Energy Efficiency: A cool way to save energy
DESPITE COMPETITION from everything from binge drinking to smoking, energy costs have managed to muscle their way high on the news pages of The...
Archives for March 13, 2007
Publican Live: take the taste test
Visitors to Drinks Brands Live will have the opportunity to take part in the trade's largest ever blind tasting and comparing drinks brands in four...
Risky business
The smoking ban will undoubtedly have a large number of knock-on effects on pubs - and some that licensees may not even have considered yet....
Drink Pink as Ember Inns teams up with cancer charity
Ember Inns is urging customers to drink pink this month to help raise money for a breast cancer charity. Pub goers will raise a glass of rosé wine...
A match made in Scotland: Whisky & Food Matching
YOU'LL KNOW about matching wine and food, of course, and increasingly pubs are actively encouraging the link between beer and food. Whisky and food,...
Building a new reputation
Becky Newman tells how a love of real ale and strict standards helped the Bricklayer's Arms in Putney win awards after a two-year closure How I got...
Virgins prepare to hit the pub
The stereotypical pub regular will undergo a transformation after the smoking ban, according to research.
New ale for Thwaites birthday
Daniel Thwaites is continuing to use its 200 year celebrations to highlight the company's investment in cask ale, with Wainwright ale the latest...
Chris Maclean: Prince scores a bullseye
So Prince Charles has thrown his weight behind the Save Our Darts campaign. Brilliant. It seems that even Prince Charles is questioning the...
More 40-something women heading to the pub after smoke ban
'Pub virgins' are set to flock to pubs this summer when the smoking ban comes into force, a new survey has found. Greene King has revealed that...
Greene King launches smoking support for pubs
Greene King has launched a marketing support package to help its pubs grab hold of the opportunities following the smoking ban on July 1. The...
Smoking ban support package from GK
A new kit has been released to help Greene King pubs plan for the smoking ban - and tell their customers about the changes. Template press releases,...
Pubs - going, going, gone
Gordon Brown seems to agree with Joseph Stalin. One death is a tragedy, one million a statistic, said the Russian dictator as he explained why he...
A pig of a task?
AT THE risk of sounding cynical, years of journalistic experience teach you never to look a gift horse - or pig - in the mouth. So when Pub Food's...
Pub chief fights back over darts
A pub group chief is fighting back over claims that the popularity of darts in pubs has been hit by gastropubs. The Save Our Darts campaign was...
Publican Live: smoking solutions
There is little doubt as to the main issue on the minds of licensees across the UK in the spring of 2007: the smoking ban.While it is a challenge for...
Lager is not your enemy
Last week I was invited to chair the main debate at the SIBA conference in Leeds. Taking up such a role you silently pray for the audience to be a...
Publican Live: what's cooking?
The 3663 Live Food Experience at Publican Live will be a new and improved version of the pub food theatre popular in previous years at the Pub and...