Former Greene King boss joins new pubco
Former Greene King Pub Partners Managing director David Elliott has joined a Cardiff-based property with plans to expand into pubs. Elliott, who...
Archives for May 13, 2010
Pubs' beer sales boosted by Cask Ale Week
Sales of local beers got a significant boost thanks to a £40,000 investment in Cask Ale Week. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said sales...
M&B says sorry to sacked non-executives
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has expressed regret for the sacking last December of four non-executive directors it...
Notts Police force pubs to close doors
Nottinghamshire Police is the latest force to temporarily stop pubs selling alcohol for relatively minor licence breaches. Last week the Morning...
Menu watch: asparagus
Lesley Foottit looks at how pub chefs are making the most of asparagus on their pub's menu. With British asparagus in season for just six weeks, pub...
Online licensing is 'waste of time'
The online licensing application system promised to cut red tape is still unworkable — one firm has slammed it as a "waste of time". In March the...
Mark Daniels: Britain's Got Publicans
Have you noticed how many "Celebrity Professions" there are these days? Thanks to the wonders of modern television, and our national obsession with...
Paul Nunny: Beyond the quest for quality
Paul Nunny tells Phil Mellows about how he has turned Cask Marque into progressing champion of cask beer quality with industry-wide influence.
Leeds Majestyk for sale
Nightclub company Luminar has given up on turning its Majestyk nightclub in Leeds into a Las Vegas-style complex — it has been put up for sale.
'Drunk man from pub left on freezing street'
A Devon pub's licence has been suspended after a drunk man was taped into a chair and left in the street by other customers on a cold February day....
M&B pays costs to settle row with former directors
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has settled a long-running legal row with a number of former directors. M&B has agreed to pay personal costs...
BIIBAS: submit codes ahead of RICS guidelines
BIIBAS has said pub companies can submit their codes of practice for benchmarking now since the RICS guidelines on rents aren't ready yet.