Easter: Start of a new season
Easter weekend, which traditionally kicks off the summer season for pubs, is only a couple of weeks away.The biting wind in recent days might have...
Archives for March 29, 2006
Clear winners
The drive for greater transparency will make it very clear how well run pub companies really are - or not, writes John Rathbone.The debt funding of...
Ignorance, the law and live footy
Most readers will have heard the saying "Ignorance of the law is no defence" without perhaps thinking too much about what it means. Well, in two...
Untrained barstaff can cost pubs dear
Increasing numbers of staff are being issued with £80 on-the-spot fines for serving underage customers.Police and local authorities are continuing...
RICS ignores TISC call for clarity on pub rents
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has "snubbed" the key recommendations of the Trade & Industry Select Committee
Bid activity to increase City analyst predicts
Regent Inns, Hardys & Hansons and Young's are the obvious possible bid targets as sector consolidation gathers pace, a City analyst has claimed....
Check those changes
For several months I have urged holders of premises licences to check the small print of their new licence and its summary. The reason for this,...
Let's take it outside
Scotland has become the first part of the United Kingdom to wage war on smoking in pubs. James Wilmore reports from the frontline."I've been smoking...
In Session... with Ben McFarland
Feeling tired and weary our intrepid beer expert Ben McFarland took a trip to a Swiss brewer last month to find out the healing and relaxing...
Tell us how you support the local community and win £1,000 for charity
The Morning Advertiser's Heart of the Community campaign is about reminding the national media, politicians and police about the pivotal roles pubs...
Fears over cost of holding DJ nights
Licensees are concerned they could face massive price hikes to run special recorded music events, such as discos, in their pubs. Phonographic...
Pricing a pub: Preparing for valuations
You've decided to sell your pub and have called in an estate agent to do a valuation, but there are still lots of questions you need answers to.Paul...
The top-10 best ideas for... boosting the bottom line
Ali Carter's innovative approach to running the Bay View Inn, Bude, Cornwall, helped her win the BII's coveted Licensee of the Year Award in 2003. Here she shares some of her best profit-making tips
Peers slam Alcohol Disorder Zones
Lords have slammed Government plans to make licensees pay for alcohol-related disorder.
Cumbrian pubs in line for grants
Grants are being offered to help rural pubs in Cumbria provide new services for their communities, in a ground-breaking tie-in between the trade and...
Punch loses pub development bid
Campaigners fighting to save a village pub owned by Punch are claiming a famous victory after a planning inspector rejected proposals for a housing...
Wines far from plain in Spain
So much has been happening in Spain in the last 10 years that it's hard to keep up. A flick through John Radford's The New Spain (Mitchell Beazley,...
Smoking - we want facts
Morning Advertiser Editor Andrew Pring on planning for the ban
Prosecutions for use of foreign satellites to continue
Prosecutions of licensees who use foreign satellites to screen football will continue - despite a pub winning its case against the Premier League....
Pernod Ricard is axing Tia Lusso
Pernod Ricard is axing Tia Lusso, the ailing cream liqueur it took on as part of its purchase of Allied Domecq last July. Launched in 2002 with a...
After the deal…
Pernod's takeover of Allied was 2005's major news - Hamish Champ asks how has the group fared since?Presenting Pernod-Ricard's half-year results in...
Smoking ban is food for thought
With pubs telling smokers to stub out for good next summer, landlords will have to cook up some new ideas to make up for the predicted drop in trade
Northern Ireland opposed to licensing reform
Pubs, political parties and the health lobby are strongly opposing Westminster's plans to reform licensing in Northern Ireland.At a briefing event in...
First £1,000 winners announced
Buckinghamshire licensees Kay and Brendan Keane are the first to win a £1,000 in the Morning Advertiser and S&N UK Heart of the Community Pub...
Smoke ban prompts Admiral estate audit
Admiral Taverns, the UK's largest privately-owned pub company, has put all land development projects on hold as it prepares for next year's smoke...
Caught on Camra
Under John and Valerie Pascoe, the Swan in Little Totham, Essex, has twice been crowned Camra national pub of the year. As the Pascoes prepare to retire, LUCY BRITNER finds out about their success
Robert Feal-Martinez
The Wiltshire licensee is an outspoken critic of the pub smoking ban. He believes that the legislation fails to take account of public opinion, making it undemocratic
Smoking petition group meets Lords
The fight to overturn the Government's smoking ban hit Westminster today when campaigners made their case to members of the House of Lords. Freedom...
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Morning Advertiser legal expert Peter Coulson answers your queries.
Licences cap plan spells alarm in NI
A trade body in Northern Ireland has slammed plans to end the cap on the number of licences in the principality. The Federation of the Retail...
Stella talks up film challenge
Stella Artois has teamed up with Trivial Pursuit to launch a new film-themed in-pub promotion.The first part of the Stella Artois Film Challenge will...
Get switched on with The Publican
Spiralling energy costs are crippling the licensed trade - and it's time to take action.The Publican is urging licensees to Get Switched On! and make...
Time to cure those bad habits
Poor stocktaking habits resulting from pressure of work can cost time and money in the long run. Alex McGill, from stocktakers Venners, recommends some simple tips
BAR TALK
Is there a specific song you play in the morning to get you ready for the day?