'Britvic pub sales suffer as drinkers cut back'
25-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Britvic, the British soft drinks maker, today reported revenue up 29.9 per cent in the first nine months of its financial year, but cautioned that...
Inquiry launched into Licensing Act
18-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
A new parliamentary inquiry looking into the effects of the Licensing Act has been launched today. The Culture, Media and Sport committee, chaired by...
Under the Kopparberg tree
10-Jul-2008
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg will bring its One Big Tree initiative to both Camp Bestival and Scotland's Connect Festival this summer. One Big...
MP furore over Cocaine
10-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey jessica.harvey@william-reed.co.uk
EDM condemns new stimulant soft drink The UK launch of the controversially named high-caffeine drink Cut Cocaine, revealed exclusively by the Morning...
History repeating?
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
Being a young 'un - OK, relatively speaking - I only know of Harold MacMillan's famous quote about British people never having had it so good via...
Murphy foreign satellite case heads to Europe
26-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
The judges presiding over Karen Murphy's landmark High Court foreign satellite appeal have today referred the case to Europe. It follows a decision...
Scotland crackdown
19-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Minimum pricing, levy and age limit planned Scotland's draconian alcohol crackdown "provides an agenda for action" for the rest of the UK. That's...
Publicans welcome move to permit breastfeeding
18-Jun-2008
Publicans have given a cautious welcome to a move to give new mothers the legal right to breastfeed in pubs and other public places. A new Single...
The Polish pull
05-Jun-2008
With the rate of Polish migrant workers entering the UK slowing, what does the future hold for Polish beers? asks Noli Dinkovski
12 Jeremy Blood
29-May-2008
managing director, Scottish & Newcastle UK (24)
Guinness and Bushmills to sponsor Lions
28-May-2008
Guinness and Bushmills have today been announced as commercial partners of the British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa in 2009. Guinness, as...
Fair Pint wants pubcos to share closure facts
27-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A campaign group has urged pubcos to release numbers of its pub forfeitures and surrenders over the last three years. Fair Pint wants to see the...
27-May-2008 By MA reporter
Euro 2008 is looming up but neither England nor any of the other Home Nations are in it. I'm a sports pub but I'm not sure my customers will want to...
27-May-2008 By MA reporter
Euro 2008 is looming up but neither England or any of the other Home Nations are in it. I'm a sports pub but I'm not sure my customers will want to...
SIA under further attack for delays
14-May-2008
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has slammed the Security Industry Authority for failing to address delays in its registration...
Pub takings set to fall until 2009
12-May-2008
Pub revenues are forecast to decline by three per cent in real terms this year as ongoing economic uncertainty and rising costs took their toll on...
Britain tops drinks tax table
09-May-2008
Brits are the most heavily taxed drinkers in the European Union, according to research from a leading trade body.The Association of Licensed Multiple...
08-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Inbev has reported a 4.1% increase in beer volumes in the UK for the first quarter of 2008 compared to last year despite an overall "difficult" start...
07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg warns further price increases are planned for the year ahead after reporting a 1% drop in beer volumes
Join in with the second Proud of Pubs Week
01-May-2008
The countdown to the second Proud of Pubs Week is on!Last July saw more than 100 MPs visit pubs during Proud of Pubs Week, just after the launch of...
21-Apr-2008
Foreign satellite cards "threaten the lifeblood of English football" according to the Premier League (PL). The claim came at a landmark legal battle...
Scots pub ordered to stop using foreign satellite gear
10-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A third Scottish licensee has been ordered by a judge to stop showing live Premier League football using foreign satellite equipment. Lord Drummond...
Business failures rise as credit crunch tightens
07-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
The number of UK business failures has increased for the first time in more than a year, as the credit crunch tightens its grip on the...
Cobra signs TV deal with Dave
27-Mar-2008
Lager brand Cobra has signed a one-year deal to be the main prime-time sponsor on UKTV channel Dave. Under the £2m-plus deal, Cobra Beer will become...
'Bank of England to cut interest rates'
27-Mar-2008
The Bank of England has signalled it is ready to cut interest rates further and give ground to British banks' demands to do more to resolve their...
One in 70 Scottish pubs closed in the last six months
13-Mar-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 80 pubs have closed in Scotland in the last six months, according to the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SPBA). The figures were...
'Miller Brands defends S&N in price row'
10-Mar-2008
Scottish & Newcastle's most upmarket competitor in Scotland, Miller Brands UK, has defended its rival's recently-announced decision to pass on...
Foreign satellite supplier could face jail
06-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
A supplier of foreign satellite football equipment is facing jail after pleading guilty to eight charges of supplying decoder cards to pubs. Mark...
05-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Decoder card supplier pleads guilty to copyright offences and could face jail
28-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Stella Artois brewer Inbev saw UK beer volumes tumble by 10.3% last year. Volumes in the fourth quarter were down 10.8% in the UK market as the smoke...
North West Focus: View from the top
21-Feb-2008
Manchester has no interest in being England's second city, it has no interest in being provincial. The city looks to models such as Barcelona. Ask...
19-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Revenue at Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) was up 7.9% on last year to £4,150m - chiefly driven by "outstanding" results at Baltic Beverage...
Richard Evans to leave InBev UK & Ireland
18-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
Richard Evans, president of InBev's UK and Ireland operation, is to leave the company after barely two years in the job.In an announcement today...
Labour MP tables EDM over Scottish & Newcastle bid
30-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Labour MP Tony Lloyd has put down an early day motion calling for Heineken to set out its plans for the UK arm of Scottish & Newcastle...
Britons the most generous beer buyers
25-Jan-2008
Britain's beer drinkers have been named the most generous in Europe after research conducted by one of the world's largest brewers found them to be...
10-Jan-2008
MA legal editor urges licensee to steer clear of foreign satellite systems
Tsingtao gets new UK distributor
12-Dec-2007
Halewood International has announced it has won exclusive distribution rights for Chinese beer Tsingtao.Earlier this month The Publican reported how...
Special Occasions: Win with sport
12-Dec-2007
THERE'S LITTLE doubt about the main sports news affecting pubs in 2008. The failure of the home nations to qualify for next summer's football...
Legal advice: Licensing act review
30-Nov-2007
In a heavily spun release, the figures show that there are a total of 176,400 premises in England and Wales licensed under the Act, of which 122,900...
Government "discriminating" against hospitality sector
23-Nov-2007
A hospitality chief said the government had discriminated against the sector by increasing small company taxation while simultaneously scrapping tax...
Licensees warned to be prepared for Olympics
22-Nov-2007
Britain's hospitality industry has to get into training now if pubs are to win in the 2012 Olympics, the man charged with closing the sector's skills...
THE GUV'NOR
08-Nov-2007
Dennis Griffiths There is an organisation that provides a valuable forum across our industry, says the licensee of the Miners' Rest in Barnsley,...
The Mother of all Battles?
03-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Such was speculation surrounding a possible bid for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) in recent months - years, even - that when the other shoe...
25-Oct-2007 By John Harrington
Foreign satellite suppliers set up a new company to investigate alleged Sky screenings in Europe
Group probes Sky screenings
25-Oct-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
A group representing foreign satellite suppliers has set up a new company to investigate alleged screenings of Premiership games in mainland Europe...
Chris Maclean: Winning ways
22-Oct-2007 By Chris Maclean
Unbelievably, England won through to the Rugby World Cup Final in Paris on Saturday.For those licensees who provided television coverage in the...
Carlsberg and Heineken to bid for Scottish & Newcastle
17-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Scottish & Newcastle S&N rocketed today as European brewing giants Carlsberg and Heineken confirmed they were in talks regarding...
Bingo operator hit by smoking ban
15-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
The smoking ban has hit earnings at the one of the country's largest bingo hall operators.Rank Group, which operates Mecca Bingo halls, announced a...
MyShout
11-Oct-2007
A menu catering for nut-allergy sufferers could make your pub stand out from the crowd, says Stephen Crawley The House of Lords recently reported on...
Crackdown on serving drunks in Scotland
11-Oct-2007
Claims that a Scottish council is to recruit an army of inspectors to ensure pubs are not serving alcohol to drunks have been denied.But Glasgow City...
