Wales

Booze ban pub finally gets a new licence

07-May-2008

A family who were forced to serve soft drinks only after failing to change their pub's licence details within a week of their father's death, are...

My New Pub The Unicorn Hotel

01-May-2008

Caersws, Powys, Wales Agent: Sidney Phillips Former army fuel tanker driver Nick Tyler has taken on his first freehold pub in the Welsh village of...

Fleurets directors take up new posts

17-Apr-2008

Fleurets has announced the appointment of three new divisional directors. Nick Earee, Lesley Watmough and Chris Irving will assume their new...

Rate relief changes see prices drop

07-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore

Pub prices are falling because of the scrapping of rate relief on empty pubs, one agent has claimed. London-based agent Paramount Investments said it...

Pub profits down 15% since smoke ban

03-Apr-2008 By Graham Ridout

The dire financial state of many pubs is revealed in a survey of 500 tenants carried out by the MA. The most startling statistic is that 10% of pubs...

Welsh Assembly: Smoke ban a success

02-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney

But rural pubs are struggling to stay open as the ban marks first year

Mixed results after year of smoking ban in Wales

02-Apr-2008

Pubs in parts of Wales are considering closing their doors on week nights as they continue to struggle with the impact of the smoking ban.The ban was...

Pub is the Hub may help Welsh regions

27-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

The Welsh Assembly Government is considering plans to support the Prince Charles-backed scheme that helps regenerate rural pubs. Pub is the Hub has...

Wales go for Grand Slam

13-Mar-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk

Saturday's match in Cardiff between Wales and France will decide this year's Six Nations winners. Warren Gatland's side clinched the Triple Crown...

S&NPE snaps up four Welsh sites

11-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has bought four new sites in Wales as part of an acquisitions push in the area. It brings the...

BII launches business roadshow

06-Mar-2008

Cardiff's Millennium Stadium will kick off a series of business roadshows being organised by the BII across the country over the next three months....

Diary dates... March

01-Mar-2008

St David's Day 1 March It falls on a Saturday this year so business could be brisk as long as the menu appeals. Hold off on the leeks, but go for...

Welsh Assembly to push for alcohol tax increase

12-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore

The Welsh Assembly Government will press for a rise in alcohol tax as part of a 10-year substance misuse strategy. The 'Working Together to Reduce...

Welsh pubs urged to play Welsh music

05-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

Pubs in Wales are being urged to ditch rock and pop for more traditional Welsh sounds of the harp and choir. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority...

Frederic Robinson out of managed sites

04-Feb-2008

Frederic Robinson is the latest regional brewer to pull out of managed houses.Following a similar move by Everards and Charles Wells, in response to...

Focus Wales: Welsh lamb

25-Jan-2008

The issues that pubs face in sourcing regional produce came to the fore last July, when pub operator JD Wetherspoon confirmed it had removed five...

Focus Wales: Brains on expansion trail

25-Jan-2008

Welsh regional brewer SA Brain is looking north, and west, in a bid to expand its estate from 260 to 350 pubs."Brains continues to invest and has an...

Focus Wales: View from the Top

25-Jan-2008

The industrial and domestic landscape of Britain has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. Nowhere has this change been greater than in South...

Welsh host takes smoking shelter fight to top

23-Jan-2008

A Cardiff host is taking the fight to keep his smoking shelter to the Welsh Assembly. Paul Careless of the Robin Hood in Pontcanna - which was...

Make it mutton, says Pub Food Awards winner

14-Dec-2007

The Pub Food Award winning Royal Standard of England, England's oldest freehouse, is urging more pubs to follow its lead and put mutton on the menu....

Chris Evans buys third pub

03-Dec-2007 By The PMA Team

The DJ spends around £950,000 on Welsh country pub

Karaoke conman still at large

01-Nov-2007 By John Harrington

Manchester has been the latest target for the pub karaoke conman. For the past few weeks, hosts across north-west England, the West Midlands and...

Karaoke conman is on the loose

05-Oct-2007 By John Harrington

The pub karaoke conman is targeting outlets in the north west

Welsh pubs find smoke ban tough

02-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney

Community pubs struggling six months into ban

Hamish Champ: Sharing the Welsh nation's pain

01-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ

I watched the Welsh rugby team crash out of the World Cup to Fiji at the weekend in a lovely little pub in North Wales. I had a professional reason...

Cosmopolitan Cardiff

05-Sep-2007

IF GROUPS of customers at Cardiff's newest pub have the feeling they're being watched, it may be with good reason.Visiting the Grape & Olive with...

Pete Robinson: Workers banned from using pubs

05-Sep-2007

Health and safety zealots at the Welsh Assembly are banning thousands of civil servants from lunchtime pub visits, even for a swift half or a glass...

Licensee successfully fights underage sales case

07-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

A South Wales licensee has successfully challenged two charges against her after one of her staff was caught out in an underage test purchase sting....

SA Brain sees profits fall in 2006

02-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ

Despite difficult trading last year Welsh brewer SA Brain said it believed it had "continued to perform better than the market" in the year to...

Watching Wales

05-Jul-2007

Three months into the Welsh ban, Kelly Smith finds it's tough for most - but there are some success stories Warm weather and a sprinkling of success...

Support spirals for Proud of Pubs Week

05-Jul-2007

Support for next week's Proud of Pubs Week has been sweeping the country with licensees, MPs and pub companies queuing up to join in.Just days before...

What the papers say - July 2, 2007

02-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Kraft, the maker of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, is understood to be in talks to buy the biscuit and cereal-products division of France's Danone,...

What the papers say - June 14, 2007

14-Jun-2007

Pub regulars could turn to snuff when the smoking ban comes into force, creating a revival of the peppery tobacco powder for the first time in more...

Drinking-up time confusion

31-May-2007

One of the main practical differences between the new Scottish Licensing Act and its English counterpart concerns drinking up time. Section 63 of the...

Wales tackling bird flu outbreak

29-May-2007

Public health officials in Wales are investigating a 'mild strain' of bird flu which may be spreading by person to person contact.The Chief...

Rates shake-up hits Welsh pubs

12-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore

The Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) Wales is fighting back against a new rate relief scheme which it claims will hit rural pubs hard. John...

Brains goes Continental

10-Apr-2007

Brains has launched its first continental style beer targeted at 18 - 35 year olds in Wales called 45. Brewed in Cardiff, 45, is made with pure welsh...

Spring sun eases Welsh smoke ban

05-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

The first hours of the Welsh smoking ban went smoothly this week for the vast majority of pubs across the country, with few problems reported....

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)...

Welsh smoking ban starts

02-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney

The smoking ban in pubs, bars and restaurants in Wales came into effect this morning at 6am. The Welsh Assembly has started an advertising campaign...

D-Day for Wales as smoking ban looms

29-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci

Licensees in Wales are bracing themselves for a tough time as the smoking ban kicks in from 6am on Monday, April 2. Welsh pubs close to the border...

Trade chief fears for Welsh pubs

27-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil

ALMR boss concerned about pubs near border losing custom to England after next week's smoking ban

Some Welsh pubs prepared to flout ban

26-Mar-2007

Some Welsh pubs will continue to allow smoking after the ban starts on April 2. According to Wales on Sunday some licensees will ignore the 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...

Gastro rise threatens darts

15-Mar-2007

In the week that saw the Prince of Wales expressing an interest in darts, a new survey says that the rise of the gastro- pub is killing the game....

'Ambiguous' TEN form slated by host

15-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

A south Wales host has attacked the "ambiguous" application form for causing his Temporary Events Notice (TEN) application to be rejected. Keith May...

Supply deal for Brain's and WTBS

14-Mar-2007

WaverleyTBS and Welsh brewer and operator SA Brain have announced a 10-year strategic partnership. Under a reciprocal trading agreement, WaverleyTBS...

No more smoke-ban guidance

08-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Trade left fuming over lack of planning rules for outdoor smoking shelters Government will not release any more guidance to clarify whether pub...

BrandsBriefs

08-Mar-2007

Bright outlook for moonshine Point-of-sale material including posters, postcards and table cards are available for Poitin 50 - so-called because this...