Greene King boss outlines managed plans
Greene King's new-look managed pub business is designed to focus the appeal of its pubs and create what chief executive Rooney Anand says is a...
Archives for March 25, 2007
Greene King splits managed pub business
Jonathan Webster, former boss of Hardys & Hansons, is to assume a managing director role in one of Greene King's new managed pub businesses.In a...
Some Welsh pubs prepared to flout ban
Some Welsh pubs will continue to allow smoking after the ban starts on April 2. According to Wales on Sunday some licensees will ignore the ban -...
Pick of the pubs
Known as the 'country pub in the town' the Roaring Donkey is situated in Swindon. The pub took its name originally from the noise made by the...
To sell or not to sell...
The pub sector was gripped by speculation last week that Punch Taverns was looking to sell off up to 10 per cent of its estate in the run up to the...
What the daily papers say - March 26, 2007
Scotland's smoking ban has been hailed as the most important development in public health for a generation, as research predicts up to 22,000 people...
SBPA speaks out over door worker fee
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has responded "with dismay" to news the Scottish Executive has given the green light to a 30 per cent...
Peggy at IFE
I¹m not a big fan of traipsing around great big halls to look at new stuff for the pub, but you¹ve got to show willing, I suppose. I quite enjoyed...
Underage drinkers in Hull to be fined
Underage drinkers in Hull are set to be fined £50 if they are caught trying to buy alcohol. In one of the first operations targeting underage...
Power to the pub kitchen
There isn't much food preparation that can't be done by hand, but for a busy food-led pub it's much more time and cost effective to have a range of...
Greene King gets it in the neck
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who read the piece in The Guardian's G2 section last week on Greene King and one of its pubs, the Lewes Arms in Lewes,...
A clean break
Deciding make your pub smoke-free before the ban can be a tough decision in itself. But for Mary Winter she added an extra pressure.As well as...
Chris Maclean: we're sitting targets
It is something of a surprise to me that licensees aren't robbed more often.Given the lawless state of Britain, according to the Daily Mail, I would...
Whitbread confirms sale rumours
Whitbread has confirmed it has received what it describes as "unsolicited approaches" from potential buyers of its David Lloyd Leisure (DLL)...
Major restructuring at Greene King
Greene King announces major re-organisation of its managed pubs and the departure of Mark Angela
Back to basics: don't be caught out serving underage drinkers
As The Publican.com exclusively reported last week pubs are to face a crackdown on underage sales from Easter.Under a new 'three-strikes-and-out'...
What the Sunday papers said...
The Independent On Sunday painted a mixed picture for the prospects of the English and Welsh pub sectors after the smoking bans come into effect in...