'Pub last orders could soon be soft drinks only'
Bars could be forced to sell only soft drinks in the hour before they close and put health warnings on cocktails in order to help tackle Glasgow's...
Archives for August 5, 2010
Brazen thieves pinch pub fruit machine
Thieves recreated a scam shown on the Real Hustle TV show to steal a licensee's fruit machine from right under their nose. The Ring O'Bells in...
Video: GBBF for licensees
Campaign for Real Ale chief executive Mike Benner talks to MATV about the benefits of joining in CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival.
Penn Street Taverns to sell four pubs
Penn Street Taverns, the Birmingham-based pub group, is selling four freehold pubs in the West Midlands through agent Christie + Co.
Glasgow: soft drinks for last orders
Glaswegian pubs and clubs could be forced to serve soft drinks only in the last hour of service under new recommendations by the Health and Social...
Gluten-free fare offered at Essex pub
An Essex pub has launched an almost completely gluten-free menu to give coeliac customers extra choice.
San Miguel launches biggest ever press campaign
Carlsberg UK has unveiled a multimillion pound ad campaign for its San Miguel beer brand to be rolled out in August.
Appleton launches a rare rum
Jamaican rum producer Appleton Estate is bringing a rare 30-year-old rum to the UK market. The company has created just 1,440 bottles of the drink,...
Rufus Hall: blooming marvellous
Orchid chief executive Rufus Hall talks to Phil Mellows about the view from the box-car of the recession.
Football crackdown nets 212 pubs
More than 200 licensees have been prosecuted for screening football in their pubs using domestic Sky cards lats season.
Pulling the couch potatoes into the pub
Many licensees blame cheap, off-trade booze deals for the drop in pub sales, but a recent survey suggests there's more to it, reports Phil Mellows.
Fresh push to rate community pub value
Pub campaigners have announced a second push to measure a pub's community value in financial terms. Rick Muir, of the Institute for Public Policy...
Glasgow pubs face 'unfeasible' clampdown
A Scottish trade chief has slammed wide-ranging plans to crack down on the way pubs in Glasgow operate. In a report seen by The Publican, containing...
Beer Group chair outlines big issues
The new All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman Alan Meale sets out his priorities for the year ahead.
Beers net awards honour
Five bottled beers have been crowned the "World's Best Beers" by an expert judging panel. Judges, who blind-tasted more than 500 beer entries from...
CAMRA lists top ten heritage pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has listed its top ten most cherished pubs in the country with the relaunch of its Pubs Heritage website.