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Maths formula for "perfect pub football viewing spot"

21-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

A mathematical formula has been developed to help find the perfect spots in a pub to watch football.

Video: Scientists reveal the formula for enjoying the perfect pint

19-Oct-2012

Researchers claim to have come up with a formula for enjoying the perfect pint.

Licensee's anger at business rates calculation

23-May-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A pub operator has accused the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) of penalising him for doing well after his business rates bill rocketed from £12,000 per annum to £40,000.

Binge Britain – Cameron sends in the tanks

21-Feb-2012 By Phil Mellows

The words ‘drunk tank’ conjure up conflicting emotions for me. I think of Fairytale of New York and get all warm Christmassy feelings. Then I think of poor Kirsty MacColl, oh why did she have to die?

GMB questions VOA on rent calculations

18-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney

The GMB has asked the Government why the Valuation Office Agency uses a different method to calculate rent for rateable value.

Pubco report says rents "open to abuse

13-May-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Rental calculations are open to manipulation and should be made more transparent to lessees according to the Business & Enterprise Committee's...

ALMR: pubcos willing to change

13-May-2009 By Ewan Turney

Many of the issues with the tie can be resolved without the interference of the competition authorities, says the ALMR.

Chris Maclean: do I pay too much?

20-Mar-2007 By Chris Maclean

I am trying to get my head around gas prices.My cellar gas is provided by a company with great credentials and I pay a cylinder rental plus the...

Back to basics: reduce your VAT

14-Dec-2006

The Flat Rate VAT Scheme (FRVS) was introduced a couple of years ago to assist small traders to simplify the calculation of their quarterly VAT. The...

Time to cure those bad habits

30-Mar-2006

Poor stocktaking habits resulting from pressure of work can cost time and money in the long run. Alex McGill, from stocktakers Venners, recommends some simple tips

Finance: Be calculating

21-Jan-2005

Make this the year when you take back control of your pub accounts by calculating the actual costs and running expenses says Phil Mellows.Publicans...

Drink 'saves more lives than it ends' says report

24-May-2004

Alcohol may help you live longer - unless it kills you first. Proving once again that the tax-payers' money is being well spent by the seemingly...

Oh dear, I've found a smoking gun. DCMS admit it's theirs

17-Oct-2002

It's a claim, in Appendix 4 of the White Paper, that licensing costs the average pub £1,000 to £7,000 per annum. What?? We might pay that for a...

Private functions

19-Mar-2001

Q I own a pub which is fortunate to have a function room with its own bar on the first floor. I frequently hold functions such as wedding receptions...