Everards boss argues for single industry campaign on job creation
A single, unified campaign aimed at gaining economic incentives for pubs and beer would have a “very decent” chance of success, an influential regional brewery MD has argued.
Archives for July 1, 2012
Ship and Trades named Shepherd Neame Pub of the Year
The Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime, in Kent, has been named Pub of the Year in the Shepherd Neame Pub Awards.
Doom Bar sales grow 22% – fastest growing cask ale in UK again
Doom Bar, the beer produced by Cornish brewer Sharp’s, saw volume sales grow 22% in 2011, making it the fastest growing cask ale in the UK for the third consecutive year.
Tributes as former NLVA president and pub trade veteran Ron Jones dies
Former president of the National Licensed Victuallers Associations, Ron Jones, has died in hospital aged 78 after a long illness.
Sky announces TV price freeze for pubs
Sky has announced a price freeze for its pub and club subscribers until "at least June 2013".
Jennings: Pub people are our trade’s shining stars
One of my team recently made his annual pilgrimage to the PMA to engage in the preliminaries of the Great British Pub Awards. Since its inception nine years ago we have always supported this event and it gets permanent red-letter status in our beer calendar.
Pubs are facing cost pressures ‘similar to the 1950s’
Pub and restaurant businesses are facing the same cost pressures as 60 years ago, reveals Livebookings’ European Dining Index.
The Big Interview: Colm O'Dwyer, Coca-Cola Enterprises
An industry made up of lots of independent retailers tied in to buying their main products from big companies, and many of them struggling to cope with change and going out of business. It’s surprising that parallels are not drawn more often between...
BII Level 2 Apprenticeship gets Government funding boost
The BII's (British Institute of Innkeeping) Level 2 Apprenticeship framework for 16-18 year olds will now receive the same level of Government funding as other similar schemes.