St Patrick

Irish eyes: St Patrick's Day, Cheltenham races and Six Nations rugby victories helped the on-trade last week (credit: Getty/wundervisuals)

St Patrick’s Day trumps final Six Nations weekend

By Gary Lloyd

A bumper week saw pubs take advantage of Cheltenham races, St Patrick’s Day, the Six Nations rugby tournament and Mother’s Day with the Irish patron day running out a clear winner.

Planning ahead: operators need to differentiate their offer

Drinks planning: flavours of the months

By Michelle Perrett

January is traditionally not the easiest month in which to attract punters to the pub, but licensees should view it as an opportunity by finding the right drinks to sell – and the same goes for many other events throughout the upcoming 12 months.

Consider music, drinks and entertainment on St Patrick's Day

GP Generator: St Patrick's Day

By Phil Mellows

Licensees should work hard on their St Patrick’s Day offer and consider music and entertainment options ahead of the big day in March. The Publican's Morning Advertiser shares some top tips from the experts.

The luck of the Irish... and Scottish

The luck of the Irish... and Scottish

A Scottish pub will be hoping the luck of the Irish is with it when it attempts to break two UK records to mark this year’s St Patrick’s Day.

Making the most of St Patrick's Day

Making the most of St Patrick's Day

By Sheila McWattie

For those willing to put in the hard yards and prepare for it, St Patrick’s Day can provide licensees with one of the busiest days of their year. Sheila McWattie reports.

Guinness: New PoS kits for St Patrick's Day

Diageo customises Guinness PoS kits

By Robyn Lewis

Recipes, business tips and music CDs form part of the revamped Guinness kits for this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations. Brand owner Diageo has...

THE GUV'NOR

THE GUV'NOR

Paul Clerehugh St Patrick's Day should lead to stuffed tills, says the licensee of the Crooked Billet in Stoke Rowe, Oxfordshire In Dublin's fair...

Great craic!

Great craic!

St Patrick's Day falls on a Friday this year, so why not make a full weekend of it?St Patrick's Day 2006 is set for craic like no other. Not only...

Emerald smiles

Emerald smiles

Ben McFarland looks at how to make St Patrick's Day festivities go with a bang.You've got to feel a little sorry for the other saints at this time of...