Craft Guild of Chefs appoints new chairman
Award winning chef Andrew Green has been named the new chairman of the Craft Guild of Chefs following a unanimous members' vote. The Sodexo general...
Archives for April 8, 2010
Retail is the new reality
The departure of Punch boss Giles Thorley is part of a changing of the guard trend, says The PMA Team. He's the last of seven senior or board-level...
Pub Bitch: News from the dark side
Just a swift one Not that we are ones to deal in stereotypes here at The Publican (far from it!), but it came as no great surprise that a new survey...
Ted Kennedy drafted in at GRS Pubs
Veteran pub entrepreneur Ted Kennedy has been drafted in to run around 200 freehold tenanted pubs that were formerly owned by London Town. Kennedy,...
New Guinness glass revealed
Diageo has improved its branded glassware for Guinness for the first time in a decade, but the tulip shape remains.
Police powers for pub security staff
Doorstaff could hand out police penalty notices for drunken disorder under a ground-breaking scheme in Essex. Regency Security Services is expected to be the first to deploy staff with "low-level" police powers.
Smith starts new pubco
Executive chef of pubco Animal Inns Daniel Smith is opening his first site — the Ingham Swan, near Stalham, Norfolk.
Lamb at Buckland open under new owners
The Lamb at Buckland, Oxfordshire, has been re-opened by new owners — Richard and Shelley Terry and business partner Chris Green.
Aspall pours £1m into rebranding
Aspall is to spend more than £1m on revamping the branding for its premium four-strong range of Suffolk ciders. New label designs will be unveiled...
TV chef to open second pub
TV chef Paul Bloxham is to open a second gastropub — the Blue Anchor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The pubcos' beer escalator
The tenanted pub companies can't carry on passing through inflationary wholesale price rises, says Peter Linacre. Following the release of the...
B&P to reopen 2nd Blubeckers
Brunning & Price (B&P), the gastropub operator owned by the Restaurant Group, is set to reopen a second Blubeckers site in its own trading style.
Pub property market picking up
Interest in pub deals is growing according to agent Christie + Co which has reported a 27 per cent increase in completed transactions in the first...
Urban set for four openings
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple pub group led by Ross Sanders, has four new openings lined up for 2010. The first new opening...
Freedom launches lower alcohol lager
Freedom Brewery has brought out a 4% ABV lager to compete with mainstream offerings.
CGA Strategy: Making the numbers count
Phil Mellows talks to CGA Strategy chief executive Jon Collins about putting the company at the heart of providing statistical information for the industry.
Pubs get gambling warning ahead of Grand National
The Gambling Commission has warned pubs that it is illegal to allow commercial betting on their premises. The government body has issued the warning...
Licensee hosts Q&A session for MPs
A licensee is hosting a 'grilling' session for prospective MPs for his local area at his pub. All party candidates for the Forest of Dean...
Election Question Time for Gloucestershire pub
Politics is coming to the pub as a licensee in Gloucestershire is hosting pre-election Q&A sessions with the candidates in his constituency who...