Price hikes in beer will be lower than last year
Two major brewers have announced that their annual beer price increase for 2006 will not be as steep as last year. The price of all Coors beers will...
Archives for January 19, 2006
No-headgear policies earn pubcos bad name
Managed pub companies are suffering a media backlash after banning headgear for security reasons. At least three firms have recently been branded...
Provence backs down in AWP machines row
A grateful Provence tenant has thanked the Morning Advertiser for stepping in to resolve a dispute over gaming machines in his pub. Peter Grisedale...
A third of BII hosts will quit over smoking ban
One third of BII-member licensees will close their pubs if there is a total smoking ban, a new survey reveals. It comes as a total smoking ban in...
Be bold: push up prices
customers are likely to be as receptive to a price rise now as they'll ever be
CaskForce winner is hit for six
Licensee Tony Viney and manager Stewart Traynor were bowled over when they were named CaskForce December draw winners. The pair have won...
Trade leaders salute to the Brigadier on his retirement
The great and the good were out in force last week to wish a happy retirement to one of the trade's most popular figures, the Brigadier, aka Keith...
Sting police treat hosts as criminals
Licensees in North Wales are furious after police asked to take fingerprints of staff who were caught serving a minor in an underage sting. They also...
Antony Worrall Thompson picks up third gastro pub
Television chef Antony Worrall Thompson has bought the freehold of a 16th-century pub near his Oxfordshire home. The star of Saturday Kitchen and...
Barracuda plans to opens 30 new sites
Managed operator Barracuda Group plans to open 30 further sites this year to nudge the estate close to 200 outlets. The move represents an investment...
Rural pubs question value of hours reform
Pubs in rural England could turn their backs on extended opening hours and revert to 11pm closing during the week due to a lack of late-night trade....
BBPA boss joins call for random breath testing
A trade leader is calling for random breath testing after police called Christmas drink and drug-driving levels "unacceptable". A four-week crackdown...
Support builds for St George's Day campaign
The campaign to make St George's Day into a special day is now getting consumer support from national newspaper The Telegraph.The newspaper is to...
Gordeno eyes nightclubs
Jeremy Gordeno, who quit as chief executive of Soho Clubs & Bars last month, is close to buying a group of 14 leasehold nightclubs. The venues...
Old China team are smashing
The team at the Old China Hand in Clerkenwell, London, is the latest to be nominated for The Publican's Proud of Your Staff initiative. Licensee...
Beer and food matching: Apple pie
This month...What would you serve with apple pie?Forget the detox and the diet, what you need at this time of year is a hearty pudding to keep the...
Reuben brothers gain 25% stake in Ultimate
The Reuben brothers are believed to have built a 25% stake in north-east nightclub and bar company Ultimate Leisure. David and Simon Reuben hold...
My Shout
The recent suggestion that Edinburgh should follow rival Glasgow's footsteps in banning glasses and bottles from pubs and bars is yet another example...
HSE plan for health and safety 'doomed to failure'
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to get small businesses, including pubs, to improve health and safety measures.
How to put the fizz back into New Year
New Year conjures up visions of late-night drinking, Auld Lang Syne, fireworks and bottles of bubbly. But has the fizz and bang disappeared from the biggest night of the year and, if so, why? Iain O'Neil reports
The early bird profits
January is generally a quiet time for pubs - but the busiest for the pub sales market. By Paul Davey.January and February are usually the quietest...
Family steps in to save the Groom
When locals won their campaign to save the Horse & Groom, the only pub in the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Hill, it was so controversial...