Freehouse Business Club delegates to hear from award-winning freeholder
18-Sep-2012
Delegates at next month’s Freehouse Business Club event will have the chance to learn from an award-winning freeholder.
24-Feb-2012 By Gurjit Degun
Nottingham licensees are furious at new early-evening and Sunday parking charges in the city centre.
01-Dec-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Pubs, bars and restaurants in Nottingham city centre are getting an extra boost to pull in the punters as street ambassadors provide recommendations to tourists.
26-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Moleface Pub Company has initiated a successful produce trade off with its locals, raking in £2,000-worth of products.
29-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett
A memorial service for Jeremy Allen will take place on Thursday, 7 July at 2.30pm at St Mary's Church, High Pavement, The Lace Market, Nottingham....
16-May-2011 By Karen Black
New licensee Karen Black spills the beans on running for council elections, radio interviews and Wembley.
Street ambassadors for Nottingham's nightlife
22-Feb-2011 By Tony Halstead
Street ambassadors are to appear in central Nottingham as part of ongoing plans to energise the night-time economy. The number of taxi marshalls are...
13-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Eight pubs have been sold on or before a Nottingham auction organised by property agent HEB for £1.1m in total. The three pubs sold on the day...
18-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A council has launched a scheme to help pubs in its county set up lunch clubs for senior citizens. Nottinghamshire County Council is working with...
12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has opened two new pubs in Nottingham — the city where founder Tim Martin studied law. The company has spent £1.8m on...
Extra London and Nottingham dates added to licensing consultation
09-Aug-2010
The Home Office has added two extra dates to its licensing consultation roadshows in London and Nottingham. The extra London event, a morning...
'Undercover cops nab boozing kids'
11-Jul-2010
Police in Cornish resort Newquay are putting undercover spotters on trains to catch people bringing drugs and alcohol into the town. Operation Brunel...
09-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operator Great Northern Inns has reopened the Cross Keys pub in Nottingham after buying the freehold from Enterprise Inns. The pub has now...
25-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
A best customer experience category is being added to Nottingham's Best Bar None (BBN) awards.
01-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Greene King IPA has signed a three-year deal to become the Official Beer of Nottingham Forest. The deal will see the Suffolk brewer have pouring...
29-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
London-based multiple operator Fiveeightzero is opening three more sites in partnership with Mitchells & Butlers.
08-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Supermarket giant Tesco has been accused of targeting pubs for new stores, in order to avoid complex planning laws, by Nottingham City Council....
17-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
New maps in the East Midlands are charting alcohol-related ambulance pick-ups against drinking hotspots.
09-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Ever So Sensible, the Nottingham-based pub and restaurant group, has launched a new Tiki-bar concept in the city and also plans to open a new Le...
Food & Drink Festivals: Keep the festivities firmly in the pub
05-Oct-2009
A food and drink festival sounds like just the sort of event a pub needs to drive sales. Lots of focus on local food, the chance to sample beers from...
01-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Nottingham plans to use a new law to inflict a total ban on street drinking. In what's believed to be a first, the city council wants to use powers...
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has changed its mind about selling three pubs in the same small area of Cambridge after the pubs received strong support from their...
11-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Nottingham auction has succeeded in selling the freeholds of eight Punch Taverns pubs, part of the batch of pubs previously identified for...
'Pricing plan will hit heavy drinkers least'
09-Mar-2009
Government plans to curb binge drinking have been dealt a blow by new research that suggests the heaviest drinkers will be the least responsive to...
05-Nov-2008 By John Harrington
Police and council chiefs in Nottingham have backed calls for a mandatory code of practice for drinks producers and retailers — claiming voluntary...
Pie puts pub on the county map
17-Oct-2008
Poached venison may have been Nottinghamshire's best-known dish back in the days of Robin Hood, but a pub is now aiming to update the county's place...
05-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Two men in Nottingham have been hit with fines and costs of over £550 for dropping cigarette butts. The fines serve as a warning to pubs to provide...
20-Jul-2008 By Tony Halstead
Trade groups have angrily dismissed accusations that pub companies and licensees are ignoring guidelines on responsible drinks retailing. A report by...
Spirit opens second Grill House Kitchen
11-Jul-2008
Spirit Group has opened its second Grill House Kitchen pub, bringing the community food brand to its home town of Burton on Trent.The Corner House...
Friday July 18: Take it to the top
03-Jul-2008
Getting your MP into your pub will help you to tell the real story about what pubs do for their communities - and give you a chance to raise your...
Moleface lines up next site
26-Jun-2008
Moleface Pub Company, the Midlands-based gastro-pub operator, has snapped up its second pub, the Lord Nelson, an Enterprise leasehold in Burton...
Business boosters
17-Apr-2008
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Retro nights Where: the Larwood & Voce, West Bridgford, Nottingham www.larwoodandvoce.co.uk The idea:...
Hidden Brewery acquires fourth pub
07-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The Hidden Brewery, a Wiltshire-based microbrewery, has acquired its fourth pub, the Chough in Salisbury. The brewery is growing rapidly, having...
MyNewPub
11-Oct-2007
Bell Inn Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire Agent: Guy Simmonds Barry and Lynn Turner have just taken on the Bell Inn, the only pub in the village...
JDW plans to boost green credentials
13-Sep-2007
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is upping its green credentials by using trains for its supplies and introducing re-useable packaging containers. Wetherspoon...
Nottingham plan to tackle empty pubs
12-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Nottingham City Council is urging the owners of vacant pubs to co-operate with them in making early decisions about their future use. The council...
Pro-golfer acquires style bar
05-Apr-2007
The private, free-of-tie lease on a trendy Nottingham bar has been brought by professional golfer Himesh Patel. Patel's career has taken him all...
Greene King invests £4.5m in new depot
02-Apr-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King has spent £4.5m on a new distribution depot in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in what the brewer describes as a signal of its commitment to...
Beat a towpath to the Steamboat
22-Mar-2007
A canal-side pub and restaurant at Trent Lock in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire, has come onto the market. The Steamboat Inn has a main bar with dance...
Buyers leave town and head for the hills
13-Feb-2007
Traditionally, being centrally located and reasonably well balanced demographically, the East Midlands has reflected trends and sentiment in the...
17-Nov-2006
Pressure group Liberty has defended its decision to back the case of a man who is trying to fight his pubwatch ban because he claimed it breached his...
26-Oct-2006 By John Harrington
A trade body is backing a bid to broaden the appeal of Nottingham city centre at night and combat its image as a binge-drinking hotspot. The Bar...
04-Sep-2006
Two thirds of Nottingham pubs visited failed an under-age test purchase operation. Of 23 premises visited, 16 failed to prevent entry and served two...
Test Match, West Bridgford, Nottingham
01-Sep-2006
A stone's throw from Trent Bridge cricket ground and Holme Pierrepoint national water sports centre, the appropriately named Test Match is a large...
H&H shifts up a gear
27-Apr-2006
Family brewer Hardys & Hansons is dismissing talk about moves by the big players to acquire it, and is determined to grow it alone. By Hamish...
Councils push for more power over licensing
16-Feb-2006
by John Harrington Local authorities are stepping up their lobbying of the Government to increase pub licence fees and give councils more say over...
Nightclub now shut after loss of licence
05-Jan-2006
A controversial 2,310-capacity nightclub in Nottingham finally closed its doors a few days before Christmas. The Works, which opened in May 2001...
Did the cash tills jingle for you over the Bank Holiday?
01-Sep-2005
Neil Monkman The Fleece Elland West Yorkshire 'Yes, we were very busy and our beer garden was full, particularly on Sunday and Monday. We had a...
Senior fights £45,000 policing bill
02-Jun-2005
Nightclub operator Ultimate Leisure is expected to tell Nottinghamshire police that it is to refuse to continue paying £45,000 a year for extra...
SIA crackdown stepped up
17-Mar-2005
Measures to crackdown on unlicensed doorstaff are being heavily enforced - with around 100 prosecutions of door workers already in the pipeline....
