Rain

TV weatherman legend backs Fuller's free pints giveaway

06-Feb-2017 By Helen Gilbert

Fuller's has signed former weatherman Michael Fish as the face of a new campaign that promises to give punters a free pint of London Pride whenever it rains in the capital. 

Pimm's summer campaign goes digital

24-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Diageo has launched a new sensor driven Pimm’s marketing campaign in London. The system uses a network to collect smartphone data from within participating pubs to measure the level of busyness and displaying the data on digital posters directing customers...

Fuller's repairs on track in heatwave

31-Jul-2013 By John Harrington

Fuller’s has caught up on the repairs programme and trading that was disrupted by last year’s summer rain as its pubs revelled in the current heatwave.

Don’t be complacent, plan for the summer

18-May-2012 By Steve Haslam

What a difference a year makes — and I’m not talking about the economy, changes in legislation or anything else directly related to the industry. No, it’s the great British weather. April 2011 saw wall-to-wall sunshine, Easter, Mothers’ Day and a royal...

Prepare pubs' outside areas or risk losing trade

26-Apr-2012 By David Elliott

It is somewhat ironic that as soon as the recent drought orders had been announced, it seems like the rain hasn’t stopped falling! While all the nation’s farmers and gardeners will be delighted, the rainfall produces challenges and, of course, opportunities...

Hot ideas for the chilly days of winter

28-Oct-2011 By Steve Haslam

So summer has ebbed away and despite the dreams of all those who fantasised about 16 weeks of cracking weather — me included — once again it didn’t happen.

Mark Daniels: April Showers

01-Apr-2010

Has anybody noticed how winter just doesn't seem to want to go away? (To readers in the north of England and Scotland, that will seem like a...

Mark Daniels: Gillian Merron - You're a bit wrong

25-Feb-2010

I love it when Government ministers make sweeping statements that have no basis in fact at all. Today, public health minister Gillian Merron MP made...

Summer sales don't have to be rained off

06-Aug-2009 By Stephen Oliver

Every rain cloud has a silver lining if you can just turn your mind to it, says Stephen Oliver.

Britain set for stonking summer

30-Apr-2009 By John Harrington

It's not all bad news for pubs, then. Britain's weather is set to be better than average this summer, according to the Met Office. The long-range...

Shading solutions for summer

28-Apr-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

We've been promised good weather this summer - at long last. With two terrible ones behind us, there's no doubt that customers will be itching to get...

Here comes the sun —hopefully

10-Jul-2008

Long days and summer holidays are good for trade and we could really do with a sunny summer. But what if it's terrible again — how can I make the...

Amanda Green: Flood recovery update

02-Nov-2007

It's a bit on the stressful side at the moment. We're not quite on target to open, but we're doing it anyway. We've had some last-minute issues which...

Wet weather worse than smoke ban

16-Aug-2007

It was the smoking ban that the pub trade feared. But wet weather has had a bigger impact on trade this summer. Tony Halstead reports Licensees are...

Autumn gardens: Fill that awning gap

17-Sep-2004

Licensees are trying various methods to extend outdoor use.It sounds like the perfect riposte to the contradictory British weather - the heated...

Bank Holiday fails to raise pub profits

28-Aug-2002

Trading over the Bank Holiday weekend has failed to make up for what has been a wet and gloomy summer for many licensees.Despite reports of a £525m...