Forthcoming Budget "crucial to industry's fortunes
Measures announced at the next Budget could prove to be vital to the fortunes of the UK pub and brewing sectors, according to Jonathan Neame, chief...
Archives for January 15, 2008
Beer & food focus: Tailoring your offer
THE SURVEY of the trade carried out for the 2007 Publican Food Report found that less than a quarter of pubs recommend beers to match dishes on their...
Off-trade will face ADZ charges
Off-trade venues likely to face some charges in alcohol disorder zones
Beer & food focus: Cunning at the Fox
It probably shouldn't be too much of a surprise that Ron Blackmore, licensee of the Fox in Bury St Edmunds is something of a beer evangelist. Prior...
Regent Inns says it has received bid interest
Regent Inns has received what it described as a "number of preliminary approaches" with a view to buying the company.In a statement today the group,...
'No comment' on talk of raised offer for S&N
A spokesman for Carlsberg today declined to comment on reports that the Danish brewer and its consortium partner Heineken were set to increase their...
Half of all UK pubcos will thrive in 2008, claims research group
Despite concerns about the future trading performance of the UK licensed trade, around half of all pub companies "look surprisingly well placed to...
Punch lessees to become 'customers' of the pubco
Punch Taverns is changing the moniker of its lessees from 'retailer' to 'customer' as part of a drive to improve the relationship between the group's...
S&N sues London poker bar owners over loan
S&N is suing the owners of a London bar famous for trying to prove poker was a game of skill over a £45,000 loan
Continental pub culture brought to Scotland
Glasgow's West Brewing Company is a frequently busy 300-seater German bierhalle with its own brewery, producing real German beer - an established...
Flora New Year recipe: Herbed Marmite burgers and potato wedges
Herbed Marmite burgers and potato wedgesIngredients (10 Portions)1125g Potatoes, old peeled and wedged60g Flora Original 500gBurgers:550g Beef,...
Beer & food recipe: Lamb shank, mustard mash and shallot confit
Lamb shank, mustard mash and shallot confitIngredients (Serves 10)10 Lamb shanks4 Large onions (roughly chopped)1kg Carrots (roughly chopped)2 litres...
Punch Taverns' pub profits down on last year
Shares in Punch Taverns fell more than 30p today - five per cent - after the pubco reported subdued trading across its estate.In an interim...
Beer & food focus: European matches
A pint of warm bitter and a soggy ploughman's is the traditional British way with beer and food, and so we tend to forget that our Continental...
Beer & food focus: A taste of Thailand
Chef Max Piao explains a Thai-style tapas concept, and what better to accompany it than Thai beer Chang?AS ANYONE who has ever tried to order sweet...
Delay to setting of Scottish licensing fees
A last-minute delay in the approval of new licence fees in Scotland has raised the hopes of licensees that they could be set a lower level than they...
ADZ discount drops to 90 per cent
More changes have been made to the regulations covering controversial Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZs). In the latest version of the regulations,...
Pubs braced for flood devastation
Licensees are bracing themselves for a repeat of the devastating floods of last summer
Pete Robinson: Apocalypse now!
The Gala Bingo hall closed without warning and now has a 'for sale' sign on the premises. With the writing on the wall for local social clubs what...
Beer & food recipe: Beef in ale with vegetable toad-in-the-hole
Beef in ale with vegetable toad-in-the-holeThis recipe is a mix of two cooking methods - traditional roasting and pot-roasting. The beef tastes...
Take time out for Stress Down Day
Licensees are being invited to get behind the Samaritans' Stress Down Day on February 1 - a national campaign aimed at encouraging people to take...
Pick of the pubs
Mid-Devon freehouse the Red Lion is the only pub in the village of Shobrooke, five miles from Exeter. The pub is a large, detached, stone property...