Shepherd Neame opens pub fish & chip shop
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has transformed a London pub to include a traditional fish & chip shop.
Archives for February 22, 2012
BBPA delivers bottle duty message to MPs
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has delivered a ‘message in a bottle’ to MPs warning of the dangers of another huge hike in the tax on beer.
Pub Mentors: Softs put fizz into business
Executing ‘brilliant basics’ on soft drinks and using targeted promotional activity to drive new footfall were the two key areas that lessees Duncan and Natalie Entwistle and I talked about on my first visit to their pub, the Greets Inn in Warnham, West...
S&NPC launches business plan scheme for potential licensees
Licensees wanting to take on a Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) tenancy must have their business plans approved and signed off by an independent accountant or business advisor
Banning orders and publicity
I was rather interested to read about the Cornwall nightclub owner who has installed an ID scanner so she can share information on ‘difficult’ customers with other licensees in the area.This is a subject I have dealt with regularly over many years.
Gastropub pioneers secure third site
QHA Limited, the pub company run by gastropub pioneers Michael Kittos and Tony Wolfe, has secured its third site, a former Samuel Smith pub in central London.
Stella promotes heritage in marketing shift
Stella Artois has unveiled a new advertising campaign that focuses on 600 years of Belgian brewing heritage.
Binge drinking – Sayles' social study
The recent ground breaking study into social smoking carried out in New Zealand inspired me to carry out some research of my own.
BISC: Bailey questions Prime Minister over pubco deal
Business Innovation and Skills Committee (BISC) chairman Adrian Bailey demanded action from David Cameron over the pubco-tenant relationship during Prime Minister’s Questions today.
Brokers ‘expected’ bank lending fall
Pub-trade brokers have said they expected high-street banks to fall short of lending targets for offering finance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) under the Project Merlin agreement.