The Inspiration for Pub Success Since 1794
Reports of the demise of the regional community pub have been greatly exaggerated, as I was explaining to DJ Paul Braithwaite on BBC Radio Cumbria’s Drivetime show just the other day (the PMA is big in the Lake District, don’t you know).
A Northamptonshire licensee has hailed the use of body-mounted video cameras in his pub as a great success in reducing the number of false allegations against doorstaff.
Amber Taverns, the operator of 76 pubs in northern England, has been identified as the UK’s privately-owned pub and bar operator with the fastest profit growth — proving that wet-led community pubs are far from dead.
The pub trade has been under pressure for a few years now and yet business rates are becoming exorbitant, we have ever-increasing overheads, and — don’t forget — it’s that time of year for price rises from breweries.
Four ideas for boosting food and drink sales at your pub: Paella parties; daily three-course promo; Nigel Kennedy evening; starters-for-10 menu club.
Diageo GB and Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) have joined forces in a £3.5 million campaign to help the on-trade maximise sales opportunities and tap into consumers’ sense of patriotism around national events this summer.
Lancashire brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has unveiled its first pub partnership deal with a microbrewer that lets the smaller producer serve its own beers free-of-tie, and is looking to roll the agreement out further, M&C Report has learnt.
A Portsmouth licensee has said he will take an anti-fascist organisation “all the way to the courts” after threats were made against his family for his alleged links to right-wing extremism.
Pubs are getting behind the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA’s) Community Pubs Month with 500 events being posted on the initiative’s website — www.communitypubs month.org.uk.
More pubs are adding accommodation to their offer as the additional revenue stream has become “vital” for more remote sites.
UK foodservice sales will increase to levels seen in 2008 next year as the market returns to growth, according to consultancy Horizons.