Pubwatch campaign backed by top prosecutor
Calls from the country's top prosecutor to end the use of cautions for serious assaults could help the fight for justice for licensees who are...
Archives for November 9, 2009
Lowlander does a pre-pack after big City losses
Mounting losses in its City of London site have forced Lowlander, the London-based bar operation, to undergo a pre-pack administration. Following the...
Drinking in the Dales
Dedication to the ideal of cask ale and sheer hard work have resulted in steady growth for Peak Ales, based on the Chatsworth House estate, says Roger Protz.
Diageo boss to discuss plant closures with union reps
Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh is set to meet union officials at the company's Kilmarnock bottling plant this morning to outline reasons for the...
GMB eyes pub rent strikes
The GMB Union says it will ballot members on the possibility of industrial action to secure a better deal for pub tenants. The union has agreed to...
Hamish Champ: On the road with Punch Taverns
I was in the back of a taxi in Bristol last week when the driver peered at me in the rear view mirror. "What do you for a living then?" he asked me....
GMB claims "thousands" more joining, as licensee is evicted
The GMB union has stepped up its campaign against the pubcos this morning by staging a protest in support of an evicted licensee, who it claims was...
Eclectic Bars reports profit boost
Eclectic Bars has reported total sales for the 12 months to the end of June 2009 up 19% on last year.
GMB mounts protest over evicted tenant
The GMB union is planning a demonstration outside a South London pub this morning to highlight its claim that pubcos are "overcharging" tenants for...
TCG to re-open nine pubs after revamp
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Group is re-opening nine sites in as many weeks after refurbishments.
Mark Daniels: Cheer them, don't boo them!
We work in an industry that has its roots in providing entertaining, relaxing environments for hard-working denizens of all walks of life to sit,...
Lucky seven for CAMRA campaign
A CAMRA branch is hoping that seven is a lucky number by launching a campaign to promote pubs. The Bristol & District CAMRA Pubs Campaigning...
A Revolution in brewing
One of the curious things about the timing of the Beer Orders that - as far as I know - nobody has ever touched on, is that they came into force just...
Abbey Inns adds fourth pub
Abbey Inns has taken a fourth pub in its home city of Bath — it's added the pub next door to its brewery, Bath's famous jazz pub, Ye Old Farmhouse,...
Victoria is top Fuller's pub
The Victoria on Stratheam Place, London has been named Fuller's pub of the year for achieving the best standards across the business.
Camra campaigns to re-open seven Bristol pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale has begun a campaign to re-open seven well-known Bristol pubs that are currently boarded up.
You say you want a revolution, well...
89 was a tumultuous year in anyone's book. First we had the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, thanks to the 'velvet revolution' taking...
Fuller's names its Pub of the Year
London brewer has awarded its Pub of the Year accolade to The Victoria, in London's Bayswater district. The pub, managed by Chris Cochran and Helen...