Off-trade launches Challenge-25
A scheme has been launched to roll-out the Challenge 25 age-check policy across the off-trade. The Retail Action Standards Group (RASG), which...
Archives for January 15, 2009
ALMR urges flexibility over beer tie
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has been forced to clarify its position on the beer tie following controversial evidence given...
Defeat for Tories fighting rate bill hike
A bid to derail Government plans that would mean higher business rates for pubs has failed. But the controversial supplementary business tax proposal...
Fuller's buys three Mitchells & Butlers pubs
London-based brewer and pub company Fuller's has just bought three London pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) in a deal apparently worth...
Sceptre Leisure bullish about gaming future
Sceptre Leisure, which claims to be the UK's second largest supplier of amusement and gaming machines, has reported turnover trebling for the six...
Retailers launch Challenge 25
The retail industry is launching new measures to prevent the sale of alcohol by and for under-18s.Under the new initiative, Challenge 25, people over...
Thwaites converts managed pubs to lease
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is to convert 37 managed pubs to lease and tenanted operations in a bid to "simplify its business." A further five...
Analyst: Punch shares could hit 10p
Punch's day of woe finished with share prices reaching an all time low of 39.75p — a drop of over 30% — one analyst warned they may hit 10p.
Roy Beers: Greene shoots of recovery at JD Wetherspoon
The Highland News wrote a tub-thumping leader article, which (in a spirit of righteous post-Hogmanay Calvinism) thundered: "On the day the Highland...
Marston's absorbs beer rises
Marston's Pub Company is to absorb a series of price rises to help pub tenants through the first quarter of 2009.
Police crackdown on beer keg thefts
The Government has announced a crackdown on rogue scrap-metal dealers to target the epidemic of beer keg thefts. A new National Metal Theft Crime...
Pig in a Poke stays simple
A wine that is designed to help the on-trade keep its wine offer simple for both staff and consumers has been launched by Wheelbarrow Wines. Old Spot...
Paramount lauches website to root out buyers
London based property agent Paramount Investments has spent £100,000 on a new website, in a bid to help buyers find the right pub.The new site has a...
Pub values plummet by nearly 12 per cent
Pub values fell by an average of 11.69 per cent during 2008, according to property agent Christie + Co.The figures, revealed during Christie's annual...
Thwaites starts new deal
Regional brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has launched a new tenancy agreement aimed at giving its licensees new essential tools to trade in a...
UK has become world's biggest wine importer
The UK has become the world's biggest consumer of imported wine, according to a trade body which pointed to pubs' importance in introducing new...
Tiger Beer added to S&N's portfolio
Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) UK has gone some way towards filling gaps punched recently in its speciality beer portfolio by adding Tiger Beer to...