Archives for March 3, 2009

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Pub is the Hub makes Welsh debut

By John Harrington

Pubs in parts of rural Wales can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help them diversify. Pub is the Hub, the Prince Charles-backed...

Host warns of scammer targeting pubs

By Gemma McKenna

A Stockport licensee has warned fellow hosts to be on their guard against a scam artist asking for a loan of £800. Karl Guare, licensee at the Royal...

Magners' share of UK cider market falls

By Hamish Champ

Magners producer C&C Group said its share of the UK cider market fell by three percentage points in volume terms last year and the market was...

Sir Shannon Alberry welcomes you!

By Sir Shannon Alberry

The Morning Advertiser introduces our new blogger...Sir Shannon Alberry of the Bloated Toad. To say that pubs run through my veins might be an...

'Labour is giving Britain a beer belly'

By James Wilmore

More evidence that the Tories would alter the Licensing Act emerged yesterday, as a senior party figure claimed binge-drinking was "becoming the...

Brewer blasts Scottish alcohol proposals

By Ewan Turney

Scottish proposals to introduce minimum pricing and restrict off-trade sales undermine individual judgement and accountability — the fundamentals...

Pub launches bring your own booze night

By Ewan Turney

A Punch licensee is telling his customers to bring their own booze to his nightclub. Bip Wetherall, lessee at the 18-room Raven Hotel in Corby,...