Diageo names UK's best bartender
Diageo's search to find the UK's best bartender has ended with Erik Lorincz of the Connaught Hotel in London being named the winner. Lorincz and 13...
Archives for July 12, 2010
Great British Beer Festival: national treasure
The Great British Beer Festival offers innovative opportunities to sample all that's fantastic about our favourite tipple, reports Sonya Hook. The...
'Pubs endure stale taste of failure'
It's not easy being a pub owner. Drinking den insolvencies may be down nearly a third from their peak last year, but circumstances are conspiring...
Luminar loses out to World Cup
Spain may be celebrating their first ever World Cup win but Luminar Group, the UK nightclub operator, will be glad to see the back of the month-long...
Orchid appoints former Barracuda man
Managed operator Orchid Group has appointed David Campbell as head of operations for the free house division from September. Campbell has worked in...
IRC appoints ex-Living Room director
Individual Restaurant Company has appointed a new operations director and added the role of commercial director to its board.
Seventeen years of challenge and change
Caledonian Brewing Company MD Stephen Crawley reflects on 17 years with the company, and looks to the future.
Alcohol Concern: a dependency on problem inflation
Alcohol Concern has exaggerated the number of dependent drinkers in the UK, but we still need better alcohol services, says Phil Mellows.
Pub auction sales rise
Sales of pubs at auction jumped 38% in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year. Experts say it's due to growing numbers...
Summer sun and football a mixed blessing for pubs
Last month's half term holidays, international football festivities and sunny weather were a "mixed blessing" for the UK's leading UK pub and...
Exempt community pubs from new levy
Pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland has urged the Government to ensure community pubs aren't hit by the proposed late-night levy. The planned levy is...
World Cup hurts Luminar sales
Luminar, the embattled nightclub operator, this morning revealed the full impact of the World Cup on its sales. In an interim management statement...