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Pubs urged to cut risk of fire

12-Apr-2001

Licensees should review safety procedures, says specialist.Licensees have been warned to review fire precautions following the release of figures...

Rural pubs hit by election day delay

05-Apr-2001

Tony Blair's decision to delay the general election is another blow to rural pubs already devastated by the foot-and-mouth crisis.Tourism leaders...

Hitting the target?

04-Apr-2001

A report claiming drinks adverts are targeted at children is another blow to the tradeThe trade has dismissed a new report sponsored by The UK...

Up the PECing order

02-Apr-2001

Look through the literature for The Pub Estate Company, and one name is notable by its absence - its owner.The company was formed six years ago with...

Extended hours for Queen's Golden Jubilee

02-Apr-2001

The government has decided to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen's succession to the throne with a public bank holiday and relaxation of the permitted...

Troubled publican set to lead Pubwatch scheme

02-Apr-2001

A licensee who faced losing his public entertainment licence because of late-night brawls outside his pub is to lead a new Pubwatch scheme in his...

Morrells admits recruitment ad was shot in New Zealand

29-Mar-2001

Morrells of Oxford has admitted using a picture of a New Zealand pub on adverts for new recruits to its Oxfordshire estate.The photograph was...

Cutting the mustard: Mustard Entertainment Restaurants

26-Mar-2001

Mustard Entertainment is focusing on building its recently acquired Brannigans chainAddress: 200 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AYTelephone: 0121 643...

Inventive steps up Revolution roll-out with predictions of vodka salesgrowth

26-Mar-2001

Inventive Leisure is to step up expansion of its Revolution bars because it predicts further growth in the UK vodka market.It is about to open its...

Social clubs

23-Mar-2001

Q My local social club is at an NHS hospital and regularly sells alcohol. However, it does not appear to have any notices displayed regarding the...

BII launches best practice certificate

23-Mar-2001

Qualification aims to improve standards in entertainment pubsA new qualification to encourage best practice among licensees running entertainment...

Rocketing pub prices

22-Mar-2001

Pub prices are set to continue their climb - despite the number of properties that are currently flooding the market.

The Big F: the man behind licensed propert agent Fleurets

22-Mar-2001

They call him The Big F. Barry Gillham is certainly spacious, as an estate agent might put it, and, over the past two decades, he has had a large...

AEI Music introduces ProFusion - smart music for pubs

22-Mar-2001

Who's got the best job? On the shortlist must be AEI Music's nine UK programmers who spend all day, every day, making party tapes.These are perhaps...

Floors TOO clean?

22-Mar-2001

So you've got that kitchen floor so clean you could eat your dinner off it. Only problem is, you have introduced another hazard. Someone could slip...

Disability Discrimination Act threatens independent pubs

21-Mar-2001

Legislation aimed at giving disabled people better access to pubs could hit prices paid for traditional country pubs, a licensed trade solicitor has...

Pubs tied up in Notts: Hardys & Hansons

19-Mar-2001

Hardys & Hansons expands its estate to over 250 and pushes up turnover to hit £42m.There are a few pubs claiming to be the oldest in England,...

Watchdog sees successful trial

19-Mar-2001

Portman Group's £1m drink campaign to go nationalDrinks watchdog The Portman Group is launching the next stage in a £1million campaign to...

Keeping it Cornish

15-Mar-2001

"How do you get your children to eat vegetables?" asked Bob Lamberton, St Austell Brewery's company trainer.A bemused audience of 13 Cornish...

Off the rails, on the right track

15-Mar-2001

Pubs can be like buses. You wait ages for one to come along and then half a dozen arrive unexpectantly and all of a sudden you are spoilt for...

Call in the Professionals

15-Mar-2001

There are plenty of sound reasons why pub caterers should dispense with their domestic catering equipment and purchase more robust and hard-working...

fresh faced

15-Mar-2001

The dream of running your own pub almost certainly focuses heavily on a traditional country local with wooden beams, stone floors and a garden...

keep it under control

15-Mar-2001

EPoS, or electronic point of sale, has been a reality in fast food outlets and hotel chains for many years. However, despite the best efforts of the...

going live

15-Mar-2001

Music and drinking often go hand in hand, and music promotions can be a useful way of bringing in extra custom. For anyone thinking about running...

a pain in the back

15-Mar-2001

Most adults get low back pain at some time. It's one of the most common reasons for a visit to the doctor, and one of the main causes for people...

pass notes

15-Mar-2001

The licensed trade has always been one of the UK's biggest employers, and today more than 900,000 people are estimated to work in the sector. Coming...

the rights stuff

15-Mar-2001

While the government has pledged in principle to loosen the grip of bureaucracy on small businesses, the fact is that the number of regulations...

Perfect Partners

15-Mar-2001

Nowadays, every serious licensed trade outlet has a fridge behind the bar stocked with high visibility products, including flavoured alcoholic...

Licensee discovers full-pint argument is 150 years old

15-Mar-2001

The debate over plans to force licensees to serve a 100 per cent liquid pint seems to have been going on for a very long time - but a discovery by...

Regent Inns' Andy Walder looks to the future

14-Mar-2001

As part of Regent Inns new management team, Andy Walder is looking to the future.Andy Walder was born in a pub, earned his first wages behind a bar...

Unique, the UK's largest landlord, and its 'retailers'

14-Mar-2001

It's Saturday night, and a fashionable, affluent crowd is crammed into one of London's hippest bars, 25 Canonbury Lane in Islington, sipping...

Antisocial behaviour

14-Mar-2001

If one of our customers demonstrates anti-social behaviour such as abuse of people or property is there anything we can do to send out a signal to...

Revocation proceedings

14-Mar-2001

I was interested to read the question last week about a justices' licence being revoked. I was recently served with an application to revoke my...

Have a happy New Year

14-Mar-2001

I am the owner of a small country inn. I do not and have never provided entertainment at the premises due to the costs, the size of the drinking area...

Increasing size

14-Mar-2001

I would like to increase the number of people allowed in my premises. How do I do this?It depends where the limitation lies in respect of your...

Extending Hours

14-Mar-2001

I have a liquor licence for premises which are run as a function room. The premises are only used for private functions, for example wedding...

The night watch: Morrells of Oxford

14-Mar-2001

Paul Beadle sounds almost poetic when he talks about his job. He is chief executive of Morrells of Oxford, leading it through a transition from a...

Interpub resumes its ambitious plan

14-Mar-2001

Interpub has returned to the expansion trail to open new sites of its St Christopher's Inns chain and Belushi's bars across the UK and the...

Coventry licensees warned of raids

14-Mar-2001

Coventry licensees are being warned to double check security following a series of raids by men armed with iron bars. In the latest incident three...

Licensees warned of air cleaning equipment scam

14-Mar-2001

Licensees have been warned of a possible scam following reports that at least one company has been using underhand tactics to sell air cleaning...

Noisy pubs

14-Mar-2001

I regularly have music at my premises, provided by either bands or discos. One of my bar staff is complaining that the music is too loud, but my...

Regent gets to the heart of it

14-Mar-2001

Meeting Marlene Collins for the first time is like opening the door of the farm house to a driving blizzard. Collins is a professional breath of...

Delays fail to put Burns off acquisition trail

14-Mar-2001

Burns Leisure is pressing ahead with a £10m acquisition programme despite delays in completing a string of other deals. The Wiltshire-based brewer...

counting costs

14-Mar-2001

When the minimum wage was introduced in 1998 it was heralded, by some, as the way forward in creating a more professional industry and becoming more...

The England and Scotland divide extends to the drinks market

19-Feb-2001

Scotland and England have always had many differences and the drinks market is no exception. Ben McFarland reportsNearly every politician, and the...

InnSpired to grow northern presence

05-Feb-2001

InnSpired Group is preparing to strengthen its presence outside of its native South West after buying a package from a leading northern...

Quarter of public never goes to pub

29-Jan-2001

More people are drinking in pubs and bars, but there is still a lot of work to be done if the trade is to make the most of the available...

Belfast operators latest to be fined by Sky for not having agreement

29-Jan-2001

Two Belfast pub operators have become the latest to be fined for screening Sky matches without a commercial viewing agreement.Solicitors acting for...