Wetherspoon profits hit by smoking plans
09-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon's investment in no-smoking initiatives will hit the group's full year profits, it announced today.Updating the market on its third...
LETTERs
03-May-2007
High cost of freedom As the smoking ban draws nearer, the discussions around my bar go on. I don't think the Government has thought about the...
Marketing & promotions: Reaching the rejectors
03-May-2007
There is no question that come the smoking ban the majority of adults in Britain will be aware of its broadest implications. As a result, some of...
Kitted out for the ban
02-May-2007
In the run-up to the smoking ban a focus on food sales has been widely touted as the way to offset the probable decrease in wet sales.Pubs whose...
Punch Taverns issues smoke ban ultimatum
01-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns retailers in England who do not prepare for the smoking ban and then see trade suffer after July 1 will find little sympathy from the...
Back to basics: air quality after the smoking ban
01-May-2007
If there's one thing that will be missed about smoky pubs it's that the tobacco masked all kinds of unpleasant smells. Licensees in Scotland have...
30-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Opponents of the smoking ban in Northern Ireland have slammed the introduction of the new law. Simon Clark, director of the smokers' lobby group...
Chris Maclean:get ready for the smoke ban
27-Apr-2007 By Chris Maclean
This morning I received in the post a pamphlet from the brewery outlining the position regarding smoking in pubs.Remarkably I am still getting people...
26-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns plans to take a less sympathetic approach to tenants who have failed to prepare for the smoking ban, according to KBC Peel Hunt analyst...
Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections
18-Apr-2007
An Inverness licensee who claims he is "certain" to be a member of the Scottish Parliament blames a year of the smoking ban for this month's closure...
16-Apr-2007
An anti-smoking group says the smoking ban in Ireland has cut air pollution in pubs and improved bar-workers' health. The study by the Research...
13-Apr-2007 By John Harrington
Actors are to be used to teach licensees how to cope with the smoking ban in parts of Lancashire next week. Role-plays will give advice on issues...
Councils unco-operative over Wales smoking ban
04-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Planning authorities in Wales have been un-cooperative in helping pubs prepare for the smoking ban, licensees have told thepublican.com. The...
What the papers say April 3rd, 2007
03-Apr-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Labour's promise to make rowdy pubs and clubs pay for the disturbance they cause has been quietly shelved. So-called Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZ)...
Bullish market in Birmingham
30-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
The West Midlands is no different to the rest of the country in seeing a shortage of freehold pubs available. However demand remains high with some...
Vendors frustrated
29-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
The impending smoking ban and banks refusing to lend on leasehold purchases are just two of the frustrations facing vendors, according to a...
What the daily papers say - March 26, 2007
26-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Scotland's smoking ban has been hailed as the most important development in public health for a generation, as research predicts up to 22,000 people...
23-Mar-2007
The Government has stepped up its campaign to prepare the country for the smoking ban as there are only 100 days left until the 1 July start date....
23-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney
Hosts should not underestimate the impact good quality beer can have on driving profits after the smoking ban, according to cask-ale think tank Why...
100 day countdown to smoke ban
23-Mar-2007
Health Minister Caroline Flint has launched the 100 day countdown to the smoking ban in England. The minister has encouraged pubs to get prepared for...
One year on: the Scottish smoking ban
22-Mar-2007
Three-hundred-and-sixty-five days into the smoking ban, pubs north of the border are experiencing mixed fortunes.The ban in Scotland has hit some...
NewsDigest
22-Mar-2007
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan will be answering questions on the smoking ban in London next week. He will talk alongside chief medical officer...
Scottish pubs under threat from smoking ban
22-Mar-2007
Pubs in Scotland are under threat a year on from the smoking ban, says the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA). The claims that a smoking ban...
Marston's prepares to steam clean its Welsh pubs
22-Mar-2007
Licensees in Wales are preparing to push a new broom through their pubs when the smoking ban comes in next week.With the legislation due to be...
Kick out the kids - right now
22-Mar-2007
There's a real chance that hundreds of pubs could be closed this summer, and facing big fines. The smoking ban? No, this is nothing to do with...
Machines under a smoking ban
21-Mar-2007
The pub industry has learned some valuable lessons since the smoking ban in Scotland came into force last year. With implementation due in England...
Focus: refurbishment & interiors
19-Mar-2007
Licensees across much of the UK will be seriously considering spending money on their pub this year - if they haven't done so already.The reason is,...
Greene King out to attract 'pub virgins'
15-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A new kit has been released to help Greene King pubs plan for the smoking ban - and tell their customers and "pub virgins" about the changes....
Plastic glasses will not work
15-Mar-2007
This trade just does not get any easier. As if supermarket pricing and the smoking ban weren't challenges enough, we now learn our leading policemen...
Licensing@aol.com
15-Mar-2007
Police smoking ban QAt a recent meeting of our Pubwatch, the police representative informed us that, following the smoking ban, customers would not...
13-Mar-2007
A new kit has been released to help Greene King pubs plan for the smoking ban - and tell their customers about the changes. Template press releases,...
Greene King launches smoking support for pubs
13-Mar-2007
Greene King has launched a marketing support package to help its pubs grab hold of the opportunities following the smoking ban on July 1. The...
More 40-something women heading to the pub after smoke ban
13-Mar-2007
'Pub virgins' are set to flock to pubs this summer when the smoking ban comes into force, a new survey has found. Greene King has revealed that...
Risky business
13-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
The smoking ban will undoubtedly have a large number of knock-on effects on pubs - and some that licensees may not even have considered yet....
Publican Live: smoking solutions
13-Mar-2007
There is little doubt as to the main issue on the minds of licensees across the UK in the spring of 2007: the smoking ban.While it is a challenge for...
In the hands of the pub companies...or the gods?
08-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
As I was boarding the Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast ride in Disneyland Paris with my seven-year-old son last week (for the umpteenth time), my colleague...
The other side of the story
08-Mar-2007
Theme magazine found what it believes is the Rolls-Royce of smoking areas on a fact-finding trip to Ireland - where smoking has been banned since...
07-Mar-2007
Solicitor claims judicial review could result in delay
06-Mar-2007
An Edinburgh licensee who claims he has been forced out of business by the smoking ban has warned that more bars will follow. James Hickman said he...
Police set to clamp down over smoking ban
06-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
Pubs with late licences are being urged to check their conditions to ensure they avoid prosecution over the smoking ban. Warwickshire Police has...
05-Mar-2007
Unintended consequences fear
Cigarette manufacturer says Scottish smoke ban has hit sales
05-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Gallaher, the UK cigarette manufacturer, says that sales of its cigarettes in Scotland have fallen by four per cent in the wake of the smoking ban...
What the Sunday papers said
04-Mar-2007
Alcohol and tobacco could be ranked as more dangerous than the class-A drug ecstasy if the government adopts recommendations to reclassify drugs...
Wetherspoon sounds cautious note
02-Mar-2007
JD Wetherspoon has warned the City that rising costs and sluggish consumer demand could put the brakes on its growth.Reporting like-for-like sales...
EPub: all-weather TV screens
27-Feb-2007
Taking your indoors outdoors is a big issue for a pub industry faced with a smoking ban. Why should smoking customers have a poorer quality...
26-Feb-2007
Daniel Thwaites has held a string of roadshows designed to inform its licensees about the smoking ban. The brewer has also produced a brochure which...
Question time
23-Feb-2007
As many questions were left in the air as answers over the implications of the smoking ban during the Welsh legs of a series of BII roadshows...
Smoke ban will cost S&N '£10m in profit'
22-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Brewer Scottish & Newcastle has forecast that the smoking ban will cost it £10m in profit as the on-trade beer market declines by 5% in 2007....
Open approach
22-Feb-2007
Making optimum use of outdoor space has never been more essential. Being prepared for the ban saves money, time and energy - and retains custom With...
Letting rooms exempt from smoking ban
22-Feb-2007
Letting rooms will be one of few areas exempt from the blanket ban on smoking, delegates were told at the BII's series of roadshows They are classed...
