Pub Bitch: Nightingale Special
The manager's view As any bar worker knows, complaining customers are part and parcel of the working day. One gets used to dealing with tricky types...
Archives for September 16, 2010
Tim Martin: 'Unite against tax burden'
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on the sector to unite against the tax and regulatory burden onslaught it faces.
Most ambitious advertising campaign yet for Smirnoff vodka
Diageo has unveiled what it calls its most ambitious advertising campaign, as it attempts to celebrate the best nightlife around the world with...
Miller Brands launches new Czech beer as an on-trade exclusive
Miller Brands is launching a new draught Czech beer, Kozel, exclusively into UK pubs. The beer, a four per cent ABV premium lager, will not be...
M&B buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
Licensing plan an 'attack on natural justice'
A group of influential pub industry leaders has launched a stinging attack on the Government's new licensing proposals, labeling the new initiatives...
Punch: more concessions on new leases
Punch Taverns has offered further concessions to new licensees to tempt them to sign up to three new leases it's offering. The company launches the leases officially in its south-east region next week.
GMB calls pubcos 'tax dodgers' in conference resolution
The GMB has warned it will draw a link between what it calls 'inflated rental incomes' from pubcos and tax avoidance schemes that see businesses...
Health & Safety: Getting a plan in place
Health and safety (H&S) should be about sensible proportionate actions that protect people and business - not unnecessary bureaucracy and...
'Mixed reaction to Borders drinks price pilot proposals'
An MSP's proposal to pilot minimum alcohol pricing in the Scottish Borders has generated a mixed response from the public. Some BBC Scotland news...
Punch Taverns rolls out new lease agreements
Punch Taverns is to roll out new lease agreements next week which it claims will "demystify" the way its beer prices and rents are linked. The new...
Chris Maclean: Most of the time I enjoy our student trade...
Its Thursday night and I've just closed my pub. It's gone eleven, we've stopped serving and I'm throwing out the last of them. There are about a...