Premium Bars & Restaurants heads to Manchester
25-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Premium Bars & Restaurants' (PBR) decision to relocate its head office from Newcastle to Manchester will only affect up to five of the office's...
Bar Talk
10-Apr-2008
Has the Budget duty rise had any effect on trade? Kevin Connor Red Lion Withington Manchester It's a bit early to say, but so far we haven't...
Empty pub prices drop
10-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A national property firm says pub prices are dropping as rate rebates on vacant properties come to an end. Business rate rebates of up to 50% for...
08-Apr-2008
Licensees in Manchester are being warned to take extra safety precautions ahead of the Manchester Utd v Roma clash
02-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
A London-based property firm says pub prices are dropping as rate rebates on vacant properties come to an end. Rebates of up to 50% for owners of...
28-Feb-2008 By John Harrington
Rogue publishing firms that con pubs are getting a final warning to stop the scams. Letters are to be sent to suspected rogue publishers to coincide...
North West Focus: View from the top
21-Feb-2008
Manchester has no interest in being England's second city, it has no interest in being provincial. The city looks to models such as Barcelona. Ask...
Vodka focus: Vodkas for all
18-Feb-2008
What was the strategy behind Revolution?Roy and Neil saw a lot of independent bars opening up in the Manchester area which all had great staff, great...
16-Nov-2007
Undercover police will attempt to catch bar staff serving drunks in Manchester and Carlisle. The MA exclusively revealed that the Home Office was...
12-Jul-2007
A comedy club owner believes he has discovered a loop-hole in the smoking ban. Dave Perkin told the Manchester Evening News that customers may be...
40 Inspector Steve Greenacre & Sergeant Jan Brown
31-May-2007
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Friendly conman 'stole' licensee's identity
12-Apr-2007
An over-friendly customer was after more than just drinks and hospitality during his numerous visits to a pub in Preston, Lancashire. Con man James...
Your friends in the north
22-Mar-2007
Northern Restaurant & Bar Show promises the biggest showcase of regional food, drink and business operators ever assembled. As the trade prepares...
Don't make them pay
14-Mar-2007
Forget the Manchester Evening News Arena and the Manchester Academy - the Station Hotel in Ashton-Under-Lyne can make a robust claim that it is...
Manchester pubs welcome supercasino
01-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Manchester now has the go-ahead to develop the SportCity complex in the east of the city, after being granted the licence ahead of bookies'...
North West
11-Jan-2007
Red Lion Withington, Manchester Licensees do not come much more experienced than pub managers Kevin and Janat Connor. The couple recently celebrated...
Manchester gets divine intervention from angels
20-Dec-2006
It's a sight that most licensees wouldn't imaging ever gracing their pub.But last Saturday (December 16) Manchester licensees were blessed by angels...
09-Oct-2006
Police in Manchester have hailed an operation to reduce the number of thefts in city centre pubs, bars and clubs. Police say crime was cut by 28 per...
Newcomers scoop top retail award
05-Oct-2006
Mark Slann and Vicki Edwards-Slann of Strutts in Derby were crowned top newcomers after doubling their annual sales target at the Pathfinder Pubs...
18-Sep-2006
A NHS Trust in Manchester is to target pregnant women who drink in a series of adverts in pub toilets. The ads, which ask "Are you pregnant or...
19-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A Manchester nightclub manager and two of his doorstaff have received medals from the police. Keith Ifield and door supervisors Abid Hussain and...
20-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A Manchester councillor has called for a Tesco supermarket to have its licence reviewed after trouble flared at a World Cup big screen event in the...
Trade booms for World Cup pubs
13-Jun-2006
England's victory in their first group game against Paraguay on Saturday saw hordes of happy fans toast the team's success with a pint or two and the...
12-Jun-2006
Pubs up and down the country enjoyed a trouble-free start to the World Cup - but the same could not be said for the big screen events in Liverpool...
24-Mar-2006 By John Harrington
Hosts and police have come up with a simple solution to the problem of bars being closed in the absence of the Designated Premises Supervisor. NEW COMMENT
Raising the bar
08-Mar-2006
Adam Benzine discovers why Best Bar None has become such a success story.The Grand Harbour De Vere Hotel in Southampton was the glitzy venue for...
Mini boom for 'realistically priced' Manchester freeholds
02-Dec-2005
Sales of freehold pubs in Greater Manchester are skyrocketing, according to property agent Christie & Co. The agent believes the influx of...
New row breaks out over Manchester Boddies ad
15-Jun-2005
Interbrew has received a furious response to its new Boddingtons advertisement from the Transport & General Workers Union (T&G).The new...
Sacked licensee protests by staging a pub lock-in
02-Jun-2005
The man charged with running an historic Macclesfield pub in Cheshire which won praise from Prince Charles after a group of residents stumped up...
Yates's bar loses licence after violence
24-Feb-2005
A Yates's Wine Lodge in Swinton, Greater Manchester, has had its licence application rejected by Salford magistrates after they heard that police had...
Pub workers sprayed in face by robber
02-Dec-2004
Two pub workers were sprayed in the face with a CS gas-type substance then robbed while they were on their way to deposit the pub's takings at a...
Four jailed over licensee's murder
18-Nov-2004
Three men have been jailed for life for beating a licensee to death in his bedroom while they raided the pub's safe to get cash for drugs. Michael...
Gang use weapons in pub attack
16-Sep-2004
A gang of men reportedly used knives, knuckle-dusters and other weapons in an attack on four drinkers at a Derby pub. One man was stabbed with what...
Store to join responsible drink scheme
09-Sep-2004
A supermarket chain is set tobe the first off-trade partner involved in Manchester's City Centre Safe scheme. The move will be warmly welcomed by the...
Manchester pretty
09-Feb-2004
Manchester's pub and bar scene has seen massive regeneration in recent years. Michelle Perrett pays a visit.Manchester is widely regarded as the hot...
Church offers plots to great pub in sky
05-Feb-2004
Drinkers who hate leaving their local pub after last orders can now stay forever at a boozer with its very own graveyard. Landlord Julian Taylor,...
Playing safe
15-Jan-2004
Adam Withrington finds that the Manchester City Centre Safe scheme is having a positive impact, due in no small part to the spirit of partnership.It...
It's a Brucie bonus for
23-Oct-2003
Unique night Top-performing Unique Pub Company licensees gathered at London's Victoria & Albert Museum for a glittering awards night hosted by...
Property briefs
30-Apr-2003
Cardiff is still seeing a booming trade in the leisure sector. The 20,000sq ft Millennium Plaza in the Welsh capital now boasts a 14-screen Ster...
BBPA pricing call
24-Apr-2003
The British Beer & Pub Association is seeking clarification from the Office of Fair Trading over a minimum drinks price scheme set to be launched...
Athenaeum's fate uncertain
27-Mar-2003
The fate of a Manchester city-centre pub, closed by magistrates for fear of soccer violence breaking out, will be decided at a hearing next month....
Sunderland nightlife set for boom
29-Nov-2002
Sunderland's nightlife looks set to undergo the biggest boom in the North, with 10 new bars and nightclubs - worth an estimated £15m - on the...
Manchester licensees disappointed as Mardi Gras is cancelled
21-Aug-2002
Licensees in Manchester have been left in the lurch after Britain's biggest gay and lesbian festival was cancelled.Mardi Gras was due to take place...
Out on the town
08-May-2002
Jackie Annett takes to the streets of Manchester to experience first hand a Friday night shift with the city's policeIt's a Friday evening and I've...
Fly-posting is now official for Manchester pubs
04-Dec-2001
Pubs in Manchester are to benefit from "public entertainment pillars" on which they can fly-post without prosecution.Manchester City Council is...
City pubs attacked for alienating over-35s
07-Aug-2001
City centre licensees have come under fire this week for alienating over-35s.A licensing expert for Bristol police said that licensees in high street...
Initial stages of Hydes' restructure prove successful
01-Aug-2001
Manchester family brewer Hydes is well into its five year plan to restructure the business. Mark Ludmon looks at the initial successes of the...
Manchester initiative to cut alcohol-related crime continues
30-Jul-2001
Manchester police went out in force last Saturday night (July 21) as part of a campaign to clamp down on drink-related crime.Extra officers were...
Manchester united - police and licensees join forces
17-Jul-2001
Police and licensees in Manchester have joined forces in a bid to tackle drink-related crimeWhen crime in the city of Manchester rose by 225 per cent...
Police given new powers in drugs crackdown
21-May-2001
Police have been granted tough new powers to arrest licensees of premises where customers are found to be taking or dealing in illegal drugs.This...
