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The usual period of over-indulgence during the festive season, coupled with a rising consumer interest in healthier eating, means many of your customers may be looking out for lighter options in January and beyond.
A licensee in Norwich has slammed a local optician who he claims has cost him close to £6,000 by pursuing a complaint about the outdoor seating area at his pub.
PPL, the music royalties collection firm, has hit back at accusations that it considers the pub trade as a “handy source” of revenue and is a “litigious bunch”.
Plans to introduce evening and Sunday parking charges in Central London have been labelled as “the final nail in the coffin for the appeal of the West End” by a multiple pub operator.
The BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) is working with Punch Taverns to improve access to finance for licensees wishing to purchase the freehold of their pub, or to buy another pub on the open market.
I’ve only just got started, and already I’m editing the final issue of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser of 2011. As is common in the business media, because of the economics of publishing, we now take a Christmas break from producing the PMA in print...