Legal advice: Managing sickness
Keeping track of time off sick can highlight potential problems.By Rebecca Caws of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors...
Archives for March 22, 2006
The drinks doctor: Duty calls for microbrewers
Every so often the drinks industry is faced with a tough problem. Who're you gonna call? The Publican's Drinks Doctor! He will endeavour to get to...
Peggy's Pick of the Products
Shocked by suggestions that she has been lowering the tone, our pure-as-the-driven-snow pub cook Peggy checks out some of the latest food and snack...
Brown announces 1p rise in beer duty
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a 1p increase in duty on beer and a 4p rise on wine. Despite calls from the BBPA and CAMRA for a freeze on beer...
S&NUK's great pints and punts give-away
Pubs will get to give away £10,000 of free bets each during the World Cup in a £50m promotion from brewer Scottish & Newcastle UK. Billed as...
Smokers out in cold
Smokers who 'nip outside' for a quick puff at Scottish pubs and clubs could find themselves locked out in the cold. The smoke ban will come into...
Britvic chief calls for youth-focused innovation
Britvic managing director Paul Moody has called on soft drinks producers to target innovation at the youth market.Speaking at the launch of Britvic's...
Punch finalists announced
Punch Taverns has indentified the final 16 in its annual Shine retailers awards. The company is now inviting fellow licensees to vote for the winner...
Tax inconsistency slammed by BBPA
Gordon Brown's latest penny-a-pint hike on the price of beer has been attacked by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). Mark Hastings, the...
Beer and food matching: Sausage and mash
This month... What would you serve with sausage and mash?Sausages used to be so simple. Pork, beef, or for the more adventurous gourmet, pork &...
Publican Awards honour industry's finest
Licensees Richard and Jacqui Macey of the Fountain Inn in Clent, Worcestershire, enjoyed a double victory at The Publican Awards 2006 last night.The...