Driving new food business: Step outside
Cooking and eating outdoors is a big attraction, and can help pubs to drive trade across the summer. Given that most customers will have grilled a...
Archives for June 3, 2009
Campaign launched to help disabled pub-lovers
A disabled pub-lover has launched a campaign to help people identify pubs with suitable access and toilet facilities for wheelchair-users. Mark...
Smaller operators behind on EPCs
While bigger pubcos have got to grips with energy performance certificates, smaller operators haven't quite caught up — that's according to experts...
Tuppen: We'll back licensee support group
Enterprise Inns chief Ted Tuppen has said he is willing to back a new support group and representative body for licensees with the company's cash.And...
Punch: 'We'll listen and change'
We are far from perfect, but we are listening and we are willing to change — that is the message from Punch Taverns as it looks to evolve its model...
90 days to reshape the trade
The Campaign for Real Ale has stepped into the fray over the beer tie — to the dismay of the Fair Pint campaigners, says Andrew Pring.
Joe Cussens, Marlborough Tavern
Punch licensees in Bath — what they told Punch executives and the Morning Advertiser. Joe Cussens, Marlborough Tavern Background: Signed a lease in...
City Diary — 4 June
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Yates's: aiming for every-day value
The Yates's brand is still sizeable with 65 sites — and is celebrating its 125th birthday this month. The PMA Team reports.
Pubs in line for £3m TV lottery project
Pubs are urged to get involved in a £3m project that will see National Lottery cash granted for community projects. Rural regeneration group Pub is...
Lords cast doubt on new drinks laws
Doubts have been cast as to whether imposing tough new conditions on pubs and bars is the best way of solving alcohol-related problems. Government...
Controlled at every turn
Some commentators seem to think the industry has "got off lightly" with the proposed set of conditions that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith intends to add, says Peter Coulson.
AB InBev axes Castlemaine XXXX
AB InBev has withdrawn Castlemaine XXXX from the UK market.The brewer, which produces the beer on licence, has agreed with brand owner Lion Nathan to...
Profile: Beer bangers at the White Lion, Bramcote
The Nottingham area is well served for pubs called the White Lion, something which would cause more confusion if the locals didn't adopt the entirely...
Punch tells MPs beer tie probe would be a "waste of time and resources
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has written to MPs arguing an investigation into beer tie would be "a waste of time and resources". In an...
'Horse racing trainer rides zebra to Dorset pub'
A former jump jockey and horse racing trainer, Bill Turner, rides a zebra called Zebedee to his local pub the King's Arms, in Sherborne, Dorset. for...
Flame on with Proud of Pubs
The Queen. Sir Paul McCartney. And now the English pub!What all three have in common is that they have all been recipients of the Outstanding...
Driving new food business: Taste the difference at the The Falcon, Leicestershire
Every pub menu walks the line between the traditional pub classics customers want to see and offering something a bit different to drive trade.The...
Blossom Hill set for tennis
Pink table tennis and branded rickshaws will form part of Blossom Hill's £750,000 Wimbledon campaign this year. The Diageo-owned brand is the...
Draught wine for 2009
Constellation Europe is to put its weight behind draught wine in pubs throughout 2009. "We believe serving wine on draught is a huge opportunity,"...
Alan Morgan, Abbey Ales, the Star
Punch licensees in Bath — what they told Punch executives and the Morning Advertiser. Alan Morgan, Abbey Ales, the Star Background: Multiple lessee...
Fair Pint marches on Europe
A powerful alliance of anti-pubco campaigners is looking to Europe for a new front in their battle to break the beer tie. Fair Pint and the...
Knowing the score (or not)
The copyright chasers for users of foreign satellite systems are still very much in business, says Peter Coulson.
Driving new food business: Case study - The Barley, Shropshire
When lessee Paul Lloyd found trade was tailing off at his once trendy pub, the Barley in Newport, Shriopshire, he worked with S&NPE on a major...
Food Safety Week is coming - June 15 to 21
The aim of the UK-wide campaign, which is sponsored by the Food Standards Agency, is to raise awareness of good food hygiene practice. Businesses and...
Hosts 'kept in dark' as Punch sells pubs
Two licensees have accused Punch of selling their pubs "behind their backs" to regional brewers while they were busy still bidding for the freeholds....
Pubs provide escape to another world
Has anybody ever thought of the doorway to a pub as being a kind of "star gate", entry to another dimension, asks Tony Jennings.
Sheffield's cask-ale oasis
The Kelham Island Tavern is a popular haven for beer fans, says Roger Protz.
McCappuccino threat to pubs' coffee offering
The trade is not "lovin'" the prospect of McDonald's rolling out its McCafé coffee shops in the UK. McDonald's is set to put more golden arches on...
Drinkaware sets out facts on alcohol
The charity, Drinkaware, has released a stack of facts about alcohol as part of a bid to establish itself as the number one source of information on...
Health and Safety: Cool as ice
According to the Met Office, Britain's weather is set to be better than average this summer. Some experts are forecasting a long, hot summer and...
Karen Thomson, the Weston
Punch licensees in Bath — what they told Punch executives and the Morning Advertiser. Karen Thomson, the Weston Background: Took over the Weston 18...
Driving new food Business: A menu makeover for S&NPE licensees
The quality and choice of pub food varies enormously - something that is one of the greatest strengths of the sector, as well as potentially a...
Auction prompts sales for pubcos
A Bristol auction brought mixed results for Admiral Taverns and Enterprise Inns last week. Admiral had three pubs in the auction, none of which sold,...