Machines & Gaming: Max Box Americano
Max Box, the company behind the multi-purpose entertainment and vending kiosks of the same name, used ATEI to launch a number of new products in...
Archives for March 19, 2008
Pete Robinson: Budget blues
A siren voice trying to convince licensees that if you think it's bad now you ain't seen nothing yet.Last week, having erred on the pessimistic side,...
'Robert Tchenguiz to call in administrators'
Robert Tchenguiz, the Iranian property tycoon, is to put his Laurel pub company into administration in a move likely to spark anger among landlords,...
Clearer definition needed for pub hygiene scheme
Venners stocktakers has called for clearer definitions for the "scores on the doors" scheme for rating hygiene levels at pubs and restaurants. The...
Where did it all go wrong?
During hangovers there is often much soul-searching and a number of uncomfortable questions that need asking. The hangover from Alistair Darling's...
Machines & Gaming: Inspired appointment
How are your fruit machines performing? The chances are you're not going to know until somebody comes round to collect the cash, and that's the way...
Great beer gardens help grow businesses
Well designed beer gardens with good quality furniture are vital to boost trade, a survey has found.Seventy one per cent of people think that beer...
M&B rejects analyst's cash crisis claims
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has rejected comments from a City analyst that it will have to cut investment in the business.In an investment note...
Machines & Gaming: Viva Baby Vegas...
Pioneers of the digital AWP have learned to be patient. No one doubts that digital is the future. As machine take declines the possibility of...
BBPA: give us longer to respond to ADZ guidance
BBPA slams the Home Office for giving just three days to respond
Publican Live just two weeks away
The final countdown is on and the pages of thepublican.com are set to come to life at the biggest exhibition dedicated to the pub sector. On April 1,...
Marston's appoints team of business opportunity co-ordinators
Marston's Pub Company has appointed a new team of business opportunity co-ordinators, to help provide a dedicated, fast and efficient service for its...
M&B shares slide after gloomy analyst report
Mitchells & Butlers shares tumbled by 18% at one stage this morning after an analyst's note suggested it may be short of cash. The company fell...
LTA and Stella split
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced the end of its 30-year association with Stella Artois and the Queen's Club Tennis...
Machines & Gaming: Media savvy
Games Media is a relative newcomer to the pubs market - but it's armed with some big guns being a subsidiary of US giant Scientific Games and with...
Betrayed
"Some 15 months ago a storm was raging above the pub and brewing industries. It was the height of the Daily Mail's campaign against pubs, the medical...
Machines & Gaming: Marketing machines
Machines income has been on the decline in pubs in recent times, and research unveiled at the ATEI show at the end of January suggests it may be down...
Toby Carvery teaches kids about food
Toby Carvery has launched a campaign to teach school children about the food they eat and its origins. The initiative is part of the Government's...
Kent cops want to breath-test pedestrians
British teenagers could be breathalysed on the street as part of a radical attempt to reduce alcohol-related crime.Police in Kent are studying an...
Brewers mull over duty question
Brewers expect to become embroiled in tough discussions in the comng weeks to determine how much of the Chancellor's 4p a pint beer duty hike will be...