Caribbean

Pubs in the papers: Caribbean menus, Bale lookalikes, and arson

21-Jun-2016 By James Evison

This week's pubs in the papers includes a pub with Caribbean food in Worcester, a Gareth Bale lookalike scaling a pub roof, pub arsonists and shootings.

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Trend watch: spice up your life?

08-May-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Jerk chicken may be the public face of Caribbean food, but dig past it and you’ll find a diverse cooking style steeped in tradition… and smothered in spice.

Spirits training: Become a 'Rum Master'

18-May-2009

One strand of the True Rum campaign launched last year to promote rum from the Caribbean is a barstaff training programme in use of the spirit....

Opportunities for rum, says new report

11-Dec-2008

Newly-emerging consumer groups represent opportunities to grow rum sales in the UK, according to a new report published yesterday by the West Indies...

What is the right set-up for the times ahead?

21-Jun-2008

When trading times are tough, there is always one question at the forefront of licensees' minds - when will things get better? With May's bank...

Caribbean rum to step up to marque

02-May-2008

The West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers' Association (WIRSPA) has unveiled a new initiative to support and promote Authentic Caribbean Rum (ACR)...

Hamish Champ: Day one of the smoking ban

02-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ

So, how was it for you? After a very enjoyable day watching England trounce the West Indies at Lord's yesterday I entered a nearby licensed premises...

Pub's embassy filter hope

27-Jun-2007 By Iain O'Neil

A Southampton licensee is hoping to get round the smoking ban by declaring his pub is 'foreign soil'. Bob Beech wants to turn his bar into an embassy...

Cricket World Cup: a Caribbean flavour

02-Feb-2007

Let's put our cards on the table and admit that, for the most part, the flavours of the Caribbean are an area largely untapped by the pub trade in...

Dickson killed in boating accident

05-Jan-2006

A former chairman and managing director of the Yates Group, Peter Dickson, has been killed in a swimming accident in the West Indies. Dickson, 52,...

Womble to carry Little a long way

02-Dec-2004

Intrepid licensee Tiny Little is set to swap his bar for a boat as he rows across the Atlantic. The host is setting out on 20 January in a 24ft...

Drinks sign up to sport

12-Jun-2000

Euro 2000 may be grabbing the sporting spotlight, but plenty of other brands are lining up behind some of the summer's other major events.Golf,...