Scottish pubs face polycarbonate push
Scottish publicans are gearing up to fight controversial new plans to bring in local on trade glass "bans" - a year after the collapse of a similar...
Archives for July 23, 2007
Call for pubcos help over flood-hit pubs
A trade chief has called for pubcos to freeze direct debit payments for licensees affected by the floods. Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
Call for deferral on payments for flood-hit businesses
Pubs and other hospitality and tourism businesses affected by the floods should be given a six-month deferment on VAT, national insurance and...
What the papers say - July 24, 2007
The floods which have devastated central and western England in the past four days are the worst in modern times, the Environment Agency has...
Pubs suffer in flood devastation
Pubs across the country have been devastated by the worst natural disaster to hit Britain in 60 years. The flooding crisis ripped through...
Towns becoming "no-go areas" after dark
City and town centres are becoming "no-go areas" after dark partly due to "drunken skylarking", the chairman of an influential committee of MPs has...
PM 'to review' 24-hour licensing
Gordon Brown is planning to review Britain's 24-hour licensing laws but the British Beer and Pub Association says a review has always been on the...
Nothing new" over licensing review, says BBPA
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has played down media reports suggesting Gordon Brown is to review the Licensing Act. Most of the...
New font for Stella Artois launched
InBev UK has launched a new Stella Artois font along with the roll-out of a branded chalice glass to all Artois accounts. The technically innovative...
Chris Maclean: a cruel fete
At the weekend we provided the bar at a village fete some miles from here.For many years we have provided such bars for communities and events and,...
Too soon for ban but weather affecting sales, says Fuller's
Fuller's, the London brewer and pub operator, said it is too early to assess the impact of the smoking ban but the wet British summer is affecting sales.
Fuller's managed pubs see strong start
Fuller Smith & Turner told investors today at the group's AGM that invested like-for-like sales in its managed pubs increased by 5.4 per cent for...