The Inspiration for Pub Success Since 1794
Legal
There has been an interesting case in the news recently, which has attracted some comment. Many of you will have read about the Coronet, the large Wetherspoon pub on Holloway Road in north London.
Events run by the Pubs Advisory Service and the FLVA are preparing licensees for the market-rent only option, which is set to take effect in a year’s time.
Technology in pubs, bars and clubs is perceived as improving the customer experience by 52% of people and as many as 67% of people in the 24-35 age group, as consumers’ expectations have shifted to view technology as a necessity not a novelty.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is re-launching Orangina into pubs and bars with an on-trade exclusive bottle.
Heineken has launched a new Foster’s pint glass. It stands taller, and is designed to lock in a foamy head on each pint.
Legal
We are all no doubt aware of last year’s ‘Neknomination’ craze whereby social media users posted videos of themselves consuming potentially dangerous mixtures of alcohol while challenging friends to either repeat the stunt or try something more extreme.
New community pubs minister Marcus Jones has assured the industry he will be a proactive supporter of pubs and that he is ready to take on the challenges ahead.
Copyright
Six more pubs across the country have been ordered to pay a total of £55,000 in costs for breaching Premier League copyright as the number of High Court actions against pubs showing unauthorised football tops 350.
Will Marcus Jones be the minister the industry needs? Speaking exclusively to PMA in his first interview as pubs minister, he outlined his plans.
The new pubs minister has hit the ground running with a visit to the White Star in Stoke.
Opinion
What are the implications of the craft brewery's takeover by SABMiller?
Masterclass
No longer associated with the London of Hogarth's era and ruining your mother, gin now has a reputation as a top-tier money-maker.
Jade Clark, who cooks at the Fisherman’s Haunt, Dorset, has been named Fuller’s Chef’s Guild Scholarship Chef of the Year 2015.