2008 Singles

Martin Rawlings: the dogged campaigner

28-Feb-2011 By Phil Mellows

Martin Rawlings has fought the pub trade's corner with steely determination. He talks to Phil Mellows about what makes a campaign succeed.

Team meeting surprise for pub staff

28-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

A team meeting took an unexpected turn for the better for the staff at a Cambridge pub when they were whisked away to Dublin. The team at the John...

Sky plans new pub fee system

05-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Sky's new system for calculating pub fees is to be in place by the time new business rates take effect next April, the broadcaster says. It could be...

Comment: Service with a smile?

22-Feb-2008

A visit to my mum's local never used to be an appealing prospect. It was the kind of place you nipped in for a pint after church on Christmas Day and...

Chris Maclean: recruiting is such a chore

18-May-2007 By Chris Maclean

Once again I am looking for staff.It isn't that I have lost anyone. But finally I am beginning to understand the patterns of this business and...

Sky 'piggy-backing on rateable values'

09-Mar-2005

An outraged licensee has accused Sky of "piggy-backing" its way on the back of this April's increases in rateable values.The company is set to...

For Crown and Country

04-Nov-2004

The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Imperial Tobacco to find the UK's most characterful licensee. NIGEL HUDDLESTON meets ex-Army man Alan...

I recently spent three weeks on the west coast of the USA, a

03-Oct-2002

Via a large number of transactions in a range of places including bars, restaurants, hotels, visitor attractions, and car hire offices, I experienced...