Rekorderlig aims to grow via cocktails
Swedish cider brand Rekorderlig is looking for a larger slice of the cider market by developing a range of simple cider cocktails.
Archives for October 17, 2012
Portman Group: Former Barnardo’s CEO Martin Narey named chairman of Independent Complaints Panel
Former chief executive of Barnardo’s Martin Narey has been appointed as the new chairman of the Portman Group’s Independent Complaints Panel for irresponsible alcohol marketing.
Castle Rock Brewery lures Starbucks customers with pub coffee deals
Castle Rock Brewery is tempting disillusioned Starbucks customers with coffee deals in its pubs on the back of the tax scandal that has engulfed the US coffee giant.
Drinks industry needs to accept that alcohol is a drug
Let’s talk about drugs. Last week the NHS produced a fascinating report on drug use and treatment in the UK, fascinating because it presents an unusually positive picture.
Pub food ideas: 7 ways with takeaways
Sheila McWattie takes a look at some exciting and innovative routes to making takeaways part of your pub’s offer.
New BIS minister prefers rock stars to pub people
Journalists tend to get mistrustful when people refuse interviews — especially when those people are public servants, and they are in charge of matters of importance and public interest.
Late-night levy: Pubs "ignored" by Government says Best Bar None chairman Philip Kolvin QC
The Government has “ignored” the wishes of the pub industry by “excluding all best-practice schemes” from applying for a late-night levy reduction.
Pub chefs urged to raise food prices on menus to offset inflation
Publicans are “going to be in trouble” if they don’t adjust menu prices for rising costs of core menu items now.
Pubs with high business rates hit as Government postpones revaluations
Licensees will have to pay their current business rates for an extra two years as the Government has announced that it is to postpone the next business rates revaluation in England to 2017.
Westminster Council licence review on Duke of York pub is "warning shot" to licensees
A licence review by Westminster City Council on a Fitzrovia pub has been branded a “warning shot to operators” by a top licensing lawyer.