Funding
How Pub is the Hub is assisting closed rural pubs get back off the ground
Funding for diversifying pub businesses can help turn local village life around.
Archives for November 9, 2015
Entertainment
How in-pub entertainment keeps customers in your venue
With a bounty of other leisure activities available to everyone, Nigel Huddleston finds out how in-pub entertainment systems can help keep customers in your domain.
Enterprise announces new partnership with Booker Wholesale
Enterprise has announced a new partnership with Booker and its cash-and-carry subsidiary Makro.
Pub openings
Brakspear opens first managed pub in London
Shepherds Bush site reopens as neighbourhood local.
£19k fine and prison warning for playing music without a licence
The licensee of a London bar has been fined £19,000 for playing music illegally, and warned he faces prison with further offences.
Occasions
A guide to party drinks at Christmas
Christmas, New Year and the run-up to the holiday break is the busiest time of year for most UK pubs. But it is no good just waiting for the punters to pour through the doors. Now’s the time to plan ahead and make sure your drinks offer is what customers...
Copyright theft
Illegal Premier Leage football: 12 pubs prosecuted and supplier hit with big fine
Twelve pubs have been ordered to pay more than £90,000 in costs for unauthorised broadcasts of Premier League football using foreign satellite systems.
Property
A vital checklist for pub purchasers
Fleurets’ Simon Hall taps into his experience and know-how to reveal his top tips for buying a licensed retail outlet.
Marketing
'Pubs are for adults': Is it fair to ban children?
Many licensees face a dilemma when considering banning children: Some customers want an exclusively grown-up environment, away from pushchairs and babies, whereas others embrace a family-friendly atmosphere.
Business boosters
Reasons why YOU should sell fizz
If you think you take advantage of drinks trends but you’re still not selling bubbly by the glass, it’s a bit like saying you’re really interested in music but you don’t see the point in going to a gig.
Treby Arms chef patron takes role at Alice in Wonderland-themed Devon hotel
Anton Piotrowski, chef patron of the Treby Arms in Sparkwell, Devon has taken on a new role as executive chef for boutique hotel Glazebrook House.