Spring sun eases Welsh smoke ban
05-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
The first hours of the Welsh smoking ban went smoothly this week for the vast majority of pubs across the country, with few problems reported....
A sunny start - storms later?
04-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
What's worse, to be dying for a fag, or to be dying? This salient question, which is posed in a local radio advert, is loaded with special...
Councils unco-operative over Wales smoking ban
04-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Planning authorities in Wales have been un-cooperative in helping pubs prepare for the smoking ban, licensees have told thepublican.com. The...
Snow brings mixed fortunes for publicans
14-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Pubs around the UK experienced varying trading as a result of the bad weather conditions last week. Heavy snow hit many areas across the country on...
BII roadshows raise concerns about smoking ban preparations
13-Feb-2007
The opening rounds of a series of BII roadshows dedicated to the smoking ban raised concerns about troubled preparations for the start of the...
SA Brain launches Extra Cold beer
02-Oct-2006
Welsh brewer SA Brain has launched a new Extra Cold Continental-style beer, called Brains 45. The 4.5 per cent beer, which was created following...
Welsh face smoke ban by end of year
16-Mar-2006
Pubs in Wales will be facing a smoking ban before the end of the year if the Welsh Assembly gets its way.With the smoking ban in Scotland due to...
Drive to train Cardiff bar workers
13-Sep-2005
Welsh brewer SA Brain is spearheading a drive to help Cardiff pub workers tackle binge-drinking.More than 160 city-centre barstaff are undergoing BII...
Trade continues to fight Welsh and Scottish smoke bans
07-Jul-2005
Licensees in Wales and Scotland are vowing to press on with their protests against blanket smoking bans.New details of the Welsh Assembly's plans...
Host shows quality of mercy
26-May-2005
Snifter would like to congratulate Cardiff pub manager Ian Morgan, who showed real compassion when his pub was burgled. Morgan discovered bungling...
Brains hits the £100m mark
02-Mar-2005
A heady mix of rugby, beer and fervently patriotic Welsh pub goers have driven SA Brain's turnover past £100m for the first time.The Cardiff-based...
Trade Secrets - A Touch of Class - Felin Fach Griffin, Brecon, Wales
01-Mar-2005 By Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor talks to Charles Inkin, proprietor of the Felin Griffin, Brecon, Wales,about the attention to detail at his pub.
WLVA in final bid to avoid blanket smoking ban in Wales
03-Feb-2005
The Welsh Licensed Victuallers' Association (WLVA) will next week make a last-gasp attempt to convince the Welsh Assembly that a blanket smoking ban...
Wales: The Heath
13-Jan-2005
Whitchurch Road, Cardiff "The Heath is very much everybody's local," says Mike Farrell who, with wife Margaret, has been running the Brains' managed...
Two jailed after soccer violence
21-Oct-2004
Two men have been jailed and a third has been ordered to carry out 150 hours community punishment for their part in a riot involving football...
Female bias hits Cardiff as fall of superpub is predicted
24-Sep-2004
Cardiff is on course to develop a "sophisticated nightlife" forecasts a report from property agents Stephenson & Alexander (S&A). Entitled...
Couple banned from UK pubs set to appeal
15-Jun-2004
A couple banned from drinking in pubs are to appeal against the decision.Robert and Lisa Hughes, from Rhondda, south Wales, were served with an...
Police deny scapegoat claim after licence is revoked
13-May-2004
A Pontypridd pub has been shut down after magistrates upheld an application by South Wales Police to revoke its licence.Geoff and Angela Skinner,...
Brain looks to food to turn in record profits
03-Apr-2003
by Richard Matthews South Wales-based brewer and pub company SA Brain has boosted food sales at its 116 managed pubs by 34% to produce record...
Brain swoops forCardiff Bay bars
20-Mar-2003
by Richard Matthews Ambitious South Wales brewer and pub owner SA Brain has made a double swoop for two major venues in fast-expanding Cardiff Bay....
Coliseum Sports' cautious growth
05-Dec-2002
by Mike Bennett Coliseum Group is determined not to fall into the "expansion at all costs" route now that it's beginning to roll out its high-volume...
C-T attacked over Wrexham closure
27-Nov-2001
Welsh MP tables motion for boycott of brewing giant's productsA Welsh MP is calling on licensees to boycott Carlsberg-Tetley (C-T) products as part...
