New PICA-Service cases resolved before hearings
A cross section of pub companies and brewers, with a range of estate sizes, were due to have their cases heard by PICA-Service.
Archives for February 21, 2013
The duty regime is stacked against beer innovation
The PMA’s Beer Innovation Summit took place at St George’s Park in Burton-on-Trent (the new home of England football) last week, and attracted an audience of nearly 200 delegates, keen to hear about the ‘next big thing’ in beer.
Former Great British Pub Awards winner faces losing pub over coal mine plans
An award-winning Northumberland licensee has made an impassioned plea for urgent help to fellow publicans as local councillors consider plans for an opencast coal mine four miles from her pub.
Star Pubs & Bars to roll out new mystery visitor programme
Star Pubs & Bars is rolling out a new mystery visitor programme to help its lessees ensure their retails standards are of the highest quality.
Pub premises licences: advantages of a minor variation
It’s often tempting to only consider making an application to vary your premises licence when you want to extend your hours or add a new licensable activity.
Exclusive: Premier League takes legal action against pubs in fresh crackdown on foreign football TV broadcasts
A number of licensees are being targeted in a renewed crackdown by the FA Premier League (FAPL) over foreign TV football broadcasts.
Griffiths: take action now to help axe the beer tax
We cannot afford to under-estimate the importance of the next two or three weeks to UK brewers and publicans. In air-conditioned offices somewhere deep in Whitehall, Treasury officials and ministers are putting the final touches to this year’s Budget...
Pub consultant urges MPs and police chiefs to adopt Australian approach to alcohol abuse
A pub-trade consultant has urged police chiefs and MPs to use the example of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, when tackling UK problems of alcohol abuse.