Business boosters
03-Jul-2008
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Produce trade-in Where: Red Hart, Kington, Worcestershire The idea: Last summer customers at the Red Hart...
Hamish Champ: Is this a pub or a creche?
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
I was in my local boozer in South East London on Saturday evening enjoying a few pints. Well, I think it was my local boozer, only the number of...
27-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Food supplier Brakes has announced a deal to acquire Woodward Foodservice, subject to Office of Fair Trading approval. Woodward Foodservice has eight...
12-Jun-2008 By Peter Linacre
Peter Linacre ponders whether pubs are going the same way as petrol stations
Taxi ban for pub
12-Jun-2008
Licensees are being warned that offering a free taxi service to customers could lead to prosecution.The warning has come after a Gloucestershire...
Bar Talk
29-May-2008
Are your customers feeling the pinch? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire Not yet. There's a lot of talk at the bar about the economy,...
Booker profits jump in year of steady delivery
29-May-2008 By Jo Bruce jo.bruce@william-reed.co.uk
Cash-and-carry firm plans further growth Cash-and-carry firm Booker has unveiled a large jump in profits on revenue marginally ahead. Sales in its...
13-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Responsible retailing awards scheme Best Bar None has appointed Sarah Walker as its first national project administrator
13-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Scotland suffering repeat of the SIA licensing delay fiasco in England
08-May-2008 By David Elliott
Enough moaning — let's have some action Reading the daily papers over the past few days, anyone in the licensed trade could be excused for thinking...
Lincolnshire pub fire 'deliberate'
01-May-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A Lincolnshire pub in the process of being sold has been gutted by fire less than a day before the contract was due to be signed. Tony Hughes, who...
SIA: 'We are still letting you down'
18-Apr-2008
Applicants for SIA licences are still facing delays in their renewal applications, the return of their documents and getting through to the SIA call...
Business boosters
17-Apr-2008
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Retro nights Where: the Larwood & Voce, West Bridgford, Nottingham www.larwoodandvoce.co.uk The idea:...
Massive Pub Co deal imminent
16-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Grant Thornton, the accountancy firm and administrator to Massive Pub Company, expects to announce a deal for the London-based pub operator early...
Comment: A move up a gear
15-Apr-2008
Over the past two years Marston's strategy has been very clear: to put together the best portfolio of premium cask beers in the land - with a local...
14-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Over 60% believe that the decision to raise duty 2% above inflation for the next four years can be overturned
A warm welcome in the heart of the city
10-Apr-2008
Licensee Gerry Conteh reckons great service is the main factor behind his bars. Nigel Huddleston reports Gerry Conteh takes the inspiration for the...
28-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Campaign to ban Darling from every pub reaches Westminster
26-Mar-2008 By MA reporter
Sharing best practice, building strong relationships, and facing the challenges ahead together is what the Morning Advertiser 100 Club is all about....
Best Bar None gets its own website
20-Mar-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Best Bar None has launched a website to help expand the awards scheme for licensed premises across the country. The website will provide areas...
Punch Taverns still pushing for M&B deal
17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns remains confident it can convince the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) board, the managed pub group's investors and its own...
The Agents
13-Mar-2008
Mark Greig Managing director, Paramount Investments When people come to sell their pub, they appoint a property agent and wait for offers to come...
Publican Live: That's show business
13-Mar-2008
Each year, for the past 11 years, The Publican has organised a live show at which readers can touch and taste the products and and talk to the people...
BarTalk
06-Mar-2008
How was trade on Mothers' Day? Nigel Anstead White Horse Bedford It was a very good day for us. We didn't do anything different but we had about 200...
Bogus buyer strikes twice
28-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
At least two pubs on the market in Lincolnshire have been the target of a scammer who tried to grab cash for a bogus survey. Licensees at the...
'M&B says Carr to step down after review'
27-Feb-2008
Roger Carr will step down as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers on completion of its strategic review, due by the end of May, the pub group...
'Shambolic SIA lost my documents'
27-Feb-2008
A licensee has branded the Security Industry Authority (SIA) "shambolic" after important documents went missing when he tried to renew his door...
Comment: Service with a smile?
22-Feb-2008
A visit to my mum's local never used to be an appealing prospect. It was the kind of place you nipped in for a pint after church on Christmas Day and...
Arsonists target Northampton pubs
21-Feb-2008
Two pubs in the same Northamptonshire street have been targeted in separate arson attacks.The Brave Old Oak and Pickled Pig in Towcester were both...
Pubs missing out on leap-year parties
21-Feb-2008
Licensees could miss out on a major money-making event by not staging leap-year party nights next week, according to a trade leader. Federation of...
Enterprise lessee wins arbitration
21-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
An award-winning lessee has won in arbitration after her pubco tried to double her rent. Enterprise Inns proposed increasing rent at the Seven Stars,...
19-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Revenue at Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) was up 7.9% on last year to £4,150m - chiefly driven by "outstanding" results at Baltic Beverage...
Climbing the economic peaks. Or not.
18-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
I'm not a lot of things. One of the things I am not, nor pretend to be, is an economist. Thus it was that last week I read with bemused interest the...
Car smashes into pub
15-Feb-2008
A driver had a narrow escape when she crashed her car through the front of a Doncaster pub. The car struck the front door of the Salutation as...
Licensee tells of Hawley Arms hope
14-Feb-2008
The licensee of a pub to the stars gutted by a fire hopes it will be back in business in six months time. A huge blaze destroyed dozens of buildings...
Hot topic on the web this week
14-Feb-2008
Pub rents are too high, say MPs Inez Ward, licensee, Cornwall The recommendation in the 2004 report stated that they should give a comprehensive...
Ask An Expert: Press coverage
11-Feb-2008
How do I get positive coverage for my pub in the local press?Getting your pub in the local press is a good way of boosting trade - and it's something...
07-Feb-2008 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring considers the proposed merger between Punch and Mitchells & Butlers
Licensee wins court battle with Enterprise
05-Feb-2008
A couple who were in danger of being evicted from their popular pub because of rent arrears have won a seven month extension to help them turn the...
S&NPE licensees wary after takeover
31-Jan-2008
Licensees are still waiting to find out how Heineken and Carlsberg's £7.6bn deal to takeover Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) will affect them....
S&N deadline extended as takeover talks continue
24-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has been given an extra 24 hours to try and thrash out a recommended 800p-a-share takeover bid by Carslberg and...
Floods put pubs under threat again
24-Jan-2008
Publicans who fell victim to the summer floods have been dealt a further blow by the latest stormy weather, as previously devastated areas were...
21-Jan-2008
Smoke ban rebel Tony Blows is due before Herefordshire magistrates this morning. Blows, of the Dog Inn in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire is accused of...
S&N opens its books to bidders
17-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle has agreed to open talks with the consortium formed by rival brewers Carlsberg and Heineken over a possible takeover. A...
CGT reforms under renewed attack
17-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Alastair Darling's planned scrapping of the taper-relief system on capital gains tax (CGT) has come under fresh attack from business leaders and the...
S&NPE seeks food development specialist
15-Jan-2008
Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) aims to up its support for pubs looking to increase food sales with the appointment of a new food...
BarTalk
13-Dec-2007
How was trade in 2007? Jessica Luke Brewery Tap Peterborough Cambridgeshire Trade pretty much matched 2006 so it hasn't been too bad - I think we got...
Chris Maclean: Storm in a pen-top
03-Dec-2007 By Chris Maclean
There is war between me and the restaurant. The relationship is breaking down and a tension exists. Beyond a cursory "good morning" communication is...
Police recover huge haul of stolen alcohol
29-Nov-2007
Three articulated lorry-loads of stolen booze worth at least £300,000 at wholesale prices have been uncovered by police at a warehouse in north...
Boxing clever
22-Nov-2007
The LTC's 49th annual boxing tournament packed a punch, raising crucial cash for the organisation Last week saw one of the Licensed Trade Charity's...
