Government shuns pubco review panel
Business minister Norman Lamb has confirmed today that the government will not be establishing an independent review panel to scrutinise the pubco-tenant issue.
Archives for February 28, 2012
Drinkaware campaigns change drinking behaviour
Alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware says all three of its 2011 campaigns have exceeded expectations and led to a change in drinking behaviour across its target audiences.
Sky Business boss Holden to leave
Iain Holden is to leave his role as managing director of Sky Business, the commercial division of the broadcaster that supplies Premier League football to pubs.
Murphy case: Copyright issue left open
Licensees showing Premier League football games without copyright material “would appear” to not be liable for prosecution, claims the PMA’s legal editor Peter Coulson.
Hook Norton profits rise
Hook Norton, the Oxfordshire-based brewer and pub operator, has reported a sharp rise in profits in a “challenging” year.
Men jailed for £5m keg theft plot
Five men from the Midlands have been handed jail sentences totalling 14-and-a-half years for their part in a plot to steal £5 million worth of beer kegs from across the region.
The Big Interview: Jacques Borel
Jacques Borel has plans to create 140,000 new UK jobs by slashing VAT on food and drink to 5%. Roger Protz meets the intrepid Frenchman with a spectacular international track record Jacques Borel has a mission in life — to breathe life back into pubs and...
How to plan for a medal-winning year
Last year was hardly the annus horribilis for the pub trade that many either predicted or would lead you to believe. The market more than held its own. Parts of it, particularly the freehouse sector, positively thrived.