Battle to save local pubs gains momentum
The Save Our Local Pubs campaign has hit a nerve with long-serving licensees who have swamped the MA offices with horror stories of rising costs and...
Archives for May 30, 2006
Smoking guidelines needed fast
Licensees need to make a stand over the lack of guidelines concerning the impending smoking ban, says a leading solicitor. Speaking at the BII London...
Legal advice: What's in a review?
The phoney war has now ended. After an initial lull at the end of the transition process, councillors are once again spending their days listening to...
OFT and Visa to intervene in Crehan spat
The Office of Fair Trading and credit card company Visa have been given permission to intervene in the legal dispute between former Inntrepreneur...
Welsh favour summer 2007 for smoke-ban
Wales' top politician Rhodri Morgan has suggested that next summer might be the best time to ban smoking at Welsh pubs. Morgan, the Welsh First...
Publicans sign up to net gains
Effective communication between landlords and tenants is at the heart of a successful pub industry. Behind that lies the relationship between the...
Welsh council bans staff from smoking
A Welsh council has banned its staff from smoking at all during working hours. The move by Denbighshire council means staff will no longer get fag...
Buying on site
From the moment the internet escaped the exclusive control of the US military, it seemed inevitable that publicans would make the switch from...