28-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) has appointed a consultant to help local authorities tackle underage drinking.
Tesco to develop derelict pub
09-Jun-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Tesco is set to redevelop and open a derelict Grade II pub if given permission by planners. The supermarket giant is planning to refurbish the Horse...
Adam Fowle
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Adam Fowle acting chief executive, Mitchells & Butlers (17) Why he is on the list: Fowle has been catapulted to the top of the M&B tree after...
BII NITA overall winner crowned
15-May-2009
Scottish independent retail chain CJ Lang has been crowned 2008 BII NITA Supreme Award winner.The retailer picked up the award at this week's BII...
Retail Response nets TCG deal
07-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
EPoS provider Retail Response has signed a deal to supply hardware support services to all 138 Tattershall Castle Group (TCG) outlets.
20-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A town-centre bar in Bedford has been sold to make way for a new Tesco store. Acting on behalf of Advantage Licensed Retailer, Davis Coffer Lyons...
Tesco denies it is targeting pub sites
10-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
Supermarket giant Tesco has denied it is deliberately targeting pub sites to convert into stores. A Mail on Sunday story claimed the supermarket...
An age check too far?
04-Mar-2009
The launch of Challenge 25 by the UK retail industry has set off alarm bells for many licensees.The new standard requires retailers to ask people who...
Retailers launch Challenge 25
15-Jan-2009
The retail industry is launching new measures to prevent the sale of alcohol by and for under-18s.Under the new initiative, Challenge 25, people over...
13-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
UK retailers suffered the worst Christmas on record, confirming that the year ahead is likely to be the toughest in living memory. Despite the...
High Street sales "truly dreadful", says retail trade group
13-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported the worst set of High Street sales figures since it began surveying the market 14 years ago.Last...
Minimum price calls backed by Sheffield study
04-Dec-2008
A stiff minimum price on alcohol set by the government would have a major impact on problem drinkers, according to university researchers.The...
Ex-Asda chief calls for on and off-trade unity
20-Nov-2008
"It's a great mistake to think it is an on-trade versus off-trade issue. If you carry on down this road of "on versus off" you will lose."Strong...
Zonal Retail Data Systems makes 16 redundant
20-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
EPOS technology supplier Zonal Retail Data Systems is to cut its 180-strong workforce by just under 10 per cent as the market for its services...
20-Nov-2008 By John Harrington
BII Licensee of the Year Chris Lewis bemoans the return of cheap drinks deals at pubs and clubs, including all-inclusives
17-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
The BII has unveiled its shortlist for the 2008 National Industry Training Awards (NITAs).
The perfect consumer experience
17-Jul-2008 By MA reporter
Pub in the Park will play host to a fantastic range of competitions that you can sign up to for your pub and your customers. These range from...
Mark Daniels: Muddying the waters
09-Jul-2008
On holiday last month, my wife found an excuse to drag us all into a shopping centre to have a browse around the local superstores. This is something...
25 Tim Sykes
29-May-2008
chairman, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; chairman, Interpub (new entry)
19 Rob Hayward chief executive, British Beer & Pub Association (19) Mark Hastings director, British Beer & Pub Association (19) Nick Bish chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (19) Paul Smith chief executive, Noctis (27) Jo
29-May-2008
Why they are on the list: These five individuals are the sector's key spokespeople. Hayward and Bish head up two of the industry's best-known trade...
Mark Daniels: Tesco - not so super on underage sales
22-Apr-2008
Like many publicans, I've long lamented the fact that supermarkets are one of the major culprits behind the bad press the on-trade receives. So often...
Weather, Honeycombe and smoking ban take their toll on Cains
10-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Cains Beer Company, the AIM-listed brewer, has been reported a pre-tax loss of £2.77m for 2007 and in line with other operators remains "cautious"...
Supermarket inquiry means better deal for suppliers
15-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
Drinks firms and brewers should be better protected in their dealings with the major supermarkets, after new measures were announced by the...
18-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
ADZs must be scrapped or at least a level playing field on charges introduced
08-Jan-2008
ALMR urges licensing minister to take action on cheap supermarket booze
07-Jan-2008
A JD Wetherspoon pub is to close for three days after it served underage drinkers on two separate occasions. The Lynd Cross in Horsham, Sussex will...
Greene King celebrates top prize at the BII NITAs
07-Dec-2007
Greene King Pub Partners and Charles Wells Pub Company are among the pubcos celebrating after taking top prizes at the BII NITA training awards.The...
'Coffee shops set to double in numbers'
03-Sep-2007
Persistent rain, flooding and the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease have hit the incomes of farmers and other country-based businesses, retailers,...
What the papers say - June 25, 2007
25-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Sales of fine wines costing £20 or more continued to help drive growth at Majestic Wines last year. The wines and spirits retailer said that pre-tax...
08-Jun-2007
The Home Office, police and BII have agreed a joint approach to develop the highly successful Best Bar None initiative. The scheme will come under...
BII to put Best Bar None on national stage
08-Jun-2007
A new move to put the Best Bar None (BBN) scheme on a national stage is being spearheaded by the BII. Together with the Home Office and Greater...
Challenge-25 example set by Asda
10-May-2007
Asda is trialling a Challenge-25 scheme at 10 stores in Scotland and has called on its off-trade rivals to follow suit. The supermarket giant already...
Punch promises to bed in retail code
25-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Punch Taverns has promised to take steps to ensure its staff adhere to its updated code of practice between the tenant and pubco. Two weeks ago the...
16-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns is taking steps to ensure all its staff adhere to the terms of its updated retail charter. The pubco's charter is one of four codes of...
Up to the individual
20-Mar-2007
Morrisons has become the latest supermarket giant to respond to The Publican's Dump the Deals campaign.The letter, from licensed trades director of...
14-Mar-2007
Mansfield's bars pay for 300 staff to receive training
Sainsbury's chief stands by company's record
01-Mar-2007
One of the biggest names in supermarkets has made a personal response to the accusations made by The Publican's Dump the Deals campaign.Sainsbury's...
Epub: no frills EPoS is here
15-Jan-2007
Punch transfer tenants taking over former Spirit managed houses have been rejecting the pub's existing EPoS for a new, cheaper 'no frills' system -...
28-Sep-2006 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets are encouraging binge-drinking by selling cheap booze, two more submissions to the Competition Commission have claimed. A submission...
Ministers plan to raise legal smoking age to 18
06-Jul-2006 By Ewan Turney
The Government wants to raise the legal age for buying tobacco to 18 - and ban pubs and shops that breach the law from selling tobacco at all. The...
04-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Punch Taverns is hoping to help its licensees make the most of this summer's World Cup extravaganza. The pubco is offering licensees a Profit Through...
Drink Talking: Tom Fender
27-Feb-2006
Pubs need to face up to reality - and adapt or die, says Tom Fender, managing director of retail research company him!Jack Welch said "if the change...
Trade's own identity crisis
09-Feb-2006
With authorities encouraging 'bait' in underage sting operations to lie and use fake ID, BII chief JOHN McNAMARA says it is vital that all pub staff...
What the Sunday papers said
04-Sep-2005
High Street sales fell for a sixth consecutive month in August, according to the British Retail Consortium-KPMG sales monitor. Like-for-like sales...
New era' paves way for off-trade to join BII
13-Jan-2005
by John Harrington The British Institute of Innkeep-ing to be known in future as simply the BII is now offering membership to the off-trade as...
Well done on responsible drinks awards'
02-Dec-2004
I write regarding the Morning Advertiser Respon-sible Drinks Retailing Awards, which took place in London on 17 November. First of all, may I...
EPoS and Chip & PIN: Ready to roll...
28-Oct-2004
Every licensee can benefit from installing an EPoS system, and with many of them incorporating Chip & PIN, now is the time, writes Phil...
Ex-S&N boss sets sights on £600m Premier Lodge
05-Mar-2004
Bob Ivell, the former boss of Scottish & Newcastle Retail (S&N), is lining up a bid for budget hotel chain Premier Lodge.He is thought to be...
Ivell double winner at Retailers awards
04-Mar-2004
Bob Ivell, the former chairman of Scottish & Newcastle Retail, won two awards at the sixth annual Retailers' Retailer of the Year Awards. Ivell...
Supplier demand
21-Nov-2003
Are you working in partnership with your suppliers? By Peter Segal of srcg, a consultancy specialising in retail strategy, category development and...
