Sales up at Wetherspoon but margins under pressure
JD Wetherspoon has this morning unveiled like-for-like sale growth of 1.6% for its first quarter.
Archives for November 4, 2010
Legal: Public convenience politics
It was once the case that a British restaurant would have terrible food but wonderful toilets, whereas a French restaurant would have fantastic food...
Best suppliers to pub trade unveiled
The best suppliers to the pub industry were announced last night at the Great British Pub Suppliers Awards, sponsored by Tradeteam, at Plaisterer's...
City Diary — 4 November
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Cut red tape, new pubs minister urged
New community pubs minister Bob Neill has been urged to ease the "jaw-dropping" burden of bureaucracy and red tape currently choking the life out of...
Video: Greene King's Dallaglio on Autumn Internationals
Greene King's ambassador Lawrence Dallaglio gives his views on how England will fare against New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Samoa.
The evolution of proper pubs
The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.
Ex-lessee MP joins pubco scrutiny committee
A pub company boss-turned-MP, who has experience of running tied pubs, has been appointed to the new-look BISC.
MA200 Award winners crowned
Steve Haslam, founder of TLC Inns, has been crowned Best Individual at the MA 200 Awards for the best, independent multiple retailers. Haslam...
Brokenshire receptive to pub trade lobbying
Fourteen hundred submissions have been made for the Government's consultation on licensing reform - as trade chiefs step up their lobbying to get the...
Tuppen rejects Mulholland's view
Enterprise Inns has rejected a claim by MP Greg Mulholland that it should sell the freehold of the Black Horse in Otley to give it a chance of a...
Rural pub grants up for grabs
Rural pubs in eastern England can apply for new business development grants of up £1,500. Around 70 grants are available between now and February...
Birra Moretti give it a Mo
Italian premium beer Birra Moretti is again joining forces with TV chefs Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi to back this year's moustache-growing Movember...
New definition of cider is welcomed
New regulations that set a minimum juice content for cider will benefit quality producers and protect the integrity of the category, say cider makers.
Cider industry welcomes new tax definition
Cidermakers have welcomed new rules which mean any cider or perry with less than 35 per cent fruit juice content will face a higher rate of tax. A...
Red Cow Inn in Llwydcoed: Ray of hope
Licensee Ray Davies tells Michelle Perrett how he and his wife, Tracey, have turned around the fortunes of the Red Cow Inn in Llwydcoed, Aberdare,...
Lawrence Dallaglio: 'There's no point licensees whingeing'
How will England fare in the Autumn Internationals? If they go into it with a lot of confidence and belief they have a good chance. But we have to be...
Vince Cable offers hope on licensing reform
Business secretary Vince Cable has given the industry hope the government could water down its controversial plans to overhaul the licensing regime....
Skeleton and guns found during pub refurb
Work to restore a historic pub gutted by fire was held up after builders found a skeleton and a cache of wartime weapons. Police and archaeologists...
Drink School: The new gin boom
The last few years have seen quite a transformation for gin. Its turnaround from 1980s cliché or the drink of, shall we say, older women, to hip and...
Free thinking for pubs: part two
Tony Halstead reports on more ideas from the MA's Freehouse 500 meeting including running movie nights and digital marketing.
Publican Local Focus: Derby winners
Derby always been renowned for its ale - and thankfully this tradition shows no sign of dying out among its current licensees. The city boasts 12...
Meet the Enterprise lessee who bought his way out of the beer tie
A few years back, visiting the Bree Louise near London's Euston station was a rather solitary experience. But entering its doors today reveals a very...