Licensees enforcing Scottish smoke ban
A survey has found that some of Scotland's smoke ban enforcers are seriously under-employed, with some councils' officers never having issued a...
Archives for January 4, 2007
'Noisy' pubs to get council earache
Another busy year lies ahead for you and me, with new legislation to explain and understand, plus the prospect of more local council involvement in...
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Surrender of a licence QIs there any way a licence can be surrendered? We no longer need one of the licences which we obtained prior to the new...
Provence lets down unsecured creditors
Unsecured creditors of failed pub company Provence will not receive any of the money they are owed by the firm, a report to creditors by receiver...
FSA pub checks are 'ill-conceived': FLVA
A new initiative that will rate the hygiene standards of pubs serving food has been labelled "ill-conceived and dangerous". The initiative, entitled...
Kegs a steel at £50m
Rising levels of keg theft are costing the trade a fortune. Lucy Britner visits brewers in Burton-on-Trent and scrap merchants in Sheffield to seek...
Best of the breed
Fiona Sims sings the praises of those enthusiastic sommeliers whose passion for new and exciting wine infects those around them Paddy Groves really...
Pump polls to start hunt for top real ale
A unique scheme to find Britain's most popular real ale has been launched by Cask Marque, in association with Morning Advertiser and The Daily...
Delay drags on over smoke ban regs
More government delays over the final details of the smoking ban have sparked frustration within the trade. Just five months before the law outlawing...
'Five-nil or not, England cricket fans were superb' says Hoggie
5-0, 4-0, or miraculously 4-1. Whichever result we achieved at Sydney this week, the English fans were superb, says Hoggie
MyShout
Looks will be everything this summer, predicts Barry Gillham, so get ready with your paintbrush Fleurets is undergoing an image change. You may have...
No time to gamble with machine laws
Licensees are urged not to leave it too late to apply for the right to operate gaming machines when the laws change this year. Government has...
Horror show
London & Edinburgh licensee Jim Wyllie has endured a nightmare time following the collapse of the company and wants to know exactly where he...
Tough task for FA Cup holders
The arrival of the new year means the welcome return of the FA Cup to our television screens. It's at this stage that the opportunity for real upsets...
THE AGENTS
Alan Crowest FAVLP, MBII, MNAEA managing director Britannia Business Sales It was a busy end to last year for Britannia Business Sales, with three...
Camra insists fears over stamping fail to measure up
The Campaign For Real Ale (Camra) has moved to quash rumours that the change-over from a crown stamp to a CE mark on a pint glass is an attempt to...
The full English
Huw Gott and Will Beckett say the key to a great gastropub is a simple idea, well-executed. Mark Taylor met them at their award-winning incarnation...
Christmas delivers - just
Festive trade rises, despite dips on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve Community pubs experienced a bumper few days over the festive period, but...