Men Behaving Badly

Pub kitchen chip pan blaze sparks advice from fire service

17-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has issued advice for operators to avoid chip pan fires in kitchens after a pub in the county was involved in an incident.

Fire devastates Thwaites pub after £1m transformation

13-Apr-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A Thwaites food pub and microbrewery in Hoghton, Lancashire, has been devastated by a fire that tore through the building just months after a £1m refurbishment.

Self-combusting tea towels

Warning on the dangers of 'self-combusting' tea towels that 'burn pubs to the ground'

14-Dec-2016 By Helen Gilbert

Publicans are being urged to review the way they wash tea towels after self-combustion caused a string of disastrous pub fires.

My Pub

My Pub: the Plume of Feathers

05-Dec-2016 By Ed Bedington

Richard Slingsby joined forces with Bob the Builder and Men Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey to launch the With Neil Morrissey Pub Company. Here, Slingby explains why their first venue, the Plume of Feathers, presses all the right buttons as a community...

Fire safety

Trade gets behind ‘Fire Kills’ campaign

08-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Trade body, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is urging licensees to remind customers to check their smoke alarms as a new fire safety campaign launches.

HEALTH & SAFETY

Neil Morrissey warns pub trade of ‘spontaneously exploding laundry’

16-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Men Behaving Badly star and licensee Neil Morrissey has issued a warning to the trade following a surreal incident that saw his Staffordshire pub dramatically evacuated this week. 

Health & safety

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey’s pub evacuated due to ‘strange burning smell’

15-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey’s Staffordshire pub had to be evacuated after reports of a ‘strange’ smell coming from its cellar. 

Video: watch the highlights from the latest PMA500 in Soho

14-Jun-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Operators at the latest PMA500 in Soho heard from industry experts about the potential impact of Britain leaving the European Union on the sector, how pubs can do more to tap in the lucrative family market and how can manage high rents in competitive...

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey opens new Staffordshire pub

06-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Neil Morrissey’s new pub opened today (Friday 6 March).

'Neil Morrissey to star in pub sitcom'

05-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore

Neil Morrissey is making a comedy comeback, playing a gay dad. The Men Behaving Badly star is taking the lead in a sitcom set in a boozer. Neil, 48,...

City Diary

27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team

Jumping ahead of the trends A note on nightclub company Luminar by analysts at Altium Securities reports some of the emerging trends within the...

City Diary

27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team

Jumping ahead of the trends ?A note on nightclub company Luminar by analysts at Altium Securities reports some of the emerging trends within the...

Morrissey vows to pay back £2.5m on failed pub venture

17-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey has vowed to pay back £2.5m he owes after his pub and hotel chain collapsed. Morrissey, who is now involved...

'Neil Morrissey pledges support for Proud of Pubs Week in The Sun'

15-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey is hoping to pull punters to pubs across Britain - with his own-brew bitter. The actor, 47, is one of dozens...

Morrissey Fox to launch more beers

14-Nov-2008

Brewing celebrities Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox are to roll out several new beers to the freetrade from next month, the pair told The Publican...

Neil Morrissey answers your questions

12-Nov-2008

Readers of ThePublican.com have been firing in a barrage of questions to our guest editors Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox.The pair have been guest...

Celebrity pub start-up comes to Channel 4

27-Oct-2008

It may not replace Premier League football as a pub spectacle, but the new TV series featuring actor Neil Morrissey's efforts to open a pub starts on...

Spirit Group stocks Morrissey Fox ale

18-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney

Spirit Group is the first operator to stock Morrissey Fox Blonde Ale in its London pubs. The beer, which was launched this month, has been developed...

As seen on TV

28-May-2008

Two wacky lads set up their own pub and microbrewery - with hilarious consequences.It is entirely possible that a proposal for a new pub-based sitcom...

Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox open Yorkshire pub

21-May-2008

Actor Neil Morrissey and TV chef Richard Fox have opened their first pub venture, Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn in North Yorkshire.Actors from TV series...