Rogue business rates agents hit disgruntled pubs
Licensees still need to be wary of rogue agents offering to appeal their business rates.The companies telephone a pub and offer to get its business...
Archives for February 15, 2006
Industry to push for a fair smoking ban
The pub industry is vowing to push for the smoking ban to be introduced fairly following last night's historic vote in the House of Commons.MPs voted...
The entertainers
Everything's on offer, from electronic jukeboxes to quizzes and game showsGame shows add atmosphere Television game shows provided the inspiration...
Carling Cup coming home
Manchester United and Wigan fans who cannot get to this month's Carling Cup can get the final brought to their home thanks to a new promotion....
New look, new Laurel?
Laurel Pub Company has subjected itself to a major restructuring exercise. Hamish Champ spoke to chief executive Julian Sargeson about the...
Beer and food matching: Scampi and chips
This month - what would you serve with scampi and chips?It's the classic pub basket meal. A genuine scampi is the fleshy bit of a Dublin Bay prawn,...
New Chip and PIN law in place
Licensees who fail to use Chip and PIN technology are now liable for any credit card fraud on their premises.The new regulations, which came into...
Legal advice: Jobsworth bloomers!
Weird and wacky ways councils have read implementation of the Licensing Act.By Nial McCann and Piers Warne of thePublican.com's team of legal experts...
Dis-chord
The new Licensing Act was supposed to make it easier for pubs to host live music. Three months into the legislation James Wilmore puts his ear to the...