Licensees hit by TV licence increases
Landlords have been hit by a double-whammy price-hike with the news that the cost of a TV license is set to rise by around £30 to £162.Licensees...
Archives for September 17, 2006
Pregnant women get drink message in pub loos
A NHS Trust in Manchester is to target pregnant women who drink in a series of adverts in pub toilets. The ads, which ask "Are you pregnant or...
Peggy's Pick of the Products
Young's salmon range I can remember when salmon was only for special occasions - although the less said about my first wedding, the better. We sell...
Rate relief red tape cut
Licensees applying for small business rate relief on their property should have an easier time of it thanks to a reduction in red tape. At present...
Property group snaps up L&E pub leases
The Flodrive Group has acted quickly to buy the fixture and fittings on 240 hotels and pubs leased to London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG)....
Festive season
While the Campaign for Real Ale has been doing an increasingly good job of marketing the Great British Beer Festival, it still loses out when it...
Back to basics: Don't let them get away with it
A night's or weekend's takings in a popular pub, bar or restaurant can amount to a large sum of money. So you want to look after it.Safeguarding cash...
Pub feeds pupils Jamie Oliver style
Children at five primary schools in Lincolnshire are set to sample Jamie Oliver style lunches thanks to local licensee Ian Quill. Quill, who runs the...
John Young dies at 85
London family brewer Young's has announced the death of its Chairman, John Young CBE.The company said Mr Young, 85, passed away after a "long and...
Flirting with technology
The days of barstaff may yet be numbered. Customers having to walk to the bar to order their drinks, pay after each round or ask someone for a taxi...
Young's chairman dies after long illness
John Young, who died this week after a long and courageous battle against cancer, was, at 85, by far the oldest and longest serving chairman in the British brewing industry.
What's up duck?
The trialProduct: Cherry Valley honey roast half crown duck; confit leg. Cherry Valley 01472 371 271 www.cherryvalley.co.ukTrial one: the Crown,...
What the Sunday papers said
Sunday papers 17.9.06The former business partner of Alan Bowes, chairman of the collapsed hotels and pubs company Swallow Group has bought more than...