Redesdale presses Clegg on doorstaff
Best Bar None chairman Lord Redesdale has promoted the idea of a "halfway house to full self-regulation" of doorstaff.
Archives for November 1, 2010
James Wilmore: Let's hope our new pubs minister is not a sop
So the coalition doesn't think all Labour's ideas were rubbish. Just over five months since David Cameron entered Number 10, we find ourselves with...
BBPA: 98% of pubco codes accredited
Over 98% of British Beer and Pub Association members with tenanted and leased pubs have now had their Codes of Practice accredited or are in the...
Enterprise Inns teams up with Carbon Trust
Enterprise Inns is hoping to help its tenants slash energy bills by up to 30% through a new link-up with the Carbon Trust. The pubco is to pilot a...
Caroline Nodder: Charity begins in the pub
Charity begins at home, so they say. But they're wrong. Charity actually begins in the pub. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that there is no...
IPC: pubcos dragging heels on codes
The Independent Pub Confederation has raised concerns with MPs about the new pub company codes of practice.
Chapel Down does fizzness for charity
Chapel Down has created a blend of its sparkling wine for the Demelza Hospice Care for Children charity. Working with the charity's CEO, Ted...
SIA to remain until after 2012 Olympics
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not expected to be dismantled until after the 2012 Olympics, according to the body's chief executive....
Pub Bitch: Publican Pub Quiz special
Charity cheats It gives Pub Bitch no pleasure whatsoever to report that a number of teams and individuals were caught cheating at last week's...
Sales expected to top £1.5m at 3rd Flatcappers pub
West Country Pub Co Flatcappers, headed by Alex Reilley and ex-Bibendum general manager Pierre Woodford, has opened its third pub.
Thornbridge adds brewers to team
Thornbridge Brewery has added two new brewers to its team including Meantime's former production manager.
Powers to ban troublemakers from pubs extended
Powers to impose orders banning drunken troublemakers have been extended to 25 new areas from today. Drink Banning Orders (DBOs) give magistrates...
Hamish Champ: Customer service, Warhammer style!
In such economically perilous times as these, when Hard-Pressed Consumers™ are looking for the best value experience they can get, it is staggering...
IPC 'concerned' by pubcos' slow progress
Trade umbrella group the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has raised concerns with MPs about the implementation of new pubco codes of practice....
BII to strengthen support for new pub tenants
The BII is to strengthen its support for new entrants to the pub trade through an extension of its mentoring scheme. In its update on pubco progress...
Pub food: business boosters
Ideas for driving food sales in your pub including a back to school party, a Faulty Towers night and a Seventh Heaven menu.
Pubs urged to carry out business review ahead of cuts
Pubs are being urged to carry out a full business review of how the cuts in public spending will affect them. Baker Tilly Recovery and...
'Alcohol 'causes more harm than crack''
Alcohol causes more widespread harm than drugs like heroin or crack cocaine, according to a study published in respected medical journal The Lancet....
Adnams set to launch spirits range
Suffolk brewer Adnams is to set to launch a range of hand-crafted spirits later this month, including vodka, gin and whisky.
Class A drugs and beer comparison is 'not rational'
Comparing drinking beer to taking heroin or crack cocaine is irrational, according to an industry chief. Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the...
Cider breaks free from summer
Cider brands are launching a big push to boost cider sales year round - not just the summer. Westons Cider has agreed a three-year deal with Hall...
Executive pay fell in 2010, according to new survey
The majority of company directors in the private sector saw their pay cut in real terms this year, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD)....
Former SLV governor Eddie O'Connor passes away
Former trade-charity stalwart, trade-protection activist and long-term multiple licence holder Eddie O'Connor has died after battling a long illness...
Pub champs crowned in time British Sausage Week
A butcher, brewer and licensee have proved that teamwork is best, after fighting off competition from some of the best butchers in the country to...
Alcohol facts: why you shouldn't believe all you hear
Diageo corporate social responsibility manager Mark Baird tackles 10 of the most regularly repeated myths about alcohol pricing, promotion and harm.
RICS upbeat on pub costs surveys
The pub sector will soon have "good quality information" on running costs, which are used to set rents, for the first time - so says RICS.