Publican Awards
Meet the Publican Awards nominees: Best Premium Food Offer, sponsored by McCain
Five pub companies are in the running at the Publican Awards for their exceptional premium food offer, with average food sales above £25 per head.
Archives for January 11, 2017
Pubs code
Newby's position to be debated in parliament
Outgoing chair of the Save the Pub Group, Greg Mulholland, has been granted a debate in the House of Commons on Paul Newby's position as pubs code adjudicator and the implementation of the code.
gastropubs
Ex-Gordon Ramsay chef: 'Pubs can be as good as the best restaurants'
Steven Ellis worked at some of the country's top Michelin-starred restaurants before opening Windsor gastropub the Oxford Blue. He tells Daniel Woolfson why he fell in love with the pub trade.
Food
JD Wetherspoon apologises to 'disgusted' customer for 'half' eaten dish
JD Wetherspoon has apologised for not replacing a woman’s dish that had been already partially eaten by another customer.
All-day trading
How pubs are changing to widen their appeal
With consumers turning away in droves from traditional pub offers at traditional times, it is little wonder that the UK’s pub closure rate still stands at around 21 casualties a week. For some pubs the remedy is to open up under-used space for daytime...
Illegal broadcasting
Five Scottish pubs slapped with £50k bill in damages for illegal Sky showing
Sky has received £50,000 from five pubs in Scotland which have been broadcasting Sky Sports illegally.
Beer duty
BBPA calls for further beer duty cut at Budget
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to cut beer duty further at the March budget, following new report figures.
Save the Pub Group
Save the Pub Group: A Timeline
After the news yesterday (10 January) that MP Greg Mullholland was being replaced by Labour MP Toby Perkins as chairman of the All Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, The Morning Advertiser looks over the past eight years at the group’s achievements,...