Chris Maclean: St George and all that
Today is Saint George's Day. I confess I am not much of a patriot and I am not doing anything to celebrate our national saint.But this morning, after...
Archives for April 22, 2007
Back to basics: when to use physical intervention
It's one of the worst situations you have to face. A customer cuts up rough. They may be drunk. They may be angry. They may become violent. Good...
Legal advice: Who is responsible for your repairs?
Ongoing repairs to pubs can clearly represent a significant cost to the party responsible for them - with a subsequent impact on the bottom line. It...
Legal advice: New taxation obligations for building work
If you are a pub company or multiple retailer involved in regularly developing new sites (and if you spend more than an average of £1m a year on...
Pick of the pubs
The First & Last is a recently closed pub to be let on a new 35-year lease. In a prominent position on the edge of the Norfolk Broadland village...
Mind your manners
The company has employed super nanny Rachel Holland to develop a manners scheme, which trains all staff to support adults eating out with children in...
Whose pub is it anyway?
A loyal group of regulars is every publican's dream - right up until the point where the management's vision for the business varies from that of the...