Public can rate pubs with new website
Pub website Useyourlocal.com is offering consumers the chance to score their local pub — including rating the drinks offer.
Archives for June 20, 2010
Pall Mall cigarettes in the pink
British American Tobacco UK has been chosen the colour pink to brighten up packs of Pall Mall cigarettes.
Deadline set for Bay bidders
Bidders for Bay Restaurants have been given a deadline of the end of July for full and final offer for the business. The sale, which is being...
Whitbread rolls out recycling scheme
Whitbread it is to roll out an innovative food waste recycling scheme to more than 300 of its hotels and restaurants this year. The company is...
Law changes: lifting the bar on old rules
I read recently about a pub polling station, but there are strange prohibitions concerning the use of pubs for official business, says Peter Coulson.
Chancellor urged to consider small businesses
Chancellor George Osborne is being urged to consider a sunset clause to help small businesses such as pubs cope with any rise in VAT. The Federation...
'Why beer is one of the healthiest alcoholic drinks available'
The healthy properties of beer when consumed in moderation are not well understood, according to a new report. The drink is a rich source of...
Are you David or Goliath?
Licensee Jay Smith gives a view on the challenges facing tenants in the wake of the Morning Advertiser's Tenanted Pub Company Summit.
Getting active in sunny Surrey
Few in the pub sector need telling that things are tough. If the increasing cost of running a pub wasn't enough, the fact that customers are being...
It's official: austerity starts tomorrow. Probably
There is hope - though not expectation - in the City and beyond that the government's stance on the pub sector will be an improvement on its...
Green guide for pubs released
Tourism body VisitEngland has released a free guide to help small and medium firms save money by going green. Called Green Start, the guide suggests...
Punch Taverns announces major management re-shuffle
Punch Taverns has announced a series of structural and management changes to its leased and managed pub businesses, to take effect this summer. The...
BrewDog reports 250% sales growth
Controversial Scottish brewer BrewDog has announced a 250% growth in sales for the first quarter of 2010. The company, whose marketing strategies...
Smokehead goes rock
Smokehead whisky is promoting its rock credentials by teaming up with Classic Rock magazine. The powerful single-malt whisky, by Ian Macleod...
Bibendum eyes curry market
Wine supplier Bibendum has signed up an Indian winery to try and crack the curry market. Grover Vineyards is based an hour's drive north of...
Population supports duty freeze, says BBPA
Three quarters of the UK population supports either a freeze or cut in alcohol duty, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). With...
Peace at last at the Dove
A committed couple have proved Enterprise Inns wrong by resurrecting Ipswich pub the Dove Street Inn, says Roger Protz.
Pub food: business boosters
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub including a Spanish night, a music club and using web vouchers. Spanish night Where: the Mill Race,...
Derbyshire hosts win Shepherd Neame contest
Two Derbyshire hosts have had their rent paid for a year, plus a bit extra, after coming up trumps in a promotion for Shepherd Neame's Spitfire ale.
Hamish Champ: The government should be backing responsible pubs, not lumping them in with the 'bandits'
I was asked at an industry event the other day if I thought that with smoking out of the way the government's guns were now trained on alcohol. I...
Public calls for beer tax freeze
Three quarters of the British public want a freeze or reduction in beer tax, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).
Punch re-organises leased division
The Punch Taverns leased division is dropping from four regions to three in the wake of re-organisation prompted by the departure of Kevin Georgel.
Robinson signs contract for multi-million investment
Stockport-based brewer Frederic Robinson has signed a multi-million pound order to upgrade the brewhouse at its Unicorn Brewery in Stockport.