Archives for July 20, 2005

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More seating 'would cut binge-drinking'

Alcohol Concern has repeated a claim that pubs and clubs can do more to combat binge drinking by turning down music and providing more seating areas...

Feeling bullish

Only a month after opening, the emphasis on fresh ingredients, simply prepared, is already proving a hit at Barnaby Meredith's latest London gastro...

Cider on the rise

After enduring years of jokes and poor sales things are finally looking up for cider. Adam Withrington looks at cider's renaissance.Cider. What...

Belhaven beer volumes up 6%

Scottish brewer Belhaven has reported strong sales growth, with beer volumes up by around 6% since the end of the last financial year on 3 April. At...

Customer choice drives Spirit line

by MA Reporter Spirit Group has launched a 'Best Ever' range that features definitive versions of its customers' favourite 20 dishes. The creation of...

Still up in the air

As The Publican's Butt Out! campaign gathers pace in Wales, Daniel Pearce went to Cardiff to speak to licensees about their fight against a smoking...

Gold is the new Best for Badger

Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) has lined up a new flagship ale to take over from Badger Best.Badger First Gold represents a radical...

Too rude for their food

Dumb waiters are a thing of the past but staff are still being treated badly by customers, according to a new survey. Snifter is impressed to hear...

Marketing: a double-edged sword

Traditionally, speciality beers were not marketed because the small brewers didn't have the spare cash to throw at multi-million pound ad campaigns....

DTI plans to enforce minimum wage policy

by Ewan Turney Pubs are likely to face a concerted crackdown on national minimum wage offenders. For the first time, specific employment sectors will...

E-mail ban for Greene King's SDMs

Greene King's sales development managers (SDMs) have been banned from using e-mail for six months. The move is to eliminate time wasted dealing with...

Show is set to be trade's largest ever

The largest restaurant trade show ever to be staged in the UK opens its doors at London's Olympia Exhibition Centre in September. This follows the...

Technology: Making it add value

It's a waste to have all-singing, all-dancing technology if you are not applying it properly. By Phil Mellows.The advent of broadband - or ADSL - has...

Technology: Table manners

Pub games tables are back - and you can go for classic arcade games or, if you prefer, something more sophisticated, thanks to the latest digital...

Guess who'll miss the boat on cask?

The Morning Advertiser offered a fine example of 'parallel universes last week on page 8. There was I appealing to Greene King to keep open Ridley's...

At last, summer's here to turn

up the heat on beer volumes By Tony Halstead Soaring July temperatures have seen brewers step up beer production to meet extra demand from pubs...

Tempting new-age drinkers

However hard they tried at uni to force pints of cheap beer down their throats at the student union, many women found that they were simply not put...

Tasting a parent's drink

QWe were visited by the police during the recent hot weather and told we would be reported for 'allowing a 14-year-old, sitting with her parents in...

Sky charges need revision

The poet Thomas Stearns Eliot once described April as the cruellest month 'mixing memory with desire. If he had decided to open a pub rather than...

Trust BDMs roll out guide book

Trust Inns business development managers have written a series of 10 guide books for their tenants entitled 'Building Better Pub Businesses. The...

Remember personal licence date

With all the publicity about 6 August as the cut-off date for 'grandfather rights for existing premises, it may be missed that it is also the cut-off...

Trade warms to positive side

of smoking ban says Fleurets by John Harrington Licensees are gradually coming round to the idea that a smoking ban would not damage trade. That is...

New realism on the high street

Trading conditions in Britain's town and city high streets may be tough, but a move away from unsustainably-high rents suggests there could be a...

Thousands face licensing limbo

by John Harrington Trade leaders are still predicting thousands of pubs won't hit the deadline for grandfather rights despite a recent surge in...

It's time at last to clean up pubs

Morning Advertiser columnist ANDREW JEFFORD has taken up the Union Pub Company's suggestion about contacting the Government's Smokefree Legislation...

Ouch!: Sky stings pub subscribers

Some hosts hit by 29% subscription rate hikes by Tony Halstead Some licensees are facing Sky subscription increases of close to 29% following the...

On draught or in bottles?

Once a supplier has managed to secure a listing, there is still a debate over whether the beer should be positioned in draught format on the bar or...

Vue Kriek tap trial

Interbrew is trialling a draught version of its Belle-Vue Kriek fruit beer in selected London pubs that 'are serious about special beers, including...

Trade anger at 45p supermarket pint

Trade leaders fear that the latest round of price cuts by supermarkets may fuel a rise in summer street drinking, resulting in behavioural problems...

Brothers deal gives Freedom a chance

Freedom Beer is to relaunch its Pilsener brand on 20 August almost a year since its former owner appealed to the Morning Advertiser to help find it a...

May the best brew

win Beers from around 50 nations will go head-to-head in Munich for the coveted Brewing Industry International Awards 2005. Events director John Bass...

Branded glassware a clear winner

Just four years ago, as long as a glass had a logo on it, that was good enough. Today, however, having the right glass is almost as important as the...

Petition to save Ridley's swells

More than 2,500 people have signed an online petition calling for Greene King to reconsider its decision to close the Ridley's brewery, within five...

The football factor

With the new football season just around the corner, now is the time for licensees to think about the impact the beautiful game c an have on their...

The reality of marketing

With big drinks brands among the leading players tied into sports sponsorship, we look at what those link-ups can actually mean to hard-pressed...

Daringly different

Adventurous drinkers are driving growth in the speciality beer market no wonder the big brewers are scrambling to get in on the act. Jo de Mille...

Sign up and become a winner

With less than seven weeks to the start of National Pub Football Week with a stack of giveaways on offer the time is ripe for licensees to think...

Help is at hand

With two weeks to go before the August 6 deadline for converting existing licences, James Wilmore finds out how the BII is helping licensees...