World-class line up for key UK eating-out congress
The leading seminar and think-tank for business leaders from the UK eating-out market is back this autumn, with an unrivalled line-up of speakers....
Archives for September 27, 2010
Pub disasters: the will to survive
With natural disasters dominating the news, Noli Dinkovski talks to licensees who have survived catastrophes. How do you recover from a fire or flood?
Pub regular bags £20K in Tarrant-hosted quiz
A pub regular picked up a cool £20,000 after getting the chance to answer questions from Chris Tarrant. Craig Palfrey, a regular at the Three...
Enterprise hope to raise further £11.3m at auction
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £11.3m by undertaking a sale and leaseback on another 11 pubs at at an Allsops commercial auction on 19...
Third Best Bar None Conference announced
The third Best Bar None (BBN) Practitioners Conference is to take place in Durham in 24 November.
Second Brighton pub fined for noise
The Red Rooms bar in Brighton was forced to pay more than £7,000 by magistrates after complaints of "unbearable" noise.
Mark Daniels: Conscripted bar staff
In 1960, compulsory sign up for National Service was abolished, just a year before my Dad turned eighteen and meaning that, unlike his older brother,...
Thwaites offers 32 ales to its pubs
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is launching a 32-strong selection of one-off and guest cask ales to its top pubs. The scheme will run until the...
Intoxicated by pub hysteria
The campaign to halt a JDW outlet in Lymington seems to be based on snobbery and delusion, says Roger Protz.
Off-trade set for minimum price windfall
Supermarkets, such as Tesco and Asda, would net an extra £700m if a minimum price of 45p a unit was introduced across the UK. That's according to...
Orchid CEO to give staff video updates
Orchid Group chief executive Rufus Hall will be giving staff regular updates on YouTube to help them keep up-to-date with the business. The videos,...