Entertainment

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Chaplin's, Dorset

30-Sep-2016 By MA

Chaplin’s extends back from it’s eye-catching façade into a quirky bar/dining area and down into an atmospheric cellar bar, and through to a very individual alfresco eating and drinking space, with dramatic murals on the walls, bold paintwork, colourful...

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Blues Bar, Harrogate

30-Sep-2016 By MA

In a great location, two doors down from the famous Bettys tea rooms and overlooking a spacious green, the Blues Bar is part of a terrace.

Halloween and Bonfire Night

Making the most of Halloween and Bonfire Night

29-Sep-2016 By Sara Hussein

It can be hard for operators to maintain their creative flair with new ideas every year for Halloween, and many tend to play it safe with similar themes from previous years. However, there’s more to Halloween than the classic pumpkin carving or costume...

Christmas 2016

Planning for a Festive Fillip: How operators can make the most of Christmas

19-Sep-2016 By Michelle Perrett

People on both sides of the bar may still be enjoying the late summer sun, but for those behind the jumps, Christmas is fast approaching and with it the need to get stuck in to the preparations. And, with competition for consumer spending at an all time...

TV Show

Channel 5 show stars employees from the Withy Arms Group

06-Sep-2016 By Tom Lawson

An email received out of the blue has landed one licensee and his team a starring role in a Channel 5 documentary.

Events

Enterprise Inns pub celebrates 150 years

24-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A family-run Warwickshire pub is celebrating its 150th birthday with a day-long event on Saturday 3 September, two days after its official anniversary.

Premium Pubs

Stand Out from the Crowd: How pubs can deliver a premium experience to customers

23-Aug-2016 By Nigel Huddleston

The lengthy shadows of global financial meltdown and austerity seem to fly in the face of prevailing trends in hospitality, where the products and service on offer have steadily improved with consumers seemingly happy to pay more to go out.

Community

Ministers to pull pints in pub to gather ‘diminishing flock’

18-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

An operator is aiming to bring the community together by working with the local church and inviting ministers to serve pints behind the bar. 

My Pub

My Pub: The Italian Job, Chiswick, London

12-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

After opening the UK’s first Italian craft beer pub in Chiswick last year, co-founders Giovanni Campari and Giuseppe Verdoni explain how they’re planning to bring a taste of Italy to London.

Charity

Pubs ‘challenged’ to take part in charity fundraising event for Prostate Cancer UK

05-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

Prostate Cancer UK is urging licensees to host a fundraising night after last year’s launch of the pop-up pub fundraiser, the Men United Arms. 

Interior Design

Five important things to consider when refurbishing your pub

02-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

The design of a pub is a method in which the business can draw customers in: its location, indoor and outdoor space, as well as décor, can all contribute to that important first impression. 

Cask Ale Week 2016

Cask Ale Week: A Beginner's Guide

28-Jul-2016 By Sara Hussein

September sees the return of Cask Ale Week, but why should pubs get involved in the annual event? Sara Hussein reports

Technology

BrewDog to host PokéDog pub crawl

21-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

BrewDog has jumped on the Pokémon Go bandwagon and introduced a pub crawl in conjunction with the augmented reality game - dubbed ‘PokéDog’.

Top Tips

5 tips to make your pub more family friendly

20-Jul-2016 By Sara Hussein

Pubs are popular go-to venues for families to socialise and spend quality time with one another as well as meet up with other families. Yet there are many that are not making the most of their facilities to create a child-friendly atmosphere, which could...

Trends

Bar reaps rewards from Pokémon Go

18-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Maxwell’s Bar & Grill in Covent Garden, central London, has reported a 26% increase in customers after their first week of trading as a PokéStop.

Technology

Hospitality sector taps into Pokémon Go

14-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs and restaurants are tapping into the potential of worldwide gaming trend, Pokemon Go, which was released yesterday (July 14) in the UK.

Technology

'Pokémon Go pub crawl' pairs drinking with gaming hit

12-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Gamers across the world are getting involved in pairing up the new Pokémon Go game with drinking.

PubAid welcomes new members

27-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Mike Clist and Honorary Secretary for the All Parliamentary Beer Group Paul Hegarty have joined PubAid’s board.

Events

JDW Harry Potter pub quiz sells out and raises hundreds for charity

03-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A Warrington pub hosted a spellbinding Harry Potter themed quiz this week (1 June) in order to raise cash for charity.

Entertainment

Pubs raise £125,000 through quizzes

02-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Volunteers behind the non-profit organisation PubAid are counting the funds raised after they set out to host the World's Biggest Quiz in February this year.

Charity round-up: The PMA takes a closer look at the trade's good deeds

16-May-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Pubs, breweries and pubcos are well known for their support of charities. The Publican's Morning Advertiser reports on the the industry's latest fundraising activities. 

Sports

Arm wrestling the saviour of pubs? One businessman believes so...

11-May-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Charles Brook of leisure group Arm Grip began his interest in competitive sports when he started martial arts. 

Pubs asked to turn down the music for deaf customers

28-Apr-2016 By Mike Berry

Pubs have been urged to turn the music down and the lights up to help create a better experience for the 10 million deaf and hard of hearing in the UK.

Queen’s 90th Birthday

Pimm’s puts out 12,000 activation kits for Queen’s birthday

14-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Diageo-owned Pimm’s is pushing hard on the Queen’s 90th birthday to help boost sales in the on-trade by giving 12,000 outlets nationwide activation kits.

Sport

Creating a winning team when it comes to showing sport

15-Mar-2016 By BT Sport

Having a team that’s enthusiastic and able to engage with customers about sport will help make your pub a winning venue. Here are some tips for building a strong team and boosting sales.

Making the most of Sport - in association with Sky

Make sure your pub hits the bullseye this festive season

03-Dec-2015 By Sky Sports

Christmas is here again and that means turkey, mince pies, dodgy jumpers, the Queen’s speech, Brussels sprouts… and darts!

PMA Sport

Exclusive Q&A with football superstar Gareth Bale

25-Nov-2015 By Mike Berry

Welsh footballer Gareth Bale is one of sport's global superstars having made the move to Spanish giants Real Madrid two years ago. The PMA caught up with the BT Sport ambassador in Madrid recently to chat about his new life and hopes for Wales in...

Entertainment

How in-pub entertainment keeps customers in your venue

09-Nov-2015 By Nigel Huddleston

With a bounty of other leisure activities available to everyone, Nigel Huddleston finds out how in-pub entertainment systems can help keep customers in your domain.

£19k fine and prison warning for playing music without a licence

09-Nov-2015 By Oli Gross

The licensee of a London bar has been fined £19,000 for playing music illegally, and warned he faces prison with further offences.

Tom Kerridge pie to feature at Greene King festival

02-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

­Greene King has launched a pie festival at over 130 pubs across its UK estate, with one pie created by Tom Kerridge’s team at the Hand & Flowers available at selected sites.

Make Some Noise

Legal advice: Hope for pubs in noise debate

22-Oct-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Most people reading this article will at some time have bought a house and would not have done so without having a good look around the area.

Make Some Noice

Boris agent of change backing could be sweet music to venues

22-Oct-2015 By Ed Bedington

It’s a tough business, the pub trade. Margins are tight, competition intense, consumer demands mercurial and challenges rife.

Make Some Noise

Boris Johnson gets behind campaign to save music venues

22-Oct-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind the ‘agent of change’ principle in an attempt to put a stop to the “catastrophic” loss of London’s live-music venues, including scores of pubs. 

Pubs for sale

Pub with star-studded past is put up for sale

13-Oct-2015 By PMA

A famous Liverpool pub that has played host to a galaxy of music, TV and film stars is up for sale.

Rugby World Cup

Rugby legends get behind the bar

22-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Rugby legends including Phil Vickery, Lee Mears, Andy Gomarsall and Tim Stimpson have got behind the bar at Young’s pubs to help celebrate the Rugby World Cup.

Publicans

Photographic exhibition celebrates East London pubs

21-Sep-2015 By James Evison

A new exhibition aims to showcase some of the oldest pubs in the world - and the teams behind the bar.

Luke Skywalker pulls pints in Irish pub

18-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Actor Mark Hamill, best known for his role as rebel hero Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, was seen pulling pints in a pub in Country Kerry, Ireland.

Woman drinks at more than 600 Red Lion pubs

07-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Lancashire woman has completed her quest to drink in every pub named the Red Lion in the UK.

Charity

Transforming my pub into the Men United Arms

14-Aug-2015 By Doug Scougall

One pub manager recalls the experience of transforming his pub as part of the Men United campaign from Prostate Cancer UK.

Charity

Charity pub wheelie bin race proves a hit

14-Aug-2015 By Mike Berry

The annual Wheelie Bin Race at the Three Horseshoes pub in Hernhill, near Faversham, has this year raised £3,128 for charity.

Beer

Cask Ale Week: Would you be #CrazyNotTo?

27-Jul-2015 By PMA

Cask Ale Week runs from 24 September to 4 October, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser looks into all of the reasons your pub should get involved.

Review into iconic Camden pub's ACV listing

08-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The owners of Camden’s iconic Black Cap have asked for a review into the council’s decision to list the pub as an asset of community value.

NTIA report: Regulation 'unfairly harming' late night venues

23-Jun-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Late night venues are being unfairly harmed by regulation and reduced opening hours, a report by sociologist Professor Frank Furedi on behalf of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has revealed.

Pub Market Report

Pubs more positive about future as events grow in importance

07-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Publican’s Morning Advertiser readers are experiencing a more positive trading environment with more than half reporting a rise in turnover during the past year and almost six in 10 licensees planning to invest in their pub in the coming 12 months.

licensing

Nightclub owner receives £18k fine for playing music without licence

21-Apr-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

A nightclub owner in Wales has been ordered to pay almost £18,000 to music licensing organisation PPL, or face a prison sentence, for playing music without a licence.

Business Booster

Can a flower-making workshop make money in your pub?

20-Apr-2015 By PMA

How an Oxfordshire pub offered a unique spring flower workshop.

Licensing law

Pub entertainment deregulation comes into force

07-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Red tape has been cut for pubs wanting to host live music and community events following changes that came into force on 6 April under the Licensing Act.

Music

Enterprise Inns' 'Pub Idol' competition heats up

02-Apr-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Pubs across South Yorkshire have been polishing their microphones in the run up to the final of Enterprise Inns’ Pub Idol singing competition.

MAKE SOME NOISE

Brighton council to recommend policies to protect live music pubs

31-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Brighton & Hove City Council is to set up a working group to examine the threats to live music venues from noise complaints, following a successful campaign by the city’s music supporters.

Enterprise offers tenants new entertainment service

30-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

More than 500 Enterprise Inns publicans have signed up for a new live music service that enables them to find and book local artists through an online portal.