Columbo Group to open new cocktail bar site
Columbo Group, the London-based multiple operator headed by former Fabric head of promotion Steve Ball and Riz Shaikh, will open its latest site, the Hudson, next month in north west London.
Archives for August 20, 2012
Jennings: The pub is the best place for freedom of expression
How often have you read or heard of unpopular or non-PC ideas being dismissed as “ bar room rants” or “the philosophy of the public bar”? This struck me recently when reading of somebody having “saloon bar views”; yet another way that our pub culture is...
Rekorderlig on a mission to bring out the UK's Swedish side
A new campaign for Swedish cider Rekorderlig intends to help us Brits “bring out our inner Swedishness” by teaching us all about the sport of Kubb, as well as Swedish pronunciation and grooming.
The Big Interview: Philip Kolvin QC, Best Bar None chairman
I think that all good operators have come to realise that there is no point having a wonderful pub if their customers can only get there through a war zone. You have got to be part of a thriving town centre.”
Pub installs defibrillator after customer has suspected heart attack
The Black Bull Inn in Penwortham, Lancashire, has become the latest pub to install a defibrillator after a customer had a suspected heart attack during its weekly Thursday night quiz.