Payroll and energy costs cut pub profits
ALMR reveals 60% of a pub's turnover is spent just keeping it open
Archives for April 24, 2007
Trade chief attacks police over 'partnership'
Trade chief Alex Salussolia has accused the police of doing a U-turn over extended pub hours and going after pubs in a bid to 'appease the anti-pub...
Restaurant's menu goes the extra mile
Owners of a Suffolk restaurant claim to be the first in the country to publish food miles on their menu. Peter and Anna Banks from Sutherland House...
Chris Maclean: acts of kindness
Last year I was in a queue of parked traffic and noticed the car in front had a broken brake light. I got out of the car and spoke to the driver who...
Proposed new guidance could cut red tape in the kitchen
Chefs and cooks could be spared unnecessary red tape in the kitchen, thanks to new European Commission proposals.
Beer fans" are sophisticated, report claims
More than half of all UK beer enthusiasts are under 44, upmarket, affluent and well-educated, a new report has revealed. The research, commissioned...
Join the debate - MA Forums
This week the Morning Advertiser's web forums received their 10,000th reader's comment - establishing them as the number one place to talk about the...
Pub ordered to remove England flag
Host told planning permission is needed because it is an "advert".
It's a mystery
WHATEVER YOU think of your pub, and the wonderful ideas you have for making it a success, it is the customer who will tell you whether it really...
THE GUV'NOR
Peter Eveleigh Licensees must unite in a trade group, says the Riverside Inn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Did I read or hear the other day that the...
Curry favour with punters
WHEN CUSTOMERS wend their way off your premises, where are they going? Chances are, more than a few will be stopping at an Indian restaurant for a...
Cardiff pub closed following food poisoning outbreak
Marston's pub the Ffynnon Wen in Thornhill, Cardiff has been closed following a food poisoning outbreak which has left 90 people ill. Cardiff...
Punch promises to bed in retail code
Punch Taverns has promised to take steps to ensure its staff adhere to its updated code of practice between the tenant and pubco. Two weeks ago the...