Legal

Property round-up

Coaching Inn Group hits 17-site mark and Camden Town Brewery reveals new-look ‘home of Hells’

18-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Coaching Inn Group, Nicholson’s, Shoreditch Bar Group and Gibney’s revealed new additions to their pub estates, while Stonegate and Punch both completed pub projects in the region of £300,000.

Opinion

Ten food safety compliance tips for pub operators

17-Feb-2020 By Malcolm Muir

Malcolm Muir, consultancy director at Venners, reads pub operators the diet act and offers 10 tips to stay within the sector’s food safety laws.

MA500

Valuations Office Agency ‘starved of resource’

17-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Action must be taken to reform the Valuations Office Agency (VOA), which is currently under-resourced, according to Altus Group rating chairman Stephen Philp.

‘Declining’ pub must install customer ID scanner to keep licence

14-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

A pub must scan customer IDs as a condition to keep its licence after a number of incidents took place at the site involving patrons “taking over the premises”.

The MA Podcast – Ep 4

Fuller's boss Simon Emeny on the future of the pubco

13-Feb-2020 By MA Podcast

In the fourth episode of The MA Podcast, Ed Bedington talks to Fuller's boss Simon Emeny about the pubco's future, threats to the trade and why we should be celebrating success.

VE Day opening hours extension confirmed

13-Feb-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubs in England and Wales that are licensed to trade until 11pm will be able to serve for an additional two hours on Friday 8 May and Saturday 9 May from 11am until 1am the following morning to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day,...

B&K boss to sue council over ‘agony’ roadworks

12-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

Brewhouse & Kitchen is set to sue a council after it claimed roadworks that lasted more than a year outside one of its sites saw the business make a ‘material loss in trade’.

Minimum wage underpayments to be named and shamed again

12-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Pub companies that fail to pay their staff national minimum wage face being named and shamed, with ministers pledging to publish regular lists of non-compliant employers.

Property round-up

Stonegate spends £400,000 at Epsom, St Austell adds two sites and palatial pub joins exclusive club

12-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Our latest property round-up features St Austell Brewery adding two hotels to its 182-strong south-west operation, Stonegate splashing the cash at Epsom and a Liverpool pub joining Buckingham Palace with Grade I-listed status.

Legal Q&A: summary review after fight and dealing with mice

11-Feb-2020 By Poppleston Allen

The latest Legal Q&A from specialist licensing solicitor Poppleston Allen covers visits from the environmental health officer and the next steps for licensees facing a summary review.

Top tips: the logistics of employing under-18s

11-Feb-2020 By Poppleston Allen

Staffing in the UK hospitality industry can be problematic for operators, particularly at present.

Spotlight

Children in pubs: should operators limit how much parents drink?

11-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

As “unruly” child behaviour continues to burden operators, is the only solution to moderating a child’s energetic nature to limit parents’ number of alcoholic drinks?

Storm Ciara

Seaside pub’s food offer for those who battle Storm Ciara

11-Feb-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

A Hampshire pub is offering 25% off food bills for customers who will brave the storm to get there, in a bid to combat the loss of sales due to the weather.

Pubs and white collar boxing: avoid a knockout blow

11-Feb-2020 By Poppleston Allen

The Institute of Licensing is conducting a survey on white collar boxing, after being contacted by a media company working on a documentary on the subject.

Storm Ciara

Top 50 Gastropub loses ‘thousands’ due to Storm Ciara

10-Feb-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

An Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub has lost out on thousands of pounds' takings after being forced to close due to flooding last Sunday (9 February).