Floods: Fears over long-term impact on insurance cover
Flood-affected licensees are desperately scanning their insurance policies in the wake of the disaster.It is expected that most pubs will be covered...
Archives for July 25, 2007
LETTERs
Smoke-ban has killed the pub The economics of running a community pub mean that most are one-person operations, unable to employ additional staff to...
Excellence on a plate
Don't miss the chance to gain the recognition you deserve in the PubChef Food Excellence Awards 2008. Read on for details The search is now on to...
New glassware, please
A brewery boss has called for changes to the UK's beer- glass measures to encourage a new range of glassware suited to modern-day drinking. Mark...
Lords to debate music in pubs
The impact of the Licensing Act on live music in pubs is set to receive a full debate in the House of Lords. The Liberal Democrats are to force a...
Thomas: 'plastic will save £200,000'
The UK's biggest nightclub company, Luminar, has reported it expects to save about £200,000 a year in insurance claims when it introduces...
MARKETING MUSCLE
A round-up of the latest campaigns Gaymers Gaymer Cider Company has thrown £4m behind Gaymers Original - the largest investment the company is...
Glass ceiling
The cost of waste disposal has doubled in some pubs with the move to non-returnable bottles. Kelly Smith investigates ethical and cost-effective...
THE GUV'NOR
Mike Bell The smoke ban could be a blessing for pubs if licensees are prepared to go with the flow, says the licensee of West London's Portobello...
BarTalk
What do you think of the pending review of the Licensing Act? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I don't have a problem with it as long as...
Councils too slow on licences
I see that another trade paper has at last got round to finding out about Allerdale Council (Coulson, 5 July). Better late than never, I suppose. But...
Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe writes for thepublican.com
There were two takes on the crime figures that came out last week. The scaremongering one "All night drinking all night violence" or "24 hour...
Soft options
Drinking trends are changing in the light of the smoking ban and other influences. So could we be ready for the Chinese tea-house? Andrew Jefford tests the water and tries beer in a bowl
Trade groups call for support for flood-hit pubs
Trade associations have called for help for licensees affected by the devastating floods across the country.Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
England now need 2nd Test win
It's a rough old life being a professional cricketer. Just four days on from the end of the Lord's Test between England and India, and it's already...
John White: beer man nonpareil
There is only one way to commemorate the memory of a fellow beer-writer - and that is to raise a glass to him in one of his favourite hostelries. So...
Art of gold
Tucked away in London's East End is a pub boasting a very unusual clientèle. Adam Edwards meets their host The life-size heart hanging like a neon...
MA team survey defiant flood-hit pubs
Licensees giving out free drinks and remaining defiant - despite floods which forced one to live on his pub roof.
Magic of the big screen
Juke boxes operated by text messages and plasma screens that can be fitted to the ceiling. Graham Ridout discovers the latest technology to help pull...
Case study: A change of tactics
A CORNISH pub has adapted to the changing pattern of trade with a kitchen revamp.John Glosby, joint licensee of the Golden Lion, a St Austell tenancy...
Pubco boss thwarts till-roll bandits
A pub company boss has issued advice for licensees who receive payment- demands for goods they never ordered after being cold-called by a salesman....
Flooding could cost Marston's £11m
Flooding in the West Midlands could could cost Marston's £11m in repairs, a City analyst has claimed.
NewsDigest
England's top doctor has added his weight to calls for higher tax on alcohol. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England, told The...
Goodbye, Mr George
The turnout was fantastic on Monday for George Bateman's memorial service in Boston. Nearly 900 people packed England's largest parish church, the...
Legal advice: Gaming machine permits
THE DEPARTMENT for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has recently confirmed that pubs holding existing gaming machine permits with expiry dates after...
Basking in success
Philip Davison tells Ewan Turney how a marketing seminar helped him achieve £750,000 worth of sales at the Wadworth-owned Sun in the Wood, in...
Gordon: get on to the grocers
Last week was one of the drinks trade's blackest for a long time. Bad news was heaped upon bad news in the media. And worryingly, the reports were...
Pete Robinson: Smokers come flooding in
Anyone who's been watching the news bulletins concerning the floods may have noticed a striking scene viewed from the helicopter's camera where the...
Chris Maclean: Wetherspoon's dirty war
I've just walked past Wetherspoon's and noticed it has their poster up headed "Deal or No Deal" and listing the comparative prices of three local...
Floods: pubcos and breweries give their experiences
Derek Andrew, managing director, Marston's Inns & Taverns: "A hundred of our pubs, across both tenanted and managed estates, have been seriously...
Policing the ban
Canterbury Council hit the head- lines last month when news broke it had employed a 'smoke freedom officer', to ensure public premises were prepared...
Food hygiene must be a top priority
Two recent high-profile prosecutions - against the Spirit Group and Greene King - have resulted in fines and costs in each case of over £20,000 for...
500 pubs devastated by floods
Pubs and breweries are facing a race against time to save their businesses as floods devastated areas of the country.In the wettest summer weather...
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AWP machines and licences Q Concerning your article last week, I thought that the right to have two AWP machines was bundled with the premises...
Greene King set to land Loch Fyne
Greene King is set to swallow the 36-strong seafood restaurant chain Loch Fyne, after entering exclusive talks. The deal would cover all 36 sites...
Legal advice: Alcohol related crime statistics
JUST WHEN the trade thought that the Daily Mail had the monopoly on binge-drinking scare stories, on July 20 The Times published an article with the...
First rebel smoke ban host prosecuted
Blackpool bar owner Hamish Howitt has become the first licensee to be prosecuted for allowing customers to flout the smoking ban. Howitt, chairman of...