The Labour Club in Tony Blair's constituency is to close after suffering from the effects of the smoking ban and cheap supermarket beer. The Trimdon...
A licensee who was jailed after failing to pay fines for letting people smoke in his pub has been released after serving less than two weeks of a six...
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...
The Government is set to review whether the smoking ban should be extended to include areas such as entrances to buildings and beer gardens. The move has been slammed as "totally draconian" by one campaigner.
Consultation, in Nu-Labour parlance, means "we'll pretend to listen to you then we'll do whatever the hell we want". If you're lucky you may even get...
On the face of it a surplus of pubs seems the obvious response. In these economic times (and yes, Pete, the smoking ban) there is less and less money...
I realise I am flying in the face of popular opinion, particularly amongst the writers of opinion that grace the forum pages, but I am utterly of the...
Indeed up until two years ago I could count on one hand the number of pub closures that have occurred within my lifetime in the area that I live. Yet...
Hamish Champ is away on his hols and has asked if I would step into the breach and pen a few words for the next couple of Mondays in his absence. I'd...
CAMRA awards diluted by lack of pubs CAMRA can't find enough candidates for prizes as public houses close at record rate. For the first time in more...
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for "civil disobedience" over what it says are plans to ban smoking from all public places, including beer gardens.
Yawning, I looked about me and wondered, not for the first time that morning, just what the hell I was doing. Sitting there in stationary traffic on...
One year earlier the Publican's own Hamish Champ was proudly reporting UK pub turnover about to hit a five-year peak, with continued growth predicted...
A promise to investigate the beer tie, cut duty on beer and allow licensees to decide on their own smoking policy — that's all in UKIP's pub manifesto.
A Lancashire pub has launched a 98p pint to highlight the "stupidity" of Wetherspoon's 99p a pint deal — the offer is the brainchild of well known licensee Nick Hogan.
Licensees could save thousands of pounds in rates if they can prove their business has been directly affected by the smoking ban. And pubs that have...
Rateable values could be reduced to take into account the smoking ban's impact on potential trade, new guidance from the Valuation Office Agency suggests.
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
