Beda blasts alcohol recommendations
Beda has lambasted the Nuffield Bioethics report on measures to cut binge drinking
Archives for November 14, 2007
Healthy options for kids
Changing times mean changing priorities. Longer trading hours following licensing reform and the greater emphasis on food for many pubs following the...
Greene King buys New Century Inns
Greene King has bought tenanted pub operator New Century Inns in a deal worth £32.6m. New Century Inns, led by Alistair Arkley, consists of 49...
Smoke rebel club HeyJo faces court
Smoke ban rebel club HeyJo has been served with a court summons by Westminster council. Flamboyant owner Dave West (pictured), reportedly worth...
Legal advice: Age equality regulations
MORE THAN a year has passed since the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 were brought into force. It was hard to miss their introduction,...
Back to Basics: Managing your finances
Let's be honest, talking about finance is for most of us about as interesting as watching paint dry. It¹s not why you came into business, is it?...
Greene King buys New Century Inns for £32.6m
Greene King, the Suffolk brewer and pub company, has bought North East pubco New Century Inns (NCI) for £32.6m. The deal is to be financed from...
Ramsay Kitchen Nightmares pub set for record week
The Fenwick Arms, subject of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares show last night, is bracing itself for a record breaking week. Celeb chef Ramsay...
Rising cost of business prompted New Century Inns sale
The prohibitive cost of investing in New Century Inns prompted Alistair Arkley's decision to sell the North East tenanted pubco to Greene King.The...
Marketing Focus: We're all text mad
Britons are now sending a billion texts a week, the same figure as the whole of 1999 and 25 per cent up on last year. The sharp increase has even...
Marketing Your Pub: Print media
The UK has more bars per square mile than any other European country. This is good for consumers because it leads to more choice, but for the pubs...
Pete Robinson: The German "smoking ban" is a big joke
Let me begin by declaring I have no time for the corrupt army of EU bureaucrats ensconced in Brussels but I regularly travel throughout Europe on...
Marketing Your Pub: Building trade
Marketing is a relatively new idea for the independent pub sector. Usually it's a matter of encouraging licensees to be a bit more active in...
Amoy adds an Eastern touch to pub menus
Aiming to help pubs take advantage of the popularity of Oriental dishes, Heinz has launched a new range of Amoy sauces.The most popular Chinese...