Formula One

Higher footfall and sales expected as new F1 season starts

28-Feb-2024 By The Morning Advertiser

Formula One (F1) fans are frequent visitors to pubs and bars so sites screening the action can expect higher footfall when the season starts in Bahrain between Thursday 29 February and Saturday 2 March.

Sunday Special of sport boosts pub trade

14-Apr-2022 By Ed Bedington

Beer and cider sales boomed for pubs showing sports last weekend on a day that was dubbed Sunday Special by Sky Sports.

What sport pubs need to know about the new F1 season

07-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Lewis Hamilton will begin the defence of his Formula One world title in late March when the lights go out in the sport's traditional curtain-raiser in Melbourne, Australia.

English Lionesses take on France in UEFA quarter-final this weekend

28-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

England will face France on Sunday in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 football tournament in the Netherlands shortly after Lewis Hamilton battles it out in the 2017 Hungarian F1 Grand Prix.

Weekend of sport revs up with Wimbledon final and British Grand Prix

14-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

With the Wimbledon final and the British Grand Prix, sports fans can look forward to a fantastic two days of sport on home soil this weekend.

Sky price rise limited to 5% to account for spiralling business rates

16-Jun-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Sky has revealed that it is to increase prices from 1 August 2017, but promised that no pub would see an increase of more than 5%.

MA Sport

The weekend sport: Formula 1 takes over

01-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

With Premier League football on hiatus, Premier League rugby union, Formula 1 and international football take centre stage this weekend.

Summer of sport

How do you solve the problem of showing every sport in your pub?

17-Jun-2016 By Sky Sports

If you pay a visit to the Claddagh Ring you’ll be greeted with a broad range of live sports showing on the venue’s 12 plasma screens, from football and rugby to horse racing and GAA (Gaelic Athletics Association) sports.

Sport

Sky to own sole rights to F1 from 2019 until 2024

24-Mar-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Sky will be only place to watch Formula 1 (F1) as the broadcaster has agreed a new deal for exclusive coverage between 2019 to 2024.

Making the most of sport - in association with Sky

F1 and pubs: The perfect formula

11-Mar-2016 By Mike Berry

A new track, new drivers and a British World Champion to get behind once more. It’s time to rev your engines and get your pub set for the start of the 2016 Formula One season.

Formula 1

Sky Sports to exclusively air 11 Formula One races

19-Jan-2016 By Oli Gross

Sky Sports F1 will show all 21 races live in the upcoming season, 11 of which it has exclusive rights to.

Business Booster

Be in pole position for F1

10-Mar-2015 By James Evison

The 2015 season of the Formula One World Championship, starting this weekend, will make Grand Prix racing a compelling entertainment offer for licensees. James Evison explains.

Sky Sports F1 HD confirms its coverage for next season's Formula One World Championship

20-Dec-2013 By Lewis Brown

Sky Sports F1 HD has confirmed its coverage of every race next season’s FIA Formula One World Championship, with ten exclusively live.

Video: Johnnie Walker's The Glass Car responsible drinking campaign

29-Nov-2013 By Mike Berry

Scotch whisky brand Johnnie Walker has unveiled a new film for its responsible drinking campaign

Sky Sports to launch new Formula 1 channel

28-Nov-2011 By Adam Pescod

Sky Sports has announced the launch of a new channel dedicated to Formula 1 to tie in with its coverage of the sport next season.

Sky Sports and BBC to show Formula 1

29-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod

Sky Sports and the BBC will broadcast Formula 1 in the UK between 2012 and 2018, under a new rights deal.

Searcys plans two further champagne bars

05-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Searcys, the upmarket restaurant operator and caterer, has revealed it is to open two new champagne bars in London. The company, which was bought in...

Is pub owner The Stig?

14-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

As snowfall and freezing conditions continuing to cause havoc across the country this week a mystery visitor has appeared in a pub garden in Surrey....

Mark Daniels: Sometimes, it's better the devil you know...

14-May-2009

In Formula One at the moment, there's a heady political game being played. The FIA, the sport's governing body, have decided that a budget cap must...

Mark Daniels: Pubs represent better value than you think...

09-Feb-2009

It's been a strange week: snow brought Britain to a standstill and silenced the Global Warmists, at least for a few minutes; a couple of BBC...

Lewis Hamilton drives home anti drink-drive message

12-Dec-2008

Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 Formula 1 World Champion, took to the wheel of a London cab yesterday with two-time world champion, Mika Häkkinen to...

Mark Daniels: Jenson Button's Smoking Ban Woes

05-Dec-2008

Jenson Button entered Formula One in 2000 amidst a ballyhoo chorus touting him as Britain's next Formula One World Champion. His performances at the...

Mark Daniels: Something to cheer about...

03-Nov-2008

Who would have thought that watching Formula One in a pub could be so exciting? Yet, as a small crowd of people gathered in my Public Bar yesterday...

Foster's F1 deal comes up for review

29-Sep-2005

Foster's long-running tie-up with Formula 1 racing could be coming to an end, with the company saying it is reviewing the deal. Although it stressed...

What the Sunday papers said

25-Sep-2005

Foster's is "hell-bent" on changing the terms of its distribution agreements with Scottish & Newcastle and SAB Miller. Foster's chief executive...

Summer of Sport: Driving forces

12-May-2005

Phil Mellows looks at how to enhance your Formula One coverage and how to enjoy the summer weather even when there's a match on TV.Formula One motor...

Police in call for pub cash

17-Jul-2003

Police in Bradford have said that pub and club owners should pay for extra officers if they take over a prime site in the city. West Yorkshire Police...

Grant's feels the need for speed

25-Apr-2001

Sponsoring the Jaguar Formula One team has moved Grant's whisky firmly into the spotlight. With another Formula One Grand Prix season off the...