Call for "binge-drinking" to be redefined
15-Aug-2008 By James Wilmore
An MP has called for a more sensible definition of binge-drinking to allow the government to focus on problem drinking. Pub trade supporter and...
'Probably' the biggest free pint giveaway ever
12-Aug-2008
Carlsberg is offering drinkers a free pint in 13,000 pubs on the August Bank Holiday weekend in what it claims is one of the biggest ever free pint...
Pub closure figures row
29-May-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Fair Pint says pubco figures 'mislead' The Fair Pint campaign has labelled "incredibly misleading" figures that show free-trade and managed pubs...
Swigging the blues in Bath
29-May-2008
The St Christopher's Bar & Hostel in Bath has a unique following for blue Aftershock among some of its regulars, reports CGA Stategy. Apparently,...
Fair Pint wants pubcos to share closure facts
27-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A campaign group has urged pubcos to release numbers of its pub forfeitures and surrenders over the last three years. Fair Pint wants to see the...
Hamish Champ: Responsible retailing? You're darn tootin'!
05-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Not to put too fine a point on it, there's been a lot crap written on the subject of serving pub customers inappropriately-sized measures...
'New drink-drive laws mooted'
21-Apr-2008
Drink-drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent of...
Mark Daniels: Growing old and bitter
15-Apr-2008
My best friend and I often lament the passing of our years over cold pints of lager or snippets of telephone conversations when we get the chance....
14-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Somerset Trading Standards has launched a new campaign to check the size of the head on a pint. Officers claim that a recent survey showed that one...
27-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
MA urges licensees to download their own Ban Alistair Darling toolkit today
25-Mar-2008
Supermarkets and off-licences are continuing to ignore attempts to clamp down on cheap booze
Darling's budget for bingeing
20-Mar-2008
They tell a story at Westminster about the Labour MP, a former minor trade union official who had been awarded the safest of seats in the north-east,...
Where did it all go wrong?
19-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
During hangovers there is often much soul-searching and a number of uncomfortable questions that need asking. The hangover from Alistair Darling's...
24-Jan-2008 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring considers the impact of the latest price rises
Pubs face £3 pint
24-Jan-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees facing above-inflation costs may be forced to add 20p to price of a pint The pub trade is facing up to the prospect this year that the...
Chris Maclean: In a world of their own
23-Jan-2008 By Chris Maclean
As an Englishman with Scottish ancestry I sometimes hanker for life above the border. With the advances in education funding, prescription charges...
Hamish Champ: S&N and the price of fish. Sorry, beer
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the management team from Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) finally sits down with the gang from Carlsberg and...
Lager drop "more than a blip
10-Aug-2007
The downward trend in lager sales this year may not just be a summer blip, according to research group Mintel.The average drinker will knock back 19...
Getting straight to the pint
01-Aug-2007
When is a pint not a pint? Phil Dixon reckons the Campaign for Real Ale is in danger of losing its head over its full-measure campaign
Guinness launches Perfect Pour campaign
14-May-2007
Diageo has launched a new advertising campaign for Guinness this summer aimed at encouraging "The Perfect Pour".The campaign will include a new...
Camra attack on short pints
19-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has repeated its calls for pubs to serve a full liquid-measure pint to drinkers. The real-ale group claims that one...
Chris Maclean: the price is all right
05-Mar-2007 By Chris Maclean
So yesterday I put my prices up. I did it in my usual cowardly way.Having decided what the price shall now be, and taking into account all sorts of...
The price is wrong
12-Feb-2007
IT'S OFFICIAL: beer is cheaper than water in the off-trade. It may be hard to fathom but in a time when certain circles of media and government would...
Pony proves lucrative for pub
18-Oct-2006
For many licensees a customer complaint spells trouble and takes up valuable time to resolve.But for Graham Wheatley and Craig Thomas, licensees at...
The truth about getting behind the bar
07-Sep-2006
Daniel PearceIt's 8pm on a Thursday evening in late summer. I'm standing on the bar in a London pub and having to explain to the packed throngs of...
Sam Smith gets tough on 5% head
15-Jun-2006 By Ewan Turney
Yorkshire brewer and operator Samuel Smith has put pressure on its managers to serve every pint of draught beer with a 5% head. The company has...
May the force be with you
26-Jan-2006
Marstons and the Morning Advertiser's CaskForce venture is providing licensees with invaluable information on how to keep their beer in the best possible shape. Jo de Mille caught up with the man spearheading the countrywide training programme.
Half ain't what it used to be
06-Oct-2005
When it comes to serving less than a pint, is it time to follow the Continent where they cut a better deal for themselves when selling smaller...
CAMRA's full pint fight shelved by government
09-Jun-2005
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is vowing to fight on for a 100 per cent full pint, despite the government's lack of support.In spite of huge...
Pressure builds over full pint campaign
31-Mar-2005
Pressure for legislation to force licensees to serve 100 per cent full pints is growing, with close to 300 MPs now pledging their support for a House...
Pubs to the rescue as severe weather hits England
13-Jan-2005
Licensees came to the rescue of residents when devastating floods hit northern England this week.Mark and Karen Messenger of the Enterprise in...
MPs table motion for full liquid pint
06-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney MPs have tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of full-pint legislation. The motion, put forward by Labour MP...
Union launches national smoking ballot
09-Dec-2004
Drinkers are being given the chance to shape the future of pubs in a nationwide smoking ballot, launched this week by Burton-based Union Pub Company....
Trading Standards Institute backs 100 per cent pint
21-Apr-2004
The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) has backed calls from MPs to ensure customers are served a full pint of beer each time they order at the bar....
Thanks Gordon, but it's small beer
08-Apr-2004
In the middle of last week's parliamentary kerfuffle about student fees, the BBC broadcast some comparative figures about university life in Britain...
Host in cellar spy' fight given notice
25-Mar-2004
by MA Reporter An InnSpired licensee from West Bromwich has been given 28 days notice after complaining about "authoritarian" beer monitoring...
Cellar to Glass
30-Jan-2004
Beer line cleaning is tiresome and time-consuming. But a system that keeps lines clean once you've done them could reduce the need for it on a weekly...
Pubs n' Bars talks
20-Nov-2003
Pubs n' Bars is in talks to buy the Balaclava Pub Company from receivers. A statement from Pubs n' Bars said it is currently "in negotiations which,...
Pub escapes censure for illegal metric measures
23-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team Worcestershire trading standards officers are turning a blind eye to an Austrian pub landlady who is selling beer in litres. The...
Sky under fire from all sides
18-Sep-2003
Licensees, pubcos and politicians alike lambasted satellite operator Sky at a heated public meeting in Westminster last night. They accused Sky of...
Tipping back prompts pours for thought
03-Jul-2003
It's not often that editors like receiving angry letters from their readers. But when they started pouring in last week from all over the country,...
Foam isn't where the heart is
26-Jun-2003
As Yorkshire and other parts of the north are to get their own regional assemblies, I hereby declare the rest of the country to be a "swan neck and...
Short pint report triggers trade backlash
20-Mar-2003
Accusations that pubs are ripping off customers by serving short pints has sparked outrage from the trade.A new report published this week by the...
JDW fined £5,000 for short pints
27-Feb-2003
Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to remind all its managers of the need to top-up pints after being fined a total of £5,000 for serving up short pints...
W&D ABANDONS full pint cause
20-Feb-2003
by Tony Halstead Wolverhampton & Dudley has scrapped its 30-year commitment to the full pint. The move is being seen as a major blow in the fight...
Pour better or worse
14-Feb-2003
Ben McFarland takes a look at the latest initiatives in the world of beer as brewers concentrate on 'Theatre of Dispense' in a bid to steal the...
More on cellar management
30-Oct-2002
Phil Mellows looks at how the content of Interbrew's cellar training has changed, and at how Hall & Woodhouse staff are being offered free...
Trade awaits outcome of the full pint consultation
21-Aug-2002
by Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.When I was in Amsterdam recently, I was stunned by the size...
CAMRA: Government's 95 per cent liquid pint decision 'farcical'
01-Jul-2002
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has condemned the government's decision to introduce a minimum 95 per cent liquid pint as "farcical".The group,...
Campaigners continue fight for 100 per cent liquid pint
14-Jun-2002
Full pint campaigners are urging ministers to reconsider their decision to drop plans for a compulsory 100 per cent liquid pint.Southwark Council in...