Notts bars asked to adopt smart dress code
Nottingham licensees have given tentative support to police calls for clubs to adopt smart dress codes to curb violence. Paul Inman, police...
Archives for May 16, 2010
Enterprise Inns raises £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
Enterprise Inns has raised more than £13m by selling the freeholds of another batch of its London pubs at auction. The pubco plans to lease back the...
Closure notices: just say no
Lincoln police are forcing pubs to stop selling alcohol "on the spot" until alleged breaches of their licences are corrected, says Peter Coulson.
Carling gives away 2m pub pints
Carling brewer Molson Coors hopes to tempt one million people back into pubs this summer with drinks vouchers. Two million personalised vouchers...
Health and safety: Fired up for summer
Have you heard the news? The weather gurus (and by that I don't mean the Met Office) are forecasting a really good summer. Honestly! And given even...
World Cup cut-price frenzy
Supermarket discounting for the World Cup makes previous offers seem wildly inflationary, says Roger Protz.
New government, new era?
"Austerity begins here." That was the stark assessment of John Philpott, chief economist of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development,...
Indigo grows to 10 pubs in Brighton
Brighton's Indigo Pub Company has taken on two new sites, growing its estate to 10 pubs in the seaside resort. It recently bought the Punch lease of...
A shift in focus
Ask any operator for a 'shopping list' of what is necessary to run a good pub and having well-trained, qualified staff is bound to feature. But...
Robert Sayles: Are you being unfaithful to your partner?
I have a confession to make; my partner and I are going through a bad patch. We've been together for many years now, but in recent times the love...
15th Project William pub
Leicester brewer and retailer Everards has just opened its 15th Project William pub — which allows greater flexibility on cask ales — and plans...
'Consumers are treating themselves to pricier beer'
Dozens of once-famous beers have fallen out of favour with pub drinkers. Most of us are popping out for a drink less often but when we do we like to...
Hamish Champ: Having fun on two wheels
I do love riding a motorcycle. But let's face it, it's a pretty counter-intuitive hobby. Hazardous, to say the very least. Push the right handlebar...
Hull pub ban issued under new DBO powers
A Humberside man has been given a two-year region-wide pub ban by magistrates under new powers introduced last year. Thomas Clifford Jackson of...