New premium burger from Linden Foods
Pubs looking to add a patrotic touch to St George's Day menus are being offered a solution by Northern Ireland based Linden Foods.The St George's...
Archives for March 29, 2009
Shepherd Neame acquires flagship pub
Brewer and retailer Shepherd Neame has acquired the Jamaica Wine House.
Northern Ireland to join SIA
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has hosted roadshows across Northern Ireland to highlight new licensing laws for the private security...
Globe reports sharp rise in closed pubs
Globe Pub Company, the tenanted operator of 429 pubs owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has reported a sharp rise in closed pubs as a result of the "tough...
Hamish Champ: Some final* thoughts on smoking, belligerently or otherwise
A hearty thanks to all those who took the trouble to comment so fulsomely on my 'belligerent smokers'™ blog last week. An especially big shout goes...
Crossed fingers and low profiles
Late March is traditionally a quiet time on the corporate front. Most companies have done with reporting their half-year numbers and are content to...
Nil premium leases explained
The chances are that if you have seen a pub advertised as having a nil premium, you've thought one of three things. One, that it means you can take...
Germans opt to share beer treasure
YOU KNOW economic times are bad when a foreign brewer looks to the English market to bolster dwindling consumption at home.That's exactly what...
Jokers paint pub pink .. and send landlord a bill
A historic pub was given an overnight makeover - and the landlord is far from tickled pink. Pranksters turned up in the dead of night and transformed...
Pubs show support for Challenge 25
Pubs in Derby are backing the Challenge 25 initiative despite opposition to the measure by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).Dave Lalor,...
Alex Arkell joins the family business
A popular Oxford pub has not only been given a new lease of life by its owners, Arkell's Brewery, but it is also being run by one of the family as...
Tuppen hits back at Clegg's pubco attack
Enterprise Inns' chief Ted Tuppen has hit back at criticism of the pubco model by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, arguing it is at the "heart of...
Tuppen rejects Clegg's criticism of Enterprise business model
The Enterprise boss defends his team and says he is a "whole-hearted believer in the fairness of the leased and tenanted system".
SIA warning on doorstaff badges
Hosts are urged to ensure doorstaff display their licences correctly after recent checks showed some breaking the law by having badges concealed...
Philip Davison: What a week I've had!
It certainly was a very proud moment for my wife Lauren, Daughter Chantelle and myself, plus the four lnog serving members of our team we took with...
Globe Pub Co sees rise in number of keys being returned
Globe Pub Company has admitted seeing a rise in the number of its operators handing back the keys to their pubs.In a trading update published today...
BII chief wants government cash for rent service
A cut-price rent adjudication scheme should be financed by the government, according to BII chief Neil Robertson. The group's council is set to...
'Thousands of pubs will close unless they get Budget concessions'
"Thousands more pubs will shut unless they get help in next month's Budget, a new report warns. A freeze on beer duty and cut in business rates are...