Archives for July 27, 2005

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Jaclyn Bateman Batemans

Batemans brewery, in the Lincolnshire village of Wainfleet All Saints, nearly went the drainwards way of hundreds of other small brewers when, in the...

Unite behind the GBBF... and London

T here were many fine messages of support for London following the 7 July terrorist atrocity, but the most poignant was a one-sentence letter in The...

To the rescue

When Mercury Management sets its sights on its latest project there's no stopping until its core values have been firmly instilled. Hamish Champ...

Full of beans?

Could the next challenge for pubs come from competition posed by lifestyle cafés? Adam Withrington probes whether coffee chains will start selling...

Football preview: Be on the ball

Offering food in your pub during football matches is a good idea, but it needs to be both quick and easy to eat and prepare - as Phil Mellows...

Over 400 doorstaff

face being banned More than 400 doorstaff face being banned from working at clubs and bars for two years after being prosecuted for failing to obtain...

Nigel McNally

Charles Wells If cask ale is the quintessential English drink, then Charles Wells has been very clever in associating its Bombardier cask bitter with...

Serving hotel residents

QCould you explain how hotels and B&B premises stand under the new legislation with the ability to serve alcohol to residents and their guests at...

Andy Wood Adnams

For a company with only 85 tied outlets, Adnams punches well above its weight. This is, in large part, because it is one of a tiny group of local...

When sticking to rules isn't fair

An interesting debate has arisen as we approach the final stages of transition, and it concerns the situation with dismissed licensees. Most of you...

Richard Everard Everards

Everards was one of the few regional family brewers to give up completely on cask ale in the early 1970s: the rise of the real-ale movement persuaded...

A recipe for success

The fantastic opportunities offered by speciality beers have been highlighted at the latest Masterclass demonstration held at The Garrison Hotel in...

A recipe for confusion

We are now just over a week away from the first critical day in the transition process from the old licensing regime to the new. It is a good time to...

JDW spices up curry offer

by Tony Halstead JD Wetherspoon has expanded its Thursday night Curry Club menu with the addition of seven new dishes. The extra choice will mean up...

Independent hosts set

to fall prey to deadline by Tony Halstead Thousands of independent pubs, clubs and bars are set to miss the boat as the deadline for new licence...

Grass isn't always greener

The PMA Team, Deputy Editor Who could be blamed for casting an envious eye at the guy running the managed pub down the road? The grass can often seem...

Are these the saviours of ale?

As sales of cask beer continue to fall more brewers, most recently Ridley's, have decided to call it a day. But what does the future really hold?...

Let hosts be part of

the deals on wheels Guest beers on trains are one thing, says The Daily Telegraph's pub writer ADAM EDWARDS, but what the networks really need is...

Property round-up

The Cock in Old Lackenham, Norwich, has a riverside location with extensive gardens and a patio down to the banks of the River Yare. The pub has a...

Man accused of pub firearm charges

A man has been charged in connection with an apparent armed siege at a Worcester pub. A man was seen holding a gun inside the King's Head pub in...

German group to build new Adnams brewery

by John Harrington Suffolk brewer Adnams has appointed a German brewhouse manufacturer as part of a £3.8m plan to modernise its brewery. Huppmann...

Sue Thomas-Taylor

Greene King In the past few months Greene King IPA has overtaken Tetley's bitter to be the UK's best-selling standard cask ale, another triumph for...

Spacious country inn's

ripe for development A 17th-century inn in Lincoln-shire offers buyers a chance to exploit its holiday cottage and perhaps develop part of the...

Jonathan Neame Shepherd Neame

Shepherd Neame, which fights with Young & Co of Wandsworth for the title of Britain's oldest surviving brewer, exhibited a perfect example of the...

Mark Woodhouse

Hall & Woodhouse Hall & Woodhouse has just announced it wants to build a new brewery in Blandford St Mary, its Dorset home. Not so much...

Rupert Thompson

Refresh UK The story of Brakspear's may be unique in the long history of the British brewing industry because of the mothballing and subsequent...

John Roberts Fuller's

Fuller, Smith & Turner has gone from a company that was, 50 years ago, the butt of a distinctly unflattering nickname from Londoners...

Stephen Crawley Caledonian

The Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh is another that has passed through multiple owners. It was founded in 1869 by George Lorimer and Robert Clark and...

Legal advice: Caught in lease trap

Exercising a break clause to quit your premises may not be as straight forward as you suppose.By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal...

Alistair Darby

Wolverhampton & Dudley Alistair Darby, managing director of W&D Brands, the brewing arm of Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, took up his...

Brian Jenkins Daniel Thwaites

Daniel Thwaites will be celebrating its bicentenary in two years, by which time awareness of its cask ales should be spreading out from its northwest...

Sudarghara Dusanj Cains

The Robert Cain brewery is back with the name it had in the 19th-century, but the magnificent Victorian building in Liverpool is on its seventh set...

Fergus McMullen McMullen

McMullen & Sons has had its wobbles in the past few years, with some family members deciding, just as they have at other regional brewers, that...

Great for beer

Now that some of Britain's leading brewers have made their pitches about the future of beer, it's your turn to see whether they can live up to their...

Whittome's winner

Having become a millionaire from selling potatoes, Paul Whittome bought the Hoste Arms as a property investment but it soon became a passion. MAX...

Taking the fear

out of finance Starting out in business can be a daunting prospect for even the most upbeat of characters, but, as GRAHAM RIDOUT explains, proper...