Pubco protesters call for end to beer tie
Frustrated licensees will today protest outside the headquarters of Britain's two biggest pubcos — Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns — and call...
Archives for January 26, 2009
Mark Kenyon: The makings of a good pub
This industry is one that you have to love and be passionate about. You also need to have a determination to overcome the challenges, otherwise you...
Pubco protest: as it happened
The Morning Advertiser's blow-by-blow account of how events at the pubco protest outside the HQs of Enterprise and Punch unfolded, plus a photo...
Protestors make their point at Punch
Punch Taverns has defended the pubco model on the day that licensees staged a demonstration on the company's doorstep. Licensees from across the...
Beer and Food focus: Tempting appetites
MATCHING BEER with food is not just a way of promoting the menu - Ron Blackmore, lessee of the Fox in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, also uses it to...
Good news, bad news and a little bit of hope
I had lunch with an old 'Fleet Street' journalist friend last Tuesday at a Wetherspoons pub located slap bang twixt our respective offices.The place...
White spirits: A cautionary tale
There has been a healthy smattering of luxurious excess during the lifespan of premium vodka company Solidarnosc. It has flown Chinese wholesalers...
White spirits: At a premium
Recent data gathered by licensed trade research group CGA Strategy for The Publican (see link, below right) throws new light on the premiumisation...
Hamish Champ: Doing my bit for the British pub - and aren't kids brilliant?!
OK, so we're now officially in a recession. Companies are folding. Jobs are being lost. And along with the rest of British business community pub...
Hook Norton chairman dies
The chairman of Oxfordshire's Hook Norton Brewery, Richard Gilchrist, has been killed in a riding accident during a hunt meeting in South Cheshire....
'Rise in minimum wage would cost jobs'
A rise in minimum wage to £6.10 would cost thousands of jobs, the British Chambers of Commerce has warned. The Trade Unions Congress (TUC) recently...
Beer and Food Focus: Fox vs Morrissey
NEIL MORRISSEY and Richard Fox became two of the best-known licensees in the business back in November, when their efforts to open their own pub and...
Pub fined thousands for tipping
A pub has become the first on the Isle of Wight to be fined for spirit tipping. At court today the owners of the Countryman in Brighstone were fined...
Beer and Food Focus: Complement your food
FOR WET-LED pubs, offering something more substantial than the standard bag of crisps to accompany a pint is a great way to drive sales, as well as...
SBPA hits out at Edinburgh licensing delays
A licensing board in Scotland has come under fire for delays with the issuing of personal licences. The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA)...
South East pubs most likely to defy the crunch
Pubs in the South East of England will prove to be the most resilient to the credit crunch, according to new research. Romford, in Essex, appears the...
Enterprise Inns refuses to take protestors' letter
Pubco giant Enterprise Inns has today refused to accept a letter from licensees outlining their plight. More than 100 people - licensees and their...
Protesters: pubcos to blame for closures
Unsustainable rents and high beer prices are the main reason why pubs are being boarded up across the country, say licensees protesting outside Enterprise and Punch HQs.
Pubwatch bans face further High Court test
London's High Court has paved the way for another test case on the legality of banning people from pubs via pubwatch. One of the country's senior...
Punch: leased model does work
Punch Taverns has stressed that the leased model does have a future despite a protest from licensees outside its HQ. Punch facilities director Steve...
Beer and Food focus: What's stopping you then?
To beer evangelists the world over, it's the Holy Grail. Michelin-starred chefs love it, it gets women drinking beer and it converts wine critics to...
Pub offers free dinner once a month
A Wiltshire pub is offering customers free food once a month in a bid to boost trade. License David Barrone of the Fuller's owned Roebuck Inn in...