Pilsner Urquell unveils UK Master Bartender finalists
Last year's Pilsner Urquell UK Master Bartender champion is back to defend his title after being shortlisted for the finals. Chris Milner of Browns...
Archives for September 13, 2010
Great British Pub Awards 2010: photos
Re-live all the excitement from the Great British Pub Awards 2010 through our online gallery of pictures.
Pub chains enjoy good summer trade
Leading managed pub and restaurant chains have reported like-for-like sales growth of 1.5% in August on last year. The Coffer Peach Business Tracker...
500,000 teens have to deal with drunk friends
More than 532,000 young teenagers have had to cope with a drunken friend who was sick, injured or unconscious over the past year, shocking new...
Licensing overhaul: agreement to differ
Peter Coulson has been reading over some of the responses to the Government's proposed licensing overhaul.
Irish pub trade in 'meltdown'
The Irish pub trade is in "meltdown" after suffering a 14.1% decline in sales for the first seven months of 2010. Mid-year market figures from the...
'Irish pub trade sales down 14 per cent'
The pub trade is experiencing a "meltdown" with sales down by more than 14 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the Drinks Industry Group...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: is M&B's sell-off the start of a new trend for the sector?
Following Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) sale of 333 premises for £373m to TDR Capital, the inevitable question is whether this is the beginning...
Future of 279 ex-Marston's pubs in doubt
Speculation is growing that in a matter of weeks Piccadilly Licensed Properties is hoping to sell the 279 pubs its then-parent company, the...
S&NPC denies plan to ditch 279 Piccadilly pubs
S&NPC has denied industry rumours that it's giving up its contract to run 279 tenanted pubs on behalf of Piccadilly Licensed Properties Limited.
Leading pub companies see August sales dive
Trading across the larger pub and restaurant chains fell more than 16 per cent in August, with poor weather and the fag-end of the World Cup...
Welcome to Punch Taverns Mr Dyson
What are the odds that last week would have been the first in a long while that Giles Thorley enjoyed from start to finish? Having stepped down as...
Pub activities: this one's for the lads
When popping in for a pint with a bunch of mates, men are often after more. Many seek an activity to entertain them, says Tony Halstead.
Pub chef in a monster trifle
Pub chef Jamie King, of the Anchor in Walton Manor, has created a giant 200kg trifle for TV show Monster Munchies.