Pride returns to the Lion Brewery
After nearly 30 years of detachment in the hands of a succession of owners, Hartlepool's Camerons Brewery is keen to stress its newly found stability...
Archives for May 18, 2005
Councils juggle Acts
I commented a couple of weeks' ago that licensees were fearful of putting in their forms for transition, because they were not sure how to complete...
Inn-Direct defends recruitment record
Pub recruitment company Inn-Direct has denied that it is one of the rogue recruitment firms that continues to operate in the pub trade despite...
Wigan hosts to fight Punch beerflow bid
A licensee has slammed Punch over its insistence on beerflow monitors being installed at his pub. Terry Hurley claims lessees are being reduced to...
Tenants and lessees of regional brewers across the country w
However, cheering's one thing; banking on the 90-odd Greene King licensees having any luck with their legal challenge on this pricing disparity is...
Technology: Using business intelligence
Mark Pitcher argues that web-based technology can give even the smallest operators access to valuable business information.The latest hot concept is...
Two-thirds of pint glass called for by Pedrick
by Ewan Turney A top brewery executive has called for the weights and measures review currently under way in the UK to extend the range of...
My reform efficiency could well prove costly
I noted with interest your cover story last week about BII pressure to put back the Second Appointed Day. Having worked in secondary education for...
OFT still considering cellar prices probe
The OFT is still "considering" an investigation into the practice by the country's big brewers of "bundling" charges for cellar services into the...
Top 10 ideas for
summer nights 1 BarbecuesA sure-fire way to pack out your garden, barbies need a bit of planning, but once you've pulled one off successfully,...
Forging a justices' licence
QSomeone has told me that the crime of forging a justices' licence has been repealed. How will this affect people trying to get a new premises...
Dilemma of missing applications
The above brings me very neatly to the shock-horror scenario of the missing applications and the deadlines. There is a small amount of deliberate...
Tenants to complain to OFT over GK prices
Greene King is being threatened with a legal complaint to the Office of FairTrading by a group of 91 tenants. Thecomplaint centres on the...
Smoking ban and ADZs move closer
Most pubs across England and Wales will face a smoking ban in the next three years. The government confirmed in the Queen's Speech at the State...
The pub with Sax appeal
Ewan Turney reports on a search for perfection in what was once a run-down pub in Poole, Dorset Luckily for Dave Sax, joint owner of the Cow pub in...
Adrian Clay
The Litten Tree Blackpool "It would certainly be a first if it did, but it all depends how secure and tamper-proof the card is going to be. The...
Local authorities in crisis meeting over licensing
Local authorities are coming together at a crisis meeting today to discuss ways of averting the looming disaster surrounding licence...
Famous gardens steal the show
An 11th-century former coaching inn that was once a backdrop for Kevin Costner's film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has just come onto the market....
BMA survey points to a divided smoking nation
by Ewan Turney The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that drinkers in the south will be more likely to find smoke-free pubs than those in...
The pie's the limit for chefs
Six chefs were competing in a cook-off final this week at Westminster Catering College in London for the title of National Steak Pie Champion 2005....
Waverley TBS sales force joins Camra
The entire 260-strong sales force of wholesalers Waverley TBS signed up as Campaign For Real Ale members at the company's annual sales conference....
Mixing it up in
the high street Multiple managed house operators are putting cocktails at the heart of a strategy to take city-centre venues more upmarket. Emma...
Customer shot in second pub robbery
A pub customer was shot in the stomach during an attempted pub robbery by two men who had tried to raid another pub just 20 minutes earlier. The...
Rebel footy TV host loses court appeal
An Essex licensee who attempted to ban broadcasting copyright inspectors from his pub has lost an appeal against a conviction for illegally screening...
Ultimate upsets major investors
by The PMA Team The four biggest institutional investors in nightclub company Ultimate have approached its broker demanding a sale, The Sunday Times...
Is your hearing at risk?
Operators may be exposing staff to dangerous noise levels that could cause permanent damage to hearing. NIGEL HUDDLESTON explains the obligations on...
Technology: Game on
Kevin Williams looks at how the latest in entertainment technology is bringing a games revolution to pubs and bars. The amusement landscape has...
Check surpluses
How closely do you look at your results once your stocktaker has given them to you? If it's a surplus then chances are you will be reasonably happy...
Blair will use opt-out to thwart 48-hour week
by John Harrington The European Parliament has voted to scrap the right of countries to opt out of the Working Time Directive. The move, if enacted,...