Don't pay money for nothing
Scams against licensees never really go away, or alter that much but can be avoided, says Peter Coulson.
Archives for October 5, 2009
Carlo Platia: Improve your business in 30 minutes
Send an SMS message to your customers offering a special deal or advertising an event. Clean your pub front until it sparkles. Locals will notice....
Colliers CRE announces re-financing deal
Pub sales agent Colliers CRE plans to raise £20m through a share issue to supplement £8.9m raised from a private equity group.
OFT looks at C&C's Tennent's deal
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is examining C&C Group's purchase of the Tennent's lager brand to see if it is a "merger situation" which could...
Food for heroes as pub salutes troops
A dedicated licensee is bidding to get pubs across the country serving the same meal at the same time on Remembrance Sunday to help raise money for...
Pubs aim to highlight 'irresponsible' deals
A Lincolnshire-based pub group has launched a Facebook group to keep an eye on the "irresponsible" supermarket deals.
Marston's offers free kids pub meals
Marston's is offering return customers free kids meals at 300 of its managed pubs to mark the launch of its new menu.
Simon Eldon-Edington: Don't look back in Anger…The UK pub trade associations' bizarre love affair with Sir Liam
"You know that the constant habit of drinking has made the English famous among all foreign nations?" We all love a pub quiz: So is the above...
'Police chief: drinking in pubs helps cut violence'
The chief constable of Scotland's largest police force has urged people to stop drinking at home and instead return to pubs and clubs in a bid to...
Pub boss starts online campaign against supermarkets
A pub group boss has turned his anger at bargain basement booze prices in supermarkets into an online campaign. Michael Kheng, who runs the six-pub...
OFT to look at Tennent's lager deal
The Office of Fair Trading is to look at ABInbev's sale of Tennent's lager to Magners producer C&C Group.
Confusion over pub measures
News that the pub trade might soon be getting a two thirds of a pint measure may cause a further degree of confusion, says Peter Coulson.
Pub rent review tips at BII show
Pub tenants and lessees can get rent review advice at the BII Rent Review Roadshow in Newcastle.