Archives for November 2, 2015

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Legal advice

Changes to late-night refreshment rules

By Poppleston Allen

If you have ever made a licence application within a cumulative impact zone, you would be forgiven for thinking that your local takeaway has one of the highest crime rates in your area.

Big Brewer is watching you

By Pete Brown

Pete Brown runs his own slide-rule over the megadeal between AB InBev and SABMiller and concludes that the future may be less than rosy for both pubs and small brewers in the UK.

Tom Kerridge pie to feature at Greene King festival

By Daniel Woolfson

­Greene King has launched a pie festival at over 130 pubs across its UK estate, with one pie created by Tom Kerridge’s team at the Hand & Flowers available at selected sites.

Heinz competition

Connecting to the community

By Nicholas Robinson

Independent pubs and restaurants that consider themselves to be at the heart of their community could win a total of £50,000 in prizes in Heinz’s Heartwarming Heroes competition, which is supported by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Publican Awards 2016

It's your time to stand out from the crowd

By PMA

With the deadline fast approaching, now’s the time to enter one of the pub sector’s most prestigious events — the Publican Awards 2016.

City news

Urban Leisure Group plans major London expansion

By James Wallin, MC Allegra FS

Adrian Hartley, the newly appointed managing director of London-based Urban Leisure Group, has told M&C Allegra Report that the group will open five sites in six months — with a sixth planned for the end of 2016.

City News

Greene King will reduce brands, analyst claims

By MC Allegra FS

Leading analyst Jamie Rollo, of Morgan Stanley, has said he believes Greene King will look to achieve synergies from the integration of Spirit Pub Company through simplification and improvement of brands.

Publicans of the UK

Are we reaching peak managed pubs?

By Tony Leonard

According to research last month the number of licensed restaurants in the UK now outnumbers wet-led pubs and bars for the first time.

Property

Strong investment seen in capital freeholds

By Nick Lyell

Nick Lyell explains the slight reduction in average London pub yields in the freehold market and why there is still such huge demand from a multitude of investors.