Shadow pubs minister Toby Perkins MP slams 'test-purchase trickery'
The shadow pubs minister Toby Perkins MP has waded into the test-purchase operations debate, accusing a local council of deliberately trying to trick licensees.
Archives for November 22, 2012
Kensington and Chelsea council to present pub protection plan to Government
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) is set to present its proposed planning policy to protect pubs to the Government next month, with a view to introducing it next year.
Pubs Advisory Service 'undermined' by lack of pubco support
The Pubs Advisory Service (PAS) has written to the business secretary, Vince Cable, claiming that the organisation is being “undermined” by the reluctance of pubcos to promote the service.
Local councils cool their interest in late-night levy
Two local councils have pulled back from plans to introduce a late-night levy (LNL) despite expressing an interest in the controversial measure earlier this year.
Young's exceeds £100m sales in first half
Young’s, the London-based pub operator, has broken the £100m revenue mark in the six months to 1 October, which it described as a period of contrasting fortunes, with the first quarter being the wettest on record followed by a second quarter that...
MP Greg Mulholland writes to supermarkets demanding they stop 'predatory purchasing'
All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group Chair, MP Greg Mulholland, has written to all the major supermarket chains calling on them to stop ‘predatory purchasing’ pubs up and down the country.
McDonald's serves up a lesson for pub trade in dispelling stereotypes
Any organisation or industry is only as good as the people it employs. So for ours to continue to compete with the multitude of alternative leisure options open to today’s consumers, it needs to arm its people with the range of skills required to run a...
Pub chef opinion: The importance of balance in the kitchen
I recently had an epiphany that successful management is all about good judgment and clear decision making. That and balance, of course.
Thor soft drinks to be trialled in pubs
Thor Drinks, a new UK company, is trialling an eponymous brand of soft drinks in UK pubs and bars in the hope of driving the adult soft-drinks category.