House price falls add to economic gloom
As the Times newspaper reported the results of a poll which showed a 50 per cent fall in the number of people eating out compared with last year, a...
Archives for March 11, 2008
Trade fights for energy protection
Thousands of pubs could be excluded from protection over bad deals with energy suppliers under a new scheme being launched this autumn. Pub trade...
Lib Dems want alcohol tax hike
Party announces plans to raise tax on high strength alcoholic drinks
Suburban Style Bar Company goes down wet-led route for £4.5m
West Yorkshire-based Suburban Style Bar Company has shelled out £4.5m on 10 wet-led pubs, effectively trebling the size of its North of England...
Deadline for EPCs looming
Licensees looking to sell their pub are being urged to get to grips with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) - a commercial form of HIPS - which...
S&NPE snaps up four Welsh sites
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has bought four new sites in Wales as part of an acquisitions push in the area. It brings the...
Pick of the pubs
Five miles from Salisbury, the Hook and Glove in Farley, Wiltshire, is a traditional community pub and comes with a free-of-tie lease. The detached...
ALMR: Go easy on Carling Darling
Britain's pub operators make one last plea for a reduction in alcohol tax
Managed pubs holding down food prices
Managed pub groups are not passing rising food costs on to customers as competition for scarce consumer spending rages.The latest Menurama survey of...
ALMR launches annual operations managers' awards
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) is inviting entries to its annual Operations Managers Awards.This year's event is being...
'PM facing backlash over alcohol tax rise'
Gordon Brown was facing a twin backlash last night over Budget plans to raises taxes on alcohol and motoring which are clearly aimed at the middle...
Noctis: higher alcohol tax is not the answer
The trade group urges against an increase in alcohol tax on the eve of the Budget
Don't miss the Food & Drink Expo
April's Food & Drink Expo will be packed full of live demos, tastings and briefings. The exhibition will feature more than 600 exhibitors, 11...