Country Pub

‘Good quality food’ top factor for making a ‘perfect country pub’

22-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Good quality food, attentive staff and a friendly and inviting atmosphere are the three most important factors to make a perfect country pub, according to a study conducted by Elliotts Agency on behalf of Upham Pub Group.

Chris Maclean: Feeling the passing of time

19-Aug-2009 By Chris Maclean

Working in the licensed trade is not an old man's game. When I took my first pub I was thirty-three. At that time most licensees, it seemed, were in...

Profile: Credit munch

07-Apr-2009

PUBS UNDOUBTEDLY have to work harder than ever to drive sales in the current market. But the Goshawk in Mouldsworth, has taken on the challenge with...

Chris Maclean: don't Ron, Ron!

22-Feb-2007 By Chris Maclean

This morning I was visited by an old boy called Ron Brown. His nickname is 'Close 'em Down' Brown on account of the number of licensed premises...

Telegraph signals a fresh start

07-Nov-2006

Once you start changing the rules, it all starts to get a bit tricky. If you want to run a country pub, the logic would seem to suggest that the...

Real ale fan saves local from bulldozers

07-Jul-2006

A Camra award-winning village pub and its gardens have been saved from becoming an executive housing estate - thanks to a villager buying it and...