Best Bar None crucial to city safety, says Coaker
Best Bar None schemes are playing a crucial role in reducing crime and disorder in UK town and city centres, according to Home Office minister Vernon...
Archives for February 22, 2007
Hydes: profits drop sharply
Manchester-based Hydes Brewery has reported a sharp drop in profits in its most recent year, after difficult times in its managed division and...
MyShout
If a fictional detective can support beer, so should the Government, says Stephen Crawley One could say that the way our industry is taxed under this...
Lone husband in double jeopardy
Another disturbing story, which I am sure has a slightly more rational explanation than I have received, implies that a pub manager can be sacked if...
InBrief
S&N launches Jaques fruit cider Scottish & Newcastle is rolling out its new fruit-flavoured cider Jacques across the UK from February. The...
Plastic won't solve violent behaviour
There is a growing trend within the police to insist that pubs, mainly in town centres at present, serve drinks in polycarbonate glasses. As can...
Premiership club targets football pubs
Bolton Wanderers applies for licence reviews of five foreign satellite pubs around the Reebok Stadium
Scots trade against early start to alcohol stings
Trade groups in Scotland have called for the Scottish Executive to scrap plans for an early introduction of test purchasing north of the border....
LETTERs
Beware a certain pubco My wife and I recently passed on the lease of our pub free of charge because nobody was willing to buy it, keeping in mind the...
Wainwrights wins CaskForce
Wainwrights, a Lake District pub serving seven different cask ales, has won one month's free beer in Marston's CaskForce February draw. The pub in...
Pick of the pubs
The Lion Inn is a freehouse in the village of Timberscombe, in Exmoor National Park. The pub was recently refurbished, and includes a new roof. Its...
Staying power
If your letting rooms aren't being exploited to the max, you could be missing a trick. Tony Halstead shows you how to be perfectly accommodating The...
THE GUV'NOR Dennis Griffiths
The licensee of the Miners Rest, Barnsley, Yorkshire, wishes the pubcos luck in organising a national TV advertising campaign A little bird told me...
Problems with Opus continue
Distraught licensee are continuing to contact The Publican over their dealings with electricity supplier Opus Energy. The company admitted it had...
ALMR plans to slow rate of pub closures
A five-point action plan to help slow down the escalating rate of pub closures has been launched by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers...
Healthy eating still top priority for consumers
Healthy eating is a key concern for consumers, according to new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Chris Maclean: don't Ron, Ron!
This morning I was visited by an old boy called Ron Brown. His nickname is 'Close 'em Down' Brown on account of the number of licensed premises...
No super brew review
The Portman Group has ruled out looking at the issue of super-strength lagers as part of a review of its Code of Practice.The group has just finished...
Letting rooms exempt from smoking ban
Letting rooms will be one of few areas exempt from the blanket ban on smoking, delegates were told at the BII's series of roadshows They are classed...
Licensees thrash out music issues with Sharkey
Two North London licensees have met with Feargal Sharkey to highlight the problems pubs now face in hosting live music under the new licensing...
Tom Cobley and all toast Camra award
Drinkers in the Devon village of Spreyton are toasting the success of their local, the Tom Cobley Tavern, after it was named Campaign For Real Ale...
For England and St George
As the popularity of St George's Day grows, Rosie Davenport looks at how pubs can make the most of the celebrations Wells and Young's is encouraging...
Creating a cash cow
David Sax tells Ewan Turney how he transformed the run down Cow in Parkstone, Dorset, into the MA's Pub of the Year in just three years How I got...
THE AGENTS
Barney Bettesworth Director, Bettesworths What are the best ways to market your pub? Initially, you need to be able to appraise it honestly,...
Beer Academy launches beer and food course
The Beer Academy has launched a new beer and food matching course. 'Making Beer and Food Dance' is a half day course that has been developed as a...
Fuller's grows its own chefs
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM has it that the route to fame - if not always fortune - in the pub food game is to run your own business. Food pubs that grab the...
MyNewPub
Wheelwrights, Pencombe, Herefordshire Agent: Christie+Co Kevin and Wendy Griffiths have bought the Wheelwrights - the only pub in the village of...
It's a hard life
Running a pub is hard work, but it's even more challenging in a run-down area. Nigel Huddleston meets the licensees at the heart of tough communities...
GA-Select teams up with Taylor Hall
Property agent GA-Select has teamed up with training experts Taylor Hall Associates. The two companies will be working closely to provide a committed...
NewsDigest
Crowded public places, such as licensed premises, are likely to be included in future terrorist attack plans, a security expert has warned. Speaking...
Have a ball this weekend
Whether it's the round or the oval ballthat draws the crowds to your pub, there's plenty to get the place rocking this weekend. International rugby...
Open approach
Making optimum use of outdoor space has never been more essential. Being prepared for the ban saves money, time and energy - and retains custom With...
Join in No Smoking Day
With the smoking ban in England now just over four months away, there's a very odd feel to the trade at the moment. Survey after survey tells us...
Brewers go Fairtrade
Westerham Brewery and Freeminer from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, have received Fairtrade accreditation for their draught beers. Having the...
First step into pub sector for Legacy
Legacy Hotels & Resorts has taken its first step into the pub market after re-opening the Symphony Bar in Liverpool, a former Provence Pub...
Move to off-trade hits Diageo figures
Guinness and spirits producer Diageo has reported tough trading conditions in the UK and Ireland in the six months to 31 December 2006. Guinness...
Smoke ban will cost S&N '£10m in profit'
Brewer Scottish & Newcastle has forecast that the smoking ban will cost it £10m in profit as the on-trade beer market declines by 5% in 2007....
'Blitz on drunks' fear
Licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen have warned that the next Home Office blitz may target licensees serving drunks. The Home Office cancelled its...
Bolton FC initiates pub licence reviews
Screening of illegal satellite matches prompts backlash from attendance-hit football club Premiership club Bolton Wanderers has applied for licence...
Police should not exceed their powers
Along with many others, I do not think for a moment that we live in a police state. There are far too many checks and balances to ensure that...
Warning for pubs from counter terrorism chief
A counter terrorism chief has warned the pub industry to be on its guard against attack from terrorists.DC Jim Maietta of the National Counter...
Pub featured in hit film feels the benefits of Hot Fuzz
Film fans and tourists have been flocking to a Buckinghamshire pub featured in the new British comedy Hot Fuzz. A number of the film's scenes,...
BrandsBriefs
Enotria signs with Thornbury Enotria Winecellars has signed an exclusive on-trade supply deal with New Zealand wine producer Thornbury. The New...