Rhys Jones murder pub has licence suspended
A three-month closure order has been served on the Liverpool pub where 11 year-old Rhys Jones was murdered last August.The Fir Tree, in Croxteth...
Archives for February 27, 2008
White hot Hart!
The local radio airwaves crackled in the early morning of Friday, February 22 with the voice of Simon Tanner, licensee of the White Hart in...
Laurel puts 100 pubs up for sale
Laurel has instructed agents to sell almost 100 wet-led leasehold pubs
'Shambolic SIA lost my documents'
A licensee has branded the Security Industry Authority (SIA) "shambolic" after important documents went missing when he tried to renew his door...
Barnsley U-turn on outdoor smoke ban
Council bosses abandon the plan after a meeting with trade leaders
'I thought a train had hit the building'
Licensees hit by this morning's earthquake have told thepublican.com how the force of the tremors rocked through their pubs.Licensee John Bradley's...
Super casino plans scrapped
Plans for super casino in Manchester ditched but 16 smaller venues given go-ahead
Coughing up for kit
Who will fund dispense equipment for cask, as volumes shift from the national brewers towards a growing plethora of regionals? Noli Dinkovski reports
Jygsaw puts missing pieces back into heritage brands
Jygsaw Brands, the trading partner in a joint venture set up last year between ex-Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) managers and the brewer to...
Marston's launches online payroll system for licensees
Marston's has launched a new online payroll system that is available to all licensees.
'M&B says Carr to step down after review'
Roger Carr will step down as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers on completion of its strategic review, due by the end of May, the pub group...
Chris Maclean: Thieves foiled at the bar
I'm normally quite alert but I didn't spot them at first. I'd served them both halves of lager and they looked OK to me. But Jo, the barmaid on duty,...
BBPA: High strength beer is taxed more
MPs are set straight on high strength lager tax hike call by BBPA