Whitbread crowns kitchens of the year
Two Whibread kitchen teams are celebrating their success in the company's Kitchen of the Year contest.The winners came from the Brewers Fayre at...
Archives for May 23, 2007
Food is not the only answer - says Andrew Pring
Futurologists - people who make their living sticking a wet finger in the air - don't have a great track record. Years ago, Eagle readers will...
It's football league play-offs time
It's the second bank holiday weekend in May so that means it must be time for the football league play-offs. Over this coming Saturday, Sunday and...
Legal advice: Disputes with energy suppliers
The escalating cost of energy supply to pubs has received a lot of publicity recently with many complaints from licensees that they are locked into a...
MyNewPub
Plough Inn, Wissett, Suffolk Agent: UK Pub Sales Nick and Debbie Sumner have just taken ownership of the Plough Inn, Wissett, Suffolk, and are...
Say goodbye to the 'smoking room'
Licensees Claire and Nisa McCutcheon are planning to run a competition among their customers to help them come up with a new name for the 'smoking...
NewsDigest
Foreign satellite pubs and suppliers have been warned not to expect a quiet summer, despite the end of the football season. Ray Hoskin, managing...
MyShout - Peter Linacre
Challenges faced by area managers in the trade's front line deserve attention, says Peter Linacre Are there any easy jobs in the pub trade these...
A world of variety
Foreign lagers are gaining popularity in the UK in the face of sluggish sales for other beers. Noli Dinkovski reports on the lure of imported brands...
Strength to strength
As Caskforce reaches its climax, the year's winner Mike Ford tells Noli Dinkovski how he plans to make the most of his prize Tensions were running...
Survey reveals con artists see pubs as a soft touch
More than half of licensees who have been scammed have lost between £100 and £500 to con artists, according to a survey conducted by The...
Keeping a cool head
Despite tough market conditions for brewers as sales continue to decline, some areas of the lager sector are offering a ray of light. Noli Dinkovski...
THE GUV'NOR John Baldwin - The licensee of the Big Six in Halifax
John Baldwin - The licensee of the Big Six in Halifax, Yorkshire, believes Camra's full-pint campaign is a waste of time
Home comforts
Lucy Britner talks to Tina and Trevor Jobson, winners of Shepherd Neame's Food Pub of the Year 2007 Award The Jobsons' Old House at Home was recently...
Not just with curry
There was a time when matching lager with food was considered to be a pointless exercise. Noli Dinkovski discovers how this view is changing Last...
Snacks focus: Fill the snack gap
For a long time now, the date of July 1 will have been highlighted in red ink on your calendar. That inky outline is just as bold in the offices of...
Snacks focus: Some like it hot
WHAT'S THE best thing to quench a raging thirst? A pint of cold beer, of course - which in itself is a very good reason for pubs to welcome the new...
BrandsBriefs
HA! HA! calls the shots HA! HA! Bar & Canteen is serving up a range of tennis-themed drinks as the season gets going with the Artois...
Licensing@aol.com
Right to air sporting events QThere has been a lot of press about the illegality of showing Premiership football other than through Sky, as the...
BarTalk
Will Brown make a better Prime Minister than Blair? Stuart Wright Brewery Tap Peterborough Cambridgeshire Gordon Brown is not really my favourite...
Pubs to house 500 post offices by 2009
Pubs are set to house up to 500 post offices after the Government confirmed it would axe 2,500 by 2009. The Government has earmarked pubs as an ideal...
Gwent police push for plastic
Police in Gwent, South Wales, have become the latest force to urge pubs and clubs to switch to plastic. Gwent licensing officer PC Jim Aitken urged...
Red tape holds sway over common sense
I have often remarked that the licensed trade has a roller-coaster affair with Government and politicians. For some periods, everything is grand,...
Trenstar's UK operations in doubt
Trenstar UK, the country's leading beer keg and cask owner, said it would operate normally for the foreseeable future despite launching a...
My plan for the Ban
Andy Longman Suburban Style Bar Horsforth Leeds Ownership: Bar operator Suburban Style Bar Company, on a lease from a private landlord. Action taken:...
LETTERs
Cigarette litter proposals 'unfair' Proposals being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs (Defra) to extend Street...
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 6
Brilliant support from the Lifeboat Inn in St Ives last night, bottle of Tribute and our evening meal orders taken on the beach. A massive fund...
Getting your beer on the state
The recent suggestion by John Grogan MP that we should celebrate next year the defeat of the 1908 Licensing Bill to nationalise the brewing industry...
Judge calls for ASBOs for licensees who serve drunks
A high court judge in Northern Ireland believes that licensees who serve drunks should be slapped with an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). Lord...
Pubs face rates hit
A new bill could penalise licensees who close for refurbishment by making them pay full occupying rates. As the law currently stands, licensees can...
Snacks focus: Peggy's snack shelf
I JUST asked Brenda the barmaid if she knew where I could find the King of Nuts. She gave me a very funny look, and said she wouldn't be telling me...
InBrief
Lower alcohol wines on the up Lower alcohol wines are becoming more fashionable, according to a new study from the Wine & Spirit Trade...
Bolsheviks in the workplace
Phil Dixon maintains that top-tier management should think long and hard about how they motivate their staff I do enjoy spending an idyllic week...
Cointreauversial cocktail competition
With May marking the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, Maxxium UK's French liqueur Cointreau is celebrating its long-running partnership...
The smoke ban time bomb
With the smoking ban in England ominously close, many licensees have failed to plan their strategy - despite what could be a watershed moment for...
Andrew Pring asks for a penny for your thoughts
In a week when the Government announces its new alcohol strategy, it seems strangely perverse to write about public access to pub toilets. But for...
BBPA: pub age checks work
One million people are turned away from pubs every month for failing to have ID, according to a new study by the British Beer & Pub Association...
THE AGENTS
Chris Platts Partner Brownill Vickers & Platts It's getting close to 20 years since I began my career valuing licensed property, and yet it never...
£1m freeholds are top targets
Freehouses marketed and sold in excess of £1m are becoming increasingly common in the property market. Pubcos are actively seeking out such...
Punch leads the way on multiples
Punch Taverns is reviewing the way it deals with its multiple lessees. The pub company is considering whether it can "flex" its lease agreements. So...