Yummy Pub Co acquires third site
Yummy Pub Co, the award-winning company led by Carlsberg marketing executive Tim Foster and Anthony Pender, is set to open its third pub.
Archives for October 26, 2011
The thicket that is gambling law
Some of you may not agree, but I have a great deal of sympathy for local authority licensing officers. With their councils strapped for cash and looking to cut services, they still have to cope with a multitude of licensing problems, not just to do with...
Shining light on the best in a changing industry
It has always been the way. At any given moment in any given market there are winners and losers. No matter how dire the market conditions are, somebody — invariably quite a few people — will be prospering.
M&B confirms Ivell as chair; Blood steps down
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed that industry veteran Bob Ivell will take on the role of its executive chairman with immediate effect.
Carlsberg UK boss Sheps moves to Russia
The chief executive of Carlsberg UK Dr Isaac Sheps is to move to a new job within the company at the start of December.
M&B names new concept TUK CHO
Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) new South-East Asian cuisine concept will be called TUK CHO, with a first restaurant under the brand set to open in Ealing, west London, in December.
Vanilla variant for Smirnoff vodka
Diageo has launched a vanilla variant to its Smirnoff vodka ‘Flavours’ range.
Heineken Q3 sales up on emerging markets
Heineken, the international brewer, has reported a 0.6% rise in third quarter revenues to €4.65bn driven by volume growth in emerging markets, which offset a poor performance in Western Europe.
BISC: Code of practice lobbying intensifies
The lobbying war over the need for a statutory code of practice to govern the pubco-tenant relationship intensified this week.
Pub trade counts £7m cost of rate appeals
Almost 7,500 pubs are still waiting to appeal their 2010 business rates, costing the industry an estimated £7m each year.
Portman Group: steep drop in complaints
The Portman Group received just five complaints about the marketing of alcoholic products last year — the fewest since its code of practice was introduced in 1996.
Marco Pierre White protege takes on pub
An award-winning licensee and restaurateur has resurrected the fortunes of a Cheshire pub which has been closed down for the past two years.
Trick or cheat: Fraudsters and the pub trade
Publicans have long been the victims of choice for a wide range of fraudsters. And with the busiest time of year fast approaching for the trade, licensees will need to up their guard to stay one step ahead of the tricksters. Phil Mellows reports.