Futurology

Future Trends: Spirits

Separating cocktail fads from the future

05-Oct-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Cocktail trends can be tricky to predict, but having a process in place to help find the future patterns can pay dividends for operators.

Why pubs should remain positive despite predicted troubles for industry

29-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

While banks and pubcos are predicting a monumental storm for the pub trade, CGA Strategy’s chief operating officer has said that despite the future looking incredibly challenging, "it’s not all doom and gloom".

Future pub special

Seeking 2020 pub vision

05-Mar-2015 By Rob Willock

The pioneering car maker Henry Ford was reported once to have said: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

Pub market recovery still years away

02-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Agents predict it could take between two and five years for the pub property market to return to 2007 levels, when prices were at their peak. In a...

No need to worry

25-Aug-2006 By James Wilmore

More than half of all licensees believe next summer's smoking ban will not affect the value of their pub. Responding to this year's Publican Market...

Crystal ball or humble pie?

16-Dec-2003

At the beginning of the year, Ben McFarland dusted down his crystal ball to predict which brands would light the candle of the nation's drinkers and...