Sizzling Pub Company reaches 200-site milestone
Sizzling Pub Company, the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) community brand, has unveiled its 200th pub.
Archives for July 30, 2007
Newcomers: Keeping going
In the end it only took a couple of hours and a few phone calls to secure the money for the pub from another high street bank. This means we are back...
What the papers say - July 31, 2007
Just as summer has finally returned, Britain is facing the prospect of a severe ice cream shortage after the country's biggest ice cream factory was...
Pete Robinson: 12 year old served drink in pub
Even my elderly mum doesn't believe this but my first beer purchase in a pub was made at the tender age of 12. Straight up!A sudden torrential...
Early smoking ban pub forced to close
A pub which introduced a smoking ban six months ahead of the national ban has been forced to close due to a lack of custom. The Bush, in Ince near...
Nightclub boss looks to plastic glassware
Mark Jones of Ultimate Leisure urges other operators to ditch glass in favour of polycarbonate where necessary
Back to Basics: Going extra cold
Serving cold beer has become just as important for pubs as providing a warm welcome.Over the past few years extra cold and super-chilled lagers have...
C&C Group warns profits set to fall 35 per cent
Shares in C&C Group were down 24 per cent today after it warned its operating profits for the first half of its current financial year would be...
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...