Celebrity buys Welsh pub for £670,000
23-Apr-2004
Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey has outbid Pierce Brosnan and Sir Mick Jagger to land a Welsh pub.The TV personality (pictured) paid £670,000...
Wetherspoon's goes big on ale
22-Apr-2004
by Tony Halsteadand The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon is to double the length of its annual beer festival to a fortnight. The festival, which starts on 4...
Legal advice: All clear?
22-Apr-2004
David Clifton revisits aspects of the draft guidance.In September of last year I wrote about the draft of the statutory guidance to licensing...
Licensees fined for barring gypsy
22-Apr-2004
A licensee couple have been fined £1,000 after a gypsy was refused admission to their pub.Licensees Diana and Graham Russell were found guilty of...
Council to raise tax to cover cost of licensing regime
22-Apr-2004
Camden Council plans to cover the cost of new licensing administration by asking residents to cough up.The controversial plan puts the council on a...
Pubs Direct on defensive after 'rip-off' complaints
22-Apr-2004
Would-be licensees have slammed a York-based company for failing to give them a route into the pub market.Pubs Direct, of Piccadilly, York, has been...
Scottish Courage closes Tyne Brewery
22-Apr-2004
Scottish Courage, the UK's leading brewer, has announced a second major brewery closure.Only three months after the closure of its Edinburgh-based...
Red card for Yellow Card drinks
22-Apr-2004
Mitchells & Butlers has been forced to axe the alcohol offers that form part of its Yellow Card student discount scheme at its It's a Scream in...
MLC calls for menu clarity
22-Apr-2004
The Meat & Livestock Commission (MLC) has warned top pub chains that vague menu descriptions will put customers off ordering meat. Only a...
Management errors see brewery bite the dust
22-Apr-2004
Iremember, as a young journalist in the 1960s, the excitement that bubbled the length of Fleet Street when Draught Guinness first arrived in Britain....
Name The Hanging Mariner's Meal
22-Apr-2004
Menu Description: Seafood, including scallops wrapped in bacon, king prawns, butterfly prawns, salmon bites wrapped in breadcrumbs, battered squid...
Sharp's Brewery
22-Apr-2004
Who are they? The brewer, based in Rock, Cornwall, celebrates its 10th birthday this year, and in its relatively short life has become a mainstay of...
Wozza destination
22-Apr-2004
The increasing popularity of food-led pubs can only be enhanced by celebrity involvement, as David Marks found out at Antony Worrall-Thompson's...
Gerry Martin takes on 2nd London pub
22-Apr-2004
Pub entrepreneur Gerry Martin has taken on a second central London pub five months after opening the Springbok sports bar in Covent Garden. Martin...
Grant to RoadChef
22-Apr-2004
Former head of Inn Partnership Martin Grant is to head motorway service-station chain RoadChef. He will succeed John Greenwood, who has been in...
Heineken family tops trade rich list
22-Apr-2004
A number of individuals and families in the pub, spirits and brewing industries, feature in the annual The Sunday Times rich list. The top 15, in...
Half Moon enters new phase of ownership
22-Apr-2004
The Half Moon, a traditional 16th-century thatched freehouse in Essex, has changed hands. The inn, which overlooks the village green at Belchamp St...
Guinness to end UK brewing
22-Apr-2004
by John Harrington Diageo has cited "over capacity" as the prime reason for closing its Park Royal brewery spelling the end of producing Guinness in...
Laurel honours its top pubs
22-Apr-2004
The Skyrack in Leeds, which makes £1m a year in profit, and Casa in Solihull have been named as Laurel Champion Pubs of the Year in a glittering...
Hooked, line and sinker
22-Apr-2004
It may be run today as a modern drinks business, but beer writer Roger Protz could not help feeling he was in an enchanted time warp when he visited...
Change the public image of beer
22-Apr-2004
The Morning Advertiser is backing an industry campaign to boost the reputation of beer and improve standards of dispense in pubs. This week Paul...
Chance to snatch Merry Harriers
22-Apr-2004
An historical food-led freehouse, set in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Devon/Somerset border, is up for grabs. The Merry...
Charles Wells' new £1.5m Eagle Centre is symbolic of the gia
22-Apr-2004
Visit the Charles Wells brewery and the first thing you might notice is a modern steel and glass complex that wouldn't shame the swankiest City...
Areas clamp down on drink spiking
22-Apr-2004
A new device to combat drink spiking the Spika Stoppa has been launched in south Wales, while in Southampton, a new anti-spiking campaign is...
Big Tim has gone over the top this time'
22-Apr-2004
I think the reaction of leaders and letters in the trade press says it all. Big Tim has gone OTT this time and I'm now more convinced than ever that...
Time to tackle the hidden risk
21-Apr-2004
Time is running out for compliance with the Control of Asbestos at Work regulations.Licensees now have less than a month to ensure their premises are...
Price problems
21-Apr-2004
With beer prices on the rise once again, licensees are being forced to foot the bill. However, both the brewers and pub companies insist it is not...
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....
Jonathan Downey plots global expansion
21-Apr-2004
Cocktail specialist Jonathan Downey is plotting the international expansion of his London bar business.The entrepreneur is in talks to open a bar in...
Corona sales up by 100 per cent
21-Apr-2004
Corona Extra is waving "hasta luego" to its competitors in the UK following record sales.Following on from its strong showing in The Publican Brands...
Bar entrepreneur facing hefty tax bill over staff tips
21-Apr-2004
Bar entrepreneur Jonathan Downey has been hit by a hefty tax bill after a misunderstanding over his staff's tips.Mr Downey's Match bar group, which...
Game, set, Match
20-Apr-2004
Jonathan Downey, founder of the Match bar group, is making a name for himself with his forthright views on the industry. Lorna Harrison finds out...
Slambusters
20-Apr-2004
'Tequila' is invariably followed by 'slammer' in most people's minds. But for the drink to have a future in a market where 'responsible' is the...
Wiltshire pub launches taxi service
20-Apr-2004
Licensee Peter Gill has no qualms about driving customers to drink - he can also make sure they get back safely.Peter now operates a taxi service,...
Revealed: the richest people from pubs and brewing
19-Apr-2004
The Sunday Times has published its annual list of Britain's wealthiest people.The highest placed person with a connection to the world of pubs and...
What the Sunday papers say
19-Apr-2004
The Sunday TelegraphBreath test machines are to be installed in hundreds of pubs across Britain so that drinkers can check if they are over the...
ASH to support smoking legal actions
19-Apr-2004
Anti-smoking lobby group ASH has pledged legal support for court actions brought by bar staff affected by passive smoking.Law firm Thompsons, which...
CAMRA hoping for a mild May
19-Apr-2004
CAMRA is encouraging pubs to stock mild ales during May as part of a celebration of the traditional British beer variety. The campaign is built...
Sky crackdown angers licensee
16-Apr-2004
A licensee says Sky TV has accused him of dishonesty by asking him to sign a declaration that he will not show the satellite TV service in his...
Licensed to thrill
16-Apr-2004
Longer opening hours means pubs must step up their entertainment.In less than six months, publicans who want to take advantage of longer opening...
Indian whisky arrives in UK
16-Apr-2004
The next time you fancy a wee dram in your local don't be surprised if you're offered something a little bit more exotic than a scotch.Rakshit...
Licensed to thrill: Going for a song
16-Apr-2004
Licensees are providing something for everyone with multimedia entertainment.Multimedia entertainment is hitting the pub trade in a big way....
Licensed to thrill: Not just a jukebox
16-Apr-2004
New music broadcast technology can help licensees find the perfect mix of sound and vision for their establishment. Phil Mellows investigates.Music...
Licensed to thrill: Music to your ears
16-Apr-2004
Live music can be a really good way of attracting new custom to your pub, whether you organise gigs yourself or use an agency, writes Phil...
Latham's cool £1/2m at trouble-torn SFI
15-Apr-2004
CE earned £597,000 as shareholders suffered by The PMA Team Former SFI Group chief executive Andrew Latham earned more than £597,000 including a...
Looking at leases
15-Apr-2004
Research being conducted is expected to reveal that the current voluntary code of practice for commercial leases has failed. By Michelle Perrett.The...
The race for space
15-Apr-2004
These days it's not just in the property market that space is at a premium - the fight on the bar is almost as fierce, writes Adam Withrington.You...
Pubs gear up for St George as extensions are granted
15-Apr-2004
Licensees are finally winning the hard-fought battle to have St George's Day recognised as a special day of importance.Shani Rogers, who runs the...
SIA awards first doorstaff licences
15-Apr-2004
The first fully-trained door supervisors hit the street in Portsmouth last week.Emma Lovejoy, employed by Bowlplex, and Oliver Gardner of Big...
Marston's helps beer-lovers diet
15-Apr-2004
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries beer has struck a blow for beer-loving dieters everywhere with the creation of some new low fat beer and food...
