New rumours on smoking spark fresh hope
Trade leaders have been encouraged by fresh speculation that pubs will be allowed separate smoking rooms when a ban is eventually introduced.Despite...
Archives for October 12, 2005
BBC 'boot camp' trains host in trade survival
by Ewan Turney A Warwickshire host is reaping the benefits of expert advice and a refurbishment following a visit from BBC daytime show Mind Your Own...
Support for attempts to delay the Act
Attempts to delay the start of the Licensing Act have been pushed in both Houses of Parliament this week.In the House of Commons both the Tories and...
Destined to brew
With beer production in the family blood, it was almost inevitable that Robert Wicks would one day become a fully-fledged brewer. Roger Protz reports...
Take the reins at Devon hotel
The East Dart Hotel, which was built by the present owners' great-great-grandfather in 1862, is up for grabs in Postbridge, Dartmoor. And the...
Sky faces challenge to dominance of sport
Sky is facing a trio of challenges to its domination of sport on television.It is widely rumoured that the European Commission could be about to act...
Charm offensive
Having sent the bosoms of the nation's barmaids into palpitations following publication of some injudicious remarks about uncovered flesh in his last...
Magistrates meeting to decide fate of Syndicate
by Tony Halstead A dossier of evidence about under-age drinking, assaults, robbery, disorder and dancefloor sex have been levelled at the UK's...
Woodman team nominated for Publican initiative
Allen Kennedy's staff at the Woodman in Woodmansterne, Banstead, Surrey, are the latest team to be picked out under The Publican's new Proud of Your...
Pubfolio: 'please leave now'
by The PMA Team Pub company Pubfolio has given 15 of its tenants notice to quit after selling their pubs. The situation highlights the vulnerability...
Ex-tenant fuming over Samuel Smith's 'bullies'
by Ewan Turney A former Samuel Smith tenant has accused the company of bullying him into quitting after 22 years' service. Peter Gaskell left the...
Myth of pub trade profits dispelled
Major new research has blown a hole in claims the pub industry will reap millions of pounds in extra profits from the new licensing laws.Just one in...
From here to Phuket - that's licensing!
More than 34 million sheets of paper have been used to complete the licensing application process - which if laid end to end would reach 'from London...
Call for trade to take on Westminster Council
by John Harrington Calls are mounting for the trade to launch a judicial review into Westminster City Council's controversial licensing policy. There...
Register now to win a year's rent
There's still time to register for the first chance to win this amazing prize in CaskForce, a promotion from the Morning Advertiser and Marston's....
You can't afford to miss CaskForce contest
Hundreds of licensees have registered to take part in the first round of our CaskForce promotion where one lucky reader will win a year's free rent....
Even professors are knocking our pubs
The media's attack on '24-hour opening' lays the blame for today's drinking problems squarely at the door of the battered and bruised British pub....
M&B host scoops top franchisee award
by Ewan Turney Mitchells & Butlers franchisee Jon Bassett of the Queen's Vault in Cardiff has been awarded a cheque for £3,000 after finishing...
It may be a gastro pub but...
When Jackie Nairn and Lia Vittone took over a popular local boozer and decided to turn it into a gastro pub they knew they needed to keep the locals...
Watch out for Euro directory, warns FPB
by Ewan Turney The Forum of Private Business has warned that one of the 'most devious' scams offering free listings in a Euro business directory...
Punch opts for court to fight council rejections
by The PMA Team Punch Taverns is expecting to appeal to magistrates in respect of conditions set on licensing applications at around 150 pubs across...
Drink talking: John Birch
Uniting with other licensees will help smooth the transition to comeIn 1974 our pub traded at 800 barrels off a weekly rent of £20. Twenty-five...
Licensing Act: 'it won't be delayed'
by John Harrington Trade experts predict that a last-ditch bid by MPs to delay implementation of the Licensing Act has little chance of success....
Broad St plan tackles disorder
A combination of voluntary schemes and extra police patrols has helped Birmingham's Broad Street nightspot record a 30% fall in violent crime - and a...
Sense at last on smoking
On the future of food in pubs, We are on the verge of some exciting times in the trade Andrew Pring, Editor As we wrote in last week's MA, Government...
Smoking room is likely saviour amid total ban
by Ewan Turney The Government is set to introduce a total smoking ban but may allow separate smoking rooms with no staff and no food and drink being...
Smoking ban opens door
to boom in food: Linacre by Natalie Cooper As many as 25,000 pubs at the bottom end of the tenanted market could be wiped out when the inevitable...
Sport and the local pub have long been a winning combination
There's an old pub joke about a bloke who's telling an old mate he bumps into about a new pub football team he's joined. 'Oh really,' says his mate....