In Season: Festive fare
Rob Kennedy, trade marketing manager, M&J Seafood: Fresh availability of fish and seafood during December is notoriously difficult. However, Sea...
Archives for November 26, 2008
Broadcast battle hots up
Football has witnessed some classic European encounters over the years. Manchester United's penalty shoot-out victory against Chelsea in this year's...
Pub to be converted into place of worship
A church famous for its hard line stance against drinking has bought a pub to bring its parishioners together. But the Free Church of Scotland is...
Mitchells & Butlers suspends dividend payments to shareholders
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced is to freeze dividend payments to its shareholders until December 2010 at the...
Chancellor guilty of 'gross cultural vandalism'
The Chancellor's Pre-Budget report is "an act of gross cultural vandalism", according to Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame.
Mulholland attacks BBPA's new campaign
Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has attacked the BBPA for going it alone and launching its own campaign highlighting the plight of pubs and beer...
Tim Clarke: 'I'm sorry for £300m hedging losses'
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Tim Clarke said he "very much regretted" the group's near-£300m hedging losses which resulted from...
Chancellor stamps down on pub group Reits
There is now little chance of a managed pub operator or tenanted pubco converting to tax efficient Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) status following the Pre-Budget Report.
Way of the Copper Dragon brewery
By the time you read this, the first pints from Yorkshire brewery Copper Dragon's new £4m brewhouse will be wetting customers' lips. It is the...
Mulholland slates BBPA's pro-pub campaign
The outspoken Liberal Democrat MP criticises the British Beer and Pub Association for "ignoring" calls for a united pro-pub campaign
Foreign satellite footy: should it be legal?
'Yes' by Paul DixonAccording to the FA Premier League's (FAPL's) own accounts, its principal activity is to manage the Premier League competition and...
M&B suspends dividend payments
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has suspended dividend payments to shareholders in a bid to reduce its levels of unsecured medium term debt.
Heineken's Continental Bond
JAMES BOND'S experience supping beer at the London premiere of blockbuster Quantum of Solace would have been very different to his drinking...
Darling drops spirits duty but bashes beer
The Chancellor has done an amazing U-turn by dropping his duty rise on spirits to 4% but singled out pubs for more harsh punishment by keeping the...
Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell some brands
InBev has remained tight-lipped about the future of its brands in the UK despite the chief of new company Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInBev) talking up...
Window of opportunity?
Depending on your point of view foreign satellite TV suppliers are either cowboy operators out to make a quick buck from desperate licensees or the...
Orchid secures sponsor status for foreign workers
The Orchid Group has become one of the first pub companies in the UK to win sponsor status to employ workers from overseas and obtain work permits...
Watching it unfold
In the last few years we've heard a lot about a company called Media Protection Services (MPS) in relation to foreign satellite screenings. This is...
'Pubs and clubs told to bring an end to happy hours'
Pubs and clubs will face strict orders to tackle Britain's booze culture when bans on happy hours and discount drinks are announced next week. The...