Punch teams up with new brewers for its spring range of cask ales
Punch Taverns is working with seven new brewers in its Finest Cask scheme this spring.
Archives for April 21, 2014
10 tips for staging a festival at your pub
As the summer season approaches, your mind may be turning to organising a festival at your pub. Admittedly it may not be quite on the scale of Glastonbury, but nonetheless it could be an important way for you to market your business, make use of an...
Are you training your people?
When business people take on a pub enterprise, employee training may make an appearance on the ‘to do’ list, but how much of a priority is given to that training?
Fall in number of councils considering a Late-Night Levy
The number of licensing authorities in England and Wales considering the introduction a late-night levy has fallen sharply, an annual survey by Poppleston Allen has found.
Wetherspoon boss criticises rival pubcos’ 'financial misjudgement'
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has voiced most direct criticism yet of his rival pub companies for failing to support the industry’s VAT campaign.
Statutory code consultation: A year in purgatory
This week marks one year since the launch of the Government’s consultation on the introduction of statutory code to regulate the relationship between pubcos and their tenants.
Bernard Brindley: Tributes pour in following news of his death
Tributes have flooded in for Bernard Brindley, who died suddenly last weekend at the age of 63.
PRS Music Makeover 2013 winner announced
A Leicestershire publican has been announced the winner of PRS for Music’s Music Makeover 2013 competition.
Black Sheep becomes Cask Marque training centre
Black Sheep brewery has been designated as a Cask Marque Training Centre of Excellence.
Frustration builds as one year passes with no Government response on statutory code
Publicans have been left “clinging on” by the year-long wait for a Government response on pubco reform, industry figures have told the PMA.
If your pub is threatened, follow the Fox
Roger Protz says we should all be inspired by the battle to save a much-loved pub in West Yorkshire.