Archives for February 10, 2011

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Building pubs' social networks

By Ewan Turney

As the social media revolution gathers pace pubs increasingly need to adopt a digital marketing strategy — or miss out. Ewan Turney looks at a...

Accommodation Pubs: Room to grow trade

By Claire Dodd Claire

It is a truth universally acknowledged that staying in a pub, where a pint of decent beer is never more than a two-minute walk away, is way better...

Join our VAT-cut campaign

By The PMA Team

The Government has only to look at France to see why a tax reduction on food would help create jobs and lower prices for consumers, says The PMA Team.

Profits leap 30% at Market Town

By The PMA Team

Market Town Taverns, the Yorkshire free-of-tie operator led by Ian Fozard, has reported a 30% increase in profit for its most recent year. The...

Fish: What's the catch?

"The best fish I've had was some mackerel that had just been caught. It was so fresh it still had rigor mortis." Keir Meikle says fish is his "great...

Pub closures see Guinness sales drop

By Ewan Turney

Net sales of Guinness in Great Britain dropped 2% for the six months to 31 December 2010 on last year as more pubs closed and the shift from on-trade...

Brakspear facing OFT complaint

By Gurjit Degun

Brakspear is being threatened with a complaint to the OFT on the grounds that it is "abusing" its local market dominance.