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THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

By Bernard Brindley

It's time for the trade to give itself a pat on the back for the high standards being maintained in pubs, says the BII vice-president For once it is...

Licensing@aol.com

Licensing@aol.com

Recipe for rowdy youngsters Q We have been having trouble at our pub with groups of youngsters whose loud, drunken behaviour has put other customers...

Get on the trail

Get on the trail

In many of the pubs around The Publican's Central London office, brown leaflets can be found dotted about on tables and scattered, half-read, on bar...

TCG launches Oasis concept

TCG launches Oasis concept

By Mark Wingett

Tattershall Castle Group (TCG), the managed pub operator owned by Alchemy Partners, the private equity firm, has launched a new concept called Oasis under the banner "classic pubs with a twist".

Sitting bull

Sitting bull

If bar stools at your local are comfy, count yourself lucky. Adam Edwards recently found himself in a much worse position The stools at my local, the...

Saucy ideas

Saucy ideas

products on trial Heinz Foodservice is encouraging licensees to improve table presentation and consumer perception of their pubs in a new Heinz...

Blue sky dining

Blue sky dining

The smoking ban presents a big opportunity for licensees to maximise their food offer in outside areas of all shapes and sizes. Mark Taylor explores...

It's all talk

It's all talk

By The PMA Team

British men are three times more likely to be talking about their wife or girlfriend over a beer in the pub than they were a year ago, according to a...

Business Opinion

Business Opinion

By with The PMA Team

Time to satisfy more Sunday customers When I was running a small chain of pubs in the East Midlands I used to slightly dread making a site visit late...

InBrief

InBrief

MPC offers pubs free spring clean Marston's Pub Company (MPC) pubs are to get a spring clean to coincide with the start of the smoking ban. More than...

Treasure trove

Treasure trove

Ewan Turney discovers how a £1.1m investment transformed the Hand & Spear in Weybridge, Surrey from a rock-music pub to an eye-catching venue...

Business Opinion

Business Opinion

with John McNamara CMBII BII chief executive Smoking ban is a clear signal to raise the bar With Christmas feeling like a distant memory, it is time...

Wales

Wales

Ty Gwyn Hotel Llanfair PG, Anglesey For any non-Welsh family buying its first pub in the principality, relocating to...

New show for MA

New show for MA

The MA's acquisition of the Pub Business show is a boon for licensees as it will broaden the event's appeal, inspire business growth and help...

DoneDeals

DoneDeals

Blue Lion Atherstone Warwickshire GA-Select has completed the sale via lease reassignment from Mr and Mrs Jeremy Lewis to Mr Hugh Boyd. The Blue...

Paul Charity

Man Friday stays at home

One undoubted casualty of licensing reform has been the high-street bar and nightclub market. Longer hours for the rest of the market has led to...

Provence unveils managed concepts

Provence unveils managed concepts

By The PMA Team

Provence, the company that sells pub freeholds at auctions with a leaseback to itself, has created six new concepts for its managed division. The...

On the road

On the road

By James Wilmore

So what type of person is looking to buy a pub at the moment? The Publican attended the London leg of the Christie + Co/Punch Taverns road show where...