PPL launches redesigned website and licence stickers
The PPL music service company has launched a new website and licence sticker in a bid to strengthen its brand message.The licence stickers, required...
Archives for October 23, 2008
ALMR slams Sky's rocketing costs
Pubs taking Sky are paying 463% more for subscriptions than in 1996, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), which this...
Property law: Surrender must be a consensual act
In these challenging times for the industry, some struggling tenants just want to throw in the towel and hand the pub back to the landlord. So how...
Lancashire publican named supreme sausage champion
The pub trade has seen off competition from the best butchers in the business to prove that the British local is the true home of the British...
Landmark pub noise victory
Courts can take into consideration that residents who complain about noise at pubs knew it was there before they moved in, a High Court judge has ruled in a landmark case.
Pubs face "naming and shaming" in yellow card/red card scheme
Pubs falling foul of the licensing laws could be forced to display a yellow card in their window and be subject to a range of harsh measures...
Mark Daniels: Getting through to the general public
It strikes me that one of the biggest problems we face, an industry as a whole, is the lack of knowledge or understanding that the general public...
'Fancy a swift twother?'
A two-thirds pint - or a twother - could become a standard measure in bars and restaurants next year under proposals announced yesterday by the...
Two-thirds pub pint plan
Pubs would be able to sell draught beer and cider in two-third of a pint measures under new proposals. Very small glasses of wine - below 75ml -...
New pub crackdown...it gets worse
Bans on selling alcohol at weekends, doormen and CCTV at every point of sale and briefings for staff at every shift are all advised by Government at first pub licence review.