Putting a new spin on English beer
Adnams has joined forces with Punch Taverns to launch a completely new beer style, described as a "quintessential English beer which is not cask...
Archives for November 9, 2006
Camra to rescue of community pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is planning a week of action next February to save Britain's community pubs.
Licensees warned over lease reassignments
Licensees have been warned to take full legal advice when reassigning their leases. More lessees have contacted The Publican, concerned that they...
Get Carter's success story beside the sea
Award-winning licensee and industry consultant Ali Carter is selling her pub. The Bay View Inn at Wide-mouth, Cornwall, is on the market at...
Crime down since launch of Licensing Act
THE FIRST hard indications that the Licensing Act is having a positive effect on crime are emerging, days away from the first anniversary of the new...
Dorber's 25th Beer Guide
Mark Dorber, legendary licensee of the White Horse on London's Parsons Green, was presented last week with a special commemorative plaque by Good...
JDW's stunning sales surge secrets revealed
It's rare indeed for a pub operator to report a 9.2% rise in its like-for-like sales. JD Wetherspoon (JDW) amazed the sector last week when it...
Premier League's inaction fuels licensees' confusion
The FA Premier League's (FAPL's) failure to prosecute the suppliers of foreign satellite TV equipment is continuing to fuel confusion among...
Old hands provide new hope for Provence pubs
Two white knights have emerged from the collapse of discredited pub company Provence, with the aim of saving premises licences at around 150 pubs...
No room for Big Brother
They say each one of us is caught on a CCTV camera about 300 times a day. But ask licensees about how they're being watched by local authorities and...
Legal advice: making smoking ban alterations
Premises licence-holders are starting to consider the best way to work with the impending smoking ban. Those premises lucky enough to have a garden,...
Cheers
Rats are Dr Who fans Diners at a Doctor Who (DW) convention in a Cardiff Wetherspoons were shouting exterminate as mice scurried across the carpet....
MP calls for Provence pub fraud inquiry
Labour MP calls for fraud inquiry in wake of collapse.
Homing instinct
The Horseshoe in north London boasts a rate on-site microbrewery. Humayun Hussain meets the Australian relaunching a family brand on the other side...
Desperate plight of Provence licensees
Stories of desperate licensees are continuing to emerge in the wake of the collapse of pub company Provence and its managed arm Countrywide...
A local with deep roots
Yvonne Cleminson talks to Ewan Turney about the highs and lows of running the Cherry Tree, a community pub in Rowledge, Surrey How I got here I have...
ADZ amendment thrown out by MPs
MPs have rejected proposals that would make it more difficult for councils to impose alcohol disorder zones. Lords wanted to ensure alcohol disorder...
Guns and flat tonic - a Gothic horror tale
Andrew Jefford and friends don capes (and kilts) in a desperate mission, via Biggin Hill and Aberdeen, to spread the word about quality mixers
Legal advice: HSE publishes latest health and safety statistics
The Health and Safety Commission published the latest health and safety statistics for 2005/06 in early November and they make sobering reading for...
The only pubs in the village
The only two pubs in a Devon village are up for sale. Both the Red Lion and the Ferry Boat Inn at Dittisham are on the market through agent...
Legal advice: the increase in AWP stakes and prices
Recent concerns that customers are no longer spending as much money on AWPs as they used to could be addressed by the early introduction of the...
Alcohol Disorder Zones become law
Local authorities have been given the green light to impose controversial alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) after the Violent Crime Reduction Bill received Royal Assent.
DoneDeals
Royal Oak Dovercourt Essex Britannia Business Sales has sold the lease of the Royal Oak to experienced licensees Michael Hales and Marlene...
Cider: a fulsome apology
Thanks to an enterprising company, cider is the new tipple of the alcohol fashionistas - but branding isn't foolproof, claims Adam Edwards The...
kiely slams pubco's critics
Provence founder Paul Kiely has blamed the collapse of his company on the withdrawal of support by his bank in the wake of the demise of London &...
Judge tells FAPL to target the big fish
A judge has called on the FA Premier League (FAPL) to stop prosecuting licensees and focus on the suppliers. District Judge Gillespie made his...
Cream of the crop recognised at Publican Pub Food Awards
The best food operators in the business were honoured at the Pub Food Awards 2006 in a glittering ceremony at the Savoy, London, last night The top...
'Ban the Thug' Act weakened by new Bill - Peter Coulson
MA Legal expert Peter Coulson on the Violent Crime Reduction Bill
Orkney spirit takes to the sky
Highland Park single malt whisky is sponsoring two aircraft in the fleet of Loganair, the airline that serves the Scottish islands. Two Islander...
Seeing light at the end of the tunnel
With the help of the LTC, Robert and Marie Stokes have been there to support each other Each quarter the Licensed Trade Charity monitors the areas in...
Pub group's ban plans get thumbs up
Union Pub Company says majority of its planning applications smoking facilities have received the thumbs-up.
Temporary Event Notices: liked only by the trade
It appears that no-one outside the licensed trade has a good word to say for Temporary Event Notices (TENs). Various licensing officers to whom I...
Quest for the best goes on
The Best Bar None pub and club accreditation scheme is being rolled out nationally and plans are afoot to make it even bigger. John Harrington talks...
BrandsBriefs
The new face of Diet Coke Coleen McLoughlin, girlfriend of England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, is to become the face of Diet Coke,...
Sunderland pubs hit by fake twenties
Licensees in Sunderland have been warned to watch out for fake £20 notes. Pubs in the town have been hit by a spate of incidents in which conmen...
The GUV'NOR
Peter Eveleigh The licensee of the Riverside Inn in Bradford-on-Avon muses on proposals for giving pubs a star rating for their food hygiene Being...
BarTalk - Glass bans
Should glass containers be banned in circuit pubs after 11pm? Graham Rowson Plungington Tavern, Preston, Lancs Pressure-point pubs certainly need to...
Tarrant gets locals buzzing in Suffolk
Punters at a country pub were stunned when TV and radio star Chris Tarrant walked in - and bought them all a drink. The Who Wants To Be A...
Smartbox debt enrages pub hosts
Furious hosts have rounded on interactive TV service Smartbox, demanding to know exactly when and if they will be paid. The Morning Advertiser has...
MyShout
A lesson to be learned from two tragedies: always ask an expert before you invest, says Barry Gilham So Provence has gone the same way as London...
NewsDigest
Pubs and clubs that achieve Best Bar None (BBN) status will soon be able to showcase themselves to the public via a new website. Dubbed "PubSpace"...
Smartbox debt enrages hosts
Furious hosts have rounded on interactive TV service Smartbox, demanding to know exactly when and if they will be paid. The Morning Advertiser has...
Legal advice: carbon monoxide - the silent killer
The tragic deaths of the two young children in Crete last week has touched a nerve across the nation and thrown health and safety back into the...
The cask is clearly half-full
It's good these days to visit a brewery and pick up enthusiasm for the future of the cask-beer sector. The visit in question was to Wells &...
THE AGENTS
Alan Crowest, FAVLP, MBII, MNAEA managing director, Britannia Business Sales (East Anglia) Ltd After 35-years involvement in the licensed trade -...
Punch Taverns sees little upside from new licensing regime
Extended drinking hours have had little impact on Punch Taverns' overall trading, according to Giles Thorley, the pub operator's chief...
Come on, really support real ale - Peter Linacre
Massive Pub Company boss on the need to really support Real Ale.
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Drinking-up at TEN Q What is the drinking-up time on a Temporary Event Notice (TEN)? A Interesting question. There isn't one. If you look at the...
CAMRA relaunches National Pubs Week under new banner
Lack of support from pubcos has prompted the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) to scrap National Pubs Week and replace it with a new community-focused...