Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher’s alcohol legacy Part 1: The Beer Orders

22-Apr-2013 By Phil Mellows

Amid the tsunami of verbiage in the wake of the earthquake that was the death of Margaret Thatcher, barely a drop has mentioned her impact on alcohol policy.

Thatcher funeral: London pubs toast former PM

18-Apr-2013 By Jordan Chamberlain

Pubs along the route of Margaret Thatcher's funeral raised a glass to the former Prime Minister yesterday.

'Cops warn landlord over Nazi costume'

19-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore

A pub landlord who dressed as an 'Allo 'Allo-style Nazi was threatened with arrest. Jamie Hardie's nostalgia night costume, which included a...

Hamish Champ: Lord Bell didn't strike the right note

03-May-2010 By Hamish Champ

I was looking forward to hearing what advice Tim Bell had to offer the pub trade when he addressed last week's ALMR 'Business Day' conference. While...

Lord Bell: it's going to be horrible after the election

30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team

Lord Tim Bell has urged pubs to diversify by offering "information, news and entertainment". The public relations guru, who was made a peer by...

Trade needs to build from a new base

31-Jul-2009 By Peter Linacre

We need some real friends among the Conservatives who understand the issues and are prepared to bring about change, says Peter Linacre.

Hamish Champ: Can people please make up their minds on the issue of pub closures?

09-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ

Alright, calm down, it's only a bloody headline. I'm the last person to be calling for pub closures. We all know the problems facing many pubs. And...

'Gov as helpful to pubs as Thatcher to miners'

23-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The current Government is as helpful to community pubs as Margaret Thatcher was to the mining industry, says Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland.

Selling England by the pound

01-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ

With pub and brewing sectors contracting under the weight of recent corporate activity there's been much beating of chests over what some see as the...

FoodBriefs

05-Oct-2006

UK well represented in US contest Pub chefs are strongly represented in the Best of Britain BBQ team heading out to the Jack Daniel's World...

Golden years

21-Sep-2005

The pub trade - and the world - are very different places today compared to how they were 30 years ago, as Michelle Perrett and Nick Yates...

What the Sunday papers said

26-May-2002

The Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times "How I made it" weekly feature describes quick decision-making as the key to Hugh Osmond's success, with no better...