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Just pawfect: The Fox and Hounds has received multiple awards for being dog friendly

My Pub: the UK's most dog-friendly pub, the Fox and Hounds, Reading

By Georgina Townshend

Managers Jayne Tilsley and Miles Teece know a thing or two about keeping families and their four-legged friends happy. After winning multiple awards for keeping our canine companions content, Tilsley talks about what makes the UK’s most dog-friendly pub...

Long heritage: the King Arthur pub doesn't take plastic payment and only serves two beers

My Pub: The King Arthur, Worcestershire

By Phil Dixon

A new pub that doesn’t take plastic payment and only serves two types of beer – it can only be a Bathams pub. The Morning Advertiser journeyed to the Black Country to see how the brewery, which trades on its long heritage, has taken what it does best...

Cheers: Judi Newman with Terry Stork outside the shop

Pub is home to first village shop in over 30 years

By Georgina Townshend

After an absence of more than three decades, a village in Suffolk is welcoming the launch of a new village shop at the Oyster Inn, boosted by a grant from People’s Postcode Lottery.

Well worth a butcher's: Farmer-licensee Barbara Cossins explains how the Langton Arms rose like a phoenix from a devastating fire

My Pub: The Langton Arms, Tarrant Monkton

By Phil Mellows

After a fire that would have been the end for some businesses, the 17th-century Langton Arms came back fighting with a stronger food menu and its own butchery. Farmer-licensee Barbara Cossins reveals the strategy behind the rise of the phoenix

Top interior trends: Going back to comfort and tradition will be big in 2018 according to experts (Image: The Spotted Horse, Fusion by Design)

Pub design trends 2018: fix up, look sharp

By Georgina Townshend

If one of your new year’s resolutions was to refresh your pub’s design, you can get inspiration and advice on the top trends customers are looking for in 2018.

2017 review: a lot has happened in the pub trade this year

A year in the pub trade: 2017 review

By Georgina Townshend

From the freeze of beer duty, the Punch-Heineken deal, pub-specific business rates reductions, to the 10-year anniversary of the smoking ban, a lot has happened in the pub trade during 2017.

Keyboard warriors: Peeved punters taking to the internet to complain are becoming a recurring problem for publicans

Opinion: TripDespiser strikes again

By Pete Brown

A reasonable approach to unreasonable on-line reviews is the best policy in order to make it clear to observers that the reviewer is the one in the wrong.

Gig dreams: Will pubs always provide a place for live music?

Opinion: Pub music, food of love?

By Sophie Atherton

Times change, of course. Live music is not as commonplace as it once was and beer choices have improved hugely – but it’s hospitality that we crave.

Safe journey: the Uber Karaoke campaign focuses on the fun side of travelling home at night

Absolut creates song and dance over Uber journeys home

By Stuart Stone

In a video campaign fronted by Absolut Vodka, brand owner Pernod Ricard UK has teamed up with taxi service Uber to take a different tune in its annual anti-drink-driving campaign by introducing Uber Karaoke.

Cheers: What does 2018 hold for your pub? (Image: Deklofenak/istock/thinkstock.co.uk)

Survey: What does 2018 hold for your pub?

By Georgina Townshend

With warnings about the pub trade coming in thick and fast - with business rates, inflation, changes in consumer demand, declining beer sales and Brexit all looming over publicans' heads - what will 2018 have in store for your pub?

In trouble: Eastender's pub the Queen Victoria is under threat (Image: Matt Pearson)

Eastender's Queen Vic storyline inspires 'save your local' advice

By Georgina Townshend

As BBC's Eastender's beloved public house, the Queen Vic's, future is under threat, campaign groups including Crowdfunder and the Plunkett Foundation have taken to social media to give advice and tips on how to save struggling pubs across...

Paint it Black & Grey: The Morpeth pub used to bring in £500 a week but is enjoying a new lease of life under new management

My Pub: The Black & Grey, Morpeth

By Stuart Stone

Licensee Anna Redpath hoped to add more than just a heavy splash of colour to Morpeth’s once tired Black & Grey pub. Noted for its vibrant floral displays, Redpath talks about transforming the old coach house by one tipsy tea and up-cycled piano at...

Distressing drop: only one in three publicans is now a woman (Image: monkeybusinessimages/thinkstock.co.uk)

Number of women publicans at five-year low

By Georgina Townshend

The number of women licence holders has fallen by almost 44% in the past five years, according to new analysis by specialist hospitality recruiter The Change Group.

Pub tracker findings: quarterly figures also revealed growth for independent pubs and family visits

Promotions lose allure in driving visits to the pub

By Stuart Stone

According to latest figures published by the NPD Pub Tracker, which publishes quarterly insights into sales and visit patterns at British pubs, footfall in the year ending September 2017 was less driven by promotions.

My Pub: The Bickley, Chislehurst

My Pub: The Bickley, Chislehurst

By Georgina Townshend

When Bickley Pub & Restaurant general manager Garry Wood noticed Wednesday steak night was proving a real success, he opted to go more premium by focusing on steaks at the Redcomb Pubs site yet still maintaining a community feel.

More choosy: Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups like-for-like sales are up 0.3% against last October

October sales see pubs and bars fare better than restaurants

By Georgina Townshend

Industry insiders have warned the festive trading season could be "the difference between survival or failure" across Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups with like-for-like sales up just 0.3% against last October, the latest figures...

Doctor's orders: Pubs can learn about their customers through sociology

How sociology can help pubs understand their customers

By Phil Mellows

Doctor Tom Thurnell-Read is not a medical man, but he can help you with the health of your pub. Meet the sociologist whose research can teach publicans about their customers and their drinking culture.

Inside the Botanist, Newcastle

My Pub: The Botanist, Newcastle

By Georgina Townshend

New World Trading Company’s Newcastle Botanist site is a prime example of a bar that encourages innovation, creativity and well-trained staff. General manager Andrew Shiel-Redfern explains what it takes to run a site that ticks all the boxes.

The front of 185 Watling Steet, Towcester

My Pub: 185 Watling Street, Northamptonshire

By Georgina Townshend

Originally a coaching inn at the beginning of the 19th century, 185 Watling Street has also been put to a host of different uses. Epic Pubs operations director Jonathan Taylor explains how a major refurbishment by the company two years ago not only restored...

On the road: pub showcase could encourage more overseas tourists to visit British pubs

Mock pub aims to drive UK tourism and beer exports

By Fred A'Court

A British pub set-up complete with bar, seating areas and even an iconic red telephone box at overseas trade shows could also be used to boost beer exports – with the added bonus of visiting a pub as a ‘must do’ activity during a visit to the UK.

Love in the air: the Kings Arms had a special Valentine's offer in February (pic credit: Paul Sweeney)

Some of the best pub A-boards

By Nikkie Sutton

Pub A-boards are a great way for licensees to market their offer, and some operators have used them as a way to get customers talking.

Steampunks: street theatre builds excitement around The Alchemist's new opening

£1.5m Alchemist site to open in Oxford

By Nicholas Robinson

Bar and restaurant group The Alchemist has pumped £1.5m into the opening of a new shopping centre bar in Oxford, creating 75 new jobs.

Top tip: pubs should promote their spooky history according to one expert

If you have got it, haunt it

By Fiona McLelland

Pubs are among the favourite locations for ghosts across the UK. So much so it seems , that claims are often met with more than a pinch of scepticism. But if research really does point to some supernatural connection at your outlet, then you could be...

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