Nick Bish

ALMR announces ops award winners

16-Dec-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Virge Balthazard of McMullen & Sons has been named area manager of the year in the Operations Managers Awards 2011, held by the Association of Licensed Multiple Operators (ALMR).

ALMR backs VAT cut

18-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney

A powerful trade body has voiced its support for the campaign to cut VAT for the hospitality sector to 5%. The Association of Licensed Multiple...

Pubco codes need 'forensic' examination

14-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit at Westminster

Pub companies have made progress on creating a fairer deal but new codes of practice need to undergo "a forensic examination".

Trade body hits out at government's 'softly, softly' supermarket approach

01-Dec-2010

A leading trade body has urged the government to push for supermarkets to take more responsibility for their pricing strategy. The Association of...

New government could hit industry over alcohol health concerns

12-May-2010 By James Wilmore

Trade chief Nick Bish has warned the biggest threat for pubs under the new government could come from the Department of Health. Bish, chief...

ALMR 'disappointed' Healey has overlooked supermarket issue

19-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has welcomed John Healey's proposals for the industry - but hit out at the minister for...

ALMR: industry will be "well rid" of irresponsible offers

19-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has welcomed a proposed ban on "irresponsible" drinks promotions, arguing that such offers give...

Alcohol code fines 'absolutely ludicrous'

19-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney

Sending someone to jail for six months for failing to hand over a free glass of tap water in a pub is "absolutely ludicrous", say trade leaders.

FSB to urge MPs to break the beer tie

10-Dec-2009 By John Harrington

The trade body for small businesses is to write to every would be MP urging them to back action on the beer tie.

Call for national vote on sporting crown jewels

16-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Trade leader Nick Bish has welcomed a report into the 'crown jewels' of British sport but said he would like the public quizzed on what should be...

ALMR boss 'hopeful' over mediation

21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney

The alternatives to the landmark mediation process failing are "too awful to contemplate", one trade leader has warned as the final round of meetings get underway. ALMR boss Nick Bish is hopeful an agreement can be reached.

Nick Bish

28-May-2009 By The PMA Team

Nick Bish chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers Paul Smith executive director, Noctis Mark Hastings communications director,...

ALMR wants VAT rise postponed

20-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore

A trade group is calling for the government to postpone the increase in VAT back to its normal rate at the end of this year by "at least a month". In...

Last man standing?

02-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

There is a definite sense of a changing of the guard at the industry's trade groups. Rob Hayward's departure from the British Beer & Pub...

ALMR warns government over insolvency figures

09-Feb-2009

The government has been warned that more pub and bar companies will be forced into liquidation by a mandatory industry code - after new figures...

Government steps back on staff training plans

03-Feb-2009 By John Harrington

The Government has stepped back from plans to impose costly mandatory staff training on responsible licensees, the Morning Advertiser has learnt....

Row erupts over ALMR remarks on beer tie

11-Dec-2008

A number of pub companies are believed to be reviewing their membership of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) following this...

ALMR chief attacks pubco model

09-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers chief executive Nick Bish has told MPs the pubco model is not working. Bish was speaking at the second...

'Pubco model not working well'

09-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney

The pubco model is not working well, especially in the current economic climate, and the beer tie should be phased out, MPs were told by ALMR boss Nick Bish.

ALMR chief rejects calls for minimum pricing

31-Oct-2008

Trade leader Nick Bish has claimed that a ban on below-cost selling, rather than minimum pricing, would be the most effective way to tackle...

19 Rob Hayward chief executive, British Beer & Pub Association (19) Mark Hastings director, British Beer & Pub Association (19) Nick Bish chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (19) Paul Smith chief executive, Noctis (27) Jo

29-May-2008

Why they are on the list: These five individuals are the sector's key spokespeople. Hayward and Bish head up two of the industry's best-known trade...

10% of community pubs lost last year

14-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

ALMR survey reveals 10% of nation's community pubs were lost last year

MyShout

20-Sep-2007

It's about time the industry recognised the vital role played by multiple retailers, says Nick Bish When I opened last week's MA I was both delighted...

Supermarkets sell World Cup booze £112m below cost

14-Aug-2007

ALMR reveals 'shocking' figures

Get behind ALMR awards, says Andrew Pring

17-May-2007 By Andrew Pring

It's 10 years since the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) began running its Operations Manager of the Year awards, now one of the key industry standards-raising initiatives.

ALMR calls for common sense over rent rises

26-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has called on landlords to cut its members some slack when it comes to rent reviews. Addressing...

Trade chief fears for Welsh pubs

27-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil

ALMR boss concerned about pubs near border losing custom to England after next week's smoking ban

Smoke ban regs at last

21-Dec-2006 By Graham Ridout

Trade leaders have reacted with a mixture of relief and anger to the smoking ban regulations issued by health minister Caroline Flint last week. Mark...

Pub trade body calls for fairness in smoking fines

05-Oct-2006

The chief executive of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers is calling on the Government to be fair with fines for smoking after the ban...

Cheers

28-Sep-2006

Called to the JDW bar Judges are often accused of being out of touch with ordinary people. But Snifter wouldn't say that about the judge he met while...

The Publican's 30th Birthday: Nick Bish

20-Sep-2005

Nick Bish, chief executive, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, helps mark The Publican Newspaper's 30th Birthday.Where were you 30 years...

Pubs consider dropping food because of smoking ban

25-Nov-2004

Six out of 10 food pubs are considering dropping their food offer following last week's announcement of a smoking ban.Shock figures, revealed in a...

Pub companies' five-year pledge on smoking

09-Sep-2004

Five major pub companies have dramatically ramped up the pressure on the rest of the industry on smoking by signing up to a joint policy on the...

Gambling law reform may give pubs income boost

27-Nov-2003

by John Harrington Trade experts hope the Govern-ment's new Gambling Bill could bring customers back from betting shops to use fruit machines in...

Research to prove self-regulation works

12-Dec-2002

Research soon to be commissioned by the industry should prove that self-regulation on smoking in pubs is working, it is claimed. Nick Bish, chairman...

Public blow to smoking charter

20-Nov-2002

The trade's success in self-regulating on smoking could hit a major snag due to a lack of public awareness.A consumer survey of smoking policies...