Bar Talk
Is an all-out smoking ban now the best option?
Is an all-out smoking ban now the best option?
Home Office minister Paul Goggins has called for a "culture change" so young people expect to be asked for ID when buying alcohol - and therefore...
Marstons and the Morning Advertiser's CaskForce venture is providing licensees with invaluable information on how to keep their beer in the best possible shape. Jo de Mille caught up with the man spearheading the countrywide training programme.
Two real-life working pubs will take centre stage at this year's Pub & Bar trade show, hosted by The Publican.Visitors to the April show will be...
The new Licensing Act has had nothing like the impact that was predicted. Two months on, Tony Halstead looks at how the trade has responded to its new-found freedom
Trade bodies are still fighting for last-ditch concessions for pubs ahead of the smoking ban. Despite a new call from the British Beer & Pub...
A pub saved from demolition by villagers has been forced to close for a second time due to lack of trade. The Castle Inn, in George Nympton, near...
MPs have been urged to vote for a total smoke ban or risk pubs up and down the country going out of business. The message comes from an unprecedented...
Underage sting operations have resulted in managed operators tightening procedures and have had a positive impact on combating underage drinking,...
Jim Watson's weekly beer order from Coors and the Newcastle Federation Brewery has pushed the annual sales of barbox.com past the £250m mark for the...
A review of the Albion Inn, Bristol.
Hosts are beginning to score victories against councils that have set unfair conditions on their licences. Leicester licensee John Fenton...
The next two years will see the biggest en masse transfer of managed pubs into tenanted and leased houses in 10 years. Swathes of existing Spirit...
Chaos has not broken out as a result of more relaxed pub opening hours. That is the overwhelming message from licensees who back the Morning...
The team at the family-run Wateredge Inn in Ambleside, Cumbria, are the latest to be nominated for The Publican's Proud of Your Staff...
The crucial vote on whether to ban smoking in all public places looks set for 14 February. And, if the direst warnings from some pub leaders are to...
Daffodils, fresh mornings and April showers - and for some pubs, the dreaded tax return deadline - all come to mind when you think of spring. But...
Iranian tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is believed to have pocketed more than £1.5m after selling a further substantial chunk of his stake in Regent Inns.
The body which advises councils on underage 'sting' operations has indicated that it will not be encouraging children to lie about their...
Pubs are being forced to close their doors when over-zealous police and council officials discover there is no qualified licensee on the premises....
So, Tony Blair thinks he can legislate and make everyone show "respect". His "agenda" involves intervening early to "help" problem families and...
Licensee Paul Dearing thought fate had dealt him a cruel hand when Punch decided to more than triple his rent at the Kings Arms in Newport, East...