06-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton
Beer hygiene experts have released a video, tackling poor nozzle hygiene practice and the ‘misinformation’ that goes with it.
16-Jan-2017 By Aidan Keane
Aidan Keane of Keane Brands, which designs restaurants, bars and clubs, gives us his opinion on the need for music.
Interior design
25-Oct-2016 By Liam Coleman
These three recently-opened venues have been crowned the best in the country at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. We asked the designers for the secrets about their successful pub designs.
The Guv'nor
01-Dec-2015 By Karen Errington
Balancing work and time off is notoriously difficult for hospitality workers.
AWARDS
25-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland
Entries are now open for the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Licensee of the Year award.
MA300
07-May-2015 By Michelle Perrett
Whiting and Hammond, the pub and restaurant group, will open its eighth pub site in mid-August at the Blue Ball in Walton on the Hill, Surrey.
Election Special
08-Apr-2015 By James Evison
The Publican's Morning Advertiser asked licensees to what degree has the general election been a topic of discussion in their establishments.
08-Sep-2014 By James Wallin
Greg Mulholland, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, has explained his absence from the committee to discuss the pubs code.
11-Dec-2012 By John Harrington
Loungers, the fast-growing café/bar-restaurant group backed by private equity firm Piper, has opened a fifth site under its Cosy Club brand in Cardiff, its biggest to date and 28th overall.
13-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod
An Essex couple are set to celebrate 30 years at their pub on 21 July. Lesley Day took over the Admiral Taverns-owned White Admiral in Harlow, Essex, with husband Ray, when she was 29, and feels she wouldn’t have made it without her customers.
01-Jun-2012 By Adam Pescod
Drinkaware, the alcohol awareness charity, is extending the ‘out of home’ media push for its “Why let good times go bad?” campaign to reach people who are on a night out.
Live music regulations set to become law
27-Jan-2012
The de-regulation of live music licensing is now all-but inevitable after lords approved the Live Music Bill in Parliament.
26-Jan-2012 By Adam Pescod
British Gas is working to resolve a dispute with a licensee in Cumbria about a £46,000 bill after intervention by the PMA.
10-Aug-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Steve Thomas, the Luminar founder who now heads the No Saints cabaret bar/restaurant group, has secured approval to open a site in Cambridge under...
29-Jun-2011 By Mitch Adams
Make time for your life, your loved ones, your friends and your interests — after all, this is a tough job, writes licensee Mitch Adams.
03-Jun-2011 By Ewan Turney
Day-to-day pub sales must be allowed to continue unhindered under the Community Right to Buy Scheme, the BBPA has warned.
11-Feb-2011 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operator Kurnia Lesiure has sold the Kai's Bar Louth to JD Wetherspoon — who plan to invest £1.5m redeveloping the site.
14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Cannabis should be legalised and sold under licence in shops alongside tobacco and alcohol, according to one expert.
23-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is set to open its 11th pub in Glasgow after securing a site at Queen Street station. The managed pub operator is planning to invest...
19-May-2010 By John Harrington
Four children in Shrewsbury have been reprimanded under the Fraud Act for using someone else's ID to try to buy alcohol in pubs in the past six...
Matt Eley: Don't let the supermarkets spoil your World Cup party
06-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Gazza's tears, Owen's wonder goal, Beckham's petulant kick and his dramatic redemption against the same opposition four years on; Rooney's red card,...
21-Apr-2010 By Philip Davison
Licensee Philip Davison of the Sun in the Wood, Newbury asks how can you still make money from running a pub?
Giles Thorley's replacement to be announced "at the end of April
30-Mar-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Punch chief Giles Thorley said he expects his successor to be named by the end of April, and confirmed that final interviews were taking place...
Wetherspoons likely to shine in 2010, says City
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has emerged as being among the companies most likely to succeed in the coming months, according to City analysts....
04-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Peach pub company operations director Paul Cutsforth is to leave the company to join the board of managed operator Orchid at the end of March. Peach...
MP: Locals must have their say before pubs are demolished
10-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
A parliamentary Bill aiming to give people the power to stop local pubs being torn down or having a change of use without consultation has been...
Chris Maclean: There will be blood
17-Nov-2008 By Chris Maclean
Twelve and a half per cent. Sounds simple enough. Seventeen and a half per cent is VAT. Fifty percent is the GP. We're used to percentages.So why is...
16-Jun-2008 By John Harrington
But national organisers say it must not be made compulsory
Theakston sponsors celeb's charity climb
29-May-2008
Celebrity interior designer Linda Barker is to walk her dog across Yorkshire's three peaks, supported by local brewer Theakston.The Yorkshire-born...
30-Apr-2008 By MA reporter
Loyalty can be a time-consuming piece of activity if you start to get into lots of complicated conversations with your consumers — however, if you...
Quality - time to get it right
11-Oct-2007
You're a typical licensee, so you're working hard - probably never harder - but you're making no more money than you used to. In fact, despite those...
Newcomers: Missives
24-Sep-2007
Over the past week our lawyers have been in touch with the Pubco's lawyers to get things advanced and get the missives signed. As soon as the...
So, who is responsible now?
11-Jan-2007
Not for the first time, I am a little confused about the theory and practice of the new licensing laws. This concerns the holding of the premises...
Terrace
02-Nov-2006
Outside is where most of the work has been done. Before the refurbishment, the garden was plain, bland and soulless. Now a smart terrace has been...
21-Sep-2006
Pubs n Bars chairman Seamus Murphy has reported a 'satisfactory' first half of the year. The company - which a portfolio of mainly community pubs in...
Old Crown team are kings!
16-Mar-2006
The team at the Old Crown, in the Cumbrian village of Hesket Newmarket, is the latest to be nominated for Proud of Your Staff. Licensee Lou Hogg says...
Keeping the menu simple helps with gross profit
22-Sep-2005
It's all very well pubs being altruistic about the food they serve, but practical and commercial considerations also have to be borne in mind too....
Ross says GK deal is just speculation'
21-Apr-2005
Scottish brewer Belhaven has dismissed rumours that Greene King is set to complete a deal to buy it in June. Chief executive Stuart Ross said:...
Glasgow licensees warned on happy hour ban
27-Jan-2005
Glasgow's licensing board has fired a warning shot to licensees who are flouting the city's ban on happy hours.Board chairman Gordon Macdiarmid...
A howling error
12-Feb-2004
For the 560 people playing Heads and Tails at the Morning Advertiser Pub of the Year awards last week, Snifter has just one thing to say. Sorry! It...
How will you be unwinding after the Christmas rush?
18-Dec-2003
Jan Marpole The Gaggle ofGeese Buckland Newton Dorset "I've booked a holiday in Tenerife in February so will finally get a chance to put my feet up...
JDW loses £600,000 on Dublin site
06-Nov-2003
The aborted plan to open a JD Wetherspoon outlet in Dublin has resulted in a loss of £600,000 for the company. JDW bought the freehold of a...
S&N hails water conservation scheme
31-Jul-2003
Scottish & Newcastle Retail, which runs 1,400 pubs, is claiming industry leadership by introducing a water conservation project that is saving...
TV exposure gives Nylon bar extra lift
10-Apr-2003
Business is booming at London's Nylon bar thanks to nightly television exposure on ITV's The Club. With one week of the two-month series to go, owner...
Martin set to stand for Parliament
10-Oct-2002
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin wants to stand for Parliament to stop local councils gaining control of licensing and prevent the trade "sleepwalking...
England's Germany victory a benefit to licensees
04-Sep-2001
England's historic 5-1 victory against Germany last Saturday (Sept 1) saw licensees across the country win extra profits.Pubs in the south, the...
