Agent turns down pub over 'unrealistic' price
The managing director of a Norfolk licensed trade agent turned down the offer to market a dilapidated pub due to the "totally unrealistic" price...
Archives for July 20, 2010
Sky vows to backdate fee reductions
Sky has promised to backdate reductions in its fees at pubs that successfully appeal their business rates. The broadcaster will pay back the excess...
Makro launches Spend and Save promo
Cash and carry operator Makro is launching a Spend and Save promotion that could save customers hundreds of pounds on cookware. The offer knocks 80%...
Obama and Cameron debate beer temperature
Barack Obama has praised the Hobgoblin beer given to him by David Cameron as "excellent". The Prime Minister and US President swapped beers at the...
The Publican Pub Golf Tournament 2010 - Grand Final
And so to Spain in World Cup final week. In a nation gripped by the sort of football fever England can only dream of, just outside Cartagena there...
Pub gets Deal or No Deal treatment
A licensee appearance on TV show 'Deal or No Deal' has inspired her pubco to give customers 5,000 chances to beat the banker. Linda Smithers, who...
Southern pubs could be included in NI holiday
The FSB has called for an extension of the NI holiday across the south-east after the region was revealed as the most likely to be under-staffed.
TV chef rates low in Scores on the Doors
Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has blasted a council for awarding his gastropub just one star out of five under the Scores on Doors scheme.
'Waitrose targets former pubs for convenience'
Your former local pub could soon become a Waitrose after the grocer unveiled aggressive plans yesterday to open 300 convenience stores in the next 10...
The pull of the Bulls Head
Licensee Richard Pope tells Sonya Hook about the work he and his wife, Loren, put in before being crowned 2010 BII Licensees of the Year.
Last-minute TENs plan dropped
Plans to allow pubs to get a last-minute temporary event notice (TEN) for "low-risk" activities appear to have been scrapped. The previous...
Thank you dad, I'm so proud to be a licensee
BII Licensee of the Year finalist Lucy Barron-Reid talks about how she started out in the trade and what makes her carry on despite the difficulties.
Wine trends: In vine fettle
When it comes to wine, few Brits will admit that they don't know whether Rioja is a grape or a region. But there's no denying we have a taste for it...
Free-to-air Ashes decision delayed until 2013
The decision on whether the Ashes cricket test series should be screened on free-to-air TV has been delayed until 2013.
Pubs and politicians celebrate Proud of Pubs Week
Pubs across the country have already been getting into the spirit of Proud of Pubs Week 2010. Scores of licensees have held fundraising events,...
Sakura to open in Manchester
Eclectic Bars - the private equity backed late night operator - is to open a Sakura in Manchester.