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Archives for August 12, 2009
Pub rating appeals delayed at VOA
Pub rating appeals have been delayed because valuation officials have been busy preparing the new rating list for 2010. Thwaites Brewery said some...
My Shout: Three cheers for the revival of cask ale
I love beer —and most of all I love a good pint of cask ale in a pub. It's something that just cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. You...
S&NUK's delivery failures
A handful of licensees in south Wales are angry with Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) after reporting major problems with deliveries. Problems have occurred after S&NUK bought SA Brain's distribution service two months ago, say licensees.
New cider brand launched exclusively for on-trade
A new cider brand has been launched exclusively for the on-trade. Symonds Founders Reserve is a 5.5 per cent ABV draught product that will be...
Union: time's up for excessive hours
Managers of three pubs have been granted out-of-court settlements of up to £50,000 after arguing a breach of working time regulations.
'Recession will be the worst in modern history, Bank of England confirms'
Britain is facing the steepest recession in modern history, Mervyn King, the Bank of England Governor, declared as it laid bare the full extent of...
Locals bid to save popular pub from church group
Pub regulars have been given a stay of execution in a bid to save their local from being sold off and turned into a church. Customers of the Lynton...
WSTA argues "majority" don't pre-load
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has warned the government against giving councils the power to ban cheap supermarkets deals, arguing...
InnBrighton bags four Punch pubs
InnBrighton, operator of 42 licensed premises in the city of Brighton and Hove, has acquired four freehold pubs from Punch Taverns. The operator...
New lease of life for Turnpike Inn
A pair of former Wetherspoon managers, who rescued two Enterprise Inns pubs from oblivion last year, are set for a third opening in October. Hosts...
Feargal Sharkey: 'If it wasn't for pubs the Undertones would never have existed'
Former Undertones frontman and UK Music chief Feargal Sharkey says his band would not have had a career without pubs. He tells James Wilmore that he...
Bravo buys two Punch pubs
Bravo Inns, the Northern England based pub group, has acquired two pubs from Punch Taverns, bringing its total estate to 21 pubs. The pubs, which...
Joule's Brewery buys two pubs from Punch
Joule's Brewery has bought two pubs from Punch Taverns bringing its total estate to 16. The new sites are the 16th century Castle Hotel on Wem High...
AB Inbev wins market share in the UK
Stella Artois brewer AB Inbev has reported that it has won market share in the United Kingdom. Its own beer volumes declined 3.4% in the second...
Minister: I'll work for licensee justice
A Government minister has promised to work with National Pubwatch on its Court not Caution campaign.
Councils urged to ignore BBC claims
A trade boss has written to 100 councils in northern England urging them not to be misled by the BBC that a minimum price operates in Oldham.
Alcohol advertising: The hard sell
Alcohol advertisers are out of control. Their irresponsible behaviour, particularly their attempts to lure children into the boozing habit, are...
Fifth site for hotel group
Independent hotel operator Thorpeness and Aldeburgh Hotels have opened a fifth site. The Suffolk company has opened 300-year-old freehold the Crown...
Pubs' recession struggles revealed in Publican Market Report
The true extent of the desperate difficulties pubs are facing to stay in business are revealed in this year's Publican Market Report. As recession...