Fast flatbread pub menu gets moving
D'arrys Cookhouse & Wine in Cambridge has launched a lunchtime flatbread menu with a 15-minute service guarantee or customers don't pay. The...
Archives for July 7, 2010
Holly Bush Inn: no beating around the Bush
Geoff Holland, licensee of the Holly Bush Inn, Salt, Staffordshire, shares his trade secrets with Sheila McWattie. How I got here I've been in the...
Chris Maclean: Big barking dogs scare me
There wasn't a soul in the bar. Behind the bar was empty. Just me and, it later turned out, Bruno. Bruno is at my side barking and sniffing. Bruno...
RICS pub rent code delayed till end of year
The valuation paper on setting pub rents won't be ready until the end of the year at the earliest, the Morning Advertiser has learned. The Royal...
Downing funds freehold deals
Downing Corporate Finance has provided funding for three pub operators to acquire their freeholds. Antic has acquired the freehold interest in the...
'No anti-junk food laws, health secretary promises'
Food and alcohol companies will fund government's healthy lifestyle ad campaign in exchange for a 'non-regulatory approach'Beer companies,...
WSTA hits out over pub trade proposals
The Wine & Spirits Trade Association has hit back at on-trade proposals to create a level playing field with the supermarkets.
Morning Advertiser celebrates 500 editions at William Reed
The Morning Advertiser has published its 500 edition this morning since it moved to William Reed Business Media ten years ago. We asked a range of...
Fair Pint duo open jazz club
Fair Pint founding members Steve Corbett and Mark Dodds have taken over a famous jazz club in south London. The duo have taken on a free-of-tie...
RICS code delayed for months
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) code of practice on pub rents is unlikely to be properly assessed by MPs before September,...
Trade demands action on supermarkets
The Government must re-balance the tax and regulatory system to create a level playing field, says BBPA.
Employment: When is it time to go?
The coalition government has recently indicated that a consultation will take place in relation to a proposal to abolish the current default...
Legal Q&A - recruitment with Kimbells
Foreign fingers in the till Q I suspect that one of my bar workers is stealing from the tills. He is a foreign national who is on a work permit to...
Marriage en masse at the pub
A freeholder is hoping her wedding plans go with at least 10 hitches as she bids to set a record for the most marriages in a pub in one day. Rebecca...
Proud of Pubs: New ways to drive trade
Ever wanted to try something new in your pub but not known how, or been too afraid to try? As part of this year's Proud of Pubs Week we are...
New MPs dominate pubco scrutiny committee
Newly-elected MPs are to dominate the new-look Business, Innovation & Skills Committee that will monitor pubco reform.
Future's in our collective hands
We have an increasing focus on business-building and encouraging licensees to move up the retail standards curve, says The PMA Team.
Taste of England Challenge awards for four chefs
Four pub chefs have been crowned winners in EBLEX's Taste of England Challenge. Dishes entered had to be traditionally British and use cuts of beef...
Freetrade pubs join pricing scheme
More than 500 freehold and free-of-tie pubs are trialling a scheme through cash and carry giant Booker on cheap drinks.
Diversify your business: Gold parties
Gold teeth, a £1,000 cigarette lighter and gold coins are some of the items that have turned up in pubs under Stephen Pearson's direction. Pearson...
City Diary — 8 July
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Sky unveils pub sport portal
Broadcast giant Sky is launching a new website to make promoting sporting events a breeze for licensees. Featuring all the latest live sports...
MA200 finalists revealed
The shortlisted finalists for the MA200 awards for multi-site managed pub companies have been unveiled. In the Best Food Offer category, Anglian...
Video: Live music campaigners call for change
Live Music Forum's Hamish Birchall on proposed changes Live music campaigners have today handed in a 17,000-strong petition to the Prime Minister...