BII Licensee of the Year: It's the final countdown
Read our profiles of the enterprising finalists who are all in with a chance of winning the 2011 BII's Licensee of the Year Award today.
Archives for May 9, 2011
Provenance of Scotch protected
The first legal action brought against a company for falsely advertising and selling its spirits as Scottish has reached a landmark settlement. The SWA successfully brought the action under the new Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009.
Ossett Brewery in third Hop site plan
Ossett Brewery, the Yorkshire brewer and pub operator, is looking to open its third Hop concept pub in Sheffield's West One shopping and leisure...
Still tying us up in knots
Peter Coulson is pleased that individual licensees are being encouraged by the BII's top man to lodge their complaints against red tape.
Whitbread appoints pub restaurant COO
Whitbread has continued the reorganisation of its pub restaurant division with the appointment of Peter Blake as chief operating officer.
Lingley crowned BII Licensee of the Year
Darran Lingley of the Five Bells in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Essex, has been named the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) licensee of the year.
Ideas for women and cask beer
Martin Dinkele reflects on a successful East Anglian Beer Festival in Bury St Edmunds and how to get women interested in cask ale.