Fresh charges for pair cleared over TV soccer
Two Portsmouth licensees who beat a prosecution for showing foreign satellite football last season have been caught in the act again. Derek Hopper,...
Archives for October 18, 2006
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Peter Coulson holds his weekly surgery
Planning laws hit listed pubs
Licensees of listed pubs could find it impossible to trade under the upcoming smoking ban because of council bureaucracy.Inconsistent local authority...
Fake IDs jeopardise pub underage battle
Mock cards exploit children and make it easier for underaged to buy alcohol.
Dealing with the spiral of debt
Owing money can feel paralysing as the nightmare solution of bankruptcy looms. Nigel Huddleston offers insights and practical help. Britain has...
Drift away from pubs continues
Britain's alcohol consumption fell last year for the first time since 1998, while the off-trade's share of the market continued to grow. These are...
Camerons snaps up eleven more venues
North east brewer Camerons is set to notch up a half century of pubs after agreeing terms to buy 11 new venues. Completion of the deal later this...
Strong growth from Gallo
E&J Gallo has recorded its most successful summer trading period in Britain, achieving sales of more than 1.8 million nine-litre cases across its...
Desserts: sweet advice
The considerations that go into setting a puddings menu can sometimes outnumber the hundreds and thousands decorating your ice cream cones. Antony...
Don't gamble on AWPs
Licensees will be "ruining it for the entire pub trade" if they are caught not supervising their gaming machines.The Department for Culture, Media...
Font of all knowledge
Consult licensees - and best of all get behind the bar - if you're considering a career in the pub trade. Doing your homework is vital to overcoming the many hurdles. Tony Halstead reports
Flint: smoke ban will start during summer 2007
Health minister Caroline Flint has written to the trade to confirm that the smoke ban will start during summer 2007 - not earlier in the year as some...
Scottish Power slammed over pub energy cut-off
Energy provider Scottish Power has been slammed for forcing a pub to shut because of an outstanding bill owed by a previous tenant. Punch-owned pub...
Whiskey: The Irish comeback
IT IS fitting, considering the myths and legends of the Emerald Isle, that Irish whiskey can be aptly described as a 'sleeping giant'.While this...
Active not passive role in smoking ban
MA Legal Expert Peter Coulson on the implications of the smoking ban.
Big turnout for Beer & Food show
More than 3,000 visitors passed through the gates of the second annual Good Beer & Food Show staged at the Yorkshire Exhibition Centre at...
LESG demise 'won't hit faith in auctions'
The collapse of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group hasn't dented confidence in the auction market, according to auctioneers. James Cannon, head of...
Provence unveils managed concepts
Provence, the company that sells pub freeholds at auctions with a leaseback to itself, has created six new concepts for its managed division. The...
Legal advice: Should youth pay rates be challenged?
On October 4 Asda announced plans to pay under-18s the same hourly rate as older workers. Although the move was not directly in response to age...
Pick of the pubs
A traditional family-orientated inn with six en-suite letting rooms is on the market in Brixham, Devon. The Weary Ploughman is well known for its...
Back to court for foreign football pubs
Two Portsmouth licensees who beat a prosecution for showing foreign satellite football last season have been caught in the act again. Derek Hopper of...
Pubco goes head-to-head with off-trade discounting
A pubco boss is to meet cheap off-trade drink prices head-on with a Christmas promotion that will undercut supermarket rates. A newly-launched...
MyShout
Social marketing will get us all in the end - but maybe that's not such a bad thing, says David Elliott You may not have noticed yet, but the health...
Scrap expected at celebrity pub sale
Bidding is expected to be fierce for a Welsh pub once the haunt of Dylan Thomas which is now up for sale.Three years ago Brown's Hotel, a...
Independence day
Phil Dixon turns the traditional pub tenancy agreement on its head and suggests an open-ended, flexible approach as an alternative way forward I...
Fresh Thinking on the smoking ban
Fresh Air, Fresh Thinking is the new initiative being launched in The Publican this week to help the licensed trade look forward with confidence to...
Stretching the point too far
Although it was interesting to read about the recent county court judgement concerning liability of door staff, I am not sure it deserved the...
Smartbox owes us hundreds say pubs
Interactive TV service Smartbox has admitted it is experiencing "growing pains" after several licensees complained of not being paid. Smartbox,...
Junction wins Union's Pub of the Year
The Junction in Sutton-in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire was crowned Pub of the Year at the Union Pub Company awards. The pub was one of 15 outlets...
The right stuff?
The sale of Hertford-based McMullen's old brewery site to supermarket giant Sainsbury's at the beginning of last month signalled the end of a chapter...
Micro-maestro
Dave Porter has fulfilled his dream of setting up a micro-brewery - now he helps others turn visions into reality. Steve Hobman meets a controversial...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
Chocolate beer from Miller SAB Miller is launching a chocolate lager into the US market, after trialling it at the Great American Beer Festival in...