Patio Heaters

Patio heaters debate warms up at Publican Live

02-Apr-2008

The patio heater market remains healthy in spite of calls from environmental lobbyists to ban the product, according to suppliers.Sierra Leisure...

Patio heaters: a hot potato for the trade

11-Feb-2008

Seven months after the smoking ban was introduced in England, pubs are bracing themselves for another prohibition. This time, the hot topic is patio...

Will patio heaters go up in smoke?

07-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Ban on outdoor heaters could cost trade £25Om a year Pubs face the prospect of a ban on patio heaters that could cost the trade £250m a year in...

Crucial questions and answers

07-Feb-2008

What happened last week? MEPs voted in favour of a report from Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall that "urges the Commission to establish timetables for the...

Pring: Coping with a Colossus

07-Feb-2008 By Andrew Pring

MA editor Andrew Pring considers the proposed merger between Punch and Mitchells & Butlers

Euro MPs vote for patio heater ban

31-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney

Euro MPs have voted in favour of phasing out the use of patio heaters today. However, a spokesman for the European Commission moved to dampen fears...

Patio heaters: the debate rages on

14-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

Pubs are once again at the epicentre of a heated debate. But this time it isn't the obvious topics: smoking, binge-drinking or underage drinking. No,...

Ditch patio heaters, pubs urged

11-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore

Pubs are being urged to consider greener alternatives to patio heaters amid a continuing backlash from environmental campaigners. With the smoking...

Garden centre chain phasing out patio heaters

11-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore

The backlash against patio heaters has been fuelled after Britain's biggest garden centre chain announced it was to stop selling them.Wyevale Garden...

Green scheme for patio heaters

02-Apr-2007 By John Harrington

Licensees are being offered the chance to run more environmentally friendly gas patio heaters. As licensees across the country look to use patio...

New scheme to 'offset' energy usage

02-Apr-2007

Licensees adding patio heaters outside as they face up to the smoking ban have been handed the perfect riposte to critics who claim they are damaging...

Al Fresco: Awning gap filled

01-Mar-2006

How one pubco is servicing the outdoor opportunity.One of the criticisms occasionally levelled at the trade is that too many pubs look the same....

Patio heaters report rejected by leading gas supplier

15-Sep-2005

Concerns over the environmental impact of gas heaters has been exaggerated says Calor, the gas heater supplier. Recent reports claiming these...

Summer gardens: bad weather

12-Jun-2002

Competition is in tents: It's British summertime - so it means keeping your customers warm and dry!For many of us, the mention of tents conjures up a...