Lazy Jack's RTD unveiled
Halewood International is set to launch a new bottled RTD called Lazy Jack's in an effort to target 18 to 25-year-old men. The drinks manufacturer...
Archives for August 17, 2011
Fresh help for riot-hit London firms
Riot-hit pubs in Croydon and Tottenham could be entitled to extra business rates relief under the new £20m London Enterprise Fund.
Adnams: variable first half
Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has reported a "variable" first half of 2011 due to a "rollercoaster" of consumer confidence.
Correction: there's been a few mistakes
It is almost exactly a decade since the publication of the finest novel, for my money, of the past 25 years — Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections....
Non-execs unveiled by Redcomb
Redcomb Pubs, the company founded by former M&B marketing executive Dan Shotton, has appointed two senior non-executive directors.
Host gets apology from British Gas
British Gas has apologised for charging a licensee £20,000 after telling him that his pub "looked like it used a lot of electricity".
Heineken unveils new two-thirds glass
Heineken UK is to launch a range of two-thirds pint glasses to trade customers from November 2011. The new-size glassware will initially be...
Charles Wells vows to boost support
Charles Wells Pub Company has promised to improve its support network for licensees, including increasing the ratio of RDMs.
Pub sales suffer in wake of riots
The rioting that took place across the UK last week led to an unwelcome dent in trade for pubs in affected areas, with some sites reporting sales falls of up to 40%. That's according to the Publican's Morning Advertiser survey of pubco bosses.