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Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for a year — or will see rate relief double — from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal that...
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for a year — or will see rate relief double — from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal that...
JD Wetherspoon plans to explicitly market its pubs as the place in which to watch the World Cup. The company is set to screen most games — and...
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported catering sales in excess of £1bn for the first time. Total turnover for the year to March 26,...
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It's almost five years since the Licensing Act came into force, and evidence suggests drinking habits have evolved, says The PMA Team.
Pub owner Enterprise Inns said the cost of bailing out struggling tenants has fallen in the last two months as the company sells off its...
Plans to make it easier for licensees to stage last-minute events are under threat as DCMS says it will look at it again.
New laws mean that from next week pub customers can demand free tap water - but The Publican is urging licensees to turn on the taps for deprived...
Manicure brand Nails Inc and hairdressing chain Toni & Guy have joined forces with Carlsberg to promote new female-friendly brand, Eve....
Heineken UK is to counter the launch of Guinness Black Lager with a new dark beer called Foster's Amber Stout. Heineken UK brand director Mark Given...
A former Manchester United midfielder has taken up a tenancy with Swindon brewer Arkell's. Mike Flemming, who played alongside George Best, Dennis...
More female drinkers are trying real ale than ever before — up to 37% compared to just 16% in June 2008. As part of National Cask Ale Week the...
Punch Taverns is to invest up to £20m on "sparkle jobs" at around 450 pubs, with a view to providing a trading boost for licensees. The plan is...
The BII chief responds to calls for the group to become the industry's policeman and develop a wider dispute-resolution service There has been a...
Mark Hunter, CEO of Molson Coors UK, talks to Phil Mellows about the prospect of making 4p on a pint of beer, diversifying the company's portfolio...
A licensee is giving his customers the chance to win a free meal with a toss of a coin to boost Tuesday trade.
As part of a move to cut binge-drinking the government is proposing that pub customers carry a card licensing them to drink outside their own homes....
The managed division of Punch has launched a new concept called Flaming Grill at a pub in Solihull. The company has converted the Drawbridge Inn,...
Former Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is leading a campaign to save a derelict inner-city pub for the local community in Salford, Greater...
A new pear and apple cider under the Bulmers brand marks the start of a "major investment and innovation programme" for the range, the Morning...
A new beer has joined Wells & Young's portfolio to coincide with National Cask Ale Week — Young's London Gold.
Leicestershire brewery Everards has teamed up with Belgian brewer Val Dieu to produce a cask conditioned Abbaye style beer-Val Dieu Abbaye Blonde....
Has anybody noticed how winter just doesn't seem to want to go away? (To readers in the north of England and Scotland, that will seem like a...
When the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) arose from the ashes of the industry's failed mediation process, the initial reaction in many quarters...
Licensees have been warned of a new scam involving upfront payments for bogus translators used by letting guests. Hosts are asked to take payment...