Form Of The Good

National Pubwatch and BII launch new online toolkit

07-Jul-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

National Pubwatch and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have teamed up to develop a new online toolkit, to provide Pubwatch members with advice and guidance on issues which affect the trade.

Review site TripAdvisor is just not worth it

19-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

I’ve yet to meet a publican in support of TripAdvisor. Of course,it can do good for a business, if people review kindly, but you can’t please everybody all the time.

Negativity is good, negativity is right

03-Apr-2012 By Robert Sayles

I read Stephen Crawley’s article ‘Ditch the negativity, positivity gets results’ with some interest. What came across most forcibly was the notion that negativity is somehow counter-productive; a mindset we should refrain from resorting to whenever possible.

Enterprise sells Holborn gastropub

26-Jul-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Enterprise Inns is selling the freehold of renowned food-led London pub the Seven Stars in Holborn.

Matt Eley: 'Society of Licensees should be a positive force'

16-Mar-2011

'Great' I thought, slightly underwhelmed, 'yet another trade body to add to our industry's already impressive array of acronyms'. I mean with the...

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...

Wherefore art thou, oh wannabe licensee?

08-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ

Good to see amid all the gloom and doom of the last week - month/quarter, etc - at least one pub operator shouting from the rooftops about its...

John Porter: Family matters

14-Oct-2008

I always look forward to the annual publication of the Good Pub Guide, if only so I can enjoy a quiet bout of apoplexy as I read the summary press...

MyShout

15-Nov-2007

Why are people so obsessed with the less pleasant details of everything, asks Stephen Oliver Have you noticed that television has developed a...

Chris Maclean: Good Food Guide triumph!

17-Sep-2007 By Chris Maclean

The other morning one of the chefs showed me a copy of the Good Food Guide 2008. We are in it. This is one of the most exciting achievements we've...

Smoking out what's going on, by Andrew Pring

19-Jul-2007 By Andrew Pring

So how's it been for you since The Ban? Up? Down? Or simply, What's the Big Deal?

North East Focus: brewer listing

30-May-2007

Abbey BellsSelby07940 726658www.abbeybells.co.ukAbbeydaleSheffield0114 2812712www.abbeydalebrewery.co.ukAcornBarnsley01226...

LETTERs

18-Jan-2007

Massive boss Peter Linacre took pubcos to task last week - and evoked a passionate response. Below, we publish a selection of posts received on our...

Definition of 'guest' scrutinised

15-Jun-2006 By Peter Coulson

In the good old days, a guest was a guest. You entertained him (usually a 'him') in your plush club, the account was rendered to you later, discreetly, and he never reached into his pocket for anything.

Speak up on binge battle

21-Oct-2004

It was unfortunate to put it mildly that last Thursday's Sun (circulation 3.5 million) devoted a whole page to a Weston-Super-Mare club selling beer...

Motivating your team

24-Oct-2003

The following article is brought to you by Coca-Cola.Great decor and fine fayre need backing up with friendly, efficient barstaffInvesting in the...