Pub closure statistics
Suburban pubs hit hardest by closures with 17 lost a week
Suburban pubs are being hit hardest by closures, making up more than half of pubs lost, while high streets are less affected.
Archives for October 7, 2015
Is Big Brother watching you?
Big brother is watching — beware that friendly stranger at the bar chatting to your customers, he could land you in some serious trouble!
Bristol - the western magnet for brewers
Roger Protz visits Bristol to learn a little about what is attracting brewers to this booming West Country hub.
First Enterprise 'managed expert' pub opens; further sites in pipeline
Enterprise Inns and trade veteran Rupert Clevely have opened their first managed pub under the joint-venture Hippo Inns brand.
PMA Sport
Full-time Fletch... on what football can learn from rugby
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, BT Sport commentator and host of football show Fletch & Sav Darren Fletcher considers what — if anything — football could learn from the sport.
NEW OPENING
Searcys and Fat Duck chefs enlisted for new Surrey pub
Matt Edmonds, head chef at restaurant and bar Searcys, at the top of the Gherkin, London, has taken the job of chef patron at Surrey pub the Grantley Arms, Wonersh, as it re-opens under new management this month.
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Stop-start drinking is not the answer
"Since the dawn of time man has been drinking alcohol, and since the day after man has been getting hangovers. Imagine how fantastic 31 days without a hangover would be; all the things you could achieve.”
Star to invest £3.7m in 20 Newcastle refurbishments
Star Pubs & Bars is to invest £3.7m in 20 major refurbishments in and around Newcastle by the end of 2015.
Beer
SAB Miller reject AB InBev offer
SABMiller’s second-biggest shareholder has rejected AB InBev’s £65bn takeover bid.
Food and beer pairing: Top 50 Gastropubs matches
Top 50 Gastropubs 2016, the PMA’s annual celebration of the very best in pub food, is approaching. To mark the event, Daniel Woolfson asked sommeliers from the There’s a Beer For That campaign to create special cask-ale pairings for dishes by some of the...
Preloading crackdown dubbed 'woeful waste' of money
A new campaign by Liverpool City Council designed to crack down on so-called ‘predrinking’ has been branded a waste of money by one local licensee.