Save Our Boozer series to run again this month
Licensee Jay Smith's Save Our Boozer series featuring a number of pub revamps and reopenings will air again at the end of the month. The TV series,...
Archives for August 8, 2010
Interior design: making a swish list
Out with the swirly carpets and horse brasses and in with the... what? Fiona McLelland finds out why a stylish pub interior is more important than...
Alcohol Concern: minimum price is the only way
The duty on cider would need to increase by 660% if a ban on below-cost sales is to achieve the same effect as a minimum price of 50p per unit....
£4.3m community pubs fund axed
The Government has ditched its £3.3m support package for community pubs and a further £1m grant for the Pub is the Hub scheme as part of its...
M&B sells Hollywood Bowl for £39m
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has continued its sale of non-core assets with the disposal of its Hollywood Bowl chain for £39m. Rival chain AMF...
Two in three doorstaff have been attacked
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) plans to act after the worrying figures are revealed in a new report.
Law changes reveal hostility
Pubs and other licensed traders are going to foot the bill for stricter licensing controls, says Peter Coulson.
'Pubs could be forced to list calories for every meal and drink on the menu'
Restaurants, take-aways and pubs could be forced to print menus calculating the calories in meals under government plans to combat obesity. Andrew...
'Pubs don't want state handouts', says government minister
A government minister has said pubs "don't want state handouts" after scrapping a multi-million pound package to help communities run their local....
M&B sells Hollywood Bowl
Mitchells & Butlers has sold its 24 Hollywood Bowl sites to AMF Bowling for £39m as part of its move to dispose of non-core assets.
Bay set to sell Ha Ha — withdraws La Tasca
Bay Restaurants is to embark on a two-year investment programme for its 70-strong La Tasca brand but will now sell Ha Ha Bar & Grill.
Livingstone campaigns to save pubs
Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone has become the second prominent Labour figure to launch a campaign to save the pub this month.