Picking up trade
The Three Horseshoes in Yaxley is helping customers to get home, as Nick Yates reports.Pub: The Three HorseshoesLocation: Yaxley, near...
Archives for October 26, 2005
Bangers and cash
With British Sausage Week in full flow, many pubs are taking part in special promotions to celebrate the banger. LUCY BRITNER reports Every day five...
TASTING NOTES
Diageo snubs bid.
Midlands pubs move towards food led trade
The traditional make-up of the Midlands pub is changing and would-be licensees are now searching for food-led outlets. TONY HALSTEAD reports Buyers...
Energy revolution brewing at Adnams
Is the future shape of British brewing being hammered out in the small Suffolk seaside town of Southwold? Adnams, the regional brewer based there, is...
Licensing hours and private entertaining
Entertaining friends Q Can you tell me whether after 24 November the landlord has a right to entertain private friends after hours? I cannot find it...
My Shout
It's time for British pubs to regain their star roles in TV ads for beer, says Peter Linacre When I was a boy, a lifetime ago, my early memories of...
Sky heading for footy defeat
Sky looks set to lose its monopoly on Premier League football as the European Commission (EC) considers new plans for the division of TV rights. The...
Beat a path to the Maybush
A Grade-II listed pub that stands beside the oldest surviving bridge on the River Thames has been placed on the market. The Maybush Inn, set in the...
Ben McFarland ...on beer festivals
Beer Writer of the Year Ben McFarland compares the Great American Beer Festival to our own.I've just returned from the Great American Beer Festival...
Tenant backs Provence
Tenant backs Provence over high rents claims by The PMA Team Provence multiple tenant Nick Hogan has voiced strong support for the company in the...
Pubs plan to tear up their menus
One in five pubs currently serving food will shut down their kitchens when the ban on smoking in food pubs is finally introduced. With the...
Are you planning anything special for 24 November?
Are you planning anything special for 24 November? Debbie Zsigo Lion Inn Trellech Monmouthshire 'We only applied for an extension at the weekends, so...
Nightclubs cop backlash
Large nightclubs make very large targets for a police force looking to make a point The PMA Team, Deputy Editor A nightclub boss who shall remain...
Key figures respond to the smoking decision
Ted Tuppen, chief executive, Enterprise Inns "The government proposals reflect a total shambles in the Cabinet and do good for no-one. Our position...
MPs fail in last-ditch bid to derail Licensing Act
by John Harrington A bid to delay implementation of the Licensing Act has been defeated despite coming under fierce attack from opposition MPs this...
A new approach
Three months into his new role as InBev UK president, Colin Pedrick is set on turning things around for the company. Hamish Champ reports.Since...
GK's rebel tenants step up bid for fairer prices
Every tenant in the Greene King Pub Partners estate should today be receiving a letter from rebel group leader Meeko Oates urging them to sign up to...
CITY BRIEFS
Zenker snaps up Christie shares Property agent Christie Group's finance director Robert Zenker has bought three tranches of shares in the company in...
THE GUV'NOR
Many licensees still need to get to address the problem of dirty loos, which taint the image of Britain's locals, says the host of the White Lion at...
Creating the right image
right image As Glenfiddich sets out to target a younger consumer base, Jo de Mille was invited behind the scenes of a photo shoot for the whisky's...
Charges and applications
Q We have been told that if we have extended the types of entertainment on our application form for variation, then we will be charged more by the...
Smoking ban prompts fears of thousands of pub closures
Thousands of pubs could be forced to close under the government's botched plans for a smoking ban.Trade leaders are already warning of the...
Pubs at centre of Birmingham race riots
Staff and customers at pubs in the Lozells area of Birmingham were left terrified after coming under attack in last weekend's riots.Four pubs - the...
Smoking room plans attacked as divisive
Trade leaders fear unfair proposals will close thousands of smaller pubs by Tony Halstead Trade leaders have claimed that plans for special smoking...
Legal advice: All in the game…
What does the new licensing regime mean for those pubs and bars with gaming machines?By Piers Warne of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from...
Pubs to foot bill for ADZs
All licensees in the government's planned alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) will be forced to pay towards extra policing and street cleaning, it was...
To drink or not to drink...
Despite the continuing media backlash, pub-goers appear prepared to accept the new laws. James Wilmore reports.Three weeks to go and the non-stop...
Call to end PRS fee for Sky TV
A Pembrokeshire host is looking for trade support after refusing to pay a Performing Right Society (PRS) bill to watch football in his pub. Steve...
Riding out a blip at H&H
It may recently have posted a profits warning, but that doesn't stop Hardys & Hansons chief executive, Tim Bonham, from believing that the...
Licensing D-Day and AWP's
Hosts will do well to remember their AWPs It is likely that amid all the fuss and bother of complying with the transition provisions, many licensees...
New motion tabled to postpone Licensing Act
A last-ditch attempt to stall the start date for the Licensing Act is to be launched in the House of Lords on November 14 - just 10 days before the...
IN BRIEF
UPC pub lands a leasehold first Staff at a multi-award winning venue have become the first from a leased pub to be awarded the BII diploma in...
Peggy's Pick of the Products
Veteran pub cook Peggy takes a break from steaming her puddings to sample some of the latest products designed to tempt the jaundiced palates of her...
Crooked Billet offers a lesson in dinners
An Oxfordshire pub is serving school dinners to a nearby primary school. The Crooked Billet, winner of the Waitrose Gastro Pub of the Year 2005, is...
Red Bull turns to wine with first alcoholic line
Red Bull UK is rolling out its first alcoholic drinks product in the UK. Sabai is a 5% abv mix of white wine and the red fruit of the hibiscus tree,...
Police target big venues
Police target big venues in licensing crackdown by Ewan Turney Police forces across the country have warned they will continue to target large...
Taking flight
Airport bars present a growing opportunity - and also a few special problems. Michelle Perrett reports.When you decide to get away and head to the...
Three regions to adopt Nightsafe partnerships
by John Harrington A partnership scheme to cut alcohol-related disorder is being launched in three regions simultaneously to coincide with the new...
Your guide to weddings in pubs
Your guide to wedded bliss If you're tempted to take the plunge into the pub-wedding market, now is the time to get organised for next year's...