27-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
MA urges licensees to download their own Ban Alistair Darling toolkit today
25-Mar-2008
Supermarkets and off-licences are continuing to ignore attempts to clamp down on cheap booze
Where did it all go wrong?
19-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
During hangovers there is often much soul-searching and a number of uncomfortable questions that need asking. The hangover from Alistair Darling's...
24-Jan-2008 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring considers the impact of the latest price rises
Hamish Champ: S&N and the price of fish. Sorry, beer
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the management team from Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) finally sits down with the gang from Carlsberg and...
The Publican/Heineken round-table: Culture Shock?
12-Dec-2007
Introduction - Richard Bradbury:Pubs are having one of the most difficult trading years ever. Many are saying next year will be even harder. As we...
Hamish Champ: There's 'premium' and then there's 'having a laugh'...
22-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Feeling rather parched one lunchtime last week I popped into one of my favourite pubs down a back street near the Publican's offices where I ordered...
Lager drop "more than a blip
10-Aug-2007
The downward trend in lager sales this year may not just be a summer blip, according to research group Mintel.The average drinker will knock back 19...
Hamish Champ: What's in a glass?
03-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
I was drinking in the centre of London last night and witnessed what I can only describe as, well, a 'crime against branding'.Waiting to be served in...
Adios to a reformed puffer who never finished a pint
07-Jun-2007
As Tony Blair's 10-year tenure nears its end, Adam Edwards ponders the PM's legacy and wonders what the drinks industry will remember him for - apart...
LETTERs
31-May-2007
Red tape is a money spinner I'm sure neither MA's legal editor Peter Coulson, nor Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers chief executive Nick...
24-May-2007
John Baldwin - The licensee of the Big Six in Halifax, Yorkshire, believes Camra's full-pint campaign is a waste of time
Guinness launches Perfect Pour campaign
14-May-2007
Diageo has launched a new advertising campaign for Guinness this summer aimed at encouraging "The Perfect Pour".The campaign will include a new...
CAMRA makes a stand against short pints
16-Apr-2007
One in four pints are served less than 95 per cent full, says a new survey from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The consumer organisation claims...
The price is wrong
12-Feb-2007
IT'S OFFICIAL: beer is cheaper than water in the off-trade. It may be hard to fathom but in a time when certain circles of media and government would...
Camra insists fears over stamping fail to measure up
04-Jan-2007
The Campaign For Real Ale (Camra) has moved to quash rumours that the change-over from a crown stamp to a CE mark on a pint glass is an attempt to...
Why it's time to pledge your pride
14-Sep-2006
Pubs. We love them. You love them. And we hope that a lot of your customers are rather fond of them too. An army of licensees, from Guernsey in the...
The truth about getting behind the bar
07-Sep-2006
Daniel PearceIt's 8pm on a Thursday evening in late summer. I'm standing on the bar in a London pub and having to explain to the packed throngs of...
07-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A licensee has spoken of his anger after a man who glassed him was spared jail when he cried in front of a judge. Daniel Hardman, 21, from Leigh,...
Sam Smith gets tough on 5% head
15-Jun-2006 By Ewan Turney
Yorkshire brewer and operator Samuel Smith has put pressure on its managers to serve every pint of draught beer with a 5% head. The company has...
Back to the floor
01-May-2006
Writing about business trends, M&A activity and general goings on in the licensed trade as one does, it is easy to forget the nuts and bolts...
Half ain't what it used to be
06-Oct-2005
When it comes to serving less than a pint, is it time to follow the Continent where they cut a better deal for themselves when selling smaller...
Women's glasses idea is a non starter
17-Mar-2005
The hullabaloo over the return of Dr Who prompted me to go on a personal trip back in time last week. I heard a report on the radio that the British...
Pubs to the rescue as severe weather hits England
13-Jan-2005
Licensees came to the rescue of residents when devastating floods hit northern England this week.Mark and Karen Messenger of the Enterprise in...
MPs table motion for full liquid pint
06-Jan-2005
by Ewan Turney MPs have tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of full-pint legislation. The motion, put forward by Labour MP...
The dark side of Camra
06-Jan-2005
Not everyone likes the new blondes', but that just shows what a mixed bunch beer drinkers are, says Andrew Jefford The letters page of Camra's...
Trading Standards Institute backs 100 per cent pint
21-Apr-2004
The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) has backed calls from MPs to ensure customers are served a full pint of beer each time they order at the bar....
Host in cellar spy' fight given notice
25-Mar-2004
by MA Reporter An InnSpired licensee from West Bromwich has been given 28 days notice after complaining about "authoritarian" beer monitoring...
It's small beer from Gordon
18-Mar-2004
l Duty on a pint of beer up 1p l Duty on a bottle of wine up 4p l Duty frozen on spirits, RTDs, cider and sparkling wine l Duty on a packet of...
Cellar to Glass
30-Jan-2004
Beer line cleaning is tiresome and time-consuming. But a system that keeps lines clean once you've done them could reduce the need for it on a weekly...
Guinness cans fill draught void
18-Dec-2003
Guinness has been launched in a pint-sized can, aimed at venues that don't supply the stout on draught. The 530ml cans are designed to fill a pint...
Pubs n' Bars talks
20-Nov-2003
Pubs n' Bars is in talks to buy the Balaclava Pub Company from receivers. A statement from Pubs n' Bars said it is currently "in negotiations which,...
From cellar to glass
30-Oct-2003
After years of neglect, brewers and pub companies are starting to address the problem of the poor quality beer that is served to drinkers.At one...
Pub escapes censure for illegal metric measures
23-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team Worcestershire trading standards officers are turning a blind eye to an Austrian pub landlady who is selling beer in litres. The...
Sky under fire from all sides
18-Sep-2003
Licensees, pubcos and politicians alike lambasted satellite operator Sky at a heated public meeting in Westminster last night. They accused Sky of...
Tipping back prompts pours for thought
03-Jul-2003
It's not often that editors like receiving angry letters from their readers. But when they started pouring in last week from all over the country,...
More on cellar management
30-Oct-2002
Phil Mellows looks at how the content of Interbrew's cellar training has changed, and at how Hall & Woodhouse staff are being offered free...
Customers will pay £25 for a pint of beer in 2032
10-Oct-2002
A pint of beer could cost up to £25 in 30 years time if current trends continue, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).To coincide with...
CAMRA: Government's 95 per cent liquid pint decision 'farcical'
01-Jul-2002
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has condemned the government's decision to introduce a minimum 95 per cent liquid pint as "farcical".The group,...
Brewers slam Budget's 'misleading' duty claims
26-Apr-2002
Some brewers have been forced to issue statements to their customers telling them they will not get 14p off a pint, after the government's...
BBPA rubbishes CAMRA's full pint support claim
15-Mar-2002
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has rubbished the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) claim that its full pint initiative is gaining...
Head to head
13-Feb-2002
CAMRA's latest calls for pub-goers to join in the full pint debate have brought the argument back into the spotlight. Kerry Rogan reportsThe debate...
It's official - the £2 pint is now the norm!
17-Aug-2001
The average price for a pint of standard lager has hit the £2 barrier for the first time, according to The Publican Newspaper's annual Market Report...
Government breaks liquid pint promises says CAMRA
05-Jun-2001
The Government has broken its promise to introduce new laws forcing pubs to serve a 100 per cent liquid pint, according to consumer group the...
The full pint debate
31-May-2001
The full pint debate: the on-going argument that could force Britain's pubs to adopt the use of over-sized lined glasses for serving pints.For years,...
One for the ladies
10-Apr-2001
Women drinkers are becoming an increasing force in the pub industry. Ben McFarland investigates.The clichéd image of a man ordering himself a pint...
Full-pint protesters head to Number 10
23-Mar-2001
McMullen's brewery takes the trade's fight to Downing StreetThe trade took its protests over plans for a compulsory 100 per cent liquid pint to the...
Full pint law may finish handpumps
29-Jan-2001
Trade leaders have warned that government proposals to force licensees to serve a 100 per cent liquid pint could mean the end of the traditional...
Regulations to end sale of short pints
11-Dec-2000
Pubs will have to serve a full liquid pint under new regulations to be passed by Easter 2001. While the trade will be given two years to phase in...
Guinness goes for Cold in ad launch
16-Oct-2000
Guinness UK has announced a £9million televised advertising campaign and on-trade promotion drive in support of its Draught Extra Cold variant.The...
