Sunday best: pub roasts
John Porter offers ideas on how to get roast sales booming at your pub including tips on perfecting those roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings.
Archives for February 24, 2011
Property Law: Rent deposits
When considering granting a lease to a prospective tenant, a landlord will naturally wish to consider the financial strength of the tenant and to...
Banned customers named and shamed on Facebook
An innovative Pubwatch group has taken the unusual step of publicly naming and shaming 20 known troublemakers on its Facebook group. Licensees from...
Property Law: Business rates threshold to drop
The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced that the empty property relief threshold for business rates will be reduced to...
Justin Carter joins Fuller's
Justin Carter, the founder of the Elbow Room chain of pool bars, has joined London brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner to run its Premium City pubs...
Electricty giant halves £25k bill after Publican intervenes
A utilities giant has shaved £12,000 off a licensee's electricity bill after The Publican intervened on his behalf. Neil Crampton, who runs the...
Pubcos plan to roll out BDM training
Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns plan to roll out the new BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) qualification aimed at improving the standards of business development managers (BDMs) across their entire leased and tenanted estates.
Home Office unveils new guidance on spotting fake IDs
New guidance to help licensees and doorstaff spot fake IDs and end confusion over how to deal with confiscated cards has been published by the Home...
SIBA report: Indie brewers still on a roll
Doom and gloom may still cloak the industry in many areas, but there are shards of light. And these shards of light are ruby red, golden and dark....
Lighter options for the pub trade
Moving to British Double Summer Time before next year's Olympics would be a great boost to the pub industry, says The PMA Team.
Microbreweries: London gets in on the act
It was all starting to get a bit embarrassing. In 2006 I went on a tour of Boulder, Colorado, and had a wonderful time visiting a handful of the...
CAMRA campaign to loosen Welsh tie
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is urging the Welsh Assembly Government to lobby Westminster to grant it powers to act on the beer tie.
New guidance for pub ID checks
The Home Office has released guidance to help pubs and doorstaff spot and deal with ID that's used fraudulently to buy alcohol. The 44-page...
One in 50 played pub poker in 2010
One in 50 people have played poker in a pub or club in the past year — with young men the most active players. That's according to a Gambling...
Thwaites launches new hotel brand
Daniel Thwaites plans to open an estate of up to 20 new coaching inns and character hotels under a new brand within the next five years.
Greenall's Original goes into on-trade
G&J Greenall is to launch its Original London Dry Gin into the on-trade for the first time as part of a £1.4m investment into rebranding the gin...
New pubco is family affair
A father-and-daughter team has set up a new pub company with plans for 10 sites within five years.
Fury at 'farcical' licence conditions
Punters drinking outside a city centre pub will now have to sit down to sup - but smokers can stand up. Furious licensee Phil Cutter has branded the...