2012 Summer Olympics

Summer of Sport

Comment: The sporting calendars have aligned

03-May-2016 By Mike Berry

Summer 2016 promises to be a huge one for pubs when it comes to sporting action. Alongside the excitement of Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics, there is wealth of top-quality action that pubs can use to drive footfall and increase profits.

Pubs report positive trading after Olympics

01-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

One year on from the Olympics, licensees around the park area in Stratford, east London, have seen good trading, and say they are optimistic about the future.

Shepherd Neame reports slight drop in pre-tax profits

07-Mar-2013 By Mark Wingett

Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has reported a “solid performance” in the 26 weeks to 29 December 2012 despite a slight drop in pre-tax profit, with turnover up 2.6% to £69.2m.

Fuller's reports 4% half-year pre-tax profit increase

23-Nov-2012

Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, saw revenues grow 8% to £137.9m and adjusted pre-tax profit increase 4% to £17.1m in the 26 weeks to 29 September, a period it described as an “extraordinary six months”, and revealed that it has spent...

Stratford pubs report post-Olympics trade boost

21-Nov-2012 By Adam Pescod

The Olympic Games will have a positive long-term impact on pubs in Stratford, east London, where trading figures are higher than they were a year ago. That is the feeling of licensees who were visited by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser as part of its...

Shepherd Neame reports steep rise in pre-tax profit and record turnover

26-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett

Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, has reported a 39.7% rise in pre-tax profit and record turnover that increased 9.6% to £133m for the 53 weeks to 30 June on the back of acquisitions and rising like-for-likes.

London 2012 Olympics: Day 8 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

08-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert

London 2012 Olympics: Day 7 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

07-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert.

London 2012 Olympics: Day 6 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

06-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert .

London 2012 Olympics: Day 5 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's Diary

03-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert.

London Olympics 2012: Dorset pub where Gold medalist Peter Wilson worked besieged by media

03-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The licensee of the pub where Gold medalist Peter Wilson used to work has been inundated by the media in the last few days following his win.

London 2012 Olympics: A pub landlady's Olympic diary with Janet Dooner

30-Jul-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone's throw from the Olympic Park, begins her exclusive Olympic diary with her experiences of the opening ceremony and first weekend. Follow her daily diary by signing up to our daily...

Olympics to boost London on-trade by £323m

17-Jan-2012

The Olympic Games could boost London’s on-trade by an extra £323 million, according to new research by wine company Bibendum.

Fair-price charter for 2012 Olympics

26-Nov-2009 By John Harrington

Pubs could be asked to sign up to a charter committing them to charge fair prices during the 2012 Olympics. Several trade bodies representing events...

The end for the real East Enders?

08-Nov-2007

Forget the Queen Vic, says Karen Dugdale, how will the real local pubs near London's planned Olympic site fare under the onslaught of redevelopment?...

Could we all be caught with our trousers down?

13-Jul-2006 By Andrew Jefford

Andrew Jefford wonders whether we'll suffer from bland sponsorship at the 2012 Olympics

Olympic spirit survives blasts

14-Jul-2005

by Tony Halstead The trade is still hailing the 2012 London Olympics as a great opportunity to showcase British pubs, despite the harrowing events of...