Marriage

1.8m love-hearts to tie the knot at pub weddings this year

20-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Almost 2m people will tie the knot at pub weddings this year as the industry anticipates a busy season, according to new research from hospitality job board, Caterer.com.

Car crash blind dates, nuptial arguments and bizarre Valentine's Day proposals

14-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Sometimes, Valentine's Day isn't all red roses, traditional proposals, and loved-up couples. The Morning Advertiser talks to publicans across the country who have experienced the weird and wonderful on love's great day.

Publican Awards: Watch winners' reactions

16-Mar-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Winners of this year's Publican Awards have spoken to The Morning Advertiser about how important these awards are to them and their company, featuring a video message from David Beckham.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Turnaround Winner - The White Mare, Beckermet, Cumbria

22-Sep-2016 By MA

The White Mare in the north-west of England, is the first site taken on by husband and wife Iain and Dianne Irving (pictured with Jean-Christophe Novelli on the opening day).

VIDEO: Stephen Harris of the Sportsman talks Top 50 Gastropubs

02-Feb-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The Sportsman, in Seasalter, Kent, was last week named the top gastropub in the country for the second consecutive year at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs Awards.

Awards

Finalists of Licensee of the Year announced

28-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

Some of the UK’s leading publicans have been revealed with the announcement of the finalists in this year’s Licensee of the Year award.

Business booster: How pubs can make the most of stag and hen nights

26-Apr-2012 By Catherine Quinn

Stag and hen nights may have a poor reputation but they don’t all involve L-plates, bawdy behaviour and vomit. Licensees should make the most of these much-maligned events. 

Hendricks plays matchmaker

03-Feb-2012 By Matthew Moggridge

First Drinks’ gin brand Hendrick’s is putting its weight behind a variety of leap year events in the lead-up to February 29th when the normal rules of courtship are reversed.

Going the extra yard to deliver great results

15-Nov-2011 By Jamie King

So another English team fails in its bid for World Cup glory and Martin Johnson’s band of merry men come home with their tails between their legs, offering a list of excuses as to why they failed to match their potential with our expectations.

Who Cares Wins opens second site

04-May-2011 By Jo Bruce

Pub company Who Cares Wins has opened a second site, with plans for further sites over the next two years. Business partners Richard Coltart and...

Couple buy two M&B freeholds — with the help of MA editor

26-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney

The couple behind the UK's first deli-Pub have purchased the freeholds of the two Mitchells & Butlers franchised pubs they operate.

Marriage en masse at the pub

08-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

A freeholder is hoping her wedding plans go with at least 10 hitches as she bids to set a record for the most marriages in a pub in one day. Rebecca...

Saffron Leisure set to open second pub

02-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Saffron Leisure, the pub company set up by former McMullen general managers and husband and wife team Aaron and Cheri Clayton, has purchased its...

Chris Maclean: The art of relationship management

18-Sep-2009 By Chris Maclean

Its been a long day. Much of it has been spent teaching new licensees, and others, a course on cellar management; the skills necessary to produce...

Back to Basics: Divorce and your rights

28-Dec-2007

It's the gloomier side of Christmas. The obligation to have a good time combined with the cost of paying for it is an added strain on many marriages,...

Licensing@aol.com

25-Oct-2007

Husband and wife food team Q We run a successful outside catering business for which I obtain, when required, temporary event notices (TENs) in...

Chris Maclean: worrying signs

12-Sep-2007 By Chris Maclean

I've just been visited by a husband and wife team from the borough council's 'Environmental Response Team' ~ the 'smoking police' to you and I. I...

Preparing for a trouble-free break, advice from Peter Coulson

26-Apr-2007 By Peter Coulson

This comes to you from an island far away, which appears to be populated almost exclusively by ex-licensees - or is it just that I can spot them a...

Men 'more comfortable' talking about sex

05-Apr-2007

What people talk about in the pub is the subject of a recent survey conducted for the Beautiful Beer campaign. It reveals that British men are three...

Lone husband in double jeopardy

22-Feb-2007

Another disturbing story, which I am sure has a slightly more rational explanation than I have received, implies that a pub manager can be sacked if...

Your guide to weddings in pubs

27-Oct-2005

Your guide to wedded bliss If you're tempted to take the plunge into the pub-wedding market, now is the time to get organised for next year's...

Gastro Nerd - Food Superstitions

01-Oct-2005

Article on Food Superstitions

Who are they? The Wirral-based company is currently locked i

30-Oct-2003

The range was the brainchild of husband and wife team, David, 42, and Srirat Arthur, 31, who developed Long's with their generation very much in...