Morning Advertiser

Changes at the top

10-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

In a management reshuffle at William Reed, Lorraine Hendle, managing director for retail and manufacturing which includes several brands including The Grocer, will now welcome The Morning Advertiser and Big Hospitality brands into the division.

Morning Advertiser update

The Morning Advertiser website is changing

02-Jun-2021 By Chris Lowe, publisher, The Morning Advertiser

Like many of the biggest media websites that have put journalism at the forefront of their strategy, we are implementing something called metered access – meaning users will be asked to register after consuming a certain number of articles within 30 days.

Nationwide pub restrictions ‘devastating’ without further support

18-Sep-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Voices in the pub sector have urged the Government to do more to protect on-trade jobs amid speculation the Government could introduce further restrictions on the sector.

Morning Advertiser update

The MA's digital future

27-Jul-2020 By Chris Lowe, Morning Advertiser Publisher

All of us have had to adapt our personal and business lives in ways we have never experienced before – and in its 226 years, The MA has lived through two world wars, several financial collapses and various revolutions.

MA’s review of the week

‘Dramatic’ headlines unrealised as pub sector reopens well

10-Jul-2020 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington hosts a chat with St Austell Brewery’s Kevin Georgel to find out what’s grabbed his attention from the week’s headlines.

MA's review of the week

‘First indicators’ of lockdown’s financial impact on the pub sector

03-Jul-2020 By Ed Bedington

In a new video series, The Morning Advertiser's (MA) editor Ed Bedington hosts a chat with a leading pub industry figure to find out what’s grabbed their attention from the week’s headlines.

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25-Sep-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Get the latest news to your inbox every morning by signing up to The Morning Advertiser’s free newsletter, bringing you exclusive news, insight and interviews about pubs and trends from across the trade.

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Britain’s greatest pub owner guest edits The Morning Advertiser

10-Apr-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

In celebration of the great British pub, The Morning Advertiser (MA) has commissioned Heath Ball, Pub of the Year winner at the Great British Pub Awards 2018, to edit the current issue of the magazine – which is out this week.

MA at 225

Blast from the past: former MA editors have their say

25-Feb-2019 By The Morning Advertiser

Past Morning Advertiser editors, including Rob Willock, Terry Cockerell and Andrew Pring, give their favourite anecdotes about the trade and the magazine.

MA at 225

‘We started selling beer from our living room and now we have a pub’

19-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Minnie Miggins and her husband Frank launched London’s Old Moon in the 1830s. While recent changes in law have thrown a few hurdles in the way of the business, new styles of beer and increasing footfall have seen things go from strength to strength.

How can licensees tackle high rent?

24-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser sought advice from Slater and Gordon lawyers on where licensees stood when it came to challenging high rent.

The Morning Advertiser round-up: the biggest stories in 2017

21-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Beer launches, buy outs and terrorism all hit the pub industry hard this year but this isn’t to say there wasn’t some positive news too.

Charity gallery: heroic operators doing their bit for good causes

17-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at what those in the trade have been up to in order to raise funds to charity.

Openings

December 2016 pub openings

03-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at new openings and pub facelifts in the last month of 2016.

On-Trade v Off-Trade

‘Absolutely ridiculous’: Operators slam cheap alcohol offers in supermarkets

01-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Operators have slammed supermarkets for offering cut-price Christmas deals, which means beer is being sold less than 80p a pint. 

The Drinks List

Lagers dominate the top 100 brands list

30-Nov-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

A total of 10 lagers have been highlighted as the top performers in The Morning Advertiser's list of the hottest drinks brands for the pub trade.

Property

How I plan to restore my local to its former glories

23-Nov-2016 By Liam Coleman

In despair at seeing the downward spiral of the pub in the village where he grew up - the White Lion, in Rempton, Nottinghamshire - Russell Pytches and three other locals decided to fight back and buy the freehold. He tells The Morning Advertiser about...

Gallery

Gallery: operators doing their bit for charity

23-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at the heroic operators raising money for chairty.

Beer

‘Hangover-free’ beer on its way to the UK

04-Nov-2016 By Sara Hussein

Hangovers will be a thing of the past, claims a Dutch brewery that has created a brand new beer that is designed to ease the effects of a heavy night on the sauce.

Bar & Pub Show 2016

Bar & Pub Show 2016 in pictures

10-Oct-2016 By Sara Hussein

After the first Bar & Pub Show was showcased last week (Monday 3 October- Wednesday 5 October), The Morning Advertiser looks over some highlights of the event.

Openings

Gallery: Pub openings September 2016

29-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at the sites which have opened and been refurbished this month.

Charity

Gallery: The heroic licensees doing their bit for charity

13-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser shows what pubs are doing to support their chosen charities.

Openings

Pub openings August 2016

30-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at pubs which have been refurbished and reopened in August.

Charity

Gallery: The heroic pubs raising money for charity

22-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look what pubs are doing in their community to raise money for charity.

Pub openings

Pub openings July 2016

28-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at pubs reopened and renovated in July 2016.

Works Must Pay

'The legislation sucks': Parliamentary motion seeks justice for licensees

26-Jul-2016 By Oli Gross

MP Greg Mulholland has submitted an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for ‘Roadworks justice for local businesses’ in response to The Morning Advertiser’s roadworks campaign – Works Must Pay.

MA

The new MA: bringing 222 years of tradition into the 21st century

11-Jul-2016 By Ed Bedington

Welcome to The Morning Advertiser, your new and improved one-stop shop for all things pub industry related.

Games

Top 10 pub games: What's your vote?

28-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

The Publican's Morning Advertiser reveals an expert's top ten games for pubs - but which do you think is best?James Masters, managing director of Masters Games - which specialists in pub games - gave the PMA his top ten and explained why each...

MorningAdvertiser.co.uk navigation changes to assist readers

08-Apr-2015 By James Evison

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser website – morningadvertiser.co.uk – has radically changed its site navigation to reflect how our readers consume content.

Excitement builds for Publican Awards Ceremony 2015

11-Mar-2015 By Jo Bruce

In under one week the Publican Awards, in association with Sky, will take place at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday, 16 March, presented by comedian and television personality David Walliams.

VIDEO

VIDEO: Top 50 Gastropubs No. 1 - the Sportsman, Kent

05-Feb-2015 By James Evison

The Publican's Morning Advertiser caught up with Top 50 Gastropubs winner, Stephen Harris, tenant and chef at Shepherd Neame's The Sportsman in Seasalter, Kent.

PMA launches Try January campaign

17-Dec-2014 By Jessica Mason

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser today launches a campaign for pubs and bars to reclaim January and challenge people to try new drinks and dishes and make the month more inspiring and experimental.

Exclusive research

New allergen laws: Majority of licensees think EU legislation 'unnecessary'

11-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Ahead of the new EU rules on displaying allergen information that come into force in two days’ time (13 December), just one third of licensees say that they are able to name the 14 allergens covered by the legislation.

INSIGHT

Preparing for business rates revaluations

20-Nov-2014 By Nicola Murrish

Last week, the Government announced that business rates assessments from 2017 onwards will be based on a property’s rental value on 1 April 2015. Nicola Murrish, associate at Vickery Holman, south-west commercial property consultants, provides the details

Pictures: Spirit of Jack competition finalists

11-Sep-2014 By James Evison

The Publican's Morning Advertiser and Jack Daniels asked the nation's pubs to post on twitter how they celebrated the spirit of music, using #spiritofjack, with the overall winner receiving £1500 of JD gear. Here are the finalists for the competition...

JDW boss Tim Martin: 'Jamie Oliver is causing rents to rise'

16-Jul-2014 By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has said the willingness of Jamie’s Italian, the restaurant group founded by high-profile chef Jamie Oliver, to accept high rent costs is causing rents for other operators to rise.

Tenants 'becoming more successful' in securing their own rent cuts

25-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Pub tenants are increasingly managing to successfully negotiate their own rent reductions, licensing chartered surveyor David Morgan has revealed.

Former Top 50 Gastropubs Awards winner buys first pub

17-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Award-winning front-of-house manager Mike Champion has become a licensee for the first time, after purchasing the leasehold of the Carpenters Arms pub in Cambridge.

Pub property agents report 'buoyant' summer sales activity

10-Sep-2013 By Gurjit Degun

The pub property market could be seeing green shoots of recovery as agents report “buoyant” trading over the summer, which is traditionally a quiet period.

Cotswolds sees shortage of pubs on offer, say property agents

06-Sep-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees looking for pubs in the Cotswolds may be disappointed after one property agent has warned of a shortage of available sites.

Final chance to win £1,000 by voting for your pub's best suppliers

23-May-2013 By Jo Bruce

Don't miss your chance to win this fantastic cash prize by voting for your pub's best suppliers in the Publican's Choice Awards 2013.

PMA readers give valuable feedback on pub trade's leading title

27-Sep-2012 By Rob Willock

Have you heard the story of the frog and the pot of water? If you drop a live frog into a pot of boiling water, it will jump out. But apparently (though I’ve not tried it) if you place it in a pot of tepid water and turn up the heat it will unresistingly...

Refresh your pub staff with some legal training

19-Jul-2012 By Michael Kheng

Hopefully summer will arrive one day and with it more customers to our bars. Like us, some pubs will be looking at taking on extra staff over the summer period and training up the newly recruited members.

Publicans' Suppliers Awards 2012 winners revealed

28-Mar-2012

The best suppliers to the pub trade were recognised for their outstanding efforts at the Publican Awards last night.

Publicans positive despite rising costs

23-Feb-2012 By Noli Dinkovski

Nearly half of publicans believe their turnover will improve in 2012, despite growing fears about rising energy costs.

PMA Powersaver: Switch and save on your utility bills

03-Feb-2012

The Publican's Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Utilities Direct to relaunch the PMA PowerSaver to help licensees get the best deals on electricity and gas bills.

Atlantic Foods gives away top seasoning blends

22-Nov-2011 By PubChef

Ten Publican’s Morning Advertiser readers will win a foodservice canister of Chef Paul Magic Seasoning Blends by American chef Paul Prudhomme.

Welcome to the new Publican’s Morning Advertiser website

02-Sep-2011 By Ewan Turney

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, the one-stop shop for all news and information on the UK’s pub sector, today unveils its new website, making it even easier for readers in the pub and brewing sectors to stay ahead of the game.

Support grows for pub VAT cut

25-Aug-2011 By Michelle Perrett

More than 1,700 people have signed a petition to the Government, submitted by the Publican's Morning Advertiser (PMA), calling for VAT to be reduced to 5% for the hospitality sector.

Pubs hit by Tottenham riots

08-Aug-2011 By Adam Pescod

A licensee in Tottenham believes he may lose at least £5,000 after a group of youths involved in Saturday's riots vandalised and stole from his pub.