High rural house prices fuel pub closures
A chronic shortage of affordable rural housing is helping to fuel the closure of hundreds of of country pubs and village shops. The National Housing...
Archives for June 21, 2009
Makro launches cooking oil recycling scheme
Makro is introducing an oil recycling service, allowing pubs to dispose of waste cooking oil responsibly.As part of its Love the Pub promotional...
'Marston's to create 2,500 jobs for new pubs build'
British pubs group Marston's Plc said it would invest 140 million pounds ($229 million) to build 60 pubs starting this summer, which would create...
New pub parcel delivery scheme launched
People can now have their parcels delivered to their local pub rather than the sorting office under a new scheme. Scottish & Newcastle (S&N)...
Hamish Champ: Wanna go tie-free? Check out the Emerald Isle
Despite my own political stance being positioned somewhat to the left of centre the newspaper I regularly choose to read is the good ol' Daily...
Charles Wells commits to AWP reform
Charles Wells Pub Company is promising a fairer deal on machine income for its tenants. The operator will still share the income with licensees but...
Investors demand two M&B board seats
A consortium of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) investors are demanding two seats on the board, according to reports.
BII: we must raise literacy and numeracy
Raising the chronically low levels of literacy and numeracy amongst licensees must be a key priority for the trade, says BII boss Neil Robertson.
Heavyweight campaign for Smirnoff flavours roll-out
Diageo is to back the national rollout of its Smirnoff vodka flavours with a £3.65m marketing campaign. The flavours, Lime and Green Apple, have...
Kingsmill to feature Carbon Reduction Label
Kingsmill is feature the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label on its loaves. The range of sliced loaves are widely used by pubs, as shown in The...
Gerry Price blog: rent review shockers
Gerry Price, Enterprise leaseholder, The Inn, West End, Surrey harks back to a rent review from his past. Sweet memories! I had a rent review in 1995...
S&NPE launches food website for lessees
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is launching a food website for its 2000-plus tenants and lessees. The site, www.snpefood.co.uk,...
Parcel delivery is part of new pub support package
A new initiative that stemmed from a Dragons' Den style competition means people can now have parcels delivered to their local pub. Last year...
Affordable housing shortage fuelling pub closures
A chronic shortage of affordable housing in rural areas is causing an "unprecedented" number of pubs and village shops to close, a coalition of...
Kai's bar knocks competition for six
A pub that based an innovative promotion around the recent ICC World Twenty20 Tournament has scooped the Pepsi Cricket Pub 2009 Prize. Bar manager...