Brains stops production of continental lager '45'
Brains 45 - a "continental style Welsh beer" launched in 2006 - is being discontinued, the Cardiff-based brewer and pubco has confirmed. The 4.5 per...
Archives for February 22, 2011
Mark Daniels: Personal Alcohol Licences... Fact, or Fantasy?
On Monday's Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 - this week hosted by Vanessa Feltz - a former Labour councillor put forward the idea that a licence to...
Councils sign up to support pub tourist markers
Pubs in a tourist area have been given a boost after two councils paved the way to make it easier for them to advertise their businesses. Norfolk...
The Stag: community service
Rick Bowman, co-licensee at the Stag in Ongar, Essex, tells Sheila McWattie how he enlisted the help of local people to transform the pub. How we...
Chilled red wine from E&J Gallo
Californian wine company E&J Gallo launches a new chilled red wine concept under its Gallo Family Vineyards brand.
Kate's favourite licensee going to wedding
The licensee of Kate Middleton's favourite pub will be going to the royal wedding. John Haley, who owns the Old Boot Inn in Stanford Dingley,...
Wychwood's Hobgoblin to host 29 April wedding
Wychwood will be hosting the Alternative Wedding of the Year for one lucky couple on the same day that Wills and Kate tie the knot. Wychwood brewery...
Caution over pubwatch Facebook move
Pubwatches are urged to be cautious about publishing names of banned individuals on social networking sites. One pubwatch in Scotland has taken to...
Pop star celebrates pub's music makeover
A pub is ready to rock after the completion of a £5,000 refurbishment to improve its live music facilities. The Royal Oak in Taunton, Somerset, won...
'Kate Middleton invites landlord of local pub to Royal Wedding'
Kate Middleton has invited the landlord of her family's local pub to her wedding. John Haley, who runs the Old Boot Inn, was stunned when the invite...
Low-cost pub sign scheme unveiled
A council has launched a "landmark" fast-track, low-cost system to let isolated rural pubs advertise themselves on signs by main roads. South...
Street ambassadors for Nottingham's nightlife
Street ambassadors are to appear in central Nottingham as part of ongoing plans to energise the night-time economy. The number of taxi marshalls are...
Enterprise raises £2.65m at auction
Enterprise Inns has raised another £2.65m selling the freeholds of three pubs in its latest sale-and-leaseback auction deals at auction.
Stephen Gould: champion of champions
Everards Brewery has been the unlikely source of some radical innovation in pub tenancies since Stephen Gould took charge, reports Phil Mellows.