Autumn menu:: Season of plenty
With the summer coming to an end and the nights drawing in, consumers begin to look for meals that are more suited to the impending autumn months....
Archives for August 20, 2008
Fit to be tied?
If the tie goes, the cake will simply have to be cut in a different way, says Clive Williams Dave Law's comments (Your Say, MA, 7 August 2008) on my...
Murphy case may delay foreign satellite legal actions
Pubs using EU-based foreign satellite systems may temporarily escape conviction until the Karen Murphy case is heard in Europe. A letter being sent...
Thwaites to weave web success with ale delivery
Daniel Thwaites beer will now be available to drinkers across the country at the touch of a button — after the Northern brewer completed a...
Good sense prevails for pubwatch
Amidst some rather bizarre human-rights legislation, it's refreshing to see common sense protecting licensees and customers from troublemakers, says MA editor Andrew Pring
Can pubs learn from cinema's revival to keep their doors open?
Going to the cinema in 1984 was pretty rubbish. Years of neglect had left many auditoriums dank and rundown with seats so uncomfortable they could...
Unviable pubs to close at Cains
Cains administrators are closing down a number of pubs it considers to be unviable. Licensees in Punch-owned sites, leased to Cains, have been told...
Pete Robinson: Scottish pubs thriving since smoking ban - claims ASH
And I wasn't disappointed. ASH are running a report claiming Scotland officially now has more pubs than before the smoking ban. Scottish Government...
Scottish doctors want new laws to tackle alcohol problems
New laws must be introduced to tackle alcohol misuse in Scotland, doctors have argued. The British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland has responded...
Moving the legal goal posts
MA legal guru Peter Coulson considers the move to ban late night entertainment in the City of London.
The new man at Magners
Magners wants to hold its hands up. One of the most fascinating stories in recent drinks brand history, it has been criticised for lack of innovation...
The wonderful power of the pint
The pint brought people together and oiled conversation about all sorts of topics, love included, says Caledonian Brewery managing director Stephen Crawley.
Ninety-eight per cent of doorstaff working legally
Police and Security Industry Authority (SIA) investigators found 98 per cent of doorstaff had valid licences in a raid in Swindon.Fifty-two door...
Whitbread ramps up investment in Brewers Fayre
Whitbread aims to grow its share of the competitive value-for-money pub food market with a £4.75m investment programme in its Brewers Fayre...
Karaoke operator Lucky Voice to open Islington bar
Lucky Voice, the style bar and private-room karaoke concept, is to open a bar in Islington next week and another in Brighton in 2009. The bar in...
Pub tenants foxed by debt
Effects of the bad weather, smoking ban, rising beer duty and rent are overwhelming rerasons why Gary and Sandra Higginbotham left Punch pub Old Fox in Hertfordshire.
Pub sales to be hit by energy chaos
Thousands of pub sales could be delayed by months from 1 October as the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) farce slips into chaos with just 41 accredited inspectors and no official transition period in place.
East Anglia: All in it together
Suffolk is a very rural, close-to-the-land sort of place which has heavily influenced the way we at Aspall have chosen to continue to run our...
'Radical plan to ban domestic abusers from alcohol'
Men accused of assaulting their partners face being banned from drinking alcohol, under a radical plan to tackle the rising tide of domestic abuse -...
East Anglia: Driving a hard bargain
Pubs need no reminders of the impact of the credit crunch in terms of the increase in the number of consumers who think twice about parting with...