Olympic Games: a win-win for Britain
The British Hospitality Association's chief executive Ufi Ibrahim argues that Britain will benefit hugely from the 2010 Olympics.
Archives for December 8, 2010
Pro-smoking group petitions against EU regulations
Smokers' lobby group Forest has launched an online petition against new proposals to regulate tobacco throughout the European Union. Proposed...
TV soaps show alcohol through rose tinted glasses
TV soaps portray alcohol consumption through "rose-tinted glasses" with too little emphasis on the negative effects, according to alcohol charity...
Craft Beer Pubs: King of the Cask
The edge of a Pimlico housing estate, opposite some very smart-looking London townhouses, is an odd place for one of the UK's best-stocked craft beer...
Pub Bitch: Crap Gordon
Crap Gordon Gordon's alive?! Brian Blessed, the 'face' - if not the voice - of Greene King's Old Speckled Hen, isn't a man to be messed with, it...
Robert Sayles: The property agent - friend or foe?
After much soul searching my wife and I recently came to a momentous decision; the time has come to move on. It wasn't an easy decision to reach;...
Can Harry Potter help pub's fortunes?
A pair of publicans are hoping Harry Potter can weave his magic to help their bid to run a cinema from their pub. Angela Morgan-Knight, licensee of...
Minimum pricing would hit off-trade revenues
A new report has blown a hole in the idea that a minimum price would boost supermarket profits by around £710m a year. The report, commissioned by...
Rooney: we want to curb binge-drinking — but not this way
I am concerned that alcohol at pocket money prices will undermine any efforts to create a more cohesive society, says Rooney Anand.
Discount vouchers could harm pubs in long-term
Charging the full price for a meal out will become more difficult for restaurant and pub operators, due to discount vouchers.
Harnessing the Churchill spirit at the pub
Kensington licensee Gerry O'Brien tells Michelle Perrett how he has built trade and turned the Churchill Arms in west London's Notting Hill into a...
Authorities urged to tackle problem pubs
Police and councils in 26 areas are to receive "intensive" support visits to get them up to speed on their powers to tackle 'problem pubs'. The Home Office cited a "lack of confidence" among enforcement officers.
'Tax too blunt to deal with binge drinkers'
Minimum price advocate Greene King has stressed that using tax to increase supermarket prices is a "blunt instrument" and inherently "risky". The...
Freehold pub value down 22% on last year
The price of freehold pubs has fallen 22% year-on-year, with sites flooding the market as pubco disposals continue. About a quarter (26%) of these...
Caroline Nodder: Over-indulgent niche brews will only interest beer geeks
I have spent my life in the pub trade trying to avoid beer geekery. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love beer. All types of beer. From mild to...