Archives for September 18, 2012

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Reflections on the death of Griffith Edwards

Griffith Edwards died last week. He wasn’t exactly famous, except within alcohol policy circles, but as one of the intellectual pillars of what I term medical temperance his influence and ideas shape the politics of drinking today, from the nature of...

Keene and Fleury take on third pub

By Gurjit Degun

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) has helped two licensees invest £240,000 to revamp a pub — Acorn 30 in Epsom, Surrey.

Assessing the relationship between pub companies and their tenants

By Robert Sayles

Much has been made of the problems associated with gullible tenants entering the trade. The voicing of such concerns suggest these ‘naïve’ things are little more than lambs to the slaughter, the tied pub trade something akin to a savage wilderness; one...

The cost of being a door supervisor

In February 2010, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) decided to review the content of the syllabus for the qualification of SIA door personnel.

Pub People Company reports rise in earnings

By M&C Report

Pub People Company, the 37-strong East Midlands-based group led by Kevin Sammons, has reported a 3.7% rise in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) for the year to the end of March 2012.