Licensee faces £6,000 pay-out over cancelled Sky
A distraught licensee is facing an upcoming pay-out of around £6,000 to Sky, despite quitting her pub last year. Julie Crane, who ran Bar 44, in...
Archives for January 27, 2010
Pass over your passport please
I have been examining the proposal in Swansea for the police to fine anyone who gives their ID to a youngster to enable them to buy alcohol.
Greene King: pub tenants health improving
The health of Greene King tenants and lessees continues to improve thanks to increased levels of price support, the pubco reports.
Zamaretto to sponsor Secret Diary of a Call Girl
InterContinental Brands' (ICB) Zamaretto, is set to sponsor the new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl on ITV2 from 28 January.
A complex musical score
Don't ever ask a civil servant to arrange a piece of music! Chances are that you won't be able to play it, says Peter Coulson.
M&B shareholder has "no confidence" in group's chairman
Days before its crucial annual general meeting a significant minority shareholder in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has indicated it has "no...
AA rosette pub offers 25% off
The Malborough Tavern, which was recently awarded a AA rosette, is offering customers 25% off their bill until the end of February. Licensee Joe...
Greene King tenants benefitting from price support
Pricing support and disposals have helped bolster pub earnings across Greene King's tenanted pub estate, the Suffolk brewer said today. In a trading...
Success of police alcohol crackdown questioned
Questions have been raised about the success of a police operation involving 3,000 officers that was billed as a major crackdown on alcohol-related...
'Labour MEP calls for Europe-wide ban on 'dangerous' Buckfast tonic wine'
A Scots Labour MEP yesterday called for a Europe-wide ban on Buckfast. Catherine Stihler urged a powerful European Parliament committee to impose an...
Greene King campaigns to attract over-35 females
Greene King has launched a campaign to encourage its pubs to attract more women aged 35 and over, with the help of its female licensees. Dubbed the...
Licence reform 'benefits few music pubs'
Just three instances are known of the new minor licence variations process being used to let a venue host live music. A further three examples are...
Smoking for profit
Sheila McWattie talks to Angus McCaig of the Holt in Honiton, about smoked foods, pub dishes and doing everything in house.