Chocolate and chilli: the missing link
"WOULD YOU like to spend an evening drinking beer and eating chocolate?" It's one of those questions that has you searching every word for small...
Archives for March 26, 2007
What the daily papers say - March 27, 2007
Greene King said yesterday that it is to split its managed pub operation into two, a move which will see the departure of Mark Angela, the current...
Trade chief fears for Welsh pubs
ALMR boss concerned about pubs near border losing custom to England after next week's smoking ban
Focus Scotland: Tennent's profile
In this world we now live in, where provenance, local sourcing and genuineness is king, standard lager has taken a bit of a knocking. A former head...
Focus Scotland: the Year of Rebus
For the Scottish pub trade, 2007 is set to be the Year of Rebus.Twenty years ago Ian Rankin's first crime novel to feature the 'not very good'...
Ramsay's new pub puts 'F' in fantastic
PubChef editor Jo Bruce reviews Gordon Ramsay's new pub
Wessex sells 28 pubs to Ladhar Group
The Ladhar Group claims it is now the biggest pub and club operator in the North East after buying 28 pubs from Wessex Taverns.The group, which...
Profile: The right balance
THERE'S A rule of thumb sometimes used to distinguish a food-led pub from a restaurant - would you feel comfortable standing at the bar and just...
Focus Scotland: what's their beef?
Scottish publicans could be forgiven for a certain level of paranoia when it comes to the powers-that-be trying out big ideas on them.Having already...
Chris Maclean: business is blooming
It's sunny and the girls are in the garden. Well, garden is a bit of an overstatement.They are tending to the pots, tubs, baskets and troughs that...
Focus Scotland: Scottish brewers
An Teallach AleRoss-shire01854 633306Arran BreweryIsle of Arran01770 302353www.arranbrewery.comAtlas BreweryArgyll01855...
Shepherd Neame unveils LFLs up 4.8%
Shepherd Neame unveils like-for-like sales growth of 4.8% in its managed pub business for the six months to 30 December 2006.