Archives for June 22, 2017

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Pub Skills: retain your best staff

By Jo Faragher

Recruitment is a perennial problem for pub employers. But what if your staff wanted to stay, the good ones at least. Improving your employee retention with career growth, training and seasonal worker support is a sure-fire way to reduce your hiring burden.

What can publicans do if squatters come calling?

By Fred A'Court

What can a pub do if travellers or squatters simply turn up and camp outside the premises? Any unlawful occupation can be distressing and stressful, but under common law the land owner has a right to evict people to regain possession.

British & Irish Lions 'roaring' to go

By Georgina Townshend

With the Lions ready to meet the All Blacks, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the final of Queen's Club tennis, the weekend is looking good for sports entertainment.

Former beer group chair John Grogan MP 'delighted to be back'

By Michelle Perrett

The former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) John Grogan, the MP for the Yorkshire constituency of Keighley, said he would be taking an interest in beer and pub industry issues in the House of Commons on his re-election after a...

Anglian Country Inns acquires eighth pub

By James Wallin, deputy editor, MCA

Anglian Country Inns has brought in investors from outside the Nye family for the first time to acquire its eighth site the Redcoats Farmhouse Hotel & Restaurant between Hitchin and Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Government praised for ‘positive’ rates relief push

By Georgina Townshend

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has issued “clear guidance” to local authorities to help speed up the business rates relief  process for pubs after industry bodies repeatedly flagged concerns about payment delays.