Proud of Pubs Week: Here's to pubs!
The waiting is over and the biggest annual event celebrating all that is great about pubs is finally here. Proud of Pubs Week 2010 launches today...
Archives for July 18, 2010
Strong as an ox
Like many a pub operator, Michael Ibbotson wants to know what the competition is up to. While he has contacts with a number of pubs near the Durham...
Nestlé Toque d'Or champions crowned
University College Birmingham has been crowned champion of the prestigious Nestlé Toque d'Or competition after beating four rival teams. Judges...
Win a 3DTV as part of Proud of Pubs Week
As part of its support for this year's Proud of Pubs Week, Sky is offering one lucky licensee the chance to win a brand new 3D TV. The 47-inch LG 3D...
Suffolk pub for British Larder
The founder of the British Larder, a website for foodies, has opened a Suffolk pub — the Cherry Tree pub in Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Fair Pint hopeful for change for tied tenants
Anti-tie campaign group Fair Pint has expressed confidence in the chance for "meaningful reform" of the relationship between tied tenants and their...
Faucet Inns buys 20th pub
Faucet Inn Pub Company has bought its 20th venue — Battersea gastropub the Prince of Wales. The freehold pub was acquired for an undisclosed sum...
Volare's flirty dozen
A host of new flavours is joining the Volare Cocktail Liqueur range — 12 new varieties will bring the range to 31.
'Coca-Cola forced to pull Facebook promotion after porn references'
The Coca-Cola company today pulled an internet promotion campaign, after parents accused it of targeting children by using references to a notorious...
'Microbrewers are an economic inspiration'
CAMRA and mircrobrewers should be an "economic inspiration" to the nation as it struggles to emerge from recession.
Schweppes ads in the mix
Coca-Cola Enterprises is investing £2m in a TV campaign for its Schweppes range, in a bid to increase consumption of the brand by promoting it as an...
New help for communities to run pubs
David Cameron has announced new resources to help local people take over "community assets" such as pubs. Government officials will be made...
4 out of 10 would help save local pub
Four out of ten adults would be willing to join efforts to save their local pub if it was under threat, says CAMRA.
Slim pickings: tips for a healthy menu
Calorie-conscious pub menus can be both creative and lucrative. Lesley Foottit explores the options. An increasing number of consumers are keeping...
20 pubcos gain BII code accreditation
Twenty operators, which own 84% of the country's tenanted pubs, have now had their codes of practice accredited for clarity.
Booker converts 100th 'Extra' site
Wholesaler Booker has converted its 100th site into a Booker "Extra", with plans to complete another 20 sites by April 2011. The company started a...
Councils are out of line
During our research into online applications we've noticed the inconsistency of approach of licensing authorities, says Peter Coulson.
Where there's a will there's a way...despite the hurdles
News that Parliament last week gave its nod of approval to next year's VAT increase will have surprised no-one. The nation's books have to be...
Welsh licensees want it Just So
So hacked off were Simon Griffiths, Ian and Joanne Feeney-King with the decline of pubs in their part of Swansea that they have formed their own pub...
Pubs can help drive economic recovery, says new BHA boss
Pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants could be the engine of the UK economy's recovery, says the new head of the British Hospitality Association (BHA)....
Hamish Champ: Wherever I lay my hat, it's probably a pub
I love staying overnight in a pub. In a 'letting room', that is. Not spark out on the floor of the saloon bar. There's a certain something - and to...
Legal Q&A - with Venners
The right way to put out a small fire Q We had a small fire in our kitchen last week and the chef managed to extinguish it using the fire...
Six nightclubs a week closing
Six nightclubs a week are closing with competition from pubs open later and cheap supermarket alcohol ramping up the pressure on the sector....
Ex-pubs minister: give Mulholland the job
Former pubs minister John Healey has called on the coalition Government to appoint a replacement — and he suggested Greg Mulholland for the role....