No Saints reveals plans to launch 15 sites
No Saints, the bar and restaurant group run by former Luminar chief executive Stephen Thomas, revealed plans to open at least 15 sites.
Archives for October 9, 2011
One pub makes it to BPEX best sausage final
BPEX has narrowed the search for the Best Pub Pork Sausage to just three finalists as part of the BPEX Foodservice Pork Sausage of the Year 2011.
St Jude's snaps up second pub
Suffolk microbrewer St Jude’s has bought its second pub and is looking to open a second brewery.
Jägermeister launches clampdown on pubs serving substitute brands
Spirits brand Jägermeister is cracking down on pubs serving substitute brands, when customers specifically ask for a Jägermeister, JägerBomb and JBomb.
Peach takes on 15th pub
Peach Pub Company, the Midlands based group, has taken on its 15th site after eyeing it up for “years”.
Rick Bailey: Maintaining Family Values
For a while yet the edifice of Daniel Thwaites’s brewery will continue to dominate the centre of Blackburn. If all goes to plan, though, in a few years it will be replaced by a giant Sainsbury’s and relocated to a site, still to be determined, on the...
French connection: The Paris House
Sheila McWattie talks to licensee David Carrick, of the Paris House in Hove, East Sussex, about platters, coffee and French wine
Slug & Lettuce introduces favourites menu
High street brand Slug & Lettuce is trialling a Best of Slug menu across 12 of its 75 sites from this week.
Pilsner Urquell crowns Master Bartender
Fearghus McCormack of the Merrion Inn in Dublin has won the title of Pilsner Urquell International Master Bartender (IMB) 2011 during a highly-competitive week-long final in the Czech Republic.
Greene King seals deal with council
Greene King has appointed Reading Borough Council as its single point of contact for consultation with all councils on health and safety issues for its pubs.
Barclays: banks still willing to invest in pubs
Banks are still willing to invest in pub companies if there are “sensible structures” in place, according to Mike Delay, relationship director at Barclays’ corporate banking arm.
Publicans warned over liability insurance
Licensees have been reminded about the legal requirement to purchase employers’ liability insurance, following a recent court case.