28-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend
A publican has found himself in a media frenzy after sharing an image on social media of himself and a drunken punter's dog she left behind - a post that was merely "intended as a mildly amusing anecdote".
Breathalysers
08-Jul-2015 By Ed Bedington
What is the potential impact of introducing breathalysers - is it taking things too far?
23-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team
Consumers have become more value-conscious and discerning, but still like to treat themselves, writes The PMA Team.
Pub Bitch: Separated at birth
15-Feb-2011
The laughing policeman One of the themes at this year's National Pubwatch conference, held in Liverpool, was tackling misconceptions. You know the...
James Wilmore: 2010's political highs and lows
20-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
The award for how not to make friends with a certain (vociferous) section of the trade Gillian Merron. In February, the then public health minister...
Hamish Champ: Oh dear, the Daily Mail is on the warpath again
04-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
It was heartening to see the Daily Mail foaming at the mouth like a rabid shih-tzu over the number of alcohol licences granted in the past year. The...
Hamish Champ: Hurrah for the Daily Mail?*
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
So, the country will soon be rid of the scourge of 24 hour pubs thanks to the campaigning efforts of the Daily Mail. Hurrah! After months of...
Dear Santa...The Publican's Christmas list
09-Dec-2009
. An end to restrictive covenants So you can buy a pub just as long as you don't use it as a pub, ok? Surely that should be the decision of the...
'Women today drinking more than their mothers'
10-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than half of middle-aged women reckon they drink more than their mums did, a poll revealed yesterday. Twelve per cent of over-40s drink every...
'Heavy drinking can double the risk of cancer'
05-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Heavy drinking, especially beer and spirits, has been linked to several different kinds of cancer. Drinkers who prefer wine do not appear to face the...
'The future's looking rosé'
12-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Drinkers are turning up their noses at white and red wine and switching to rosé, according to a study. Sales of rosé more than quadrupled to...
'Small firms suffer as lending drops by £5bn'
03-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Getting bank loans is still a 'lottery' after lending to cash-strapped companies plunged by £5billion last month, small firms told MPs yesterday....
Adam Withrington: Read my lips. No more hack jobs!
20-Nov-2008
Here are two headlines:1. The Carnage continues: Another 1,000 students take part in a drink-fuelled bar crawl as police say they are powerless to...
'Booze brands in 'price-fix' rap'
01-May-2008
Major booze brands are at the centre of an investigation into alleged supermarket price-fixing, The Sun can reveal. Carlsberg, London Pride and...
Betrayed
19-Mar-2008
"Some 15 months ago a storm was raging above the pub and brewing industries. It was the height of the Daily Mail's campaign against pubs, the medical...
Unity is strength
28-Feb-2008
Phil Dixon advocates using the wealth of star talent in the trade to take on the job of communicating about the real issues I have a confession to...
Campbell: trade must focus to fight crackdown
20-Feb-2008
Effective lobbying by the hospitality trade is needed to tackle calls for a legal crackdown on alcohol sales and 'unhealthy' food, believes Tony...
Hamish Champ: Shock, horror! A Daily Mail reader calls for a return to the 'good old days'
07-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Reading recent press coverage of Christmas and New Year festivities you'd think public wrath is once again being summoned against the Great British...
15-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The Sun and the Daily Mirror have picked up on warnings issued by the on-trade about cheap supermarket booze. A story in today's Mirror quotes the...
Beating time
15-Dec-2005 By JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de MILLE
It wasn't just the Daily Mail's screaming headlines that provided licensees and industry figures with the laughs in 2005. JOHN HARRINGTON and JO de...
Mail strike... New hours... Punch hits right note...
15-Dec-2005
review of 2005
Daily Mail's pub mole
01-Dec-2005
ploy is pathetic: Martin by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has dubbed the Daily Mail 'pathetic' for sending an undercover reporter...
Pubs prove critics wrong - Editor's Comment
01-Dec-2005
Licensees who stayed open longer should pat themselves on the back for a job well done Andrew Pring, Editor We warned you the eyes of the press would...
Drink Talking: Toby Walne
10-Nov-2005
Toby Walne, Daily Mail contributor, pleads with pubcos to connect with their communities.Foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog, the Daily Mail...
Publican forces Mail slogan u-turn
29-Sep-2005
The Publican has claimed a victory in its fight to highlight the Daily Mail's unfair treatment of pubs over the new Licensing Act. Last month The...
Look out Daily Wail, the gloves are off
22-Sep-2005
I hang my head in shame. Last week, I launched the 2006 Good Beer Guide, a disgraceful, near-pornographic tome that encourages people to go to that...
Mike Bennett: Binge-drinking and licensing reform
21-Sep-2005
'Binge-drinking should have long ago been consigned to history' says industry commentator Mike Bennett on The Publican Newspaper's 30th Birthday.It...
What Publican readers say about the Daily Mail
16-Sep-2005
Dave Parker, the Shoulder of Mutton, Castleford, West Yorkshire"I used to buy the Daily Mail but I have stopped now. It has been hyping this up out...
Drink Talking: Matt Jackson
15-Sep-2005
I'm so enraged by the Daily Mail that I've banned my mother-in-law from reading it, says Matt Jackson, licensee at the Water Witch, Lancaster.I...
Daily Mail hits back - but pledges a rethink
15-Sep-2005
The Daily Mail has agreed to look again at its "Say No To 24-Hour Pubs" campaign after The Publican launched a pub trade boycott of the paper last...
Pubs throw out the Daily Mail
12-Sep-2005
Licensees are queuing up to back The Publican's "Say No To The Daily Mail!" campaign.Scores of publicans have been filling out the form on...
Boycott the Daily Mail
08-Sep-2005
The Publican is leading the fight back over the Daily Mail's flawed attacks on the trade and is now asking pubs to boycott the paper.Following a...
Why it's time for action against the Daily Mail...
08-Sep-2005
The Daily Mail has reignited its campaign against the new licensing regime with a series of damning articles over the summer. Much to the chagrin of...
Daily Mail: 'The Publican says'
08-Sep-2005
Journalists. They're the scum of the earth aren't they? And no-one knows this better than us on The Publican!We know the games that the media can...
Licensees lash out over newspaper reports
01-Sep-2005
Licensees have lashed out over newspapers' sensationalist reports over extended hours.The industry has been slammed by articles in the national press...
It's high time the Mail & co apologised
24-Mar-2005
The media reported last week that applications for extended pub opening hours had been made by "only a handful of pubs". Not a single application had...
Though the Daily Mail hysteria has abated, its malign effect
17-Feb-2005
Levying taxes on a whole swathe of pubs if one of them is consistently misbehaving seems the logic of the madhouse. Why should those who retail...
Tsunami event shows trade's true face
17-Feb-2005
Do you sometimes feel you are stuck in a gap between reality and fantasy? It happened to me last week when I read the Morning Advertiser's report of...
Reasons to be cheerful
10-Feb-2005
In spite of doom-laden headlines ANDREW JEFFORD is in positive mood Something odd's been going on. Snow shuts airports from New York to Chicago;...
Trade turns on Daily Mail
27-Jan-2005
Licensees and trade leaders have hit back at the Daily Mail, claiming they are planning to boycott the newspaper. They are furious at its campaign to...
Blair stamps authority over licensing
20-Jan-2005
The government is standing firm on the Licensing Act, despite a campaign by the Daily Mail and the Conservative Party to halt the reform. Prime...
On the attack
20-Jan-2005
The licensed trade is under siege again. But the industry has been working hard to correct the misconceptions. Michelle Perrett reports.It looks like...
'24-hour drinking' backlash
13-Jan-2005
Conservative Party leader Michael Howard has raised an early day motion (EDM) calling for a delay to the reforms in the new Licensing Act that enable...
