Online ordering
Matthew Clark halves on-trade customers ordering time
Matthew Clark claims its online ordering platform has cut its on-trade customers’ order time by half.
Archives for December 19, 2016
Lease agreements
Enterprise Inns' short-term lease strategy described as a 'suicide pact'
Enterprise Inns has admitted it is focusing on shorter term lease agreements and offering licensees shorter deals at lease renewal.
2017 Predictions
2017 Predictions: Garrood says with change comes opportunity
Punch CEO Duncan Garrood has said that following the pubs code and Brexit paving the way for change in 2016, next year will also bring change and opportunity.
Drink-driving
Pubs tackle drink-driving with free soft drinks and bus rides
Pubs are backing the safer drinking message and helping to crack down on drink-driving during the festive period.
Charity
PubAid urges pubs to join World’s Biggest Pub Quiz
PubAid is urging operators to take part in the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz after announcing a collaboration with Prostate Cancer UK last week.
Licensing
Poppleston Allen research shows success on TENs objections
Temporary Event Notices (TENs) have been successful in England and Wales since the inception of the Licensing Act 2003, according to licensing specialists Poppleston Allen.
Business rates
Restaurant and pub senior executives call on PM to help industry
More than 20 chief executives of restaurant and pub groups have urged the Prime Minister Theresa May to help the sector by considering a VAT cut, extending transitional relief on business rates and reducing the national insurance burden.
Publican Awards
Meet the Publican Awards nominees: Best Late Night Operator
Ahead of the Publican Awards, which will be taking place in March at Battersea Evolution, London, The Morning Advertiser takes a look at those competing for Best Late Night Operator.
2017 Predictions
2017 Predictions: Mountstevens outlines key forecasts for next year
Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens predicts 2017 will be about “experimentation, premiumisation, unusual mixers, flavoured spirits and authentic artisan food”.
Publican Awards
Meet the Publican Awards nominees: Best Community Pub Operator, sponsored by Britvic
Here are the four pub companies that have been shortlisted for Best Community Pub Operator, sponsored by Britvic at March's Publican Awards.
Pubs Code
Greene King accuses Pubs Code of "confusion” over stocking rights
Greene King has blamed the pubs code of creating “inconsistency and confusion” by omitting to clarify stocking rights.
APPBG
All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group joins BII
The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) is to be kept up to date on pub trade issues through membership of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII).
Sport
Premier League worth £30,000 to pubs every season
A major research project from MatchPint and CGA has investigated the value of a variety of sport to pub licensees.
Legislation
Mulholland accuses BBPA of misleading parliament
All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group chairman Greg Mulholland has made a stinging attack on the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) accusing it of misleading MPs in a vote on development rights for pubs.