Sky Sports extends deal with Professional Darts Corporation
Sky Sports has signed a new five-year broadcast deal with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), extending the partnership to 25 years.
Archives for April 1, 2013
London pub company celebrates a decade in the trade with their own beer, wine and gin
The owners of Renaissance Pubs, the six-strong pub company based in south west London, have created their own beer, gin and wine to celebrate 10 years in the trade.
Comedy landlord to star in BBC TV show
Eccentric pub landlord and modern artist Anthony Youel will appear on BBC3’s new comedy “Boom Town”.
Ed Gardner becomes MD at Corney & Barrow
Lucy Knowles has stepped down as managing director of Corney & Barrow, the City of London-based wine bar operator, after 17 years, with Ed Gardner, group business development director at Corney & Barrow Group, which includes its wine and spirits...
The future of tied pubs is in our hands
Self-regulation of the tied pub sector was given an eight-year chance, but by last December the Government acknowledged that it had not had the desired effect. Tied licensees were still suffering hardship and not enough pub profits were going to lessees...
Bondholders reject Punch restructure proposals
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Special Committee of Noteholders has rejected the restructuring proposals put forward by Punch Taverns last month but said it was prepared to work with the tenanted pub operator “to reach a quick & efficient...
Abolishing the tie is madness, isn’t it?
The skirmish that was the duty escalator has been won. Attention now turns to the key battle; the drink industry’s equivalent of Stalingrad.
First pub in Reading becomes asset of community value
The Retreat is the first pub in Reading to be made an ‘asset of community value’ (ACV), after Reading Borough Council accepted the bid put forward in December 2012.
Elland Brewery’s 1872 Porter awarded CAMRA’s Winter Champion Beer of Britain
Elland Brewery’s 1872 Porter has been awarded CAMRA’s Winter Champion Beer of Britain Award (CWBOB) for the second time in three years.