Coffee: make a profit from the daily grind
Ian Boughton explains how serving coffee can boost takings during typically quiet periods and bring in a whole new clientele to your pub. It is no...
Archives for June 27, 2010
Caroline Nodder: Budget could have been worse
Could have been worse. That was the generally held opinion within the pub trade after last week's long anticipated Emergency Budget was unveiled by...
Gloucester pubs sign up to community toilet scheme
Three Gloucester pubs are being paid around £600 to let non-customers use their toilets as part of a year-long trial of a community toilet scheme....
Carlsberg and Punch sign five-year supply deal
Carlsberg UK and Punch have unveiled a new five-year agreement for the brewer to continue as the pubco's exclusive drinks distribution provider.
Timothy Taylor profits climb
Yorkshire brewer Timothy Taylor has reported a recession-beating set of results for its most recent financial year. The company saw turnover rise...
Special relationship cemented over Hobgoblin
The special relationship between Britain and the US has been cemented over bottles of English ale Hobgoblin. David Cameron and Barack Obama swapped...
'Binge drinking sends high blood pressure cases soaring by 74%'
Britain's booze culture has led to a huge increase in patients needing treatment for high blood pressure. The number of adults diagnosed with raised...
Pub Bitch: Osborne tells nation to drown sorrows in cider
Osborne: cider is the answer Cider makers were dead chuffed last week when the Chancellor scrapped the 10 per cent above inflation duty hike on the...
St Austell reports record turnover
Cornish brewer and retailer St Austell Brewery had reported a remarkably buoyant financial performance in the year to 2 January 2010. The company...
Retired director buys stake in London pub
A former director of a leisure property consultants has bought a stake in a popular London pub. Retired director of Humberts Leisure Anthony Miller...
The Three Tuns: no trouble brewing
Roger Protz talks to a trio of Shropshire incomers who have successfully restored an ancient brewery — the Three Tuns in Bishop's Castle.
Orchid reports strong food growth
Managed pub company Orchid Group has unveiled a 2.7% increase in like- for-like sales for the 14 weeks to 5 June across its pubs and restaurants.
Mark Daniels: Germany win. England lose. But what about pubs?
Taking a moment to myself yesterday in advance of the rush for the Germany trouncing of England, I watched the European Grand Prix and couldn't help...
Smartcellar backs down over National Measurement Office claims
Smartcellar, the beer flow kit manufacturer, has backed down over initial claims the government's National Measurement Office (NMO) had concluded a...
Renata Pankova: World Cup expectations are going to be disappointing
Personally, it intrudes like some malign growth into my whole world but more importantly I find the amount of promotional effort and budget that so...
Precautions for promotions
Issuing diktats to licensees in an uncompromising way is not good regulation, says Peter Coulson.