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Robert Sayles

Blogger and pub campaigner Robert Sayles used to help his wife run the Hakuna Matata pub in Birmingham.

Binge drinking – Sayles' social study

22-Feb-2012 - The recent ground breaking study into social smoking carried out in New Zealand inspired me to carry out some research of my own.

16-Feb-2012 - Curious to see what pubcos are now offering prospective new tenants I recently went along to a recruitment roadshow. Entering the room I was handed a brochure entitled ‘New Year, New Career’ and escorted to the desk of one of the recruitment staff.

Learning to live with the ban

03-Jan-2012 - In February of last year, a clerk working for Birmingham City Council came across some obscure medieval manuscripts in the archives.

Complacency continues to hold sway

22-Dec-2011 - So, British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chairman and Molson Coors chief executive Mark Hunter acknowledges that the rate of pub closures is “alarming” and the decline in beer volumes is a “wake up call of epic proportions”.

Pubcos behaving badly

30-Nov-2011 - Like many of you, I was dismayed by the failure of government to endorse a statutory code of practice. Experiences in other sectors, most notably banking and the press, have shown that self regulation is wholly ineffective.

Where have all the revolutionaries gone?

18-Nov-2011 - Cast your mind back a while. You remember the ‘revolution’, don’t you? Rent strikes, buying outside the tie, marches and placards; we were going to bring the pubcos to their knees, weren’t we?

Drinking is good for you...

09-Nov-2011 - During the course of the last several months, a number of us have been heavily involved in a groundbreaking research project in and around the Birmingham area.

Are you a lamb to the slaughter?

01-Nov-2011 - Neil Robertson recently stated that the prospect of naive new tenants entering the trade was a major source of concern. With this in mind I’ve devised a questionnaire so that those thinking about entering the trade can gauge whether or not they fully understand what they’re getting themselves into.

Got a problem with your pubco? Call the doctor!

23-Sep-2011 - Hello there. I’m Doctor Frasier Crane. If you tuned in a few weeks back then you’ll know we dedicated one of our shows to the much beleaguered publican.