M&B: sales up despite World Cup food hit
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers is making "good progress" on achieving the objectives laid out in its strategic plan.
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M&B boss 'content' with re-structure progress
M&B has yet to sell any of its 300 wet-led pubs on the market — as it decides how best to package up the pubs.
Alcohol costs three times as much in pubs
Alcohol costs nearly three times as much in pubs as in shops, where two thirds of alcohol is now sold, says a new survey.
Trade encouraged by Asda 'below cost' ban
Asda's move to ban below cost sales of alcohol is encouraging but there is still a long way to go, according to trade figures. Asda chief executive...
Food trends: Taste transformation
We are a nation of food lovers. Now, don't take that the wrong way. It's not that Britain is getting podgy. What I mean is that as a nation, our...
End of the road for foreign satellite football
A former supplier of cut-price foreign satellite systems argues that the time has come to get rid of your foreign service or face prosecution. In my...
Horse & Hound: home turf
Lucy Agnew, licensee of the Horse & Hound tells Robyn Black why coming out of retirement to rejuvenate a community pub was the right move.
Pub foreign satellite window 'closed'
The "window of opportunity" for screening foreign satellite football in pubs has closed, says a high-profile former foreign satellite supplier. Tony...
Ex-Luminar boss plans to bring back pizza concept
Steve Thomas, the founder of nightclub group Luminar, is to enter the restaurant sector, resurrecting the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory brand in the UK,...
Licensing 'overhaul' consultation will last just six weeks
A Home Office consultation on plans to "overhaul" the licensing regime will last just six weeks as government officials race to get the measures into...
Oldham wants Challenge 25 for pubs
Oldham Council is "encouraging" pubs, clubs and shops to operate the Challenge 25 age-check policy. Operators are being asked to display notices...
Music reform health fears
Councillor stokes controversy by saying young people will be put at risk if there are live-music exemptions for crowds up to 200.
Government promises consistency in licensing
Moving control of licensing to the Home Office will mean a "more consistent approach" to the issue is taken, according to a Government minister....
Tony Holman: 'Foreign satellite window has closed'
In my younger days I was a main player in the building of our country's nuclear deterrent (Trident) and I was reasonably well known throughout the...
SAB Miller reports UK beer volume growth
SAB Miller, the global brewer, has reported that lager volumes were up by around 35% in the UK during its first quarter of 2011. The company said...
Sky pricing: a viable model
Sky Business's managing director Iain Holden explains the thinking behind the new "fairer" Sky charging system
Scots are Brits biggest drinkers
Research revealing that Scots drink around 100 pints of beer a year more than English and Welsh counterparts has led to more calls for minimum...
SABMiller: Duty rises depressing demand
The European lager market was continuing to toil under tough economic conditions, brewing giant SAB Miller said today. In an interim management...
Council's military ID drive in peril
A council's attempt to encourage pubs to recognise military ID faces problems — because many venues aren't technically allowed to accept them....
BrewDog launches strongest beer — in a squirrel
BrewDog claims it has created the most alcoholic and expensive beer in the world, and it's presented in a stuffed squirrel. The maverick brewery...
'Ministers pledge to scrap Labour's failed licensing laws'
A war on booze Britain will dismantle Labour's failed 24-hour drinking laws and ban the sale of dirt-cheap alcohol. Ministers are to introduce powers...
Sky boss: 'Disquiet [over price rises] is understandable'
A great deal has been said about Sky's decision to change the way it sets its commercial subscription. As we might have expected, there have been...