21-Apr-2017 By Georgina Townshend
As St George’s Day celebrations commence up and down the country this weekend, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has called on Brits and UK ambassadors across the world to “raise a glass” to all the wine and spirit makers across England’s 'green...
29-Apr-2016 By Oli Gross
A licensee was left outraged when a supposed caller from the local council ordered her to cover a giant painted St George’s cross on the front of her pub, but the call appears to have been a hoax.
EVENT IDEAS
02-Apr-2015 By Daniel Woolfson
Daniel Woolfson looks at how operators are planning to capitalise on St George’s Day.
31-Mar-2014 By Sheila McWattie
The PMA takes a look at some of the special events being planned by pubs
24-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black
Bombardier is calling for St George’s Day to be made a bank holiday.
14-Jan-2014 By Robyn Black
Rugby proves the biggest inspiration for this week's raft of new beers.
Punch encourages lessees to celebrate St George's Day
15-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns has been encouraging its tenants and lessees to make the most of St George's Day, by sending them a pack with tips, ideas and POS. A...
31-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett & Tony Halstead
With Easter, St George's Day and the royal wedding coming up Tony Halstead and Michelle Perrett look at how to make the most of events.
10-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black
Bombardier beer is again putting its might behind St George's Day with a new campaign aimed at boosting the pub trade around Saturday, 23 April. And...
24-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for driving sales at your pub including fish Fridays, a St George's Day menu and a tapas night.
Trade gets behind St George's Day
23-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
Brewers and licensees are pulling out the stops for St George's Day today with a range of activities - including raising money for charity. Bedford...
St George's Day Focus: Think of England
08-Apr-2010 By Katie Coyne
Hunting Dragons is thirsty work, as regulars at the Reformation in Gallowstree, Oxfordshire, will tell you. On April 23, the pub gets right into the...
31-Mar-2010 By Sonya Hook
Hook Norton celebrates St George's Day by bringing its 303AD back to the bar — named after the date of St George's death.
17-Mar-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Robyn Lewis looks at ways to use English brands and traditions to make St George's Day an event to remember.
10-Mar-2010 By Sonya Hook
Bombardier is providing UK pubs with kits in the run-up to St George's Day, supported by its biggest campaign for the brand to date. Merchandise in...
Happy St George's Day!
23-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The MA would like to wish all of its readers a Happy St George's Day — and would like to know how you are celebrating. View St George's video here.
St George's Day celebrations underway
23-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country have already been getting into the St George's Day spirit.Earle Law (pictured) is among those making the most of the...
Beef up St George's Day with free promotional kit
08-Apr-2009
Serving up English beef is a great way for pubs to mark St George's Day.EBLEX has created a themed promotional kit for pubs, which also gives them...
New premium burger from Linden Foods
30-Mar-2009
Pubs looking to add a patrotic touch to St George's Day menus are being offered a solution by Northern Ireland based Linden Foods.The St George's...
29-Jan-2009 By Robyn Lewis
JD Wetherspoon has unveiled two of a raft of guest ales planned for this spring. The company will add Honey Dipper ale to celebrate Fairtrade...
Pubs enjoy bumper St George's
01-May-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
250,000 extra pints of Bombardier sent out The trade's biggest ever St George's Day celebrations put the smiles back on the faces of the country's...
23-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Pubs set to toast St George and England at 930pm tonight with a beer
Fifteenth century menu celebrates St George
23-Apr-2008
'Stekys of bef' and grains of paradise were among the unusual ingredients on a special St George's Day menu served up by EBLEX.Guests including...
Marc Allinson: Flying the flag for St George
18-Apr-2008
From a very young age until I left home to go to university, I was a member of the Scout movement. One of the highlights of the year for my parents,...
15-Apr-2008
Marston's has launched its own St George's Day ale - Dragon's Tale. The brewer and operator is putting its full weight behind the MA's call for all...
Dragon's Tale launched to mark St George's Day
15-Apr-2008
Marston's is gearing up for St George's Day celebrations on April 23 and has launched a guest beer for the occasion. A company spokesman said...
St George's Day: Enter the dragon!
15-Apr-2008
Time to put the flags out - St George's Day is only a week or so away, and pubs looking to make it a profitable occasion should have little problem...
St George's Day: What's on at the pub?
15-Apr-2008
With St George's Day falling on a Wednesday this year, many pubs are choosing to base a full week of activity around the event, or relocate the main...
A taste of olde England
10-Apr-2008
Susan Nowak focuses on winning beer and food combos for St George's Day I'm sure you've all got 23 April ringed in your diaries as St George's Day....
St George's Day: Good old British beef
09-Apr-2008
Being a Turk, St George himself was probably quite partial to a kebab with a splash of chilli sauce, but we shouldn't let that stop us celebrating...
Oh what a knight!
03-Apr-2008
With less than three weeks to go, Adrian Tierney-Jones finds out how licensees across the land are preparing to make the most of St George's Day...
Saintly pub grub ideas
27-Mar-2008
Richard Fox looks at food options to boost sales for St George's Day Bar snacks: These days Scotch eggs, pickled eggs and pickled onions may not be...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
20-Mar-2008
Bombardier The beer known as the "Drink of England" is on the hunt to find the nation's ultimate icon. Wells Bombardier is giving everyone the chance...
Roll out the banners
28-Feb-2008
Pubs have less than eight weeks to prepare their festivities for 23 April - and there are plenty of ways to pull in puntersfundraising to help our...
Plan your campaign
14-Feb-2008
With England's national day less than 10 weeks away, pubs need to start planning now to make the most of 23 April Backed once again by Wells &...
Rallying behind St George
31-Jan-2008
What's red, white and busy all over? The answer - with a bit of creativity and planning - could be your pub on 23 April The push to make St George's...
Raising a glass to St George
17-May-2007
Thousands of pubs across the country painted the town red last month with the St George's cross flying high in honour of England's patron saint A...
A great occasion, by George!
02-May-2007
MANY PUBS around the country celebrated St George's Day a couple of weeks back, but few will have done it with quite the same gusto as the Head of...
Top trade day for St George
26-Apr-2007
Pubs celebrating St George's Day reported bumper trade and urged other hosts to get involved next year. Licensees who made St George the patron saint...
When the smoke clears
19-Apr-2007
It's the last chance saloon for a judicial review of the smoking ban, says Phil Dixon The man was down to his last bullet. He looked across at his...
Pubs ready to do St George proud
19-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs are gearing up for a bumper St George's Day this coming Monday. Licensees across the nation are planning to make St George the patron saint of...
Unite now behind St George
12-Apr-2007
Less than two weeks to go now until St George's Day, and the chance for pubs to unite the nation by celebrating this splendid occasion in ways that...
St George's Day: eat for England
05-Apr-2007
What should you serve on St George's Day? Dragon would seem to be the obvious choice for April 23 menus, but it's hard to source.In fact, as reported...
Dragon customers out for St George's
05-Apr-2007
Anybody got a spare dragon? Pauline Davey, licensee of the award-winning Master Robert village pub at Buriton in Hampshire, is hunting the beast as...
St George's Day: raise a glass on April 23
05-Apr-2007
Bombardier, arguably the drink that has over recent years made the biggest effort to associate itself with St George's Day, is trying to organise a...
St George's Day: get organised!
05-Apr-2007
MANY PUBLICANS will be familiar with the potential of events such as St Patrick's Day and Burns Night to drive customers into their outlet, but how...
Win a St George's Day makeover
05-Apr-2007
Liven up your pub on St George's Day with a makeover from the online party people at Partydelights.co.uk - they are giving away three party packs...
Sign up now to hail St George
05-Apr-2007 By John Harrington John.Harrington@william-reed.co.u
Licensees and pub-goers are urged to raise their glass in unison to our patron saint to mark St George's Day. Organisers of the St George's Day...
Keeping it English
29-Mar-2007
St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...
Firing the imagination
15-Mar-2007
Susan Nowak looks at ideas for maximising the beer-with-food opportunity for St George's Day Slay 'em on St George's Day with an inspired mix 'n'...
