Village Green Inns: horse trading
Freddie Collier, managing director of Village Green Inns, talks to Noli Dinkovski about his latest pub, the Horseshoes, in Dorrington, Shropshire,...
Archives for May 20, 2010
New Whitbread boss comes under attack
Andy Harrison, the soon-to-be chief executive at Whitbread, has been heavily critcised by Sir Stelios HajiIoannou, the founder of easyJet, the...
Tesco chief urges pubs to help tackle alcohol problems
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy says the company backs government plans to ban below-cost selling of alcohol - and will also "support" talks...
'Czech brewer promises teens free beer for voting in general election'
A Czech brewer has promised school pupils free beer if they vote in the country's forthcoming general elections, prompting fears that the stunt will...
Pub agents hope banks will begin to lend
Pub property agents are hopeful the new Lib Dem-Conservative coalition Government will kickstart lending to the sector. Following a Morning...
Carlsberg sponsors Euro 2012
Carlsberg has announced its sponsorship of the Euro 2012 football tournament. It's the seventh time the brewer has sponsored the European...
Adnams takes over Holkham hotels
Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams is to take over the management of two historic hotels under a joint venture scheme. The deal with Holkham...
Weezat website launched to help pubs
A new social network, which allows pubs to communicate better with their customers and suppliers, launched today. Each venue owns its own page on...
Caroline Nodder: As if consumers needed any more encouragement not to leave that comfy sofa
The supermarkets have been much maligned in recent times by those within our industry for their somewhat cavalier approach to the pricing of alcohol...
7m fewer pints of beer drunk in pubs
Almost seven million fewer pints were drunk in pubs over the first four months of the year. The big January freeze was partly to blame for the 8.8% volume drop on last year, according to the British Beer and Pub Association's beer barometer.
Ian Payne: an eye for a good deal
Chairman of Town & City and Bay Restaurants Ian Payne talks discounts, refurbishments and combining day and night trade with Phil Mellows.
Tesco backs Government action on cheap alcohol
Tesco has backed Government plans to ban the below cost sale of alcohol and said it is even in favour of minimum pricing. The supermarket giant,...
Evolution and the power of branding
Steve Haslam talks about driving footfall through quality, service and style and explains why discounting isn't the answer.
Doorwatch set to grow across UK
More pubwatch-style groups for doorstaff are set to be formed following the creation of a National Doorwatch steering group. Doorwatch sees...
Mark Daniels: Who needs to be responsible now?
Since the British public sort of voted CleggOn in to power earlier this month, most of us in the pub trade have been sitting around, waiting to see...
David Bremner to join Frederic Robinson
David Bremner, former commercial operations director at Everards, is to join Cheshire brewer Frederic Robinsons in July. For the past two years...
ALMR accuses Tesco of 'hypocrisy' over alcohol sales stance
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has accused Tesco of "hypocrisy" in welcoming a ban on below-cost selling of alcohol while...
Roy Beers: Don't let the Libservatives make your business 'a nice little earner'
And also, it has to be said, not a little confusion. In Edinburgh Alex Salmond's minority SNP government is hell bent on delivering minimum pricing,...
Innventure reopens fire-hit pub
Former M&B executive Chris Gerard is to reopen the Wellington, a Greene King leased pub, in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, on Monday.