It's déjà vu for Bob Ivell at Old Orleans
It's a sweet irony that Bob Ivell's Regent Inns has bought the Old Orleans bar and restaurant chain from Punch this week. Back in April 2001, when...
Archives for August 16, 2006
Inn-Direct continuing to trade?
Inn-Direct, the Bradford-based company, at the centre of the rogue recruitment scandal is continuing to trade. The company, which was wound-up by the...
Pubs placed on high terror alert
Trade leaders call for vigilance at time of increased threat
London lawyers to challenge Sky
A firm of London solicitors is offering to defend licensees against criminal prosecution for showing foreign satellite football. The firm,...
Ministers may end licence variation adverts
The Government is considering plans to scrap newspaper ads as a way to highlight licence variations. NEW COMMENT
Salisbury licensee wins case against licensing policy
A landlord in Salisbury has won a case against his local authority licensing policy. Joe Duthie, licensee at the Benett Arms in Semley, Salisbury,...
Enter the Pub Food Excellence Awards
If you are a pub company with an excellent food offer then don't miss the chance to enter the Pubchef Food Excellence Awards 2007. This year we have...
Punch licensees ignoring right to jettison beer ties
Fewer than 50 Punch licensees have exercised their right to jettison the beer tie which would enable them to negotiate lucrative free-trade prices...