Wells & Youngs to sign new distribution deal
Wells & Youngs plans to outsource its distribution to Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) for southern England.
Archives for May 24, 2007
Competition: calling all young chefs and waiters
The Restaurant Association has launched its 2007 Young Chef Waiter competition. Chefs and waiters, who have to be 24 years or under on 31 December...
Marston's reports profit boost
Marston's has reported underlying pre-tax profit of £41.6m for the 26 weeks ending 31 March, a 1.5% increase on the same period last year. The...
Bud renews Premier League sponsorship
Budweiser has announced it is renewing its sponsorship of the Premier League.The worldwide deal will commence on June 1 and has been extended to...
Whitbread winners announced
Two kitchen teams have been honoured in the Whitbread Kitchen Excellence awards. Two teams from the Brewers Fayre and Beefeater restaurant estates...
Legal advice: Assigning your lease
Sometimes tenants want to call it a day and move on. If your lease still has several years to run, it may have a value in the open market, so you may...
Host's licence stripped for Sky breach
Hampshire licensee first to be stripped of his personal licence for showing football using a Sky domestic card.
Ready to re-invent
The easiest feature to write in the on-trade drinks industry right now is 'The Death of RTDs'. The most recent Nielsen data on the ready-to-drink...
REITs, pubcos, and the tortoise and the hare
In the coming weeks and months we should watch carefully the announcements that pubcos make on whether to convert into a real estate investment trust...
S&N testing pear ciders
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&N UK) has confirmed that it is testing two new pear ciders, with a view to launching them later this year.Rumours...
Personal licence lost in illegal Sky case
A landmark legal case has seen a licensee stripped of his personal licence for showing Sky without a commercial contract. It is the first time a...
Underage sales DVD launched
A new DVD has been launched to help publicans tackle the problem of underage sales. "Teenage Kicks", released by licensing solicitors Poppleston...
Roger Ryman: Round Cornwall Day 7
It's not that we have been over indulging in the beer drinking over the course of this week, but rowing by day, several pints in the evening, and...
Strong sales growth at Marston's
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a rise in profits after sales grew across all three of its business units in the six months to the end...