Mitchells & Butlers has reported a 1% sales increase across its estate for the 14 weeks to 5 January, helped by a 4% rise over the Christmas period, but that challenging trading conditions since Xmas had led to like-for-like sales declining by 0.3%...
I always think I’m organised, but in truth I never am. This year I made an exception and wrote a checklist of things to do NOW rather than leave it until Christmas Eve, so here we go
Pub operators saw positive trade over the festive period, hailing the two long weekends and Christmas falling on a Sunday as an excuse for more people to go out.
Managed pub operator Innventure has reported a 14.5% increase in like-for-like sales during the three key weeks of December compared to the year before.
Ali Carter had lots of ideas when she last met up with Ben Scott, manager of the Great Lyde, in Yeovil, Somerset, to assess his pub operation and advise him on improving profitability. She is pleasantly surprised by what she finds on a return visit.
Pernod Ricard UK and the Automobile Association (AA) have launched the third phase of their marketing campaign to encourage drivers to ‘accept responsibility’ when it comes to drinking and driving.
Barely a week or so ago, most of us were basking in the glory of near 30°C heat. Hard to believe, then, that Christmas Day is just a little over 10 weeks away.
Proper planning prevents poor performance, and how true that is. Never before have the five P-words needed to be put into action and I mean now, as delay in proper strategic planning will cost you dearly in lost sales throughout the forthcoming end-of-year...
So here we are again, the start of September and we all know what that means — or do we? Time to start thinking of tidying the outside areas? Time to think about Halloween? No, it’s time to start planning for Christmas, if you have not already started.
Christmas menus can present a difficult challenge for publicans who offer food. You want to offer people the great traditional Christmas dinner that...
Christmas has come early to a pub which is already decked out with fairy lights and a tree. The Milton Arms Hungry Horse in Cambridge is starting its...
Torquay licensees are bucking the downward trend with innovative ideas to get customers into their pubs. One operator, Jim Burkett at the Sportsmans...
A visit to my mum's local never used to be an appealing prospect. It was the kind of place you nipped in for a pint after church on Christmas Day and...
The intense fortnight of trading that is the Christmas period can put cellar equipment under pressure it is not usually exposed to. With this in mind...
What have you got planned for Christmas? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire We'll be busy leading up to Christmas Eve but Christmas Day and...
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