Licensee loses fight to convert closed pub into housing
A licensee is considering an appeal to the High Court after a local community won its fight to prevent his pub being converted into housing.After...
Archives for November 24, 2004
Legal advice: An open letter to the DCMS
Open letter to the Alcohol and Entertainment Team,Department for Culture Media & Sport,London.Dear Sir/ Madam,We write regarding the draft...
Council slammed for new licensing bureaucracy
A council in the West Country has been criticised for trying to force more bureaucracy onto licensees to meet the requirements of the new Licensing...
Beer and food: The odd couple?
Can beer ever partner food as comfortably as wine does?One of the more innovative suggestions to have arisen from the trade's beer and food...
How low can they go?
With the off-trade unleashing its crazy Christmas prices, Adam Withrington and Daniel Pearce decided to compare and contrast these with the...
Pub & Bar and The Publican reveal 2005 show plans
Pub & Bar - the leading exhibition for the licensed trade - is linking up with The Publican in a bigger, better show in 2005.The show, at Olympia...
Looking ahead
The Department of Health is working with The Portman Group in a bid to tackle the UK's current binge-drinking issues. Daniel Pearce reports.Licensees...
Sky to offer half-price Premiership Plus
Sky is slashing the price of its Premiership Plus pay-per-view service for pubs by 50 per cent from December 3. The announcement follows complaints...
Refurbished gastropub ready to open
Pub food entrepreneurs Paul Salisbury and Paul Hales open their latest venture, the Barnt Green Inn, in Worcestershire at the end of the month.The...
Sorry, another first time buyer!
For quite some time I have been looking at the options available to me to move into the pub business. In order to release the capital necessary I...