FA to target pub satellite suppliers
The FA Premier League says it will go after foreign satellite suppliers in its bid to cut out closed-period screening of Premiership football. Dan...
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Premier League ramps up pursuit of foreign satellites
The FAPL has also confirmed it will be continuing to prosecute licensees with 145 cases pending against pubs who have shown Premier League football...
Auctions see rise in freehold pubs
More and more private owners of freehold pubs are selling them through public auctions, a leading auctioneer has claimed. John Barnett, of...
Punch pubs looking to cash in on World Cup
Punch Taverns is hoping to help its licensees make the most of this summer's World Cup extravaganza. The pubco is offering licensees a Profit Through...
Licensee wins hours appeal against Westminster
Dave Haseldine, owner of Bradley's Spanish Bar, had applied for extended hours but Westminster refused to give him a hearing as his bar is in the...
M&B: Buyout proposal undervalues company
M&B says Tchenguiz' 550pence a share proposal 'undervalues' the business.
Pub quiz machine expert gets a life ban for winning
A man who plays pub quiz machines for a living has been banned for life from a Laurel venue in Bournemouth after winning £20. Professional gamer...
New licence granted in 'saturation zone'
Cannock-based operator Bar Sport has been give the green light by Loughborough magistrates to open a new bar in the town after winning an appeal. The...
FA meets pub trade over satellite football row
The FA Premier League has held a summit meeting with trade bodies as it bids to stamp out illegal football screening in pubs. The meeting, at Premier...
Calm down, dear. Not everyone's a winner
Food critic and media mogul Michael Winner has been banned for life from Novelli's White Horse pub in Harpenden. The Death Wish film director - now...
Westminster licensee wins rare court victory
A Westminster licensee is celebrating a rare court victory over the city council - and calling on others to follow his lead. David Haseldine withdrew...
Smoke outside but don't take your drink say councils
Councils in Scotland are seeking to ban outdoor drinking for fear of trouble and extra noise from smokers. According to reports in Scotland on...
New call for action on AWP machines
Speaking at a Conservative Party gambling seminar, BACTA's chief executive Kevin Smith said he was "puzzled and frustrated" the government had failed...
Somerset cider toasts CAMRA top prize win
Hecks Kingston Black, produced by Street-based Hecks Farmhouse Cider, has been named by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) as the best real cider in...
Pub fire risk is escalating with dry conditions
With a dry summer predicted, thatched-roof pubs will be particularly in danger.In Suffolk the council that has already warned licensees they face...
Club doorman facing jail
Blue Kinane, 37, of Cippenham, Berks, was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm on April 27. He was cleared of a more serious charge of assault...
Blubeckers gobbles up rural pub sites
Blubeckers, the pub-restaurant format bought by the Restaurant Group last year, has acquired two new sites and targeted four more by the end of the...
Too early to claim success of smoke ban says pub trade
A trade body has slammed an MSP's attempt to herald the success of the smoking ban before its impact on the trade has been properly assessed....
The great outdoors
The innovative £110,000 conversion of a two-storey garage to a terraced patio has given Shepherd Neame's Bricklayers Arms in Bromley, Kent, a new lease of life as summer and the smoking ban approach
Scamwatch: Spot that scam
The problem with experienced scamsters is they are very good at what they do. They are generally offering you something that is just far too good to...
Pubs can survive Rooney foot disaster
Wayne Rooney's broken metatarsal won't shatter pub takings over the summer says the trade. Licensees, city analysts and top execs all agree that...
Alchemy looks to Regent purchase
Venture-capital firm Alchemy Partners is rumoured to be have approached Regent Inns in relation to a £180m buy-out of the Walkabout operator....