JDW gives its Welsh pubs a local flavour
JD Wetherspoon pubs across Wales are now serving a range of food and drink produced in the country in an initiative backed by the Welsh Development...
Archives for June 8, 2005
Brum shows drunken yobs yellow card'
Birmingham has become the latest area of the country to issue football-style "yellow card" warnings to drunken yobs. Fourteen yellow cards were...
Police avert door crisis says BEDA
by Ewan Turney Police pragmatism has averted a national doorstaff crisis that could have led to thousands of club and bar closures, according to Bar...
NALHM and nightclub owners clash over code
by John Harrington Bar and nightclub operators could be on collision course with their bar managers after the manager's union defied the views of...
Punch's brave New World
The bulk of pub wine lists rarely turn me on still far too many dog-eared laminated cards displaying one dull wine after another. Hello. Haven't...
Landlord has to contact supplier if machine fails
QSince we changed our gaming machines, we've had complaints from one customer that one machine is not paying out properly. We have a rental agreement...
Licensees slammed by PPL chief
Licensees have come under fire for "avoidance, evasion and sheer deceit" when it comes to paying the fee for background music. Fran Nevrkla, chairman...
Get 'em in: just eight weeks to go to licence deadline
Trade groups are calling on licensees and bar operators to move immediately to get new licence applications lodged with local councils. With the 6...
Belgium book is no small beer
An invaluable guide for those visiting Belgium has come to Snifter's attention the new Good Beer Guide Belgium. The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra)...
Food pubs buck the trend
by Max Gosney Food pubs basked in a 30% sales boom during May bank holiday, easing fears over a predicted slowdown in consumer spending. Pub chefs...
Pubco bosses believe all-out smoking ban is 'inevitable'
All sides of the pub trade are now preparing for an all-out ban on smoking in public places, including pubs, within five years.Meeting at the first...
Howard's way
Having noted an increased demand for good food in an informal setting, the Greenstocks set about transforming the Howards Arms. Mark Taylor reports...
Family's off to a Flying start
The new owners of the Flying Horse in the Wordsworth area of Taunton are keen to establish a family-orientated community pub. Gwendolyn Reeve and...
Crystal Palace name relegated
The Eldridge Pope-owned Crystal Palace pub in Bath is to be renamed the Albion following a suggestion from area manager Derrick Smith. The West Brom...
Terry Cable
Marquis Wellington Leicester "No I don't support what he is doing at all. It is stupid and he has not thought out the consequences of what he is...
How to train staff effectively
In the fourth part of the Morning Advertiser's series, Clare Young managing director of training consultancy Vintellect advises on how to...
Bankruptcy threatens Crehan beer-tie battle
by Ewan Turney Bernie Crehan's decade-spanning dispute with Inntrepeneur over the beer tie could be at an end unless £20,000 can be raised to help...
Anyone for a drop of Resolution?
Low-calorie brew Marston's Resolution has signed up to sponsor the guide that will be available to tennis fans at this summer's Lawn Tennis...
BBPA code: ACPO chief is acting above his powers
Your front page story on the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) applying the new British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) code across the...
Belhaven's smoke ban solution will cost £2m
by The PMA Team Scottish brewer and retailer Belhaven is to invest £2m in patios, outside heaters and "spectacular roof gardens" in its 270-strong...
Licensee's form advice was wrong'
I must use this space to comment on the leading letter in last week's paper ( Licensing bureaucracy will drive us to the wall', MA, 2 June), because...
Officers arrested over 1999 shooting
Two Metropolitan police officers have been arrested on suspicion of murder six years after they shot dead a man thought to be carrying a gun outside...
Police warn: check ages or risk action
West Yorkshire Police force has warned pubs and nightclubs in Leeds that they have until 1 July to make sure all bar and doorstaff ask for ID from...
Pair take a stab at Woodpecker Inn
There are new faces behind the bar of one of South Devon's roadside pubs and "they're determined to ensure all visitors and locals are well fed and...
GK threatens rebel host with injunction
One of the leaders of the Greene King rebel tenants group has been threatened with legal action in a bid to prevent him circulating information about...
DCMS gives guidance
on grandfather rights Over the past few weeks I have been commenting on the likelihood that local authority officers may not be aware of exactly...
Spirit aiming for £1bn a year' food sales goal
by The PMA Team Managed operator Spirit Group has set a target of increasing its food sales by 150% to £1bn a year by 2010. At the moment, food...
Legal advice: New use classes
Are you clued up on the new use classes? Here's what you need to know.By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London...
Council's sectarian' case ends in £100k bill
North Lanarkshire council have been ordered to pay £100,000 for wrongly ordering a Bellshill pub to close for displaying "sectarian" pictures....
Battle of the BBQs 2005
Are you hot stuff when it comes to barbecuing? If so, then show off your grill skills by entering our competition to find the Best Pub BBQer in...
Total smoking ban on Scilly Isle Tresco
The only pub on the Scilly Isle of Tresco is set to ban smoking next month. Alan Baptist, general manager of the New Inn, said: "We stopped smoking...
Police clear up toilet message
Pubs in London have been hit by a bout of toilet humour. Licensees have been sent letters on Metropolitan Police-headed paper warning them to ensure...
Drink Talking: James Crawfurd-Porter
Why is the government making things more complicated than necessary for licensees, asks James Crawfurd-Porter, managing director, Tadcaster Pub...
Cask Marque's £300k bid to raise awareness
by The PMA Team A survey of cask ale drinkers by market research organisation NOP has shown that one in four recognise the distinctive Cask Marque...
Buyer gets into the swing of Maypole
The buyer of the food-led Maypole Inn in West Yorkshire plans to boost its dining reputation by opening an all-day, everyday restaurant. Tom...
Trade outcry as Crime Bill opens door to ADZs
by Ewan Turney Trade leaders have accused the Government of "sheer arrogance" and declared they are "bitterly disappointed" with its decision to...
Cannon: spending to accumulate at Pope
When entrepreneur Michael Cannon bought Eldridge Pope last October his team began an immediate refurbishment programme. The PMA Team met operations...
Last week's leader focused on the delays in putting new lice
From talking to senior pubco operators and a number of trade experts, it's clear that despite all that publicity about the licensing changeover, all...
Punch vows to cut rogue recruitment firms from its list
Punch Taverns has unveiled a new plan aimed at ensuring rogue recruitment firms keep their hands off its pubs. The pub company's action follows...
A man on a mission
Colin Pedrick is anything but fazed by the challenge of making Interbrew the top UK brewer by 2009. Rosie Davenport meets him to find out how he...
Meantime let us taste your export beer
Are British beer drinkers afraid of challenging flavours, hop bitterness in particular? The question is prompted by the news item in last week's MA...
CAMRA's full pint fight shelved by government
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is vowing to fight on for a 100 per cent full pint, despite the government's lack of support.In spite of huge...