'Unsustainable imbalance on beer profit'
The Government makes over five times more money from the sale of beer than brewers and pub companies, according to new research. Oxford Economics...
Archives for December 9, 2009
Mark Daniels: Turn off the lights, or Santa won't make it...!
If, like me, you're a Publican raising children in a pub - or, indeed, one of the many who have already raised little ones in such an environment -...
Smirnoff ad cleared by ASA
A Smirnoff Vodka TV advert has been cleared of being irresponsible by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Whitbread to cut carbon emissions by 26%
Whitbread has pledged to cut its carbon emissions by 26% across its 580 hotels and 375 pub restaurants by 2020. The hospitality company, whose...
Drake & Morgan acquires third pub
Drake & Morgan, the fledgling bar-restaurant group led by Jillian MacLean and John Connell, has acquired its third site. The Anthologist, a...
No reprieve on beer duty
No reprieve on beer duty — that's the hammer-blow dished out by the Chancellor Alistair Darling in the Pre-Budget Report. The pub sector had hoped...
Darling ignores calls for beer duty cut
Chancellor Alistair Darling has ignored industry calls for a cut in beer duty in his Pre-Budget report today. However the industry can breathe a...
Cut in licensing red tape could help pubs
The Government says businesses could save millions through its new plan to streamline licensing. The overall cost saving to businesses and other...
Pubs to get chance of last-minute TENs
Police will be able to give pubs the green light for a temporary event notice (TEN) three days before an occasion, under new plans announced by the...
Meantime secures new brewery
London brewer Meantime is to invest £1.5m in a new brewery, which will double its brewing capacity. The new leased site, at Blackwall Lane,...
Dear Santa...The Publican's Christmas list
. An end to restrictive covenants So you can buy a pub just as long as you don't use it as a pub, ok? Surely that should be the decision of the...
Council attempts to force venue open later to sell alcohol
A council's bid to force a supermarket to stay open for all of the hours of its licence could have wide-reaching implications for the trade. Legal...
Enterprise Inns takes lead on health and safety
Enterprise Inns has signed a deal to make Westminster Council its primary point of contact for health and safety issues. Enterprise is the first pub...
'Chancellor urged to leave alcohol tax alone'
The hospitality trade has called on the Chancellor to hold off on alcohol taxation after tax increases of 20 per cent over two years and a decline in...
Pubs 'n' Bars goes into administration
Pubs 'n' Bars (PnB), the troubled London-based pub operator, has gone into administration after its banks, led by lead lender AIlied Irish Bank...