14-Jun-2011 By Adam Pescod
A licensee in Kent has had an appeal dismissed over a conviction for using an Albanian television station to show Premier League football.
03-Jun-2011 By Jo Bruce
Tim Bilton of the Butchers Arms in West Yorkshire has been named Pub Restaurant Chef of the Year in the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2011.
04-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Three gastropub chefs are competing in the new series of the BBC's Great British Menu, which starts tonight.
04-Apr-2011 By MA reporter
Pub operator Healy Group has taken on six pubs on tenancy-at-will agreements in the past year as it switches focus away from long leases.
29-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
A new organisation — Ladies in Beef — has been launched to promote the quality of British beef. The group of female farmers have formed the...
23-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
The Chancellor George Osborne will have plenty of British beer to help him think about a freeze on beer duty today — after a special delivery from...
16-Mar-2011 By Michael Kheng
Praise to all the country pubs, for they are a very important part of our industry, says Michael Kheng.
14-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
There are still a handful of places available for the Morning Advertiser's Freehouse 500 event next Monday (21 March).
10-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black
Bombardier beer is again putting its might behind St George's Day with a new campaign aimed at boosting the pub trade around Saturday, 23 April. And...
Scots pubs face postcode lottery over Royal wedding extra hours
16-Feb-2011
Scottish pubs hoping to celebrate the Royal wedding by opening late are facing a frustrating postcode lottery on extensions. Each of the country's...
Chance for pubs to boost tourist trade
31-Jan-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican has teamed up with leading website English Country Inns to launch a reader offer to help pubs and inns boost their trade. Readers are...
Mark Daniels: VAT + Duty won't end liver abuse
25-Jan-2011
You can't fail to have noticed this week the news reports (again) concerning England's drinking problems, this time focusing on the rapid increase of...
21-Jan-2011 By Jo Bruce
The lucky finalists in the Great British Pub Food Awards' Pub Chef of the Year 2011 competition have been announced. The 34 chefs will compete in...
Sports Preview of the Year 2011: Game on
19-Jan-2011
With no big summer football tournament this year, you could be forgiven for thinking there won't be much sport to watch in pubs in 2011, but you'd be...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The chef/owner of the top gastropub in the Morning Advertiser's "Old Speckled Hen" Top 50 Gastropubs 2010 is launching a second cookbook. "Loose...
29-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Sceptre Leisure, the suppliers of amusement machines in the UK, has bought RV Smith (Leisure) Limited.
22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Town and City Pub Company has rewarded 16 of its managers with a four-day trip to New York for "impressive sales" after the World Cup. The pubs...
18-Nov-2010 By Michelle Perrett
A new version of Magners, one which is designed to be served without ice, will be rolled out in England and Wales next year. Magners Golden Draught,...
17-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS has announced the appointment of Ian Norman as the new regional trading director for the south-west, reporting directly...
17-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
The Star Inn at Harome, North Yorkshire, has been named as the number one gastropub in the UK. The gastropub, run by Andrew and Jacquie Pern, took...
12-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Loungers, the West Country cafe bar operator headed by Alex Reilley, opens its 16th site later this month. The company is opening Pinto Lounge in...
01-Nov-2010 By Mark Baird
Diageo corporate social responsibility manager Mark Baird tackles 10 of the most regularly repeated myths about alcohol pricing, promotion and harm.
Young's marks British Food Fortnight with special 'British' menu
27-Sep-2010
Young's pubs have been taking part in the company's British Food Fortnight celebrations. Pubs involved, including the Ship in Wandsworth, south west...
24-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
Geronimo Inns is offering a range of old English dishes for British Food Fortnight, which runs to 3 October. The company is offering dishes such as...
21-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
The owners of the MA's Great British Pub of the Year 2010 will be presenting at the next Freehouse 500 business club event on 18 October. Richard...
ASH claims smoking ban survey is 'misleading'
08-Sep-2010
A leading anti-smoking charity has hit out at a study which claims the smoking ban is the main cause of pub closures in the UK. Action on Smoking...
31-Aug-2010 By Sonya Hook
English wine is to become a major feature of one south-west London pub from next month. The owners of the Bricklayer's Arms in Putney were so...
03-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
People in north-east England are the top drinkers of real ale after new research showed 74% of adults in the region have tried it. The Campaign for...
19-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
David Cameron has announced new resources to help local people take over "community assets" such as pubs. Government officials will be made...
Pubs can help drive economic recovery, says new BHA boss
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants could be the engine of the UK economy's recovery, says the new head of the British Hospitality Association (BHA)....
Economic divide between North and South is widening
19-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The UK economy appears to be getting back on track, according to new research, yet at the same time in insolvency terms the North/South divide is...
World Cup trading 'as expected'
15-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Pubs performed "as expected" during the World Cup as England's early exit from the tournament was offset by the good weather, according to trade...
Wadworth signs sponsorship deal with Bath Rugby
14-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
West Country brewer Wadworth has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Bath Rugby Club - the company's first major sports link-up. As part of...
13-Jul-2010 By Stephen Crawley
Caledonian Brewing Company MD Stephen Crawley reflects on 17 years with the company, and looks to the future.
Isaac Sheps: Licensees show World Cup inventiveness
05-Jul-2010
These are two lines from one of my favourite poems, If by Rudyard Kipling, and they seem rather apt at the moment as England fans deal with losing to...
29-Jun-2010 By Peter Coulson
Most licensing authorities in England and Wales don't have an online option, despite the deadline passing six months ago, says Peter Coulson.
Mark Daniels: Germany win. England lose. But what about pubs?
28-Jun-2010
Taking a moment to myself yesterday in advance of the rush for the Germany trouncing of England, I watched the European Grand Prix and couldn't help...
Council plans to convert pub
25-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Lincolnshire council has bought its local pub and plans to turn it into a community centre. Holton-le-Clay Parish Council bought the closed...
Pot of gold for pubs if England progress
25-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Victory against Germany on Sunday could help pubs and bars raise revenues by six per cent, says a firm of accountants. According to business...
23-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The most "typically English" pursuit is a trip to a great British pub, according to a poll by Charles Wells. The Drink of England survey of 5,000...
18-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Raising duty and VAT will see UK beer drinkers shelling out an extra £100m by the end of 2010, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
'Two football fans given nationwide ban on watching World Cup in pubs'
18-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Two football fans have become the first in Britain to be banned from watching the World Cup in any pub. The pair were arrested on suspicion of being...
15-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Cheap supermarket beer deals, good weather and a drop in food trade meant England's first game wasn't great for pubs.
11-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Football fans are backing industry calls for a reduction on beer duty if VAT rises at the Budget on 22 June. The British Beer and Pub Association...
10-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Horizons, the restaurant market research consultancy, has predicted that the World Cup will boost the UK catering industry by £50m. The main...
Pub told to remove flag - after England win World Cup
09-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A football-crazy licensee has been ordered to remove the huge St George's cross he painted on his listed pub - but not until after England win the...
08-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees could be rewarded with a free Racing UK subscription worth £1,000 whether England do us proud — or not.
24-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for driving sales at your pub including fish Fridays, a St George's Day menu and a tapas night.
14-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Wadworth is splitting its pubs into a Football Heaven and a Football Haven to keep all its customers happy this summer.
07-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Magistrates have banned a man from all pubs in England and Wales for six years using an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).