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Waging war on dirty nozzles

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.

Music in pubs is a "humungous matter" says branding expert

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

The tips of award-winning pub designers

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

Make customers and service your focus

01-Dec-2015 By Karen Errington

Balancing work and time off is notoriously difficult for hospitality workers.

AWARDS

Entries now open for BII Licensee of the Year

25-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

 Entries are now open for the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Licensee of the Year award.

MA300

Whiting & Hammond secures eighth site

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

Bar Talk: How much is the election a topic of discussion in your pub?

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.

Mulholland insists he was ‘never likely’ to be on pubs code committee

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.

Cosy Club to open fifth site in Cardiff

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.

Couple celebrate 30 years in Harlow pub

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.

Drinkaware extends 'out of home' media push for 2012 'Good Times' campaign

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.

Licensee in £46k energy dispute with British Gas

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.

New Jam House for No Saints

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...

'When I retire I'm going to buy a pub...'

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.

BBPA eyes changes to Right to Buy on pubs

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.

Wetherspoon buys Kai's Bar Louth from Kurnia

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.

Expert: sell cannabis alongside alcohol and tobacco

14-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney

Cannabis should be legalised and sold under licence in shops alongside tobacco and alcohol, according to one expert.

Wetherspoon set to open 11th Glasgow pub

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...

Four U-18s rapped under Fraud Act

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,...

Don't be too busy to make a real profit

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....

Peach's Paul Cutsforth to join Orchid

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...

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...

Sky's the limit for Best Bar None

16-Jun-2008 By John Harrington

But national organisers say it must not be made compulsory

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...

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...