THE GUV'NOR Bernard Brindley
The licensee of the White Lion in Pailton, Warwickshire reflects on a challenging 2006 and predicts more of the same for 2007 As the last Guvnor of...
The licensee of the White Lion in Pailton, Warwickshire reflects on a challenging 2006 and predicts more of the same for 2007 As the last Guvnor of...
At a time when most of the nation's workers have given up for Christmas and are letting their hair down, licensees and suppliers are up to their eyes...
The Beer Academy has been given a major boost following a tie up with the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) that will lead to an...
Trade leaders have reacted with a mixture of relief and anger to the smoking ban regulations issued by health minister Caroline Flint last week. Mark...
Tony Halstead tony.halstead@william-reed.co.uk Trade groups have slammed a decision by Blackpool council to outlaw drinking on the pavement unless...
Challenging local authorities I was interested to see the article on the matter of licences not issued (MA, Coulson's Legal Advice, 23 November,...
Sparkling wine isn't just about Champagne. Prosecco's also perfect for popping on New Year's Eve. And, unlike other bubblies, it's difficult to find...
One fine day in Ireland, a guy out golfing gets up to the 16th hole. He tees up and cranks one, which goes into the woods on the side of the fairway....
Licensees have called for clarification on who is liable for serving underage customers after a judge ruled premises licence holders were not...
Gordon Ramsay has helped turn business around at Lancashire's Fenwick Arms, featured on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares last month. Licensee Brian Rey...
Change brings winners and losers, says Stephen Crawley, but you can choose your side The last MA of 2006! Where did the last 12 months go? For us,...
Agents look back at some of the biggest and most interesting deals from the past 12 months GA Select Deal: The Marquess of Exeter in Rutland was...
What are the pub trade's prospects for 2007? Adrian Clay The Litten Tree, Blackpool. I think it will be a tough year. The smoking ban will hit most...
The 2006 Business Awards: The PMA Team dishes out some alternative pub sector gongs Deal of the Year Although announced at the end of 2005, Punch did...
It was inevitable that the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) would claim, as part of the Prime Minister's strategy for all Government...
Pernod Ricard will issue health warnings to pregnant women on all bottles of its wine and spirit brands. The warnings are already compulsory in...
Irn-Bru is launching the first Christmas TV ad in its 105-year history, backed with a £250,000 investment. The track "Walking in the Air", from The...
The FA Premier League (FAPL) is taking civil action in the High Court against a supplier of foreign satellite equipment. In an unprecedented move, a...
The increasingly difficult trading climate has had a marked effect of the value of leasehold pubs sold over the past year. Leasehold prices increased...
The trade is bracing itself for a clampdown by police over Christmas and the new year amid horror stories in some national newspapers that the...
FA Premier League launches legal proceedings against supplier of foreign satellite equipment
I wish John Grogan well in his campaign to curb the giveaway prices for alcohol in supermarkets. The MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Beer Group...