Pub food: going from strength to strength
As Greene King buys the Loch Fyne seafood restaurant chain, The PMA Team looks at developments in the past year within a key success story for the...
Archives for August 15, 2007
Dynamic Douro
Portugal's wine industry is fulfilling its potential at last. Fiona Sims explores its abundant regions, from the Duoro to the Alentejo The most...
Safety prompts host to switch to plastic
A Hampshire-based multiple operator has decided to introduce polycarbonate glass-ware in all five of his venues. Philip Cox said the switch was due...
THE AGENTS
Rosie Greenwood Fleurets Birmingham Office Negotiator Our geographical responsibility as one of the most strategically-placed offices in the Fleurets...
THE GUV'NOR Peter Gatling
Locally sourced food benefits the whole community, says the licensee of the Merry Harriers, Clayhidon, Devon Following the advent of the smoking ban,...
MyNewPub
The Greene Man Newton Abbot, Devon Agent: Christie+Co First-time licensee Justin Sheppard is enjoying life behind the bar at the Greene Man. A local...
Trade advice for first timers
Property agent GA-Select is launching a new service that it claims could help save the average licensee £200,000 over 10 years. Select Consulting...
Licensees urged to check smoking shelter compliance
Licensees are being urged to examine smoking shelters before they buy them, to check they are compliant with legislation.Concerns have been raised...
NewsDigest
Former boss of Greene King's managed division, Mark Angela, was given a pay-off of £300,000 after his employment ended at the company in April this...
Chris Maclean: When 'sir' doesn't mean 'sir'
This afternoon I was accused of being obsequious. I had to check in my dictionary: n. obedient, dutiful, servile, fawning. Excessively eager to...
Licensee thanks The Publican over Opus
A licensee has thanked The Publican for helping her to be released from a contract with under-fire energy company Opus. Rosemary Caldwell, licensee...
Like being savaged by a dead sheep
The letter from Lacors - the Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services - which was published last week, regarding delayed licence issuing,...
Heartstone raises a further £3m
Recently-formed pubco has raised a further £3 million in a second round of private equity funding
Tories promise red-tape cuts
A senior Conservative MP has assured licensees he will slash red-tape for pubs if his party is elected. In an exclusive interview with The Publican,...
The big matches not to miss
England v South Africa Friday, 14 September, 8pm, ITV1 This promises to be a brutal and physical encounter that should please the fans no end. The...
Punting for profit
The Rugby World Cup is a golden opportunity for pubs to drive profit after the slow summer, says Ewan Turney On the morning of 22 November 2003, 63...
Smoke-ban plans frustrated
While it is still too early to assess the overall effect of the smoking ban, there are indications of frustration, even among non-smoking licensees,...
BarTalk
Has the weather or smoking ban affected you more this summer? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire Yes and yes! They've both been extremely...
Cask Marque: Smoke ban will reawaken taste buds
Cask Marque has claimed the smoke ban has reawakened taste buds.
LETTERs
Traditional local has had its day Well said Mick Johnson (Letters, 9 August 2007). With all his experience he still finds it a knife-edge job to run...
What the papers say - August 16, 2007
Police forces yesterday supported a ban on drinking in public and an increase in the price of alcohol. Nearly 200 MPs now want the government to stop...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
Against The Grain The UK's oldest gluten-free beer has moved production to Wold Top in East Yorkshire after demand outstripped capacity at its...
Sharp's raises £3.2m in new funding
Fast-growing Cornish company Sharp's Brewery has obtained a £3.2m funding package from The Royal Bank of Scotland ("RBS").
Great British Beer Blackout?
The power of the media is frightening. At its best, it can expose lies, fraud and political shenanigans. At its worst, it can destroy people's lives...
Smoking ban flouters vow to fight on
Licensees flouting the smoking ban claim they will continue to defy the new law until a guilty verdict is reached in the Hamish Howitt court case....
Smoking ban wears thin
An unexpected side effect of the ban on smoking in pubs is arising from the break-out of "the Wigan Traipse" - and now staff in a number of the...
Sitting bull
If bar stools at your local are comfy, count yourself lucky. Adam Edwards recently found himself in a much worse position The stools at my local, the...
Majority of smokers prefer pubs since ban
Sixty-one per cent of smokers think bars and pubs are nicer without smoking, with 90 per cent of non-smokers agreeing, a poll has revealed. However,...
Trade rues Rooney's break
Wayne Rooney is making a habit of letting the pub trade down. His broken metatarsal scuppered our chances in Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, and...
Access all areas
Antony Marshall tells Ewan Turney how catering for all types of customers helped increase trade at the True Lovers Knot, in Blandford, Dorset How I...
Wet weather worse than smoke ban
It was the smoking ban that the pub trade feared. But wet weather has had a bigger impact on trade this summer. Tony Halstead reports Licensees are...
Licensing@aol.com
Drinking-up time puzzle Q I am confused. You wrote last week: "Drinking-up time no longer exists and customers are subject only to any closing times...
News of the brews - Brewers gear up for the cup
Greene King Greene King IPA is the official beer of England Rugby. Its World Cup campaign focuses on getting people off the sofa and into pubs....
Host faces licence loss and £10k fine
A Cheshire licensee could be hit with a fine of up to £10,000 and be stripped of his personal licence after his nightclub served underage drinkers...
York's best wet-led pub
For the Kings Arms in York, frequent flooding comes with the territory. Joe Lutrario discovers how the riverside pub copes when the waters rise The...
The big pub trade washout
Record wet summer destroys pub trade across the UK Pubs are on course to record their worst summer for at least 10 years with sales plummeting by...
Seaside special
David Hancock meets Phil Lance, general manager of a boutique-style inn on Norfolk's Holkham Estate Why our food business is a success Producing...
MyShout
The cut-price alcohol sold by supermarkets is on the current political agenda, observes John Grogan MP What do Prime Minister Gordon Brown and...
Big games to pull in punters
It's a great time of year for televised sport. We're in that window of time where the football and cricket seasons overlap, which means there's...