Pub

Summer of Sport

My Pub: Creating an award-winning sports offer

04-May-2016 By Oli Gross

Philip Cutter, licensee of freehouse the Gardeners Arms, better known to its regulars as the Murderers, tells the Publican’s Morning Advertiser about the pub’s award-winning sports offer.

The Big Interview: FLVA president Michelle Dwan

28-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Pubs run in the family — her grandmother and her parents were all licensees — so despite a brief time managing hotels, Federation of Licensed Victuallers president Michelle Dwan quickly found herself back behind the bar.

Mintel research

More than half of Brits went to pub in January

21-Apr-2016 By Chris Wisson

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser has partnered with market analysts Mintel to provide insight from its new leisure tracker, which covers consumers’ pub visiting habits. Senior analyst Chris Wisson examines the latest findings.

Pubs

Battle to save pub rumoured to be inspiration for Eastenders' Queen Victoria

04-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

An East London licensee battling to buy his pub says he is ‘hopeful’ of success after raising £60,000 in under three weeks.

Why Jason Atherton's sommelier is opening a community-owned pub

08-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

In part two of our look at community-owned pubs, Ben Winstanley gets the lowdown on one such outlet and why the owners have chosen now to hand the lease to former Jason Atherton sommelier, Boris Poliakov

Running a pub in association with Star Pubs & Bars and Punch

Pub Success: Part 1 - Starting out in the pub trade

03-Mar-2016 By PMA

Starting out as a newcomer to the pub trade can be a challenge. In the first of this three-part series, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) talks to a selection of pub operators at the start of their pub career journey.

‘Death threats’ force pub to remove foie gras from menu

11-Feb-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A pub was forced to remove foie gras from its Valentine's Day menu after it claimed staff were threatened by 'vegan activists'.

Health and safety

Wetherspoon apologises after customer claims 'a rat ran up my trouser leg and stole a chip'

03-Feb-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Wetherspoon has apologised to customers at its Albany Palace branch in Trowbridge after a diner complained that 'a rat ran up his trouser leg and took a chip out of his hand'.

What’s next for vegetarian food in pubs?

22-Jan-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

More people are considering meat-free dishes when they eat out and want to see more choice on the menu. Michelle Perrett unearths a potential new order

Christmas Rules

Pub creates Christmas rules: "Do not read if you are easily offended"

24-Dec-2015 By Oli Gross

A pub has created a list of rules for the customers who are 'ruining' pubs at Christmas.

Mintel's Chris Wisson on how multiple site operators can boost footfall and spend

04-Dec-2015 By Emily Sutherland

What can operators do to boost spend?

Licensing restrictions

'We're ruined'...Are councils too quick to restrict opening hours?

02-Dec-2015 By Oli Gross

Restrictions to a pub’s opening hours can have huge consequences - shutting early to appease neighbours can devastate takings, and restricting garden hours can be off-putting for smokers or customers hoping to sit outside. But do councils strike a fair...

Legislation

Fair Pint's Clarke: "Heaven forbid tenants might actually make a decent living"

18-Nov-2015 By Simon Clarke

Fair Pint campaigner Simon Clarke gives his view on the tenanted debate and busts a few myths on pubco objections to the new legislation.

Exclusive

ACV roundtable: Government announces probe into issue

12-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The Department for Communities & Local Government will launch a consultation into assets of community value legislation before the end of the year, the Publican's Morning Advertiser understands at its exclusive ACV roundtable.

Funding

How Pub is the Hub is assisting closed rural pubs get back off the ground

09-Nov-2015 By James Evison

Funding for diversifying pub businesses can help turn local village life around.

Analysis

Is there anything wrong with convenience stores on pub land?

03-Nov-2015 By Oli Gross

Plans for convenience stores to be built on pub land have frequently been met with fierce opposition from licensees, locals and customers — but are the proposals always bad for pubs? Oli Gross reports.

Interview

Punch boss: I hope MRO will encourage investment

02-Nov-2015 By Ed Bedington

Ed Bedington finds out why the new man in charge of Punch Taverns is rolling with the punches

Asset of community value

Struggling widowed licensee's pub sale blocked by ACV application

27-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

The Campaign for Real Ale has defended a move to block a licensee selling her pub which she struggled to run following the death of her husband.

Pub sign

Historic pub sign 'cock-up' to be rectified by Greene King

26-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

Greene King will replace a historic pub sign after realising the symbolic name was being displayed incorrectly.  

Guv'nor: We can't afford to lose convivial appeal

23-Sep-2015 By Peter Tiley

Research earlier this year found that fewer than one in 10 pub visits are solely for the purpose of having a drink.

Is atmosphere in a pub more important than beer or food?

17-Sep-2015 By Pete Brown

Creating the right atmosphere in a pub is rated as more important than the beer, the food or the prices, according to Pete Brown. Here he looks at the difficulty in finding that balance.

Pub of the Year

CAMRA: Top 16 in pubs in Britain

09-Sep-2015 By Oli Gross

The Campaign for Real Ale has released its top 16 pubs and regional finalists for its best pub in Britain award.

DIGITAL FEATURE

Hail to the chef

03-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Whether you’re an established restaurateur looking for the next step or a dedicated upstart wanting to make a name for yourself, taking on a pub is no minor feat. In this exclusive feature, Daniel Woolfson looks at the particular challenges faced by chef-patrons...

MY PUB

My Pub: the Gloucester Old Spot, Bristol

17-Aug-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Amy Devenish had been running the Gloucester Old Spot in Bristol for less than a year when she won the top accolade at the Bristol Good Food Awards 2015 for Best Pub Food. Michelle Perrett reports.

Why more chefs are heading to the pub

05-Aug-2015 By Joe Lutrario

A new wave of chefs are moving into the pub sector as restaurant sites – particularly those in central London – become both prohibitively expensive and difficult to get hold of, writes Joe Lutrario in the August issue of Restaurant magazine.

Publicans

The Friday Thought: Is taking on that second pub worth it?

23-Jul-2015 By James Penlington

Are you ever ready to take on that second site? One publican relays his experience.

Report

CAMRA: 29 pubs still being lost each week

14-Jul-2015 By James Evison

CAMRA launch initiative to protect 3,000 pubs as new figures show 29 being lost every week across the UK.

Publicans

'We had just the clothes we were wearing'...on turning around a fire-ravaged pub

09-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

How a husband and wife team and first-time licensees turned around a fire-ravaged pub - and trade is now thriving.

Trends

New research claims higher-quality food key driver in attracting more pub visitors

29-Jun-2015 By Jo Bruce

A new report claims pub goers rank higher-quality food as the number one reason why they would visit pubs and bars more often.

Business Booster

Vegan menus? Don't sneer, this pub made a killing...

26-Jun-2015 By Alison Baker

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Lager's disconnect with pub environment

26-Jun-2015 By Pete Brown

In years gone by, lager brands were the big boys at most pubs in the UK, but beer writer Pete Brown believes they have shifted their focus to home drinking and they must come back to the true watering holes.

Residents of hamlet with less than 100 people pledge to buy their local

10-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Residents of a Kent hamlet, home to less than 100 people, have pledged to raise the £450,000 needed to buy their local pub.

Licensee of the Year

Licensee of the Year: Award winners reveal secrets to success

10-Jun-2015 By Oli Gross

The newly-crowned Licensees of the Year recommend operators focus on differentiation, career development opportunities and ‘finding a premium’ to compete with larger managed pubcos.

A shining light of the future?

04-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Will Marcus Jones be the minister the industry needs? Speaking exclusively to PMA in his first interview as pubs minister, he outlined his plans.

My pub

The Three Blackbirds in Woodditton

18-May-2015 By Michelle Perrett

The Three Blackbirds in Woodditton, near Newmarket, was purchased last year by farmer Guy Taylor, who has made some dramatic changes to his local pub.

Fight to save landmark pub from demolition

18-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A campaign is underway to save 250 year old pub the Fountain Inn. The Horsham based pub is currently facing being demolished after a planning request to knock it down to make way for five houses was submitted to Horsham District Council.

Beer Innovation Summit

Brown: The post-recession pub looks very different

01-May-2015 By Pete Brown

Last Monday saw the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s third Beer Innovation Summit take place in Birmingham.

ACVs

Norfolk's first community-owned pub to open a shop

16-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Norfolk’s first community-owned pub has opened a shop thanks to support from rural pub champions Pub is the Hub and Norfolk County Council. The White Horse at Upton will sell newspapers, local produce and other everyday essentials.

BUSINESS PREVIEW

Mark Sargeant: Duke William pub to be 'accessible to all'

15-Apr-2015 By Emma Eversham

Mark Sargeant is planning for his first pub - The Duke William - to be an accessible and welcoming environment where customers will be able to order 'simple pub food done well' alongside local ales, drinks and bar snacks. 

My Pub

My Pub: Jolly Gardeners, Earlsfield, London

10-Apr-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

MasterChef 2010 winner Dhruv Baker talks to Daniel Woolfson about how he and business partners Adam Pomaro, Luke Pomaro and Stephen Robb took the helm at the Jolly Gardeners, in Earlsfield, south London, restoring it to its former glory. 

Business Booster

Business Boosters: pop-up painting and "meet the maker"

27-Mar-2015 By PubFood

Money making ideas for your pub or bar.

Comment

Protz: A pub with a hairdresser

24-Mar-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz takes a ferry cross the Mersey to find Gallaghers pub, which has a hairdresser’s as a perm-anent fixture.

Comment

Brown: In search of pub perfection

19-Mar-2015 By Pete Brown

Pete Brown takes on the challenge made by a friend to visit his favourite pub, but not to mention it in a book he is writing for fear it will become uninhabitable if others know about it...   

Running a pub

Running A Pub: Trading up

18-Mar-2015 By Glynn Davis

In the second of our series on the challenges of running a pub, Glynn Davis looks at the practicalities of taking those first steps in expanding your horizons by running a large premises or more than one outlet.

My Pub

My pub: Old Bridge Inn, Ripponden, West Yorkshire

13-Mar-2015 By Alison Baker

Pork pies, cold meat buffets and no swearing have been the mainstays of possibly Yorkshire’s oldest hostelry, the Old Bridge Inn in Ripponden, since Lindsay Eaton Walker’s family took over in 1963. Her husband Tim tells Alison Baker how traditional values...

Business booster

Business boosters: brocante and vintage market, buffet and talks

13-Mar-2015 By PubFood

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Business Booster

Business boosters: imperial Chinese banquets and British tasting menus

06-Mar-2015 By PubFood

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Fleurets: Being an ‘asset of community value’ is not an advantage

27-Jan-2015 By Simon Hall

Last month the Campaign for Real Ale revealed that 600 pubs had been labelled assets of community value and this week the Government pledged to tighten planning regulations around ACV-listed pubs. But how does the listing affect the sale of a pub? Simon...

BBPA confirms it will not challenge MRO in pubs code

11-Dec-2014 By James Wallin

The British Beer & Pub Association has confirmed it will not seek to overturn the inclusion of a mandatory market rent only option in the pubs code, and accepts it will now become law.

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: event and promotional ideas for your pub

30-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

Gin and tonic cakes