Mardi Gras

Wetherspoon opens Manchester shopping centre location

10-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has opened The Mardi Gras, at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. The company has invested £995,000 in...

SoCo plans Mardi Gras next month

26-Jan-2010 By Robyn Lewis

Bacardi Brown-Forman is encouraging licensees to brighten up February by holding a Mardi Gras event.

SoCo celebrates Mardi Gras

10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

Southern Comfort is pushing its New Orleans roots as part of a month-long Mardi Gras campaign in February. More than 4,000 point of sale kits are...

The spirit of New Orleans

24-Jan-2008

Rosie Davenport explores the inspiring US home of Southern Comfort as it gets ready to bring the energy of Mardi Gras to UK pubs Firing like flash...

SoCo promo evokes Mardi Gras

17-Jan-2008 By Rosie Davenport

Southern Comfort is putting pubs at the centre of its plans with a £1m carnival-themed promotion. In a fresh direction, owner Bacardi-Brown Forman...

ID cards bill set for introduction

15-Apr-2004

A draft bill for compulsory ID cards could be out in the next four weeks, Home Secretary David Blunkett has said. Earlier this month Tony Blair gave...

Regional events see some pubs benefit from Bank Holiday

28-Aug-2002

Although the wet August Bank Holiday weather signified the end of a miserable summer for many licensees, a series of regional events brought good...

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...