New rights for residents to buy local pubs
Communities will be given "powerful new rights" to buy under-threat pubs, as part of new government plans announced today. The "landmark" Localism...
Archives for December 13, 2010
Top end trading slows in November
Pub industry experts are warning that following a sluggish November, the trading picture for December is likely to be badly affected by the current...
Otter Brewery: a hidden gem
Driving around the Devon countryside looking for the Otter Brewery I can't help wondering if this was how Livingstone saw his hunt for the source of...
Hamish Champ: Who needs footy on the pub telly when there's a riot goin' on?
I never watch televised sport in pubs as a rule. I might latch onto a game of football or rugby if a pub I'm in is showing one, but I haven't made a...
Mark Daniels: It's a taxing issue
Early in 2009 I wrote to Alistair Darling, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and suggested that a good way to help the pub trade would, rather than...
James Wilmore: Not all MPs are moronic
MPs get a bad rap much of the time. Self-important, deluded, and "moronic" are just a few of the criticisms aimed their way. But they're not all...
The Great British pub faces a critical year
The rise in VAT next January and low-cost supermarket alcohol will make 2011 a critical year for the pub trade, says Greg Mulholland.
Pub trade 2010: everyone's a winner
The Morning Advertiser dishes out the accolades in its Alternative Awards (the AAs) for 2010.
Drinks Product Launches of the Year: We have lift-off
Christmas - it's the time of year where it's out with the old and in with the new. The scruffy old slippers with the hole in the right toe, and...
'Supermarket condemned for selling four-packs of lager... for just 79p'
Supermarket condemned for selling four-packs of lager... for just 79p. A supermarket chain has been been branded irresponsible for selling beer at...
Pub Bitch: Santa loses his head
Rocking the Kasbah You have to hand it to those BrewDog guys, they are such rebels. At its AGM the other week the PR-hungry indie brewery outlined...
An interesting few months to come
This time last year I wrote about the inaugural Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee hearing, held at Westminster, which put a...
Legal Review of the Year: So much for a light touch...
There are not many positives to report, following a year that saw the introduction of yet more red tape. Over the past 12 months the tide has well...
Exclusive: Turbo shandy gets an RTD twist
Turbo shandy - the mix of alcoholic lemonade and beer beloved by students - is to be launched as an RTD.
Chris Maclean: Pubs are a force for good
I have long believed that the demonisation of alcohol is the single greatest threat to the licensed industry. It is the systematic removal of any...
Orchid rolls out Sky across estate
Managed operator Orchid Group is investing £3.6m installing Sky in all its 300 pubs and restaurants. More than half of the estate will also have...
Communities get right to buy on pubs
Communities will get the right to buy their pub and other community assets under new plans to shift power back to local communities. Groups of...