Customers look for pubs to provide more 'food occasions'
More than half (54%) of pub customers would visit a pub more often if it provided additional food occasions, and 20% would stay longer, new research from him! suggests.
Archives for March 13, 2014
Al Murray to judge McCoy’s ‘Put Your Pub on a Plane to Rio’ competition
Al Murray, the Pub Landlord, has been announced as one of the celebrity judges in McCoy’s ‘Put Your Pub on a Plane to Rio’ competition — offering the winners the chance to watch this summer’s World Cup in a pub near Copacabana beach.
BBPA urges publicans to respond to World Cup licensing hours consultation
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is urging publicans to respond to the Home Office’s consultation to decide whether to relax licensing hours during England matches in the World Cup 2014.
SIBA announces National Beer Competition 2014 winners
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has announced three ‘supreme champions’ and 60 medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2014 at its BeerX event in Sheffield.
ETM Group's chef burger competition open for entries
London pub company ETM Group has opened entries for its second annual Slider Decider competition.
Orchid 'in IPO talks with advisors'
Deutsche Bank is understood to be conducting a beauty parade of potential advisors to a possible initial public offering (IPO) of Orchid Group, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report has learned.
Robert Humphreys to step down from Parliamentary Beer Group
Robert Humphreys is to step down from his role of honorary secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group after 21 years, which he has held since the group’s formation in 1993, the Publican's Morning Advertiser has learnt.
Campaigners fear Treasury is concealing statutory code lobbying after FOI cover-up
Anti-pubco campaigners fear the Treasury is concealing the extent of pubco lobbying activities, after it turned down a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for details of correspondence and meetings relating to the Government’s consultation on a...
Blackpool Council agrees to EMRO rejection
Blackpool Council has endorsed the licensing committee’s recommendation to reject an early morning restriction order (EMRO), which would have banned the sale of alcohol after 3am within the town centre.