Chief Executive

Trade embarrassment at Evening Standard sting

23-Sep-2004

Major pub operators were among those caught out in the Government's summer crackdown on under-age drinkers. Yates chief executive Mark Jones has...

Making future plans

16-Sep-2004

Five pub companies are tackling the smoking issue head-on with a five-year plan to phase in restrictions. Daniel Pearce reports.Wetherspoon's Tim...

Belief in the best

06-Nov-2003

Andrew Jefford says happy punters are more important than the drive for profit How important is it to believe in what you are doing? Or making? Or...

Industry opinion: how effective is the APPBG?

14-Aug-2003

John McNamara, chief executive, British Institute of Innkeeping "The group has been invaluable to all of us in the pub trade in providing an...

Specialists call for cigarette-style health warnings on drinks

04-Aug-2003

The UK's top liver specialists have called for cigarette-style health warnings to be included on all alcohol packaging.Industry watchdog The Portman...

Memoirs expose Vaux collapse

20-Jun-2003

Sir Paul Nicholson has lifted the lid on the destruction of the Vaux Brewery with the release of his memoirs Brewer at Bay.The former chief executive...

A conference call

30-May-2003

Keep November 13 free to attend the unmissable Publican Conference 2003.The art of making a successful deal in today's highly competitive market is...

Untying the knot

27-Mar-2003

Mike Foster, the man who ran Inntrepreneur, has presented his evidence in the landmark case. It's a revealing picture of life at the top of a major...

Government meeting breaks duty cut deadlock

18-Feb-2003

The government has given its strongest indication yet of the possibility of cutting duty.A meeting last week between trade leaders and Treasury...

City briefs

07-Feb-2003

Hampshire brewer Gales has appointed a new chairman. Charles Brims, a non-executive since 1995, will assume the role from George Bowyer, whose family...

Quality and service: keys to avoiding a 2003 hangover

09-Jan-2003

by Mike Bennett It's going to be tough out there ­ but the licensed trade can turn the tide if it focuses on quality and service. That's the...

Continental shift

15-Nov-2002

Six Continents chief executive Tim Clarke is looking forward to taking the helm of the new £3bn retail pub business in April. By Mark Stretton.Tim...

Minimum pay hike slammed as pre-election 'sweetener'

14-Mar-2001

Trade leaders last week accused the government of going back on its promise not to increase the minimum wage annually.News that the minimum wage is...

Bass boss calls for free merger

30-Oct-2000

Iain Napier, set to become chief executive of the proposed Interbrew-Bass-Whitbread brewing giant in the UK, has reiterated his commitment to a...

Kunick boss quits

02-Oct-2000

The boss of amusement machines giant Kunick has quit after the group issued its second gloomy statement in less than a month.Group chief executive...