Trade leaders welcome business rate plans
Trade leaders have tentatively welcomed Government plans to let councils set their own business rates — but called for more clarity in the details....
Archives for July 6, 2011
Ramping up the problems
Licensees should always monitor compliance with safety requirements and insist on reports of any incident in their pub, however trivial, warns Peter Coulson.
National Pubwatch in attack concern
The chairman of National Pubwatch has raised concern that licensees are being seen "as part of the problem" when they are assaulted in their...
Thwaites' lower risk agreement
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, has launched its WayInn agreement for individuals who "do not have the necessary funds to invest in taking on a tenancy or are risk averse".
Music-ale wares
Garry Hewitt, co-owner of the Quakerhouse, Darlington, Co Durham, talks to Tony Halstead about making a successful pub business out of cask ale and...
Trade concerned over smoking bylaw scheme
A Buckinghamshire town is attempting to be the first to ban smoking on its streets. The initiative in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, is...