Greene King buys Whitbread freehold
Greene King has bought the freehold of the Ashley Hotel in Worksop, Nottinghamshire from Whitbread for an undisclosed sum. The Ashley Hotel is a...
Archives for July 8, 2010
Great Northern Inns buys Notts pub from Enterprise
Multiple operator Great Northern Inns has reopened the Cross Keys pub in Nottingham after buying the freehold from Enterprise Inns. The pub has now...
Enterprise sells three more pubs at auction
Enterprise Inns raised a further £3.91m at a Cushman and Wakefield auction on Wednesday — its second auction of the week. The freeholds of six...
Devon pub offers £40 jacket potato
Gastropub the Cary Arms in Babbacombe, Devon, is offering a £40 baked potato on the menu called the "tuxedo of spuds". The potato, devised by the...
Wetherspoon sues property company Rican
JD Wetherspoon has issued a writ against a private property company in the latest installment of its pursuit through the courts of property firms.
Slug and Lettuce to launch summer specials menu
High street chain Slug and Lettuce is launching a summer specials menu across its food and drink offers from 12 July. The food menu will comprise...
Pub uniform: dress to progress
Sheila McWattie looks at the many staff uniform options open to employers and how to select the right one for your business.
Great Heck Brewing Co nets first pub
West Yorkshire based micro brewer Great Heck Brewing has bought its first pub — a freehold from Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company.
Mark Daniels: Exterior Decoration By Punch Taverns
With only two weeks to go now until my charity bike ride, which conveniently coincides with the end of Proud of Pubs week, I'm spending quite a bit...
Devizes MP to champion pub and beer sector
Pubs are a fine British institution and we must do all we can to help them flourish — that's the view of a new Tory MP Claire Perry.
Military ID as age proof is 'sensible'
The British Beer & Pub Association has backed calls for military ID to be accepted as proof of age in pubs.
Rogue pub jukebox bosses jailed
Bosses of a digital jukebox firm that distributed copyrighted tunes without permission to at least 200 pubs have been jailed. Gateshead-based Access...
Karan Bilimoria: the dream lives on
Lord Bilimoria is inextricably tied in with his greatest creation, Cobra beer. And, as Phil Mellows found out the two are still closely yoked today.
Pub jukebox scammers jailed
A father and son who breached copyright law by selling illegal music systems to pubs and clubs have been jailed following a "landmark" legal case....
Joules Brewery celebrates re-birth
Steve Nuttall, a former drinks company executive, celebrated the completion of his new brewery project last week with the bankers who helped fund the...
'Fury over Tesco's £1.11 bottle of wine'
Britain's biggest supermarket is being accused of encouraging binge drinking by selling bottles of wine for just £1.11. Tesco has supported a...