Batemans follows Everards in micro-brewer trial
Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans is to trial a partnership with a local micro-brewer at one of its tenanted pubs.
Archives for September 17, 2009
Win £2,000 worth of marketing support for your pub
Smirnoff is offering creative licensees the chance to win £2,000 worth of marketing support for innovative events.
Nightclub re-opens after beating Luminar legal challenge
A nightclub in Edinburgh at the centre of legal action between Luminar and the Mama Group is due to re-open tomorrow — a year after it first...
City Diary — 17 September
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Chepstow pub warns of charity scam
A Chepstow host has warned licensees to beware of bogus callers after receiving nine calls in one day from a bogus charity.
Blacksmiths is back on tap
Imagine my delight when discovering more ales in St Albans, says Roger Protz.
Top music venue sold to tycoon
London live music venue Parker McMillan has been sold to the man responsible for bringing Gold's Gym to the UK.
Thwaites nets £77.5m from hotel sale
Lancashire brewer and operator Thwaites has confirmed the sale of the Stafford Hotel in London for £77.5m in cash.
Vending machine responsibility
An alcohol vending machine does not relieve you of the obligations of the Licensing Act, says Peter Coulson.
M&B's sharp prices policy
A M&B field trip to its own and competitors' pubs has spotlighted the "glaring differences in price point on product and asset quality".
New Grolsch promotion targets on-trade
Molson Coors is launching a £13m campaign next month to promote Grolsch. It involves four different elements. An advertising campaign will run on...
Top hosts buy two foodie freeholds
Four award-winning licensees have bought the freeholds to their food-led pub businesses from Enterprise and Punch. Ashley and Kelly Mc-Carthy, of Ye...
Music goes round and round
The controversy surrounding music in pubs seemingly will not go away, says Peter Coulson.
French adopting our style of pubs
The French are beginning to replicate the Great British pub, says Peter Linacre.
MA launches Freehouse 500 pub club
An exclusive club of 500 freehouse licensees has been formed by the Morning Advertiser to offer business-building tips across the sector.
Chris Maclean: The art of relationship management
Its been a long day. Much of it has been spent teaching new licensees, and others, a course on cellar management; the skills necessary to produce...
Top docs 'ill-informed' on alcohol debate
Top docs are "misguided" and "ill-informed" on the alcohol debate and further draconian measures could shut up to 10,000 pubs. That's the blistering attack launched by BII chief executive Neil Robertson on the BMA.
Where Wetherspoon wins
Wetherspoon's results show that there's an awful lot that the pub chain is doing right — what can we learn from it?