All news articles for February 2017

Pubs for sale February 2017 roundup of the best

Best of the pubs on the market

By Liam Coleman

The only thatched pub in Northumberland and a striking 16th century inn in Wales are amongst our monthly roundup of the best pubs available.

Calculated: three firms will be offering advice to Ei licensees

Trio of rates experts to advise Ei licensees

By Liam Coleman

Ei Group plc, the pubco formally known as Enterprise Inns, has teamed up with business rates experts to offer its licensees no-win-no-fee rates advice.

Stout and dark beer: back to black

Stout and dark beer: back to black

By Jane Peyton

If the sight of someone drinking a pint of milk stout on the television is powerful enough to turn some people on to jet black beers, then why is the category still underrepresented in the on-trade? 

Dead rat found in Brewers Fayre pub

Dead rat found in Brewers Fayre pub

By Nikkie Sutton

Brewers Fayre has issued an apology after a customer spotted a dead rat at one of its pubs in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Possible upsets: Will we see shocks to rival past FA Cup matches this weekend?

Will there be FA Cup magic in the pub this weekend?

By Liam Coleman

A sensational draw for the FA Cup's final 16 teams has meant that there is potential for upsets throughout the weekend. And that's not the only top sporting action you can show at the pub in the coming days.

Weather the storm: pubs can survive the tough times ahead

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Pub food can survive the Brexit storm

By Nicholas Robinson

Food-led pubs are in the best position to weather the storm of Brexit-induced price rises and reduced consumer confidence caused by political instability.

Pub business opportunity: Dominic Worrall says rooms offer more profit

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Pubs with rooms are 'not like Fawlty Towers now'

By Nicholas Robinson

Visitor numbers across Britain are expected to rise further as the weaker pound makes it more attractive to foreigners and Brits alike, according to Dominic Worrall, owner of the Bull in Ditchling, East Sussex.

It's bright: the future of cask beer is strong

Marston’s MD on ‘the cask beer conundrum’

By Nicholas Robinson

Cask brewers may have improved their beer quality over the years, but the on-trade’s openness to flout the rules and sell the product beyond its best condition could spell trouble for the category, according to Marston’s managing director Richard Westwood.

Bar staff insider: customer's rights

Bar staff insider: customer's rights

By Bar staff insider

When refusing to serve a customer for theirs and your own sake, said customer doesn’t always see it the same way.

New brews: Charles Ireland of Guinness is excited about the new beers

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Guinness ready to extend range of new beers

By Nicholas Robinson

Guinness’s Open Gate Brewery Project in Dublin, the initiative that launched Hop House 13 and Dublin Porter, will release new beers over the next three years, The Morning Advertiser (MA) can reveal.

Suspicious mind: Sellers of alcohol will have to be registered with HMRC from April so make sure they are

How to have a nose for fake alcohol

By Poppleston Allen

Our legal experts give advice on how to spot when there might be something amiss with a new drink you're being offered.

Growth: BrewDog is opening its first US pub

BrewDog to open first US pub

By Nikkie Sutton

BrewDog will open its first US pub at its brewery and headquarters in Canal Winchester, Ohio, later this month (February).

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