Archives for December 8, 2010

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Authorities urged to tackle problem pubs

By John Harrington

Police and councils in 26 areas are to receive "intensive" support visits to get them up to speed on their powers to tackle 'problem pubs'. The Home Office cited a "lack of confidence" among enforcement officers.

'Tax too blunt to deal with binge drinkers'

By Ewan Turney

Minimum price advocate Greene King has stressed that using tax to increase supermarket prices is a "blunt instrument" and inherently "risky". The...

Freehold pub value down 22% on last year

By Gurjit Degun

The price of freehold pubs has fallen 22% year-on-year, with sites flooding the market as pubco disposals continue. About a quarter (26%) of these...

Pub Bitch: Crap Gordon

Crap Gordon Gordon's alive?! Brian Blessed, the 'face' - if not the voice - of Greene King's Old Speckled Hen, isn't a man to be messed with, it...

Can Harry Potter help pub's fortunes?

By Matt Eley Matt

A pair of publicans are hoping Harry Potter can weave his magic to help their bid to run a cinema from their pub. Angela Morgan-Knight, licensee of...

Minimum pricing would hit off-trade revenues

By James Wilmore

A new report has blown a hole in the idea that a minimum price would boost supermarket profits by around £710m a year. The report, commissioned by...

Harnessing the Churchill spirit at the pub

By Michelle Perrett

Kensington licensee Gerry O'Brien tells Michelle Perrett how he has built trade and turned the Churchill Arms in west London's Notting Hill into a...

Olympic Games: a win-win for Britain

By Ufi Ibrahim

The British Hospitality Association's chief executive Ufi Ibrahim argues that Britain will benefit hugely from the 2010 Olympics.

Craft Beer Pubs: King of the Cask

The edge of a Pimlico housing estate, opposite some very smart-looking London townhouses, is an odd place for one of the UK's best-stocked craft beer...