Enterprise Inns hopes to raise £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise nearly £13m in the latest sale and leaseback auction of some of its London pubs, including a former haunt of infamous...
Archives for April 26, 2010
UKIP unveils pub manifesto
UKIP has dubbed itself the "party of the pub" after unveiling a wide-ranging pub manifesto, which calls for an investigation into beer pricing.
Tim Martin: small improvements and common sense
The Wetherspoon boss says he is concentrating on small improvements and urges Government to take a common sense approach to pubs.
Edinburgh pubs barred from early Sunday opening
Pubs in Edinburgh have failed in a bid to open before 1230pm on a Sunday — the SBPA has slammed the decision.
Industry puts in marathon effort
A woman in an Old Hooky outfit has broken the world record for the fastest marathon time for a female dressed as a bottle. Hook Norton resident Gill...
Charles Dickens' favourite wins award
A pub that used to be a favourite haunt of Charles Dickens has written its own success story by being named Shepherd Neame pub of the year. The...
Putting drunks on the 'black list'
It was interesting, but not new, to hear of the national ban on a woman drinker under the new Drinking Banning Orders legislation, says Peter Coulson.
1 in 7 teens would pay for ID
Just one in seven 18 and 19-year-olds would be prepared to pay for a national ID card, which has been billed as useful ID for buying alcohol. That's...
Hook Norton beer is fastest in world
The Hooky Pint — aka Gill Begnor — is officially the fastest bottle of beer in the world as she set a world record at the London Marathon.
SA Brain sees operating profits slide by a third
Welsh brewer SA Brain has reported turnover for 2009 down nine per cent with trading hit by the sale of its drinks distribution business. No longer...
SA Brain: profit rise after freetrade sale
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, saw pre-tax profits rise 77% to £10.4m following the sale of its freetrade business to Heineken UK....
'World Cup football hooliganism greater threat in Britain than South Africa'
The threat of violence from football hooligans will be greater in Britain than in South Africa during the World Cup this summer, police chiefs fear....
Early trading ban in Edinburgh branded 'disappointing'
A blanket ban on early opening in Edinburgh has been branded as "very disappointing" by a leading trade group. The Scottish Beer & Pub...
Glidden Trade 'Paint and a Pint' Competition
The Secret's out: GLIDDEN TRADE AND MORNING ADVERTISER JOIN FORCES TO HELP SAVE BRITAIN'S PUBS. Glidden Trade — one of the UK's leading paint...
Pony & Trap: Gastro trap
One-time Gordon Ramsay College Scholar Josh Eggleton tells Sheila McWattie how he has realised his dream at the Pony & Trap pub.