At the next PMA500 business club, Carrie Longton, co-founder of Mumsnet, now the biggest network for parents in the UK, will be speaking to operators about how they can improve their offer for families.
Many licensees face a dilemma when considering banning children: Some customers want an exclusively grown-up environment, away from pushchairs and babies, whereas others embrace a family-friendly atmosphere.
The issue of tipping has hit the headlines this week, and it’s good to see that the likes of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers has made a move to announce it is revising its code.
Thousands of pubs will rightly go out of business over the next year because they are “stuck in the 1980s” - that’s according to the Good Pub Guide 2014, which is out today.
The Good Pub Guide 2014 editors have been called “morally repugnant” and “a disgrace” by representatives of the pub trade, over their claims that the thousands of pubs “stuck in the 1980s” deserve to go out of business.
As the Good Pub Guide 2011 editor criticises hikes on pints, Lesley Foottit and Jo Bruce highlight the good work of the award winners. Licensees who...
The Donnington Brewery in Stow-on-the-Wold is celebrating after being named the UK's "Brewery of the Year" by the 2010 edition of the Good Pub Guide....
The ban on smoking in UK pubs and bars has not delivered the predicted boom in people eating out at their local, according to exclusive new research...
Paul and Jo Stretton-Downes won the Good Pub Guide's Licensees of the Year Award 2007. Humayun Hussain reports Why my food business is a success It's...
A Gloucestershire pub has been named pub of the year in the 25th Anniversary edition of The Good Pub Guide 2007. The Five Mile House in Duntisbourne...
The 25th anniversary edition of the Good Pub Guide 2007 is out today - with several retailers reverting to 1983's beer prices to celebrate. The Five...
Ex-managing director Peter Gatling achieved 60% sales growth by transforming the Merry Harriers in Clayhidon, Devon, from an exclusive gastropub into an accessible country inn. Ewan Turney discovers his secrets
Apart from the horse brasses and the floral red carpet, what's the first thing to go when an enterprising couple enter the pub game and head down the...
Pubs know there are still problems with the serving of beer in far too many places, so Cask Marque's survey this week about poor beer quality within...
The new Good Pub Guide has been blasted by the trade for ignoring the success of pub food.Alisdair Aird, editor of the guide, hit the headlines this...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
