Running your pub

Bill has long road ahead

19-Nov-2002

Months of debate in store after draft bill is announcedby David Clifton of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors Joelson...

Property briefs

18-Nov-2002

Welsh pub company Celtic Inns, which is owned by electronics millionaire Sir Terry Matthews, has purchased 44 tenanted pubs from James Williams...

Seeking retention

15-Nov-2002

Phil Mellows looks at the results of a new report on pub staffing.As thousands of sports fans from all over the world converged on Manchester for...

Staff poaching is rife on high street

14-Nov-2002

Poaching of pub managers is reaching epidemic proportions, according to new research into the high street jobs market.In some areas, managers are...

Football in pubs pulls in more females than ever

14-Nov-2002

More women than ever are watching football in pubs, according to new research carried out for Sky TV.However, female fans are choosier than their...

Pub trade needs to work on training and keeping good staff

11-Nov-2002

The pub industry needs to do more to train and keep hold of good staff, according to experts.Staff training and retention were the key issues to come...

Pubs offered advice on how to protect staff from excessive noise

11-Nov-2002

Pubs are being offered official advice on how to protect bar staff's hearing from loud music.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published...

Property briefs

11-Nov-2002

The former Abbaye Bar and Brasserie in Canal Street, Manchester, is up for sale following a rationalisation of owning company Tragus Holdings. The...

Police warn barstaff of credit card fraud in run up to Christmas

08-Nov-2002

Organised criminals have stepped up their efforts to force pub staff to "clone" customers' credit cards in the run-up to Christmas.In the busiest...

Punch's BDMs show the way forward

06-Nov-2002

A new breed of area manager has arrived, selling ideas rather than beer. Phil Mellows finds out how a new computer system is helping one company help...

Disasters wipe £14bn off UK's 2001 tourism income

06-Nov-2002

Shocking figures released this week show that Britain lost £14bn of tourism income last year because of foot-and-mouth and September 11.The figures...

Property briefs

04-Nov-2002

A Lincolnshire pub called the Brandy Wharf, which sells 60 types of cider, is up for sale through agents Brownill Vickers. The pub is 200 years old...

New BII qualification for cellar management in pubs

01-Nov-2002

Big brewers are teaming up with the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) to produce the first-ever industry-wide national standards for cellar...

Spitfire sets its sights on TV campaign

31-Oct-2002

Shepherd Neame is set to make its national TV debut with the next instalment of its infamous Spitfire "Bottle of Britain" campaign.The Kent brewer...

A run-down pub in Norfolk has been turned into a property no

31-Oct-2002

The Victoria provides a taste of the Raj in deepest Norfolk. In February 2001, Viscount Tom Coke, son of the Earl of Leicester, decided it was time...

Cellar management

30-Oct-2002

Over the next couple of pages, we focus on cellar management, with tips including how brewery courses are focusing on commercial benefits and 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...

Avoid slip ups in the work place this winter

30-Oct-2002

Employers have a duty to make icy paths safe for staffby Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors Joelson...

Property briefs

29-Oct-2002

The Swan in Dobcross, near Saddleworth in Lancashire, which featured in the film Yanks starring Richard Gere, has been bought by Jennings Brewery....

Pubs get fire strike warning

24-Oct-2002

Pubs are being urged to make sure their fire safety procedures are up to date as firefighters prepare to go on strike.With the first of a series of...

Stocking up for Christmas

24-Oct-2002

The festive season offers a great opportunity for pubs to attract new customersThis December around £2bn will be jingling through pub tills - and...

Stocking up for christmas: Bottled brands

24-Oct-2002

Christmas is seen as key in cementing consumer loyalties for bottled brandsFestive FABsWe could be heading for a FAB Christmas. Flavoured alcoholic...

Stocking up for xmas: Snacks

24-Oct-2002

The festive period is crunch time as the big snack players prepare to do battleSnack attackIt had to happen. Turkey and Paxo crisps! Walkers is...

Mission:

24-Oct-2002

to boldly grow Wetherspoon's mission is to grow its sales and, in a steady manner, its business and not as some believe tocharge as little as...

S&N ordered to pay £3,000 in disability discrimination case

23-Oct-2002

Pub operator Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has been ordered to pay £3,000 after a court ruled that it had discriminated against a customer with...

Property briefs - Birmingham special

21-Oct-2002

Christie & Co is inviting offers for two premises in Birmingham city centre. The leasehold interest in Gio's bar/restaurant in Paradise Place,...

HSC set to take on stress

21-Oct-2002

Pubstaff affected by work-related stress are being handed a lifeline by the Health & Safety Commission (HSC).Successful strategies for tackling...

The fright stuff

18-Oct-2002

It's time to go for the jugular and make the most of the Hallowe'en opportunities. Ben McFarland offers advice for getting into the spirit.It's not...

Manage your career: A life behind bars

17-Oct-2002

It's the moment every parent dreads. A favourite son or daughter sits you down to tell you their chosen career - and it turns out they're going to...

The right choice

17-Oct-2002

People with all kinds of experience can find a pub to suit them and their skills.Anne Pirrie, the Ace, OldhamWhile some styles of pub suit the...

Charging a fee to enter pubs

17-Oct-2002

Q I used to believe it was illegal for a pub to charge an entrance fee. However, I recently visited another entertainment pub not far from mine where...

It's in your hands to do a wee bit for charity

17-Oct-2002

No, Snifter is not taking the p a charity game that encourages males to project a ball along the length of their pub's urinal really is about to...

Keep both eyes open if running a company

17-Oct-2002

Increasingly in English law, the concept of "due diligence" has been used in order to assess the apportionment of blame at various levels of a...

Quality is fundamental for business success because consumer

17-Oct-2002

Giving people a "quality" experience is essential if you want to generate repeat business, says Allan Tudor, on-trade sales director of Interbrew UK....

Christmas presence

16-Oct-2002

With summer barely over, pubs are already turning attention to planning their Christmas menus. Kerry Rogan offers some useful advice for the festive...

InfoPage: JohnsonDiversey - start your glasswashing with a quality finish!

16-Oct-2002

Info Pages are brought to you by thePublican.com in conjunction with one of our sponsors.Glasswashing: Start with a quality finish!The visual appeal...

Property briefs

16-Oct-2002

Thwaites, the Lancashire-based brewer and pub retailer, is looking to acquire new pubs as part of its continued roll-out strategy. Property director...

No place like home

14-Oct-2002

Global consolidation in the beer market has led to an increase in brands being brewed under licence, but is the beer the same? By Ben McFarland.The...

Recruitment: learnpurple leads the way with focus on staff retention

14-Oct-2002

High staff turnover is a problem for the trade, but one agency is hoping to reverse that trend. Phil Mellows meets Jane Sunley of learnpurple.Jane...

Health and Safety Executive has its say on noise limits in pubs

11-Oct-2002

The issue of whether pubs should be responsible for protecting workers against noise has reared its head again.Research published by the Health and...

SFI in talks with bankers to resolve cash-flow problems

10-Oct-2002

by The PMA Team SFI Group chief executive Andrew Latham is in discussion with his banks over a "strategy going forward" in the light of the cashflow...

Merchants of Venice

10-Oct-2002

Venice and nearby Treviso provided the setting for this year's "retail study" tour by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, which passed...

Mexican rave

10-Oct-2002

Corona Extra has surged ahead of Sol to become the UK's top imported Mexican beer. According to research by AC Nielsen, Corona Extra is now ranked...

Site sell-offs come too late to save debt-ridden Old Monk

10-Oct-2002

by Mike Bennett Gerry Martin bowed to the inevitable this week his eight-year-old Old Monk managed house business placed into administration, an...

Softly softly to bring in Christmas cash

10-Oct-2002

Pubs stand to make an extra £25m this Christmas if they embark on a three-pronged plan to encourage people to consume more soft drinks. Sue Garfitt,...

When pre-11am sales are allowed

10-Oct-2002

Lecturing to licensees the other day, I was asked about pubs making off-sales in the morning. One delegate said a pub down the road could start...

Don't know your Ugly Sisters from a Wicked Witch? Graham Rid

10-Oct-2002

It's a ritual that is as regular as clockwork. Once the clocks go back and the nights draw in even earlier, emotions start to stir in many a head...

Drinking water provision

10-Oct-2002

QWe have been told that we have to provide free drinking water in this restaurant. We have bottled water on our wine list. Where does this idea come...