Live Music Act: How will it affect TENs and pub discos?
This week we consider how the Live Music Act (LMA) 2012 affects temporary event notices, discos and conditions relating to non-licensable activities.
Archives for October 8, 2012
Public Health Responsibility Deal: Government is taking pressure off pubs to serve healthier food
The Government is taking the pressure off the pub and casual dining industry to do more to serve healthier food, according to one senior trade lobbyist.
Government launches scheme to encourage residents to buy shares in local pub
The Government is helping to save local pubs by launching a new scheme to help residents claim a stake and become part-owners of local assets.
Don't give Westminster City Council grief for trying to prevent 'free-for-all' outside pubs
Those miserablists at Westminster Council are at it again, or so it seems. Last year it was double yellow lines and stopping people driving their beloved cars into the West End and parking for free, this year it is stopping pubs using the streets as an...
Harvester pubs offer vouchers on iPhones
Harvester, the food-led brand operated by Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has launched a digital campaign allowing users to store vouchers on their Apple iPhones.
Business Debtline accuses pubcos and breweries of lack of flexibility over rent payments
A debt advisory service that is receiving an increasing number of calls from tied tenants has said pub companies and breweries are not offering enough flexibility in rent payments.
The Big Interview: Colin Wilde, Castle Rock
This year has been a good one for Colin Wilde. In January he became managing director at Castle Rock, reaching the top of the firm he joined 18 years previously. Then in May his home-town team Manchester City won its first Premier League title.
Greene King business development managers enrol on Masters qualification
A group of business development managers (BDM’s) at Greene King pub partners are set to enrol on a Masters qualification in Multi-Unit Leadership.
BrewDog case shows how pubs can attain licences or extensions in cumulative impact zones
Readers may have seen the Publican’s Morning Advertiser news article on 20 September regarding BrewDog in Leeds. BrewDog is a specialist craft brewery that does things differently. Leeds City Council rejected an application to grant them a new premises...