English Smoking Ban

Hamish Champ: Smoking ban anniversaries will go on. And on. And on.

06-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

I see the second anniversary of the English smoking ban was marked in much the same way as was the first, with vociferous opposition from...

The alternative annual rewind

13-Dec-2007

A bar full of beds, toilet shenanigans and a drop of Blond Bitch - cheers to another crazy year for pubs January Thefts of beer glasses and ashtrays...

Food revamp before ban

13-Sep-2007

More than four out of 10 Everards tenants revamped their food menu before the English smoking ban, a new survey shows. The survey of the...

Smoke ban: most pubs comply

06-Sep-2007 By John Harrington

The vast majority of pubs and clubs complied with the English smoking ban during its first month, new figures from the Department of Health show....

Too early to say...for now

15-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ

I polled a number of pubcos last week on the impact of the English smoking ban in their pubs. Those prepared to talk about trading in the 10 days...

Greene King's pub vouchers

21-Jun-2007 By John Harrington

Greene King is running a national ad campaign - with money-off vouchers - to get punters in the pub for the start of the English smoking ban. Under...

BarTalk

07-Dec-2006

Will you be prepared for the English smoking ban on 1 July 2007? Paul Bowes The Black Bull Wylam Northumbria No time is a good time as far as I am...

JDW aiming to own 1,500 pubs post-ban

14-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon has set its sights on ramping up its opening programme once the impact of the English smoking ban has settled down in a couple of...