Olympic pint puller
Medallist worked at pub while in training
Archives for August 27, 2008
Punch officially launches latest 50 managed conversions
Punch Taverns has officially launched the latest batch of 50 pubs it is converted from managed to lease through agent Christie & Co. The pubs,...
Guinness, Smirnoff and Baileys help Diageo sales
Guinness gets its highest share ever of the beer category, despite flat sales.
'Deepening recession set to send GDP tumbling'
Britain's economy is set to shrink over the next year as a deepening recession inflicts the first full-year fall in national income since 1991, a...
Hope for VAT cut on pub food bills
Proposal from Europe could give the green light for VAT to fall as low as 5% - but only if the UK Government agrees
Guinness proves to be good for Diageo
Guinness producer Diageo has announced net sales for the year up eight per cent to £8.1bn.Driven primarily by growth in its international markets,...
City Pub Life to go national
A successful website that has helped pubs in the South East market themselves is going national. For the last seven years City Pub Life has helped...
Roy Beers: Is it finally time to join forces with the "good" off trade?
That's not my perspective, although I can sympathise with many of the arguments, but the heart-felt message - to anyone who will listen - from an...
Pubs join in Olympic success
Pubs across the UK have done their bit to mark Great Britain's "great haul of China" at the Olympics. After bagging a staggering 19 gold medals and...
Warning signs
Traditional pub signs, which can often raise a smile before a customer has even ventured into the bar, are facing a serious threat.Not only are signs...
Pub for sale, but not as a pub
Pub campaigners have labelled Enterprise Inns "a disgrace" for trying to sell a historic pub on the condition that its use is changed. The Bell, in...
Magners to triple the size of its UK office
The C&C Group - owners of Magners - is to triple the size of its UK office to combat declining cider sales, it has been revealed. The Irish...
Importer appoints new team
Drinks importer PLB has made four new appointments as it bids to expand the company's presence in the on-trade.Headed up by sales managers Jonathan...
Hosts are made "scapegoats
Trade concern is mounting at the way police and councils are targeting designated premises supervisors (DPSs) as a 'scapegoat' in tackling problem...
A brief history of binge-drinking
Binge-drinking, I hardly have to mention, is big news. Barely a day goes by without a politician or police force pledging to make a stand against...
Ladies who brew...
This brewing business, it's women's work. So, for that matter, is running top beer festivals.