Maclay Inns plans five new sites
Scottish pub and restaurant operator Maclay Inns plans to open five new venues in 2010 after reporting strong sales over the Christmas period....
Archives for January 22, 2010
S&N unveils BDM 'Academy'
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company has unveiled details of a programme designed to raise the standards business development managers (BDMs) after a...
Pubs reminded of free PRS dispute system
Licensees who feel they have been unfairly treated by music fee collection firm the Performing Rights Society (PRS) are being reminded they can...
B&P buys listed freehold
Brunning & Price, the gastropub operator owned by the Restaurant Group, has bought a freehold pub as it gears up to open four new pubs a year....
Young's opens training centre
Young's has opened its £200,000 "centre of excellence" training centre for pub staff and licensees. The Young's Food Development and Learning...
Top cask pub rewarded with own brew
An Oxford pub will have a beer brewed in its honour after being picked as a top real ale favourite by Greene King. The Fishes, in North Hinksey,...
Principle Leisure buys Sunderland site
North-east multiple Principle Leisure, which runs ten pubs and restaurants, has bought Aspire in Sunderland's Low Row for an undisclosed amount....
Pubs shut after persistent sales to kids
Licences of 54 venues were suspended for up to 48 hours over a 12 month period for persistently selling alcohol to children. A further 12 had their...
Grooming your business for sale
There's no doubt that good pub industry operators who make a decent fist of things enjoy what they do. After all, what's not to like? Building up a...
Host Bill Sharp is the first IPC chairman
The Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has appointed long-standing licensee Bill Sharp as its first chairman.