New potato products from Aviko and Brakes
Brakes is stocking four Steam and Fresh potato products from Aviko. The supplier says the potatoes offer a healthy option after the Christmas...
Archives for January 13, 2010
Polarised performances, pre-packs and propcos
2009 was a year of recession in the wider econony. The PMA Team looks at the key themes that emerged in the pub sector.
Hand & Flowers owners to open bar
Tom and Beth Kerridge, owners of the Michelin-starred Hand & Flowers in Marlow, are to open a bar next door.
Piedmont accuses M&B board of misleading investors
The battle for the future of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) intensified as Piedmont, the investment vehicle owned by Joe Lewis, who owns 23 per...
Educated barstaff make great salesmen
You can't beat an educated bar team for improving beer sales, says Budvar UK chief executive Tony Jennings.
Tories vow to ditch alcohol units system
The 'confusing' alcohol units system would be dropped by a Tory government, the Shadow Health Secretary revealed today. Andrew Lansley said the...
Licensing board defends teens toilet policy
A senior licensing chief has defended a policy which means under 16s have to be supervised in pubs at all times - even when using the toilet....
'Beastly' red tape licensing plan
Necrophilia and bestiality are two of the more bizarre crimes named in a draft list of extra relevant offences by the DCMS.
Piedmont: we're not trying to take over M&B
Mitchells & Butlers investor Piedmont has accused the board of presiding over a "culture of obfuscation and excess".
Blood & Co argue M&B board case
The four men whom Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) shareholder Piedmont Inc proposes join the pub operator's board have rejected M&B's...
Government crackdown on pub workers with criminal convictions
A major tightening-up of the rules on who is allowed a licence to sell alcohol is being proposed by the government, The Publican can reveal. The...
Roll dice for your pub dinner bill
Shoreditch pub the Fox has a novel take on the January offers — roll dice for your dinner. Score and 8 or over and the food is free.
More pressure on pubco leases
The scrapping of regulations on commercial land agreements means pubcos will now have to demonstrate that tied leases are not anti competitive.
Wychwood launches Dirty Tackle rugby beer
Oxfordshire based Wychwood Brewery is relaunching Dirty Tackle (4% abv) for the Six Nations rugby tournament 2010.
Get behind British Pie Week 2010
Customers travel from as far away as 70 miles to sample the menu at the Old Farmhouse in Ulverston, Cumbria. Food sales are up 22 per cent on last...
Pubs to benefit from land order ruling
Following a consultation, the Department for Innovation, Business & Skills (BIS) concluded that it could "see no justification" for retaining the...
My pub jukebox, sponsored by PPL
• Tell us what your favourite top 10 tracks of all time are by clicking here. Jillian MacLean, the founder of Drake & Morgan, picks her top 10...
Hydes unveils new craft ale range
Manchester based Hydes Brewery has launched the first of a new line up of craft ales to be rolled out over 2010. The new range comprises six...
Conservatives to drop alcohol unit system
A Tory Government would replace alcohol unit labels with information about how many centilitres of alcohol are contained in a drink. Plans to...