
All the latest news concerning the pub trade from our team of dedicated industry journalists
24-May-2013 - Licensees have just a week left to get their entries in for the BT Sport Great British Pub Awards 2013, organised by the Publican's Morning Advertiser.
23-May-2013 - Keith Knowles, chairman of the Perceptions Group, has urged more of the industry to come on board and support the scheme.
23-May-2013 - Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis MP is set to launch the Pub and Bar Careers scheme which aims to offer 15,000 work placements to young people today.
23-May-2013 - Pubs in Woolwich are facing continued disruption following yesterday’s attack in which a young soldier was brutally murdered outside the Royal Artillery Barracks.
23-May-2013 - Licensees have said they will be out of pocket if they show all football games available in the UK, after the rights to the games were split between Sky Sports and new channel BT Sport.
23-May-2013 - Don't miss your chance to win this fantastic cash prize by voting for your pub's best suppliers in the Publican's Choice Awards 2013.
23-May-2013 - The stakes were raised this week in the consultation over the statutory code as Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen hinted at the prospect of a legal challenge to its outcome.
23-May-2013 - Pubs have the chance to win £1,000 to spend on a community initiative by entering a new competition from Britvic and the Publican's Morning Advertiser.
22-May-2013 - Cheltenham has become the latest council to agree on a late-night levy consultation after a motion was passed by cabinet members last night.
22-May-2013 - Former pubs minister Bob Neill has accused Enterprise Inns of deliberately “running down its estate” after it sold the Porcupine pub in Bromley to supermarket chain Lidl.
22-May-2013 - Pubs have been reminded of the law on gaming equipment after two individuals at a pub in Ashford, Surrey, were prosecuted for giving customers access to an illegal gaming machine.
21-May-2013 - Licensees in Lewes are campaigning for a major music festival in the town to change its strict no re-admittance policy after fears were raised that local businesses would suffer.
21-May-2013 - The newly-crowned BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) Licensees of the Year have pledged to help bring the organisation “back to the hospitality industry” after scooping the award at a gala lunch in London last week.
21-May-2013 - People 1st has announced that the number of people doing apprenticeships in hospitality and catering has more than doubled in the past four years and completion rates improved by almost 10%.
21-May-2013 - A campaign to save an historic Liverpool city-centre pub has received a boost after Admiral Taverns agreed to sell the leasehold as a going concern.
21-May-2013 - Thirteen breweries have pledged support for the Fair Deal for Your Local campaign, claiming that the reforms proposed will provide better and fairer access for microbrewers.
21-May-2013 - Former pubs minister Bob Neill has told supermarket chain Lidl to “take your supermarket somewhere else” during a protest to save the Porcupine in Mottingham, in south-east London.
20-May-2013 - Pubs in Lancashire are to receive student-designed beermats warning customers of the consequences of drinking too much alcohol.
20-May-2013 - Pubs in England and Wales will be able to choose their water supplier if draft legislation plans drawn up by the Government are approved.
17-May-2013 - The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has thanked Heineken for the brewer’s ongoing support of its student school in Ascot.
17-May-2013 - The industry body that aims to demystify cask ale through simpler descriptions says it has now accredited more than 1,500 British beers.
17-May-2013 - There is still time for local Pubwatch schemes to enter the Diageo National Pubwatch Awards.
17-May-2013 - Almost half of all hospitality and leisure businesses plan to take on apprentices this year, a Barclays report has claimed.
17-May-2013 - Pubs in Bristol are the latest in a string of areas to be threatened with restrictions for opening hours.
17-May-2013 - Enterprise Inns is rolling out Wi-Fi across its 6,000-strong leased and tenanted estate.