham in Somerset.As you will know, the new licensing...
New tipping guidelines issued by Taxman
The Inland Revenue has released revised guidelines which could save on National Insurance bills for pubs which use tips to bring staff up to minimum...
Grape Expectations: Plain - but so popular
The fourth in our series of articles on grape varieties turns to pinot grigio - a grape that divides opinion like no other.This is the fourth in a...
Muddle over doorstaff licences may shut bars
by John Harrington Pubs and clubs across London and the south east could be forced to close because not enough doorstaff have applied for the new...
Pubs demand more support on licensing
Four days into the new licensing regime licensees across the country claim that local authorities are still not geared up for change.The Publican has...
Celtic Inns homes in on 100-pub estate target
by The PMA Team Tenanted pub company Celtic Inns, which runs 63 pubs, is considering an acquisition that would help it reach its target of an...
Pub salute by English Heritage
by Ewan Turney English Heritage has hit out at the "plasticisation" of Britain's pubs, which has left just 250 untouched by the ravages of...
Hay nonny no: it's a licensing book
Barrister Philip Kolvin launched his licensing book in style last week, with morris men and an amorous unicorn prancing merrily in the Old Bank of...
Pull socks up on policing under-aged
Whatever happens in the transition period, one thing that will not go away is the trade's problem with under-age drinking, which is seen in many...
Wetherspoon's pushes on with smoking ban
by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is making an early start on its plan to open 60 non-smoking pubs in May of this year prior to a complete ban at all...
Theakstons sponsors musical celebration
T&R Theakston, the Masham-based brewer, is to sponsor a new musical stage show celebrating the life and work of the late Jake Thackray, the...
Yates Group snaps up Santa Fe chain
Yates Group has bought the seven-strong Santa Fe restaurant chain for £3.55m, plus the assumption of £2.5m in debt. Sante Fe, which has two sites...
Northern lights
In the first of a two-part series,Tony Halstead reports onbrewers in the north of England. This week he talks to Hydes about Boddington's and finds...
Honeycombe gets new finance boss
Honeycombe has announced that Tracy Alston will join its board as financial director. The appointment comes as the business announces plans to push...
Host escapes jail after violent assault
A licensee has escaped jail for a violent attack in which he hit a teenager so hard that his head went through a kebab shop window. Steve Swain, 42,...
British mild's on the comeback trail
The expression "what goes around comes around" is especially true where beer is concerned. Just when you think a particular style is dead it has the...
MacArthur sails into St Austell pub
Sailing heroine Ellen MacArthur celebrated her record breaking solo journey around the world with a slap-up meal at the Five Degrees West in...
Surrey pub gets a Claire Sweeney TV makeover
A Shepherd Neame pub was given a £15,000 revamp and a visit from TV star Claire Sweeney after a chance phone call to a TV makeover program....