Opportunity would be no act of Folly
28-Nov-2002
North Bucks country inn theFolly which takes its name from the failed venture of a former landlord is on the market. When a new landlord...
Punch lessees'battle strategy
28-Nov-2002
by Richard Matthews Angry Punch licensees packed into a crisis meeting at a Midlands pub to vent their anger at tied beer prices and "excessive"...
Not resting on his Laurel
27-Nov-2002
Laurel's chief executive is an all-round pub man who wants his company to be the undisputed leader in managed houses. Mark Stretton meets Ian...
More on wholesaling
27-Nov-2002
Wine is a profitable part of a pub's offering if marketed in the right way.Pub chain Wizard Inns is best known for its cask ales. But 18 months ago...
May the cause be with you
27-Nov-2002
Charity does not necessarily have to begin at home. Pubs can unite a community behind a good cause and at the same time boost business. By Phil...
Property briefs
27-Nov-2002
The Stumbles Inn in Shepton Mallet has its own shove ha'penny team as well and two pool teams. The pub is popular with both locals and young people...
Focus on wholesaling
27-Nov-2002
Wholesalers have upped their game to compete with an increasing range of suppliers.Wholesalers have sharpened up their act in recent years. For the...
Licensing reform to bring rising pub prices
22-Nov-2002
Prices of existing pubs could skyrocket if government proposals to give local authorities control of licensing are given the thumbs up in...
Property briefs
21-Nov-2002
Clarke Pub Company is selling eight of its Scottish pubs in order to focus on its larger managed outlets. The pubs include the Souter Johnnies in...
What the Sunday papers said
18-Nov-2002
The Mail on SundayAmerican giant Coors is to pump £35m into Britain's biggest brewery at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. The investment will...
Property briefs
18-Nov-2002
Welsh pub company Celtic Inns, which is owned by electronics millionaire Sir Terry Matthews, has purchased 44 tenanted pubs from James Williams...
Continental shift
15-Nov-2002
Six Continents chief executive Tim Clarke is looking forward to taking the helm of the new £3bn retail pub business in April. By Mark Stretton.Tim...
Focus on reform
14-Nov-2002
The government has finally told the trade and pub-goers what they want to hear - licensing laws will be reformed, paving the way for pubs to open...
Profile: Druce Hotels and Leisure. Managing director Graham Jackson and director Nick Hodgson
12-Nov-2002
Michelle Perrett talks to Druce Hotels and Leisure's managing director Graham Jackson and director Nick Hodgson.Do you think that the prices of...
Publican's Pub Food Awards reward the best
08-Nov-2002
Pubs offering the very best food from across Britain were honoured at last night's Publican Pub Food Awards.At a sparkling awards ceremony at the...
Nice grub shame about the face...
07-Nov-2002
Business is booming for an "ugly" West Country licensee who advertised his pub as offering lousy food and warm beer. David Walgrove claims that since...
W e had to do something or die that's how Country Carvery'
07-Nov-2002
He continues: "As a brand, it had a good run until 1993/94. By 1997/98, business really started to slow and it was obvious the business was dying."...
Six and two threes
04-Nov-2002
The Sunday Times deputy business editor John Waples examines what will happen after the Six Continents demerger.Between now and next April, Tim...
Property briefs
04-Nov-2002
A Lincolnshire pub called the Brandy Wharf, which sells 60 types of cider, is up for sale through agents Brownill Vickers. The pub is 200 years old...
New BII qualification for cellar management in pubs
01-Nov-2002
Big brewers are teaming up with the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) to produce the first-ever industry-wide national standards for cellar...
Wetherspoon set to serve alcohol from 10am
31-Oct-2002
Pub group JD Wetherspoon is taking a radical step to try and serve alcohol from 10am in all its 630 pubs.The company is to lodge applications with...
Acquisitive Batham's nets Welsh pub
31-Oct-2002
An expanding West Midlands brewer and pub owner has turned to North Wales for its first pub purchase for three years. The 125-year-old Batham's...
Ancient inn has links with notorious hanging judge'
31-Oct-2002
An ancient inn believed to be the oldest in Wales and which is linked with the "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys, is on the market. The Skirrid Mountain Inn...
Barracuda buys seven Old Monk sites for £7.8m
30-Oct-2002
Barracuda has bought seven sites from the collapsed pub operator Old Monk Company for £7.8m.The managed business headed by Mark McQuator swooped for...
Good Pub Guide: Menu speak is harming food
29-Oct-2002
Menu pollution is the newest threat to quality pub food, according to Alistair Aird, editor of the latest Good Pub Guide.In the introduction to the...
Property briefs
29-Oct-2002
The Swan in Dobcross, near Saddleworth in Lancashire, which featured in the film Yanks starring Richard Gere, has been bought by Jennings Brewery....
CAMRA: Big city closures due to developers
25-Oct-2002
Property developers and the booming property market are the major causes of the demise of the city centre pub according to the Campaign for Real Ale...
The Good Pub Guide 2003 top pubs' roll of honour
24-Oct-2002
Own Brew Pub of the Year Grainstore, Station Road, Oakham, Leicestershire This three-storey Victorian grain warehouse has been converted into a...
Birmingham's new pubs and bars boom
18-Oct-2002
Birmingham's popularity is soaring as a location for new pubs and bars.Ten years ago Birmingham was the concrete city of the Midlands, characterised...
Local brands high on agenda
Orleans for sale
17-Oct-2002
Scottish & Newcastle Retail this week confirmed it was putting 11 of its 41 Old Orleans outlets up for sale for £2.1m including its central...
Unique licenseesget just rewards
17-Oct-2002
by MA Reporter The high-flyers of the Unique pub estate have been recognised at the annual Unique Retailer Awards. Former EastEnders star and...
Charging a fee to enter pubs
17-Oct-2002
Q I used to believe it was illegal for a pub to charge an entrance fee. However, I recently visited another entertainment pub not far from mine where...
Manage your career: A life behind bars
17-Oct-2002
It's the moment every parent dreads. A favourite son or daughter sits you down to tell you their chosen career - and it turns out they're going to...
Property briefs
16-Oct-2002
Thwaites, the Lancashire-based brewer and pub retailer, is looking to acquire new pubs as part of its continued roll-out strategy. Property director...
Wells ambition
10-Oct-2002
Bedford-based brewer/retailer Charles Wells is planning to double its pub estate to 500 tenanted and managed outlets over the next five to 10 years,...
Newcomers go utterly Butterleigh over 16th century Devonshir
10-Oct-2002
The 16th century Butterleigh Inn in the village of Butterleigh, mid Devon, has been sold for an undisclosed figure in excess of the £350,000 asking...
Rates battler loses Hart and calls time
10-Oct-2002
Rates campaigner Jim Sharp, who has fought for years for the survival of rural pubs, has thrown in the towel and closed his own pub. Sharp, who twice...
Site sell-offs come too late to save debt-ridden Old Monk
10-Oct-2002
by Mike Bennett Gerry Martin bowed to the inevitable this week his eight-year-old Old Monk managed house business placed into administration, an...
Merchants of Venice
10-Oct-2002
Venice and nearby Treviso provided the setting for this year's "retail study" tour by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, which passed...
Poll shows rise in ale drinking
09-Oct-2002
Almost half of the UK's drinkers are drinking more real ale than they were a year ago, according to new research.The survey of consumers, conducted...
Machine management: Hit the jackpot
09-Oct-2002
AWP machines keep customers happy and boost pub profits. By Phil MellowsIt hunches there in the corner, flashing and beeping, playing jingles and...
Inn to the future
07-Oct-2002
Writing exclusively for The Publican, Wizard Inns boss Chris Hutt reflects on past changes and takes a look at the future fortunes of the pub...
Property briefs
07-Oct-2002
Offers are being invited for the Britannia Inn in the Vale of Llangollen, North Wales. It was built by the monks of Valle Crucis Abbey in the 14th...
Safety tests
03-Oct-2002
New safety tests are on the way for pull-out bottle tops to combat fears that they could cause choking. More than 120 million containers with the...
Met' moan prompts a
03-Oct-2002
bruising from Bruning Good to see Mike Foster reads What's Brewing, the Camra newspaper. Of course, as Brakspear's chairman, you'd hope he would. But...
White Horse is true diamond
03-Oct-2002
An award-winning country pub in Suffolk, boasting an historic background, is on the market. The White Horse Inn at Withersfield boasts four diamonds...
Advice to rural pubs may be misleading
03-Oct-2002
Efforts to revive struggling rural pubs are not working, claims a leading academic.Guy Lincoln, an expert in the licensed retail sector based at...
Property briefs
30-Sep-2002
Everards has sold seven pubs to Noble House Leisure for £10.6m. Three of the pubs in Leicestershire include the Charnwood in Bardon Hill, Mill on...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Sep-2002
The Sunday TimesSir Ian Prosser, chairman of Six Continents, is to delay his retirement to oversee the break-up of the £5 billion hotel and pub...
