Entertainment

Halloween

Are these the spookiest pubs in Britain?

14-Oct-2016 By James Evison

Trying to cash-in on Halloween by claiming your venue has ghosts? Check out the Morning Advertiser's collection of top spooky UK pubs.

Halloween

Brakspear launches haunted pub tour

10-Oct-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Henley-on-Thames-based pubco and brewer Brakspear is marking this year’s Halloween with a ‘Ghost Hunt’ around three of its pubs.

Bar and Pub Show 2016

Up-to-date online bookings systems 'can boost pub profits'

05-Oct-2016 By Sara Hussein

DesignMyNight co-founder, Nick Telson, urged pubs to brush up their online booking systems to gain more revenue and customer loyalty.

My Pub

My Pub: Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

30-Sep-2016 By Phil Mellows

Grant Cook, licensee of the Sandford Park Alehouse, talks about the transformation from nightclub to reigning CAMRA National Pub of the Year.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Two Brewers, Clapham, London

30-Sep-2016 By MA

The Two Brewers is a well-established gay bar that has been operating for 35 years, with 80% of customers regulars.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - Salsa!, Charing Cross, London

30-Sep-2016 By MA

Well-known South American-inspired bar, restaurant and late-night venue Salsa! is located a stone’s throw from Leicester Square.

Great British Pub Awards, Best Live Entertainment Pub

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment finalist - The Oast House, Manchester

30-Sep-2016 By MA

Originally opened as a quirky pop-up bar in 2012, the Oast House has morphed into a successful permanent drinking, dining and entertainment venue in vibrant Crown Square.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Live Entertainment WInner - The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

30-Sep-2016 By MA

The Hare & Hounds is a thriving entertainment venue and very much the community hub for Kings Heath.

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.