Birthday blitz for Bushmills
Diageo is celebrating 400 years of Bushmills Irish whiskey with a string of events and promotions. The celebrations will include advertising, rugby...
Archives for March 13, 2008
Largest haul of stolen kegs for 25 years
A massive haul of more than 32,000 stolen kegs and casks have been seized in a series of raids across the Midlands. Kegs and casks with a replacement...
What's happening... at JD Wetherspoon
by The PMA Team Lloyd's holds its own Fears that Lloyds No 1, the 100-strong offshoot that plays music, would be hit harder by the smoke ban than...
MyShout
High duty on alcohol is not the cure for social problems - just look at Sweden, says Stephen Oliver Alistair Darling presents his first Budget this...
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Presence of DPS Q We have been told that our premises licence requires that alcohol may only be sold when there is a designated premises supervisor...
Fury over Budget booze blitz
Pubs chiefs and licensees have blasted the government after the worst Budget for the industry in living memory. Chancellor Alistair Darling slapped...
Siba: cask back to growth in a year
Independent brewers are predicting cask ale will return to growth within the next 12 months as the rate of decline in the market continues to slow...
Multi-million ad campaign for Beck's Vier
InBev UK has announced the launch of a multi-million pound advertising campaign for Beck's Vier.The ad, which launched on ITV earlier this month and...
Enterprise licensees win 12% rent reduction
Rent at a London pub fell 12% in arbitration after Enterprise Inns proposed an increase. The pubco wanted to increase rent at the Eagle Ale House in...
Central licensing does not work well
It is interesting to note that the Security Industry Authority appears to be getting itself in a pickle again over licence renewals, in spite of the...
Deaf... And dumb
More pubs to close, supermarkets to continue cheap booze offers, inflation-busting duty rises for years - a disaster says the trade The PMA Team...
NewsDigest
The result of a High Court appeal against a magistrate's decision to cut the hours of a Wirral pub is due this week. Lancashire brewer Daniel...
The Agents
Mark Greig Managing director, Paramount Investments When people come to sell their pub, they appoint a property agent and wait for offers to come...
Wales go for Grand Slam
Saturday's match in Cardiff between Wales and France will decide this year's Six Nations winners. Warren Gatland's side clinched the Triple Crown...
MP seeks 'coalition' to take on pubcos
Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland wants to form a "coalition" of campaigners to urge the Government to reduce the power of pubcos. Mulholland is to...
Wilts pub rescue bid
The north-west Wiltshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has launched a campaign to stop the county's oldest pub being turned into...
The football match that never was
The reaction by Doncaster licensees to the closure order obtained by the police on the recent visit of Leeds United football team, for a match that...
Trade groups: who represents who?
With business conditions tougher than ever - especially after the Budget - it has arguably never been more important for licensees to be represented...
Take flight with MA and Red Bull
The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Red Bull to help pubs get involved in one of the most creative, exhilarating and downright loony events of...
A menu for all seasons
Val Kersey, owner of Warwickshire's award-winning Granville @ Barford, tells Sheila McWattie about the radical transformation of her pub food Why our...
Publican Live: Kitchen theatre
The theme of this year's live cooking demonstrations, presented by food wholesaler 3663, is 'Profit Through Innovation'. A packed schedule includes...
Pubco shares slide in wake of Budget
Shares in a number of listed pub operators and brewers took a hammering today as the cost implications of yesterday's Budget began filtering...
Listen up over noise regs, pubs warned
Licensees are being told to listen up as new noise regulations come into force next month. Under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations, which...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
St David's Ale St David's Ale is now Brains' best-selling speciality ale, according to the Welsh brewer. Originally brewed in 1997 to celebrate St...
'Upward only' rents ignored
Major pubcos say upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses still exist in some lease agreements - but they are ignored at rent review. The issue...
Fat Pig re-opens for business
An Exeter site has re-opened as an upmarket gastropub shortly after being sold by Christie+Co. The Fat Pig, formerly the Coachmakers' Arms, has...
Soft drinks hit by bad weather
The worst summer on record and the effects of the smoking ban are said to have seriously damaged soft drink sales, according to research this week....
FSA: Hygiene scores on doors to go national
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has decided that a single nationwide scores on the doors scheme should be put in place to make food business hygiene ratings available to consumers.
Hickman: Budget adds to my negativity
City analyst has reports on budget increases and his negativity about the pub sector.
Business Opinion
Martin's private equity swipe is too general JD Wetherspoon (JDW) founder Tim Martin's comments on celebrity binge-drinking grabbed all the headlines...
Publican Live: Show highlights
Catered4thekids is a new catering marque that sets the standards for food, drinks and service in children's menus and family dining. Business...
BrandsBriefs
Balvenie's signature single Whisky distiller Balvenie is producing a signature single malt to commemorate malt master David Stewart's 45 years in the...
InBrief
Licensing Act is a failure, say 54% Just one in three licensees believe the Licensing Act has been a success. A poll on www.morningadvertiser.co.uk...
City diary
Pub trade job is just what the doctor ordered Who says working in the pub trade is badly paid? A medical student working in the Newcastle branch of...
Darling hammers the pub
Chancellor Alistair Darling has dropped a budget bombshell by unveiling a swingeing 4p rise in duty on a pint of beer and pledged to raise duty on...
Case study: High House Farm, Matfen
For Steve and Sally Urwin, of High House Farm, at Matfen, Northumberland, brewing is more than a way of utilising old buildings or making best use of...
MyNewPub
London Inn South Molton, Devon Agent: Christie+Co Deborah See and Toby Bennet have just taken on the London Inn, at South Molton, Devon. The...
Publican Live: That's show business
Each year, for the past 11 years, The Publican has organised a live show at which readers can touch and taste the products and and talk to the people...
'Alcohol tax hike will not curb binge-drinking'
Alistair Darling's 9.1 per cent rise in alcohol taxes will not succeed in tackling Britain's binge-drinking culture unless the government also stops...
Opinion: Strong on draught
The move by Magners to draught has been expected for some time. A few mugs like myself thought the brand might resist it, keeping its strong 'pint...
Siba: driving the ale agenda
If you had to tick a box to choose the most influential voice in the brewing industry today would you choose the British Beer & Pub Association,...
LETTERs
Tough action to combat bingeing I write with regard to the general hand-wringing over binge/underage drinking that is now a plague on all of our...
There is a place like home
A sector under pressure, community pubs can be still be warm and inviting places if licensees focus on getting service right. Noli Dinkovski reports...
Playing with fire water
"Have you got any offers on soft drinks?" I ask the barman as I stand in front of a blackboard listing cut-price lagers, shots and spirits in the...
Pub gardens must be 'quiet as offices'
Pubs face stringent new noise regulations that dramatically cut permissible levels inside and outside. But advice on how to stick to the regulations...
Looking for lifeline volunteers
The Licensed Trade Charity continues to provide support for those who need it and is constantly on the lookout for volunteer visitors The Licensed...
BarTalk
How did this week's storms affect you? Ian Rigg The Taps Lytham Lancashire We expected a rough time, but this part of the world escaped fairly...