Pubs - Hospitality

What I Love about Pubs: Jennifer Wright

05-Apr-2006

Jennifer Wright, Edinburgh, on what she loves about pubs.It is with a fair amount of trepidation that I commit to paper the reasons for my love of...

Cumbrian pubs in line for grants

30-Mar-2006 By John Harrington

Grants are being offered to help rural pubs in Cumbria provide new services for their communities, in a ground-breaking tie-in between the trade and...

Smoke signal

23-Mar-2006

What impact will the smoking ban have on pubs? Our new series surveys the Scottish experience. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Scottish pubs...

Glasgow licensee stands up to proposed glass ban

16-Mar-2006

A Glasgow licensee is calling on pubs to make a stand against the city's proposed glass ban. Ken Storrie, licensee at the Pot Still in Glasgow, has...

Come with us

15-Mar-2006

Have you got behind The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign yet? Now's your chance.Almost six months in, and The Publican's Proud of Pubs campaign is...

Smoke-ban fog clears, allowing food to flourish

01-Mar-2006 By Jo Bruce

The news that smoking is to be banned in pubs from the summer of 2007 is, in my view, the fairest decision that could have been taken. A total ban...

CAMRA scheme to credit historical pubs

17-Feb-2006

Pubs with a special place in history are being recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).CAMRA has researched pubs across the country that have...

Searching questions

10-Feb-2006

A strict policy to only carry the most up to date info is the secret of the success of London pubs website Citypublife.It's a powerful marketing...

My Shout

17-Nov-2005

Tim Martin fears the politicians' approach to binge drinking is actually making matters worse It's difficult to fathom the underlying trends...

Trade slams 'madness' of smoking proposals

03-Nov-2005

Government contempt prompts dismay by Ewan Turney The Government has shown 'complete contempt' for the public in pushing ahead with its plan to ban...

Opinion - Jo Bruce, Editor

01-Nov-2005 By Jo Bruce

Smoking policy's a disaster for pubs What a howling shame that pub food is set to become the main victim of the Government's smoking-ban policy. In...

Smoking ban prompts fears of thousands of pub closures

27-Oct-2005

Thousands of pubs could be forced to close under the government's botched plans for a smoking ban.Trade leaders are already warning of the...

Smoking ban opens door

13-Oct-2005

to boom in food: Linacre by Natalie Cooper As many as 25,000 pubs at the bottom end of the tenanted market could be wiped out when the inevitable...

Even professors are knocking our pubs

13-Oct-2005

The media's attack on '24-hour opening' lays the blame for today's drinking problems squarely at the door of the battered and bruised British pub....

Urban pubs targeted by developers for conversion

11-Oct-2005

Recent sales of pubs in the London area suggest the redevelopment of licensed premises for use as housing continues to grow.Even requirements over...

Drink Talking: Jenny Jones

06-Oct-2005

Why I signed the Proud of Pubs Charter - and why I believe in my pubWe are professional licensees and have been running successful pubs for the past...

Campaign: Proud of Pubs

22-Sep-2005

The Publican is looking forward to its next 30 years with a major new campaign celebrating pubs - and we want your support. Daniel Pearce reports.The...

A seller's market

21-Sep-2005

Michelle Perrett takes a look at how the pub property industry has changed in the last 30 years.In 1975 Jaws hit our movie screens, Fawlty Towers was...

Image - it's all about you

15-Sep-2005

Andrew Pring, Editor Pubs have long seen themselves as a popular British institution. They've felt secure in the affections of their community,...

The MA's

08-Sep-2005

Top 20 UK Pubs 2005 Last year, the Morning Advertiser's first poll of the UK's top pubs as voted for by the industry was the talk of the trade....

Wetherspoon sales down across summer

02-Sep-2005

Wetherspoon has seen its like-for-like sales decline further across the summer, as competition from supermarkets and public concern about...

Survey roundup

25-Aug-2005

ROSIE DAVENPORT gives an overview of the key findings from our surveys over the past three weeks: the year ahead looks good for freehouses, most...

The rescuers

11-Aug-2005

CAMRA's new pub preservation initiative is all set on helping tight-knit communities hang on to their local pub. James Wilmore reports.In our...

New Camra initiative to halt rise in pub closures

04-Aug-2005

by John Harrington The number of pubs that are permanently closed every month has risen from 20 to 26 in the past five years, according to new...

Employment stays static

04-Aug-2005

While staffing levels in independent pubs haven't altered since the last survey, the number of licensees experiencing problems in retaining staff has...

Diamonds in the rough

07-Jul-2005

Wolverhampton & Dudley's Pathfinder division has big plans for its managed estate, including the 63 pubs it acquired from Wizard Inns last year,...

Marketing: Tourist trail

07-Jul-2005

The British pub attracts a lot of tourists. But are you marketing it in the right way?Let's be frank. If you were trying to sell the UK as a tourism...

Smoke ban proposals universally condemned

23-Jun-2005

The government's plans for a "half-way house" smoking ban, forcing pubs to choose between smokers and food, have been condemned by all...

H&W shifts into growth

23-Jun-2005

Dorset-based Hall & Woodhouse sold its soft drinks brands at the start of the year. The move means it can focus on expanding its tenanted...

Back-bar: Tobacco

03-Jun-2005

Licensees should be looking at cashing in on smoking trends.Whatever the government does to try to stop people smoking, it's going to be hard to...

Pub meals count for one in four out of the home

01-Jun-2005

Pubs now account for almost one in four meals eaten out of the home, according to new analysis of consumer eating habits.The Centre for Research into...

Refurbishment: Taking it one step at a time

26-Apr-2005

Planning a refurb can be a daunting prospect, just be sure to put time and thought into your decisions.When it comes to refurbishment, running a pub...

Year of the Dragon

14-Apr-2005

Sponsorship of the Welsh rugby side during its Grand Slam triumph put Brains well and truly in the spotlight. Adrian Tierney-Jones takes a closer...

An acquired taste

12-Apr-2005

Having just completed a major deal with British Waterways, Lorna Harrison finds S&NPE is not prepared to tread water over future acquisitions.Two...

Drink Talk: Dan Slark

08-Apr-2005

"There are many examples of pubs which thrive because they get their consumer propositions right" says Dan Slark, director of specialist marketing...

What is the future for Pub Food?

01-Apr-2005

Food report on the future of Pub Food

It's all on a platter

31-Mar-2005

Pubs that blend with restaurant-style catering are onto a perfect combo. Be quick to snap up likely sites as demand is high, reveals TONY HALSTEAD...

With summer on the horizon, and pubs moving towards indoor s

17-Mar-2005

It's rare for a licensee to have 16-acres of land to play with. But for Paul Brady, who found himself in exactly that position at the Cheshire Cat in...

Though the Daily Mail hysteria has abated, its malign effect

17-Feb-2005

Levying taxes on a whole swathe of pubs if one of them is consistently misbehaving seems the logic of the madhouse. Why should those who retail...

Durham council offers pubs incentive to grow

10-Feb-2005

by John Harrington The man who was picked to run a council scheme to help pubs has been suspended for suggesting that licensees are "inward-looking"...

Pubs accused of using loud music to encourage drinking

03-Feb-2005

Pubs that play loud music are being told it is nothing more than a ploy to encourage people to drink more.According to a survey in the Evening...

JDW to ban smoking across estate by 2006

27-Jan-2005

by John Harrington JD Wetherspoon is to ban smoking in all of its 650 pubs by May 2006 because too many non-smokers are staying away from smoky...

Shouting for pubs

12-Jan-2005

National Pubs Week is coming up fast - and organiser CAMRA is urging YOU to get involved. Chief executive Mike Benner tells Daniel Pearce how.No one...

Punch sells 545 InnSpired pubs

09-Dec-2004

Punch is to sell 545 of the pubs it bought from InnSpired in September to a new company, Pubfolio, for £162.5m or £300,000 each. The deal, for a...

16,000 pubs will have to stop serving food

25-Nov-2004

BBPA claims nearly one in three pubs will become drinking dens by Ewan Turney The Government's smoking ban proposals will force 16,000 pubs ...

Smoking ban is inadequate

25-Nov-2004

How did the Government manage to so completely screw up the smoking in pubs issue? It's hard to believe that ministers and senior civil servants ...

Smoking: the middle way

25-Nov-2004

There's no two ways around it, the Government's proposals for smoking in pubs don't make sense, as thousands of licensees are keen to tell them. Why...