Dawney Day takes stake in Ultimate
Dawney Day Corporate Finance has built a 13% stake in nightclub company Ultimate Leisure. Last year, Dawney Day built up a sizeable stake in Yates...
Archives for June 1, 2005
Robinson's
game plan Game, such asmuntjacs and wild rabbits, makes for European peasant food' fit for a kingat Mike Robinson'sPot Kiln butat lowly...
Have you noticed any consumer slowdown in your business?
Nigel Williams The Spread Eagle Sawley Lancashire "No, business has been up every month this year and April was particularly good for us, so we...
Appetite waned for managed inns
PHIL DIXON considers how eating out at managed houses lost its allureSo when did the love affair end? No, I am not referring to the People v Tony...
Pubcos unite behind the Pub is the Hub rural initiative
Pub companies who get behind the Pub is the Hub initiative have been told they will boost their businesses.Delegates at the first Pub is the Hub...
Back-bar special: Cigars
Good back-bar displays can improve your cigar sales.Pubs will be hit hard if they lose their cigarette smokers, of course. But in one way, losing...
Objectors fuel hate campaign'
A Camden host has been subjected to a sustained hate campaign and received 110 objections to her application for extended hours despite never having...
Senior fights £45,000 policing bill
Nightclub operator Ultimate Leisure is expected to tell Nottinghamshire police that it is to refuse to continue paying £45,000 a year for extra...
Why an absent seller can delay a licence transfer
QWe are concerned as the transfer of the licence for the pub we have bought has been delayed by the clerk because he says we have not notified the...
Trade victory over council
The licensed trade's fight against over-zealous councils slapping unfair demands on pubs under the new Licensing Act has scored its first...
Code of practice in July' for entire drinks trade
by John Harrington A national standards document for the drinks industry which will outline best practice for pubs, drinks producers and the...
Minister needs to name the day
I am heartened by the news that the new minister for licensing James Purnell sees no need to postpone the Second Appointed Day. Of course not. The...
Licensing bureaucracy will drive us to the wall
To avoid all the hassle, as I am quite satisfied with my existing hours, I planned to just submit for grandfather rights. However, when I spoke to...
The Haxey Hood Game
The "hood" in question is actually a cylinder made of leather, which teams from each of the local pubs try to "sway" in the mannerof a rugby scrum...
GK case will not affect property market, predicts agent
The case between Greene King and 100 of its tenants over the beer-tie is unlikely to have any effect on the sector, says a leading property...
Drink Talking: Brian Jacobs
Guidance to valuers over beer-tie tenants ensures that an unfair situation is perpetuated says Brian Jacobs, accountant and co-founder, Freedom For...
Pub of the Year to brew its own beer
Colin Keatley, the owner of Camra's national pub of the year the Fat Cat in Norwich is to start brewing his own beer. Keatley has built a...
Government to move towards outright smoking ban?
Fresh speculation is mounting that the government could change its position and introduce an all out smoking ban by the end of 2008.Health Secretary...
Avoid this Zulu mayhem
For licensing officers, it's all a bit reminiscent of the film Zulu. There they are, waiting at Rorke's Drift for the oncoming attack, which seems to...
Chefs in the dark on hygiene laws'
by Max Gosney Pub chefs have criticised the Government for adopting a "casual" approach to advice over new food and hygiene laws due in January...
Loco
steams ahead It's not every village pub that boasts part of a real steam loco in the main bar or houses an Indian restaurant and takeaway. Point...
Pub's TV soccer solicitor must pay costs
A solicitor has been ordered to pay £646 in "wasted costs" after failing to appear in court to represent a licensee charged with illegally screening...
Royal Standard,
Croydon At the Royal Standard in Croydon, long-time licensee Martin Perkins clearly has a good rapport with his BDM. The last time Tempest visited,...
Hardys confident food will ease smoking ban
by The PMA Team Nottingham-based brewer and retailer Hardys & Hansons has unveiled a 4.4% rise in like-for-like sales for its 79-strong managed...
New premises licence could give best deal
We are now just into the fifth month of the six-month transition period and only the most incurable optimist, a member of the Department of Culture,...
Our best stake in barbecuing
We Brits may not be the best at hot-coal cuisine, but argues The Daily Telegraph's pub writer ADAM EDWARDS, National Barbecue Week is the envy of the...
Irish beer sales still in decline
New Irish Brewers' Association figures show a 9% drop in draught beer sales in the Republic in the past year since a smoking ban was introduced and...
24hr pubs? only three so far
by John Harrington Only three pubs are known to have applied for 24-hour licences so far, and just one of these has so far been accepted. At present...
Fisherman's Arms,
Croydon At the Fisherman's Arms in Croydon, Joe Egan is battling to turn around a pub that had been used by drugs dealers accompanied by their armed...
Welsh Assembly backs call for full smoke ban
by Ewan Turney The Welsh Assembly has voted to ban smoking in all public places, but may excuse small and rural pubs from paying business rates amid...
Liverpool triumph fills bars
Merseyside pubs experienced a phenomenal evening's trade as Liverpool fans packed pubs to watch their team's amazing comeback to be crowned European...
Police told to use existing powers on disorder
Police have come under fire for failing to use their existing powers to target irresponsible operators.Lee Le Clercq, regional secretary for the...
All in the best
possible taste Hoping to educate the press and through them the public about the UK's diverse lager offer, Coors hosted a generic tasting...
Sheps Tapps into local spud market
Potato farmer Nicholas Tapp joined Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame to taste the first of 2005's Kentish new potato crop at the Crown...
One for the road
Who'd be a business development manager? They clock up more miles in a month than most drivers do in a year and are often criticised for not doing...
Little Windsor,
Sutton The Little Windsor is off the crowded high-street circuit in Sutton, so it has to offer something different, particularly to attract...
Drug addict confesses to pub break-ins
A man admitted breaking into 15 pubs in just 30 days when he appeared at Cambridge Magistrates Court last week. Jim Twist, 49, pleaded guilty to...
South Africa: the winds of change
A re-visit reveals a maturing wine industry It was nine years since I had visited South Africa's winelands, and I had to own up to a twinge or two...
Government stands firm on reform timetable
Licensing minister James Purnell has confirmed that the dates set for licensing reform are "absolutely firm" and there will be no delays in the...
Bouncing Czech
Adam Withrington meets Budvar UK's Neville Hall to find out more about John Harley's departure and the brand's plans for the future.There can be...
Spinning a killer website
Giving your pub a presence on the internet can attract new customers. EMMA WADDINGHAM gets tips from licensees who've conquered the information super...
Allen: reform crisis will see hosts lose grandfather rights
by Ewan Turney Licensing solicitor Jeremy Allen believes a significant number of licensed premises will miss out on claiming grandfather rights...
'Too old' licensee's time with Sheps is now up
The 67-year-old licensee who last year won the right to stay in his Shepherd Neame pub after a battle with the brewer is to retire at the end of the...
Diageo denies 'delaying tactics' on Allied bid
Drinks giant Diageo has rejected suggestions that it is using delaying tactics to thwart Pernod Ricard's bid for Allied Domecq.Currently the subject...
GK licence bids dogged by setbacks'
by John Harrington Greene King has taken a swipe at the "lack of consistency" from Government and councils and the huge costs of licensing reform,...
Sacked licensee protests by staging a pub lock-in
The man charged with running an historic Macclesfield pub in Cheshire which won praise from Prince Charles after a group of residents stumped up...