On and off seek responsible solution
Last week, the Morning Advertiser and its sister publication, Off Licence News, held their second all-day conference on the subject of Responsible...
Archives for March 28, 2007
InBrief
BII offers better insurance deal The British Institute of Innkeeping is offering its members improved insurance benefits. The new package, via...
Funding legal turmoil
A Portsmouth licensee who had been persuaded to appeal to the Crown Court against her conviction for showing live football in breach of copyright...
GK's supermarket approach
Major changes announced by Greene King (GK) this week are fascinating because they revolve around two key issues for the industry's future. Firstly,...
Read the small print
If you own a pub or are a tenant, how clear are you on all of the changes announced in Gordon Brown's Budget? We have all read the headline-grabbing...
Magners keeps its bottle and ups marketing with bigger spend
Magners has ruled out a move into draught as it puts its focus entirely behind the pint-bottle format. The decision puts an end to months of...
Coke to launch range of new products
Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) is to launch a range of new products targeting both adults and children in the on-trade.Schweppes Straightcut, 330ml...
Wetherspoon's in row over deal
A property agent and JD Wetherspoon have vowed never to work with each other again after a dispute over a pub deal. Wetherspoon's has pulled out of...
Smoking out a solution
The MA's Plan for the Ban roadshow in Newquay, Cornwall, offered plenty of advice to help licensees prepare for the big stub-out. John Harrington...
Dragon flies
Steve Wragg tells Ewan Turney that cask ale has transformed trade at the Green Dragon in Market Lavington, Wiltshire How I got here We have been here...
MA says: Stop Glass Ban Now
Plastic glass is bigger threat than smoking ban, says JDW, but police push on with national blanket ban
Carlsberg draymen get double digit pay rise
Carlsberg has awarded its UK draymen a ten per cent pay rise.The deal was announced today by the Transport & General Workers Union, which acted...
Taste test
THIS WEEK: Valt A new vodka made with Scotch malt John Hudson, London The design of this bottle really has the wow factor. It would stand out on a...
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Good Friday restrictions QWhat is the position regarding Good Friday under our new licence? We applied for conversion and variation and just put down...
Project update 2: Speculate to accumulate
LIKE MANY licensees, Aaron Lynn is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Our community pub, the Forester Arms in Broseley, Shropshire, needs more...
Keeping it English
St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...
MyShout
Pubs are under increasing attack and Peter Linacre believes it's up to the trade to organise and take action Attack, attack attack - that seems to be...
Bringing the inside out
Licensees need to order their garden equipment now if they're planning changes ahead of the smoke ban. Andrew Burnyeat reports on the options A small...
NewsDigest
Bernard Brindley has sold the leasehold of his Warwickshire pub, the White Lion in Pailton, and is retiring after 42 years in the trade. No details...
Wetherspoon beer festival set to be biggest yet
Managed pub company JD Wetherspoon (JDW) will stage its largest-ever beer festival next month as part of its campaign to double real-ale...
Pick of the pubs
The Black Horse Inn is located in the exclusive Leicestershire village of Appleby Magna. The village is a popular residential location within five...
Project update 2: Confidence is building
WINNING FOOTBALL matches is a confidence game - the more the team wins, the better they play. Just look at the England football team which is proving...
Pub Poker league launches legal action
A PUB poker league has launched legal action against West Mercia Police over claims that licensees were misled on the issue and the company lost...
Business Opinion
Time to satisfy more Sunday customers When I was running a small chain of pubs in the East Midlands I used to slightly dread making a site visit late...
Legal advice: Movida v Westminster City Council
Westminster's demand for a strict application of its stress areas policy ('STR1') in licensing hearings has come under scrutiny in the case of Marc...
Glass ban pressure is huge says Wetherspoon
Managed chain JD Wetherspoon has reported that requests from police to introduce polycarbonate glasses have been coming in "thick and fast" in the...
THE AGENTS
Stephen Taylor Managing Director, Guy Simmonds The latest significant industry change will, of course, be the smoking ban, which takes effect this...
BrandsBriefs
Hidden's way to Amarillo Wiltshire's Hidden Brewery has released its seasonal Hidden Spring cask ale. The 4.5% abv beer, which is bronze in colour,...
Chris Maclean: cask beer never better
Last night I was invited to give a talk at the district CAMRA AGM on beer keeping. I was flattered to be asked.I duly arrived at the venue and was...
Lewes locals set on restoring Harveys
Lewes residents are still conducting anti-Greene King protests outside the Lewes Arms, East Sussex, four months after the brewer stopped serving the...
D-Day for Wales as smoking ban looms
Licensees in Wales are bracing themselves for a tough time as the smoking ban kicks in from 6am on Monday, April 2. Welsh pubs close to the border...
Roger Protz on the sacking of Michael Hardman from Young's
Shame on Young's Michael Hardman has been a special friend of mine for a long time. Without Michael as a mentor, I wouldn't be earning a living as a...
Vendors frustrated
The impending smoking ban and banks refusing to lend on leasehold purchases are just two of the frustrations facing vendors, according to a...
BarTalk
Should England manager Steve McClaren go? Alan Dreja Royal Oak Southhampton Hampshire "I don't think much of him, but I don't think he should go....
Keeping the reels of fortune spinning
MA legal expert looks at gaming laws and how they will impact on pubs
Champions League returns
The sporting highlight of the next seven days must surely be the return of the Uefa Cham-pions League to our screens. From the Premiership,...
Bells ring for two Brewers
Keith and Vanessa Brewer will celebrate 20 years at Alderminster's Bell pub in Warwickshire this April. And their achievement is no mean feat -...
Project update 2: Eye to eye
A LOT of pubs would benefit if the people in charge could only stand back and take a fresh look at the way they run the business. Unfortunately few...