Computerised accounts systems
22-Mar-2001
With the government offering 100 per cent tax relief on computers, it could be a good time to move your accounts from paper to screen. It should save...
Finding the best deal
22-Mar-2001
We take a llok at how to find the best the deal for you when financing your pub venture.Talk to anyone in the licensed property business these days...
Financial control: avoid going bust
22-Mar-2001
Taking note of the danger signs early enough can help you avoid going bust in a competitive market. We take a look at financial control.Independent...
What to do when bankruptcy seems inevitable
22-Mar-2001
On the way to the bankrupcy court, there is much that can be done to steer a business through a different course.One of the strategies promoted by...
Know your qualifications
22-Mar-2001
Today almost a million people are estimated to work in the licensed trade, the UK's largest employer. There is however a huge skills shortage and...
Marketing and technology fuse together in new spin on pub entertainment
22-Mar-2001
Flat hats and pints of Boddies are still visible in Bolton's Wine Lodge, but up the road at Yates Group's swish headquarters they are working on...
AEI Music introduces ProFusion - smart music for pubs
22-Mar-2001
Who's got the best job? On the shortlist must be AEI Music's nine UK programmers who spend all day, every day, making party tapes.These are perhaps...
Brulines launches EDIS Smart Door
22-Mar-2001
When Brulines launched its Electronic Draught Information System (EDIS) five years ago it was viewed with suspicion by licensees. It was Big Brother,...
Cask Marque: campaigning to improve cask ale quality
22-Mar-2001
Early in 2001, Cask Marque launched the latest phase of its campaign to return cask ale sales to growth. This plan of action should improve beer...
Noise restrictions faced by licensed property owners
22-Mar-2001
Mock rockers Spinal Tap proudly boasted, in the cult film of the same name, that the volume knobs on their amplifiers go up to 11. These days growing...
Venue Review: The Crab & Lobster, Asenby, North Yorkshire
22-Mar-2001
You could be forgiven for believing that you are a mere pebble throw from the beach when you set foot into the Crab & Lobster pub and cast an eye...
Health and Safety responsibilities for publicans
22-Mar-2001
Food safety continues to figure high on a licensees list of responsibilities. Recurrent food scares have not only brought a tough response from the...
How to cope with a visit from the Environmental Health Officer
22-Mar-2001
Licensees these days have to be experts in many areas, and food safety is certainly one of them. Staying within the law - and keeping your customers...
Floors TOO clean?
22-Mar-2001
So you've got that kitchen floor so clean you could eat your dinner off it. Only problem is, you have introduced another hazard. Someone could slip...
Building a team
22-Mar-2001
First impressions count - they make the difference to whether a customer stays for a "quick one" or ends up eating, or in a worst case scenario...
Technology offers more information than ever before
22-Mar-2001
Technology is offering licensees more and more opportunities - and tenants need not feel left out, thanks to Nucleus.Tenants must often feel a little...
EPOS systems introduce a wealth of possibilities to publicans
22-Mar-2001
Technology in pubs falls into three camps - the Good, the Boring and the Really Quite Useful.For most licensees Good Technology is considered to be...
Searching for the pub of your dreams?
21-Mar-2001
Andrew Turzynski, senior business manager at commercial mortage lenders First National takes a cool look at the financial implications of buying a...
Disability Discrimination Act threatens independent pubs
21-Mar-2001
Legislation aimed at giving disabled people better access to pubs could hit prices paid for traditional country pubs, a licensed trade solicitor has...
Venue Review: The Cafe Royal, Edinburgh
21-Mar-2001
Time of visit12.30pm, SaturdayStatusScottish Courage managed houseLocationOff Princes Street.ClienteleMix of tourists, old boys knocking back the...
Venue Review: The Cock, Sibson, Leicestershire
21-Mar-2001
Time of visit1pm, Monday.LocationOn the A444 near Nuneaton - £10 cab ride from station.ClienteleBusinessmen and office workers dotted...
Private functions
19-Mar-2001
Q I own a pub which is fortunate to have a function room with its own bar on the first floor. I frequently hold functions such as wedding receptions...
Pubs tied up in Notts: Hardys & Hansons
19-Mar-2001
Hardys & Hansons expands its estate to over 250 and pushes up turnover to hit £42m.There are a few pubs claiming to be the oldest in England,...
Sherry bleurgh?
19-Mar-2001
Is sherry set for an on-trade revival? Or will it always be consigned to Auntie's drinks cabinet? Ben McFarland talks to the major players.It's been...
Fuller's invests in £1m cask line
19-Mar-2001
London brewer Fuller's has stepped up its advertising spend and invested almost £1million in a new cask racking line as it attempts to maintain the...
Trade hits out at binge claim
19-Mar-2001
The drinks industry has hit back at accusations that it actively encourages irresponsible consumption of alcohol by promoting reckless drinking...
C-T continues sports sponorships for flagship brands
19-Mar-2001
Carlsberg-Tetley has announced plans to continue its long association with sports sponsorship for both its flagship brands.In addition to its...
Fuller's invests in £1m cask line
19-Mar-2001
London brewer Fuller's has stepped up its advertising spend and invested almost £1million in a new cask racking line as it attempts to maintain the...
Shepherd Neame cleared over Spitfire ads
19-Mar-2001
Shepherd Neame is to continue its lighthearted advertising campaign for Spitfire ale after complaints about the posters were dismissed by the...
Sherry renaissance headed by relaunch of Tio Pepe brand
19-Mar-2001
Rumours of a sherry renaissance have been substantiated by Gonzalez Byáss' decision to relaunch its dry fino Tio Pepe brand. The sherry category has...
Watchdog sees successful trial
19-Mar-2001
Portman Group's £1m drink campaign to go nationalDrinks watchdog The Portman Group is launching the next stage in a £1million campaign to...
Labour is split over pint issue
19-Mar-2001
DTI officials told legislation for a full liquid pint is unnecessaryGovernment officials have clashed over proposals for a compulsory 100 per cent...
Recruitment consultants
16-Mar-2001
When it comes to selecting the right person to put behind the bar, nobody is better placed than the pub's owner to make the f
Staff motivation
16-Mar-2001
Recruiting the right people is just the start of it. Once on board it pays to get the best out of them. It pays in terms of customer service and it...
Judgement day for 16 suppliers
15-Mar-2001
Pub Food never realised how difficult it was for food suppliers to the pub trade to get a national listing with a major wholesaler - until now.As an invited guest of Fairway Foodservice plc, Pub Food dropped in to a hotel suite in Bradford to
The Engineer, Primrose Hill, London
15-Mar-2001
One of London's top food pubs, the Engineer in Primrose Hill, takes the meaning of the term 'gastro pub' one step beyond.The term 'gastro' pub will...
Keeping it Cornish
15-Mar-2001
"How do you get your children to eat vegetables?" asked Bob Lamberton, St Austell Brewery's company trainer.A bemused audience of 13 Cornish...
Off the rails, on the right track
15-Mar-2001
Pubs can be like buses. You wait ages for one to come along and then half a dozen arrive unexpectantly and all of a sudden you are spoilt for...
So long and thanks for all the fish
15-Mar-2001
The Snake Road, which winds it way from the A896 outside Lochcarron in Wester Ross, Scotland, begins with a warning: 'road impassable in snowy...
You're so vein
15-Mar-2001
Cheese was high on Pub Food's agenda this month as the award-winning Blisworth Hotel - Florence and Larry won Ethnic Pub of the Year 2001 - hosted...
Sunday roast in a bap?
15-Mar-2001
Half an hour or so to spare before catching a train from Nottingham to London. Not enough time for a full-blown pub meal in the Galley restaurant of...
Call in the Professionals
15-Mar-2001
There are plenty of sound reasons why pub caterers should dispense with their domestic catering equipment and purchase more robust and hard-working...
Bank on it
15-Mar-2001
Dealing with the bank is an essential part of running a pub business. We offer some advice.No one can say that banks don't have a grasp of the...
Hot Stuff
15-Mar-2001
Well I admit it…my secret is out. I am an addict. But fortunately I don't have to share my addiction with a roomful of crimson-faced people,...
Putting the humble sandwich back on the pub menu
15-Mar-2001
We look at profitable sandwich making, taking into account quality, diversity, and the use of interesting fillings, while Bestfoods offer four fresh...
Fresh food, fresher profits
15-Mar-2001
The winner of the Glanbia Food Service/Pub Food Mystery Diner Challenge is none other than John Gayden, head chef and co-proprietor of the Halfway...
Britain's off-trade winelist habits revealed
15-Mar-2001
Until now, nobody has had a clear idea on what wines are offered by Britain's off-trade. Our past decade's revolution in eating-out habits has been...
Food is key at Spring Pub Show
15-Mar-2001
Pub food will play an important part at the Spring Pub Show when it opens at London Olympia on 9-11 April 2001.These days it is very rare to find a...
Reefer madness!
15-Mar-2001
It is funny, slightly ironic and a little sad, that my most memorable culinary experience connected with a railway station is powdered vegetable...
Dishwashers and glasswashers
15-Mar-2001
The strength of the pound has forced the prices of imported dishwasher down and there has never been a better time for publicans to make a clean...
