Brown summons trade leaders
Gordon Brown is to hold a summit meeting to discuss binge drinking and responsible marketing
Archives for November 15, 2007
Protz: Bring out the bottled beer
MA's legendary beer writer Roger Protz calls for the bottled beer
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Raising the price of drinks Q We are the only pub in this area and do not have much local trade. Next month there is a special event nearby, with...
Trade battles AHA alcohol tax plan
The trade is fighting back at attempts by a new health lobby group to push for a 10% hike in alcohol tax. The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA),...
BrandsBriefs
Whyte & Mackay backs darts Whyte & Mackay Scotch whisky has become the title sponsor of the Professional Darts Corporation's Premier League...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
Atomic Manchester brewer Hydes has launched a cask beer named after the Blondie song Atomic. The beer is the last in its planned Craft Ale series...
Bid for fair energy deals
Campaigners and the MA have vowed to have one last push to get pubs more protection from energy rogues
Beer prices set to rise
Brewers have warned pubs that beer prices must rise next year, increasing the mounting financial pressure on licensees. According to industry...
Diverse interests
Tony Halstead meets Paul Baker, the man behind Thwaites' multi-layered business strategy Northern drinkers tend to associate Daniel Thwaites with...
Roy Beers: Your Local needs you - for heaven's sake go and have a drink!
"What are you annoyed about this week?" I asked, hoping for a suitable cue for an interesting subject to write about.The new (Scottish) Licensing Act...
Euro 2008 fate hangs in balance
England warm up for Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier with a friendly in Vienna on Friday. Whether they will be making a return trip to Austria next...
Brewers warn of big price hikes
Scottish & Newcastle's Willie Crawshay raises prospect of price increases way above inflation Two major brewers have warned the trade to expect...
SIA dismisses Scottish door worker shortage
Reports that pubs and clubs in Scotland could face a critical shortage of door workers over the festive season have been dismissed by the Security...
Supermarket price wars under attack
The big supermarkets found themselves under attack again this week as a new stores price war saw the cost of lager cut to just 28p a pint. The...
Charity: Thorley hints at Punch's potential
MA deputy editor The PMA Team runs his sharp eye over Punch's results
Rising star
Tony Halstead traces the growth of Thwaites from humble beginnings to one of the best-known names in British brewing The Daniel Thwaites story...
Licensee hops on gravy train
The licensee of Punch's Fenwick Arms, featured on reality TV programme Ram-say's Kitchen Nightmares, is to launch a range of home-made style gravy...
InBrief
Smoke-ban court case adjourned Smoke-ban rebel Nick Hogan's court appearance for allegedly flouting the smoking ban has been adjourned until January....
Take precautions against scam advertisers
While it is very good news that a couple more scam advertising firms have been wound up, the truth is that the practice will continue while there are...
Carlsberg not ruling out hostile bid for S&N
The Carlsberg/Heineken consortium has not ruled out the possibility that it will launch a hostile bid for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N).It said...
Row over pub's "Hitler" sign
A new JD Wetherspoon pub has caused controversy after members of the public claimed the person on its sign resembles Adolf Hitler. The John Masefield...
Ale makes play for sport
Through their multi-million pound sponsorships, lager brands have long been associated with sport. Now the ale brewers are looking for a piece of the...
A sporting chance
Whether it is a small amateur club or a major national team, Thwaites believes in backing sports of all scales Thwaites Brewery is not just about...
Pete Robinson: Scottish smoking ban has NOT "cured death
Anyone who follows my inane rantings may recall I was highly critical of Glasgow University Professor Jill Pell's 'research' which claimed to prove...
Trade in dark over alcohol strategy
Trade leaders fear they are being kept in the dark about the Government's strategy to reduce alcohol-related problems
Changes at Young & Co pay dividends
London pub operator Young & Co said its "strong" first half results reflected the changes the group underwent last year.Young's chief executive...
Coulson: Legal implications of online casino gaming
MA legal guru Peter Coulson mulls over the finer legal details of online gaming in pubs
Grogan questions reports of PM's 11pm shop booze curfew
All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman John Grogan MP has cast doubt on media reports that Gordon Brown plans to ban shops and supermarkets...
Please buy our pub!
Regulars from a West Yorkshire pub are desperately pleading with the trade to buy their much loved local and save it from developers.Save Our Summer...
Profit surge at Young's
London brewer and operator Young's has unveiled a 72.1% uplift in profit for the 26 weeks to 29 September 2007. Across its 112-strong managed estate,...
Publican Conference 2007: Time for action
Is alcohol the new tobacco? The Publican Conference saw industry experts map out a strategy to face down health lobbyists attempting to make sure it...
König Ludwig
König Ludwig is an imported Bavarian weiss beer from the Kaltenberg brewery (Schlossbrauerei), near Munich, which is owned and run by Crown Prince...
Survey: police are using review power
Residents and police are using their new powers under the Licensing Act to take action against pubs and other licensed venues, new Government figures...
Kaltenberg Hell
Kaltenberg Hell is a 4.1% mid-strength lager and it derives its name from the German word "helles", which means bright and refers to the colour of...
BarTalk
Is alcohol increasingly looking like the new tobacco? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Telford I think some people are trying to make it the new...
Wet-led closures possible this winter
Pub closures are likely to increase during the winter as declining volumes and higher costs take their toll at some wet-led pubs, according to...
MyShout
Why are people so obsessed with the less pleasant details of everything, asks Stephen Oliver Have you noticed that television has developed a...
'Passive drinking crusade' starts here
A top doctor has likened the health lobby's new 'war on alcohol' to the crusade against tobacco which resulted in the smoking ban.But Professor Ian...
THE GUV'NOR
Suzie Dreja The licensee of the Royal Oak, Southampton, shares her vision for the future of that endangered species, the Pubasaurus Britannicus The...
NewsDigest
Charles Wells Pub Company has bought the Golden Ball Hotel in Boxworth, Cambridgeshire. The property has 11 rooms in addition to the bar and...
Breath of fresh air
Susan Nowak talks to licensees in different locations to assess how the smoke ban has affected food sales Seagulls wheel dizzily across a cloudless...