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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.

Pubs urged to unlock revenue potential of camping

09-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Pubs are being encouraged to turn unused land into campsites and unlock a potential new revenue stream.

Mediatheme strengthens management team

12-Nov-2014 By James Evison

Mediatheme, a provider of touch screen entertainment, has strengthened its management team. The new team is led by managing director, Steve Evans, who has experience in finance and business development, having spent over 35 years at Barclays and Yorkshire...

New interactive pub quiz fronted by Krypton Factor’s Gordon Burns is launched

29-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

Gordon Burns, the host of iconic game show the Krypton Factor, has launched a quiz game for pubs.

10 tips on the Live Music Act

10-Sep-2014 By Poppelston Allen

Never has the law relating to live and recorded music been so complex. Here is a brief guide to the main issues licensees often ask.

Event-less March sees a fall in ‘drinking out’ spend

23-Apr-2014 By Rob Willock

Households spent 6% less on drinking out of home in March than in February, according to the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker.

PRS Music Makeover 2013 winner announced

22-Apr-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Leicestershire publican has been announced the winner of PRS for Music’s Music Makeover 2013 competition.

Pub machine prize limits raised to £100

15-Jan-2014 By Michelle Perrett

New regulations increasing prizes in pub machines come into effect from today (15 Jan).

Ministry of Sound boss celebrates landmark agreement with developer over noise

08-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The boss of the Ministry of Sound has welcomed a landmark agreement over noise in relation to a new property development, stating it will “set a precedent” for how new housing and existing businesses can live together.

Licensed premises authorising regulated entertainment decreases, new figures show

11-Dec-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The number of licensed premises authorising regulated entertainment has decreased by 2.5% over the past year, new statistics from the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) reveal.

Are pop songs making us drink more?

16-Oct-2013 By Robyn Black

It was with great bemusement I read of the bizzare interpretation of advertising regulations in France, where the courts have decided it is illegal to publish photos of people enjoying a tipple (so it’s a bloody good job the French look so miserable most...

Gaming machine maximum prize limits to rise

10-Oct-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The prize limit for ‘Category C’ or ‘fruit’ machines has increased to £100, and the stake limit has retained at £1, after the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) lobbied for the rise.

BT signs up 10,000 commercial premises for new TV packages

18-Aug-2013 By Michelle Perrett

BT Sport has announced that more than 10,000 pubs, clubs, betting shops, hotels and other commercial premises have signed up to its TV packages.

Top tips on running a music event

07-Aug-2013 By Poppleston Allen

We all know that a noisy pub disco or karaoke is a sure-fire way of ending up before the licensing committee following a review by residents or the environmental health officer. Here are a few pointers to bear in mind if you are hosting a music event.

PRS boss vows to simplify music royalty tariffs for pubs

24-Jan-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Playing music in your pub can be a big revenue driver, but licensees need to be on the ball when it comes to the licence they require. Gurjit Degun speaks to Robert Ashcroft, chief executive of the music royalties collection agency PRS for Music, about...

Gambling Act: 'Skillette' gaming machine developer first to be imprisoned following Gambling Commission prosecution

11-Oct-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs and clubs have been warned about installing a gaming machine called “Skillette” as the director of the company which supplies it was imprisoned following an investigation by the Gambling Commission.

Live Music Act: How will it affect TENs and pub discos?

09-Oct-2012 By Poppleston Allen

This week we consider how the Live Music Act (LMA) 2012 affects temporary event notices, discos and conditions relating to non-licensable activities.

Live Music Act: Q&As on pub karaoke

01-Oct-2012

This is the second article published with the Live Music Act (LMA) 2012 having been implemented today. Last week, we analysed the definition of live music-related conditions, the enforceability of conditions placed on a premises licence after a review,...

Great British Pub Awards pulls in Lounge Lizzard to host the evening’s karaoke

11-Sep-2012

The Chesterfield-based family run pub entertainment system company Lounge Lizzard has been given the opportunity to host this year’s foyer entertainment at the 2012 Great British Pub Awards ceremony held at the fabulous Hilton hotel, London on 13 September.

Proposed guidance for live music deregulation is open for consultation

24-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has produced a draft of the new guidance it will release upon implementation of the Live Music Act 2012.

Consider boules as a way to boost business at your pub

27-Jul-2012 By Jason Read

Namby pamby French boules? What use is that in my pub? Think again. Boules is a growing sport in this country and, for a small outlay, can significantly increase the number of customers visiting your pub during the summer — even in the rain.

The Big Interview: Karen Murphy

06-Jun-2012

"I don’t like football. It bores me to tears, sorry.” Coming from a landlady who successfully fought a six-year legal battle against the Premier League for the right to show cheap televised football in her pub, these words were somewhat unexpected.

Budget 2012: Gaming machines tax to cost pub trade £14m

21-Mar-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Tax on gaming machines in pubs is set to cost the sector £14m in taxes next year, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has estimated.

Doorstaff Games alarm

16-Feb-2012 By Mike Berry

Earlier this month, a diktat was sent to Whitehall departments by Government spin doctors, effectively ordering them to produce three good news stories a day in the run up to this summer’s Olympic Games.

ACPO wants risk assessments for live music

14-Feb-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) wants risk assessments introduced as part of plans to de-regulate live music.

On track for the Games?

16-Jan-2012

With the world set to descend on London for the 2012 Olympics, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser team ventured into Stratford, in the East End, to find out how publicans are preparing for a sporting spectacle in their own backyard.

Pubs to be consulted on gaming machine review

05-Dec-2011 By Adam Pescod

Pub and bar operators will get a chance to have their say on a government review of stake and prize limits for gaming machines during a public consultation next year.

Michael Kheng gets a full PPL music royalties refund

21-Oct-2011 By Adam Pescod

Music royalties company PPL has issued a full refund to multiple pub operator Michael Kheng after charging him for unused events on the licence of a pub he sold in January.

Music bonanza warning

29-Sep-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has stressed that pubs with live music restrictions on their licence will not benefit from the government’s plans for deregulation.

Barcrest deal creates pub gaming "powerhouse"

26-Sep-2011 By Michelle Perrett

Barcrest, the designer and maker of gambling games and games machines to the UK pub and amusement arcade market, has been acquired by Scientific Games Corporation, a US-based business with significant pub operations in the UK, in a deal thought to be...

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