Lees acquires Blue Moon pub
Manchester-based brewer and pub operator JW Lees has bought the freehold of a West Yorkshire pub from Blue Moon Pub Company, the firm run by former...
Archives for August 9, 2011
Manchester pubs and police praised following riots
Licensees in Manchester have been praised for their response to last night's rioting by the city's Pub and Club Network. With disorder erupting in...
Fire safety warning follows host's jailing
Licensees are being warned to follow fire safety regulations after a court case saw a hotel owner and consultant jailed for eight months each.
New Jam House for No Saints
Steve Thomas, the Luminar founder who now heads the No Saints cabaret bar/restaurant group, has secured approval to open a site in Cambridge under...
A glossy celebration of real ale? Blog off...
Pete Brown: "How our video blogs were shunned not just by the national media, but pubs too".
Time to break free
Freehouses remain highly desirable purchases in the pub property market and the number being bought and sold is picking up — though funding is still an issue, Phil Mellows reports.
Banks comply with small-firm lending
The Project Merlin banks are on track to meet their lending commitments this year, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed.
Rioting continues outside London
Pubs outside the capital were the latest to come under siege in the rioting that has hit the country. Many pubs in the capital shut early — during peak trading hours — on police advice and to ensure staff could get home safely.
Family brewers share the pain as well as the gain
In the end most of us won't be millionaires, but that doesn't mean the entire industry needs to change, writes Bob Feal-Martinez.