Royal Oak: woodland ways
Pauline McCulloch, co-owner of the Royal Oak, Fritham, Hampshire, tells Sheila McWattie about building business in her New Forest pub. How we got...
Archives for June 2, 2010
People want choice, service and quality
Dave McNulty drafts his manifesto for licensees to help pubs keep up with political change.
Young & Co turns in a 'resilient trading performance'
Announcing its annual results, Young & Co, the London-based pub operator, has turned in what the group's chief executive Stephen Goodyear...
Young's: sales flat, profits up
Young's has this morning announced a 1.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £19.4m, with like-for-like sales flat on last year.
Post Office and brewery plan for community pub
A community-run Denbighshire pub has announced plans to set up a post office and long term ambitions to add a microbrewery.
Pubs encouraged to Eat Seasonably
A campaign to get seasonal food on the menu is targeting pubs this year, and aims to get 2,000 venues on board. Now in its second year, Eat...
Masterchef's Gregg Wallace encourages pubs to Eat Seasonably
Eat Seasonably is a practical campaign that aims to inspire consumers towards a more sustainable diet by emphasising the three key benefits of...
Police use 'drunk' actors in pub sting
Actors pretending to be inebriated, with their clothes soaked in alcohol, have been used in mock stings targeting sales to drunks. They were served...
Regulations review could cut red tape for pubs
The Government's review of business regulation is an opportunity to remove burdens on pubs, including the mandatory alcohol retailing code. That's...
100 barstaff change their name to Wayne Rooney
Pubs have been pulling out the stops in their final preparations for the big World Cup kick-off in South Africa next week. But one pub company has...
Police ask pubs to remove AWP machines
Hertfordshire police have been slammed for advising licensees to reduce crime by removing machines from their pubs.
Proud of Pubs Week: Get your MP into your pub
With a change in government and more than 200 newly elected MPs there has never been a better time to get the people in power into your pub. And...
Cops hire 'drunk' actors in pubs sting
Licensees have raised questions over the police's attitude towards them after a sting operation which used "drunk" actors to catch out staff....
Pub operator expands south-east estate
The owners of a Sussex gastropub have taken on a second site, and plan a £250,000 refurbishment — they also plan to have a third pub within three...
Nightclub company Tokyo acquires two venues
Nightclub company Tokyo Industries has announced the acquisition of two new venues - Manchester venue 'South' and the historic 'Fibbers' in York.
S&P downgrades Enterprise Inns rate notes
Standard & Poor's (S&P), the global ratings agency, has downgraded a number of Enterprise Inns' securitisation vehicles. S&P said it was...