North Somerset

Country pub offers free bus rides to help tackle drink driving

18-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

A country pub is backing its local police's annual Christmas and new year drink drive crackdown by offering partygoers a free bus ride home during the festivities.

Butcombe Brewery acquires eight pubs from SA Brain

08-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

Butcombe Brewery has acquired most of SA Brain’s English pubs as part of a West Country expansion and SA Brain’s decision to pursue its pubs agenda inside Wales.

ACV

ACV granted in battle to save boozer from supermarket conversion

12-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

A Somerset pub bought by supermarket group Tout’s Budgens has been granted asset of community value (ACV) status after locals campaigned to save it. 

Drink-driving

Pubs tackle drink-driving with free soft drinks and bus rides

19-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are backing the safer drinking message and helping to crack down on drink-driving during the festive period.

Pub food

Pioneering pub 'patisserie' hopes to taste sweet success

11-Nov-2016 By Helen Gilbert

A north Somerset pub has debuted a patisserie serving pastries, artisan breads and chocolate in a bid to tempt customers ‘from far and wide’. 

Smoke ban: most comply

06-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

The vast majority of pubs and clubs complied with the English smoking ban during its first month, new figures from the Department of Health show....

Smoking ban reduces pub CO levels

31-Aug-2007

The smoking ban has been shown to reduce levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in pubs by two thirds

Buy PPL licence or stop music, host told

04-Mar-2004

Peterborough licensee Carl Bloor has been ordered by London's High Court to stop playing music at the Verve pub until he acquires the necessary music...