Ale makes play for sport
15-Nov-2007
Through their multi-million pound sponsorships, lager brands have long been associated with sport. Now the ale brewers are looking for a piece of the...
09-Nov-2007
Cumbria brewer Jennings hosts World's Biggest Liar competition
Premier leaders ready for battle
08-Nov-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Premier League top spot remains tied between Arsenal and Manchester United, but Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth are only a couple of points adrift,...
07-Nov-2007 By John Harrington
A former Punch host whose pub showed Premiership football using a domestic card has avoided conviction. Ken Hadley was found not guilty of dishonest...
25-Oct-2007 By John Harrington
Foreign satellite suppliers set up a new company to investigate alleged Sky screenings in Europe
Group probes Sky screenings
25-Oct-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A group representing foreign satellite suppliers has set up a new company to investigate alleged screenings of Premiership games in mainland Europe...
World Cup winners count their takings
24-Oct-2007
Takings rocketed across pubs on the rugby world cup final Saturday proving that while the England team may have been runner-up, pubs were the...
Final scrumdown for England
18-Oct-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
While the thoughts of the nation will undoubtedly be preoccupied by the prospect of England's rugby union heroes retaining the World Cup, there's...
Pubs and brewers the big World Cup winners
11-Oct-2007
Pubs and brewers have been among the winners of the Rugby World Cup, with licensees hoping that England can make it all the way to the final this...
Rugby triumph pulls punters
11-Oct-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
A bonanza weekend of TV sport, highlighted by England's dramatic Rugby World Cup victory over Australia, gave pubs across the country a welcome...
England face crucial qualifiers
11-Oct-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
England start a crucial week of Euro 2008 qualifiers in second place in Group E. Michael Owen and Rio Ferdinand were the scorers in the 3-0 win...
08-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Over 80 Bolton licensees have formed an action group against Media Protection Services
Tough quarter-final for England
04-Oct-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
At times it has looked unlikely that England would actually make it through the group stages of the Rugby World Cup. But Brian Ashton's patched-up...
Back to Basics: When is a sports pub not a sports pub?
03-Oct-2007
Unless you've been hiding under an oval-shaped rock for the past four weeks, you will know that the Rugby World Cup is in full flight, and that pubs...
LTC Boxing clever
02-Oct-2007
The Licensed Trade Charity's annual boxing tournament takes place on 12 November
Owen headache for England
27-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Newcastle United's win over West Ham last Saturday was tarnished by Michael Owen's enforced substitution, blamed on a recurring groin injury. Owen...
Pubs pray for England to up their game
20-Sep-2007
Licensees are crossing their fingers that England could stay in the Rugby World Cup after reporting soaring sales from the tournament¹s opening...
World Cup: home nations falter
13-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The Rugby World Cup is well under way now, but none of the home nations stormed through their first matches as confidently as anticipated. After a...
A Saturday of national sport
06-Sep-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
You couldn't pack much more top-quality sport into one day if you tried. This Saturday some of England's finest sportsmen will take to the grass of...
Sky steps up monitoring of pubs
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Sky is stepping up its pursuit of licensees that screen satellite programmes without a commercial licence by doubling the number of staff that...
Pubs face High Court action over live football
29-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
The FA Premier League (FAPL) is taking High Court action against five licensees over the screening of live football. The five pubs are accused of...
29-Aug-2007
Sky is doubling the number of people employed to investigate pubs that show football using domestic packages. The number of its "policing officers"...
29-Aug-2007
Five licensees are being taken to the High Court by the Premier League in a row over the screening of live football matches. The Premier League...
Esta plans wave of anti-Sky actions
23-Aug-2007
The European Satellite Television Association (Esta) plans to launch a wave of legal actions against Sky in a bid to open up a free European market...
Rugby World Cup: The legends pick their winners
17-Aug-2007
THE PUBLICAN scrummed down with some world cup heroes and rugby legends to get their thoughts ahead of a sporting event that should mean big...
Rugby World Cup: Pubs prepare for rugby fest
17-Aug-2007
SINCE THE heady days of England¹s rugby World Cup win in 2003, brands and pubcos have been rampaging like a prop forward to get a piece of the rugby...
Rugby World Cup: Rugby conversion
17-Aug-2007
THE RUGBY World Cup is set to draw huge numbers of sports fans to the pub to watch the tournament. Licensees are gearing up for the start of an event...
The big matches not to miss
16-Aug-2007
England v South Africa Friday, 14 September, 8pm, ITV1 This promises to be a brutal and physical encounter that should please the fans no end. The...
14-Aug-2007
ALMR reveals 'shocking' figures
A glorious weekend for sport
09-Aug-2007 By Richard Ross
It's a glorious time for sports lovers, no matter what game they follow most avidly. The return of Premiership football to our screens this weekend...
Sky's new deal questioned
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs that take Sky's extra football package, but not the basic subscription next season, will pay about one-third more for it and have to fork out...
England now need 2nd Test win
26-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
It's a rough old life being a professional cricketer. Just four days on from the end of the Lord's Test between England and India, and it's already...
Big day for inconsistent England
19-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
England's three-Test series against India gets under way today, with the start of the first Test at Lord's. Michael Vaughan will captain the England...
Premiership Preview: not in front of the kids
18-Jul-2007
The 2007/2008 season is set to be the last time alcohol branding can be placed on children's replica football shirts, following a Portman Group...
Premiership Preview: get value for money
18-Jul-2007
SO SKY'S latest price hike is here. The 11 per cent rise is way above the inflation rate of just under four per cent. It has been slammed by...
12-Jul-2007 By Andrew Pring
Andrew Pring talks about Sky's latest price rise
Enough is enough, say Sky customers
12-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Furious licensees and pub industry groups have rounded on Sky over its latest 11 per cent price hike - which is three times the rate of inflation....
Football's calm before the storm
12-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross
Right now, for many of the world's sportsmen and women it's a case of the calm before the storm. Europe's footballers are easing themselves back...
12-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney
Trade leaders have reacted with anger at Sky's inflation-busting 11% average increase in its basic subscription charge for next year. In April, Sky...
10-Jul-2007 By Iain O'Neil
ALMR reacts with "frustration and irritation" at 11% price hike.
Chris Maclean: this sporting life
19-Jun-2007 By Chris Maclean
This morning I received two letters from Sky television advising me of a recent court case where they prosecuted a licensee for illegally showing...
Match point
14-Jun-2007
Don't miss this opportunity to win £10,000 in Hardys' food-and-wine matching competition Hardys, in association with Matthew Clark, has launched a...
14-Jun-2007 By John Harrington
Sky is extending its cut-price football offer for pubs until 22 June and adding new sports to the package. Sky is freezing its basic subscription...
Sky extends Football+ deadline
08-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
Sky has extended the deadline on its Football+ offer until June 22, it was announced today. The broadcaster is offering to freeze pubs' current...
A glorious summer of football
07-Jun-2007 By Richard Ross
Now that England's vital Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia is out of the way, it's time for the under-21 side to step into the spotlight. Stuart...
England cubs need final flourish
07-Jun-2007 By Richard Ross
The European Under-21 Football Championships come to a close this weekend when the top two sides in the competition meet in Satur-day's final. When...
It's football league play-offs time
24-May-2007 By Richard Ross
It's the second bank holiday weekend in May so that means it must be time for the football league play-offs. Over this coming Saturday, Sunday and...
Football's nail-biting continues
03-May-2007 By Richard Ross
Get set for another enthralling weekend of Premiership football. With the league title on the line it's time for Chelsea to show they are capable of...
26-Apr-2007 By John Harrington
Licensees left to ponder whether to jump in now or wait for next season's basic service costs to be announced
Chris Maclean: watching the football
26-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
I went to watch the football last night.One of my fellow licensees, who had read a previous blog about football in pubs, challenged me on Monday to...
