BBPA supports pubs for British Tourism Week
The British Beer and Pub Association has created a guide for pubs and brewers to encourage them to take part in British Tourism Week.
Archives for January 28, 2011
Conference to help pubs over the Olympics
There are still a handful of tickets available for Monday's conference on preparing for the Olympics. Hospitality: Getting in shape for 2012,...
Advice is key to pub rent-cut success
Chris Beaumont, Enterprise lessee of the Greys in Brighton, tells how he secured a £6,250 rent reduction. His advice? Seek professional help.
Trading places: newcomers to the pub trade
People in the licensed trade come from all sorts of backgrounds. This particularly exotic bunch tell Lesley Foottit how they've made the transition.
Award-winning brewer takes on pub
An award-winning Oxfordshire brewer has taken on a pub and is building his own microbrewery on site. Peter Fowler left his post as head brewer at...
Hillbrooke to open two coaching inns in Lincolnshire
Hillbrooke Hotels, the company that specialises in coaching inns, is opening two sites in the historic town of Stamford in Lincolnshire. The company...
Kelly Brook backs new Playboy Energy Drink
The Playboy brand has extended its merchandise and product line to include a new energy drink. Playboy Energy Drink is now available in the UK after...
Marston's 'franchise lease' sparks uplift
Underlying profits at Marston's tenanted and leased pubs are showing signs of improvement thanks to its introduction of a franchise-style lease. The Retail Agreement offers licensees 20% of turnover.
Pubs minister admits below-cost plan is not 'perfect'
Community pubs minister Bob Neill has admitted the government's plan on below-cost sales is not a "perfect solution" and acknowledged the pub...
Peter Brook to return to Punch Taverns
Peter Brook, the former head of Tattershall Castle Group, is to join Punch Taverns next week, the second time in his career he has worked for the...
Bacardi's Original idea set to take off
Bacardi Brown-Forman is expected to sign a deal with three major pub chains for its recently unveiled RTD Bacardi Originals cocktail range.
Blue Moon set to expand to eight sites
Blue Moon Pubs, the West Yorkshire multiple operator founded in late 2007, is set to add a further two pubs to its existing six sites.
Pubs and restaurants not online are 'invisible'
A worrying number of restaurants are not embracing technology and the internet to promote their businesses, according to new research.
Marston's sees strong start to 2011
Midlands brewer Marston's said today that despite poor weather and the VAT rise trading at the start of the year has been better than expected....
Pub lays claim to smallest cinema
Is this the smallest public cinema in the country? Staff at the Old Fighting Cocks in Telford, Shropshire, seem to think so. They have transformed...