Soft option
What are the big challenges for the soft drinks market in the next 12 months?The big challenges in the on-trade remain the same and they still...
Archives for September 14, 2006
City comment: Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon's results encapsulate the concerns of those who fear a smoking ban. Sales in its non-smoking Scottish pubs are dipping and margins...
Wine and food matching: I recommend...
While food and wine have gone together for quite a few millennia, until quite recently the main thing they had in common as far as pubs were...
Drinks industry defends sponsorship
The drinks industry has defended its sponsorship of major events after a call for the government to ban brewers from sponsoring live music and...
Onwards and upwards
To suggest it has been an 'interesting' year for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) would be an understatement. Having seen off the advances of one R....
From Liverpool with love
Timing, as they say, is everything. A few years ago brothers Sudaghara and Ajmail Dusanj turned up at Ludgate House on London's South Bank to pitch...
Legal advice: Are you being a nuisance?
Publicans have many things to worry about besides revenue raised per week. They may, for instance, be concerned that they could be prosecuted or...
Prepared to be pragmatic
When JD Wetherspoon (JDW) revealed its annual results recently - and the impact of the Scottish smoking ban - shares in the chain fell four per cent...
Sometimes the mighty fall…
A mate of mine has been asked to work on a temporary basis for a Football League club (I'd better not name them - let's just say they're a couple of...