Caroline Nodder: Where is the publicans' voice?
I've banged on about the general failings of trade associations a fair bit over the last few years, and I've no doubt put a few noses out of joint in...
Archives for January 31, 2011
Williams Bros beers scoop eight SIBA awards
Five Williams Bros Brewery beers have won accolades across eight categories in the 2010 Scottish SIBA Beer Awards. The brewery also won Best in...
£10m marketing push for VK
This month, VK gets both an updated bottle design and a £10 million marketing push to boost sales throughout 2011. The campaign, which will sport...
New satellite football warning for pubs
Albania-based Tring TV is the latest foreign broadcaster to issue a warning to UK licensees who use its decoder cards.
M&B close to selling franchised division
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is reported to be close to selling its 55 franchised pubs.
Stonegate unveils Irish theme bar chain
The Stonegate Pub Company - which was formed with the purchase of 333 Mitchells & Butlers pubs last year - has revealed that its first brand...
Hamish Champ: Fancy a ride aboard the de-tox bus?
For some the excess of Christmas and New Year is inevitably followed by a January of abstinence, when bodies are given time to recover and regroup....
Moorhouse's sees buoyant start to 2011
Moorhouse's has enjoyed a buoyant start to 2011 with both increased sales and the first award wins for beer brewed in its new 'tower brewery'. Last...
Fun times ahead...
The publication last week of the latest GDP figures showing the UK economy contracted by half a per cent in the final three months of 2010 came as a...
Pub Bitch: Don't blame it on the (lack of) sunshine
Arse appeal You've got to admire - and please accept my apologies for the pun - the bare-faced cheek of some people. Welsh brewer SA Brain is giving...
Albanian TV firm warns against footy decoder cards
An Albanian satellite TV company has issued a warning against UK pubs over using its cards to show Premier League football. Tring TV, which has the...
Making the most of British Pie Week in pubs
Lesley Foottit looks at ideas for how the humble pie can make a big impact on your pub's food offer. Pie sales will always go up during the winter...
Stonegate rebrands O'Neill's as Molloy's
Managed operator Stonegate Pub Company is to convert nine O'Neill's pubs into its first major bar brand, another Irish-themed concept called...
Capital Pub Company: it's a London thing...
Aristotle had his epiphany in the bath. Sir Isaac Newton saw stars in an orchard. James Hargreaves watched his daughter Jenny knock over a spinning...
James Wilmore: Please give us a break Mr Penrose!
Surely we can't have another government fudge on our hands? Hot on the heals of the below-cost ban debacle, the noises the coalition is now making...
Benefits for pubs from the Olympics
The pub trade stands to benefit from the Olympics, but there are risks too, Ufi Ibrahim told delegates at an MA and M&C Report conference yesterday.
David George: leaving his ship on course
David George, joint Enterprise founder and finance director, retired last week. Phil Mellows meets the man behind Britain's biggest tenanted...
Greene King buys Cloverleaf Restaurants for £56m
Greene King has used up the remaining proceeds from last year's rights issue by buying and investing in Cloverleaf Restaurants, a Blackburn-based pub...