Tuppen: Supermarkets may need to be "bullied"
Supermarkets may need to be “bullied” into adopting a responsible pricing strategy on alcohol according to Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen.
Archives for November 18, 2011
WKD backed in Christmas run-up
WKD is set to be backed with TV, in-outlet and digital support to ramp up consumer demand for the brand in the lead-up to Christmas, while stockists will receive a range of trade deals and free PoS.
Leeds Brewery’s fifth pub opens
Leeds Brewery has opened its fifth pub in the centre of Leeds.
The Big Interview: John Longden
Ten years ago John Longden launched Pub is the Hub, the scheme that’s helped hundreds of rural pubs deliver services to their villages. It’s the social impact that drives him, he tells Phil Mellows, not to mention the fear of the executioner’s axe.
75 MPs signed up to behind the bar campaign
The number of MPs getting behind the bar in support of the pub trade has reached 75 — 40 who have already pulled pints and a further 35 who have pledged to do a shift.
Where have all the revolutionaries gone?
Cast your mind back a while. You remember the ‘revolution’, don’t you? Rent strikes, buying outside the tie, marches and placards; we were going to bring the pubcos to their knees, weren’t we?
Be At One maintains rapid growth
Be At One, the 12-strong London-based cocktail bar chain, has reported a 40% rise in pre-tax profits on turnover up 24% to £8.58m in the year to 31 March 2011.
First Greene King pub converted to Realpubs concept
The first Greene King pub to be converted to the Realpubs concept opened yesterday (17 November), with at least 12 more conversions planned over the next 18 months.
British Gas apologises in meter reading dispute
British Gas has apologised for an ongoing meter-reading issue which has resulted in a South Yorkshire licensee being sent bills ranging from £19,000 to £40,000 a quarter, since April this year.