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More licensees blast loan firm

24-Feb-2006

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Almost 15,000 sign up to our Lay off my Local

15-Dec-2005 By Lucy Britner

Signatures in support of the Morning Advertiser's 'Lay off my Local' campaign are nearing the 15,000 mark. Licensees are still gathering in large...

LETTERS

17-Nov-2005

We'll help out genuine cases - Provence boss This is my final word about your coverage of Provence rents. I still firmly believe that our...

Turn customers into guests

20-Oct-2005

Licensees at the Morning Advertiser's latest free training day were shown how to transform their customer service. Nigel Huddleston reports At the...

Charm offensive

13-Oct-2005

Having sent the bosoms of the nation's barmaids into palpitations following publication of some injudicious remarks about uncovered flesh in his last...

All these licences are a major drain on cash flow

18-Aug-2005

I have been a licensee for more than 16 years two years as a manager, 11 as a tenant, and the rest as freehold owner of my pub. Every week the cost...

Don't let Crehan fight fail due to finances

23-Jun-2005

What a disgusting situation. Bernard Crehan wins time after time and still because of Inntrepreneur tactics, could lose ('Bancruptcy threatens Crehan...

Time for pubs to strike' over licensing shambles

21-Apr-2005

Am I living on a different planet to everybody else in the licensed trade? The Licensing Act 2003 is a disaster for the pub trade and everybody who...

Not cold

21-Apr-2005

enough Pubs are struggling to serve beer at the recommended temperature, according to an investigation by the Morning Advertiser. Armed with a...

Facts were wrong on BBPA's promo code'

10-Feb-2005

Your comments and criticisms (leader column, Morning Advertiser, 3 February) of the BBPA's (British Beer & Pub Association) promotions code are...

Keep upholding the old virtues and standards'

13-Jan-2005

As retired licensees we may be enjoying life to the full, but that does not mean that we are out of touch with what goes on in the UK. We only see...

That was the fear that was

16-Dec-2004

As licensees and suppliers gear up for the busiest time of year, there's little chance to reflect on the past 12 months. But from the slightly less...

Councillors must behave properly and listen to the evidence

09-Dec-2004

It isn't often I make it onto the back page of the Morning Advertiser, mainly because I like to keep the vagaries of my private life out of the reach...

Be safe: monitor refusals to serve

18-Nov-2004

The news story in last week's Morning Advertiser about Yates Group automatically monitoring refusals to serve, underlines what I have been saying for...

We operate well-run and orderly pubs'

08-Apr-2004

Ian Payne of Laurel (Morning Advertiser 1 April)criticises JD Wetherspoon for "irresponsible" pricing, yet the pub industry itself was found by...

Sarah Smart: But have you seen the real tutor?'

04-Mar-2004

Point taken Anne Roberts (Morning Advertiser letters column 12 February) ­ we wouldn't recommend that those who venture into cellars should dress in...

Your voice: even stronger

29-Jan-2004

It's three and a half years since the Morning Advertiser reinvented itself and became a far more relevant newspaper for modern licensees and their...

Great expectations­ of uncertainty

08-Jan-2004

It was the most uncertain of times. It was the most certain of times. The nod to Charles Dickens, Morning Advertiser's most famous contributor, is...

Councils just as frustrated

20-Nov-2003

I note with interest in last week's edition of the Morning Advertiser several references to concerns within the licensed industry about the...

Give us real Theakstons

02-Oct-2003

I couldn't agree more with Roger Protz that the Theakston brothers (sadly minus Paul) need to break completely from having S&Nhave anything to do...

Unite, and then watch Sky fall

24-Jul-2003

First there was an increase of more than 22% in my monthly Sky subscription, then there was a 133% increase in Premiership Plus matches. Fortunately,...

Background to a glass war

20-Mar-2003

I read with some interest Phil Dixon's comments on W&D's decision to abandon its "full pint" policy, which you featured in last week's edition of...

Winning way with customers is vital

30-Jan-2003

A new set of entrants to the Morning Advertiser's equivalent of the Hall of Fame was welcomed in at the Hilton Hotel in London last night. All the...

A question ofauthority

16-Jan-2003

Oh dear. Simon Ward (Morning Advertiser, 9 January) makes so many errors I must limit myself to picking out the major points: 1. Why does a 20-minute...

Licensees are lemmings'

28-Nov-2002

Reading the Morning Advertiser of 14 November I can finally understand the collective psychology of lemmings. Spokesman after spokesman talked of the...

All we fear is cowardice'

03-Oct-2002

In your editorial "Hoping for best from a feared system" Morning Advertiser, 26 September, you ask "who decided there was no alternative to local...