West Yorkshire

Mayors of the North call for VAT cut

14-Feb-2024 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Mayors of the North united to call for an industry-wide VAT cut in the Spring Budget at the Night Time Economy Summit last week.

West Yorkshire brewery facing liquidation 'major cause for concern'

12-Feb-2024 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple award-winning business Elland Brewery is facing liquidation after more than two decades of trading.

Celebrations as licensee completes 32 years at pub

23-Jan-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Admiral Taverns is celebrating licensee Michelle Dwan who will retire at the end of January after more than 32 years at the helm of a local pub.

gbpa 2022

Meet the finalists for Punch Pub of the Year

29-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

With the Great British Pub Awards just days away from announcing and celebrating some of the best bars in the business, we take a look at some of the finalist that are in the running to take home some silver. Today it’s the turn of the bars that are competing...

gbpa 2022

Meet the GBPA finalists for Best Pub for Food sponsored by Booker/Makro

22-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s Best Pub for Food finalists for the 2022 Great British Pub Awards are from across the nation. We’ve taken a look at them in more detail.

Mass pub brawl involving glasses and chairs caught on CCTV

26-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Detectives have released footage of the "very ugly scenes" of a fight between 20 people that unfolded in a Leeds bar in the hope of identifying the men involved.

Twisted Bars to open second site

26-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Twisted Bar is to invest £250,000 to open the Ticket Office Bar in the Ilkley, West Yorkshire, railway station building.

Weather damage

Pubs begin Storm Angus clean-up operation

24-Nov-2016 By Helen Gilbert

Pubs across the country are cleaning up and reopening in the aftermath of Storm Angus and bad weather that has battered the UK.

PCA appointment row

Trade must look for positives in Pub Code Adjudicator appointment - but licensee groups still call for withdrawal

28-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

The trade must look at the positives of the controversial appointment of Paul Newby as Pubs Code Adjudicator, according to Michelle Dwan, president of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association (FLVA). 

FLVA president: good relationship with BDM is vital

31-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Licensees must strive to forge closer relationships with their business development managers (BDMs) and pub companies, according to Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association (FLVA) president Michelle Dwan.

Crime

Infamous Leeds pub could keep its licence despite mass brawls

08-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

West Yorkshire Police have welcomed a range of changes at the infamous Aviator pub in Leeds, Yeadon, where a mass brawl involving glasses being used as weapons broke out earlier this year.

PICTURES: Pub devastated by Boxing Day floods makes miraculous recovery

12-Feb-2016 By Oli Gross

A pub devastated by the Boxing Day floods has reopened just five weeks later thanks to tireless work by its licensees and with help from the community.

West Yorkshire campaign group urges pubco to reopen pub for Tour de France

18-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A West Yorkshire campaign group has written to Enterprise Inns CEO Simon Townsend urging for the reopening of a pub in time for the Tour de France in July 2014.

Saltaire Brewery honoured with visit from HRH the Princess Royal

22-Jan-2014 By Michelle Perrett

Saltaire Brewery in Shipley was honoured by a visit from HRH the Princess Royal during her visit to West Yorkshire last week.

Pub owner appointed chairman of The Great Inns of Britain

20-Aug-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The owner of an award-winning Yorkshire pub has taken over as chairman of The Great Inns of Britain.

GBBF: Elland 1872 Porter crowned Champion Beer of Britain 2013

13-Aug-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Elland 1872 Porter from Elland Brewery in Yorkshire brewing has been crowned champion beer of Britain 2013 at the Great British Beer Festival today.

Business Focus: The Old Bore, Rishworth, West Yorkshire

13-Oct-2011 By Sheila McWattie

Scott Hessel, chef at the Old Bore in Rishworth, West Yorks, tells Sheila McWattie about the pub’s reputation for great food.

Racing UK presents second live pub broadcast

29-Jun-2011 By MA Reporter

The Boot & Shoe in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, hosted Racing UK's second live pub broadcast last week.

Ossett Brewery in third Hop site plan

10-May-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Ossett Brewery, the Yorkshire brewer and pub operator, is looking to open its third Hop concept pub in Sheffield's West One shopping and leisure...

Revamp for controversial Enterprise pub

06-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team

A pub at the centre of a spat between MP Greg Mulholland and Enterprise Inns is to get a refurbishment. The Black Horse Hotel in Otley, West...

The Ings: defying the downturns

10-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead

Joe Moran tells Tony Halstead how the Ings in Guiseley, West Yorkshire survived two recessions with good beer, real fires and community spirit.

The background to the sector's spat of the year

07-Oct-2010 By Phil Dixon

Phil Dixon visits Otley in West Yorkshire to investigate the unholy row between Enterprise Inns and local MP Greg Mulholland.

Turnaround of the Turnpike Inn

11-May-2010 By Tony Halstead

Lee Roberts tells Tony Halstead how he and partner Sarah Dinning turned a near-derelict West Yorkshire pub into a £30,000 a week business.

Kirklees licensee forced to sack U-16 waitresses

10-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit

A West Yorkshire licensee has been forced to sack a 15-year-old and two 16-year-old waitresses following a council request. Kirklees Council...

Six Deepclear pubs go on the market

23-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team

Six former Deepclear pubs in Yorkshire are on the market for a combined asking price of £1.5m. The pubs are being sold through Colliers CRE after...

New village set for first pub

06-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna

A newly-built village in West Yorkshire is set to open its first community amenity — a pub — in the site of a former Webster's Brewery. There...

Greene King pubs raise thousands for charity

17-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Customers and staff from 15 Greene King pubs across West Yorkshire have banded together to raise nearly £9,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.The...

Fox & Hounds is Britain's top pub

18-May-2009 By Kelly Smith

The Fox and Hounds in Newmillerdam, West Yorkshire has been voted the top pub in the UK in a poll of over 200 senior industry personnel.

Attacked again, but thug goes free

30-Apr-2009 By John Harrington

A licensee has been left "disillusioned" with police after twice being attacked by thugs who never appeared before court. Andrew Goodall's case comes...

Radio station dedicates a week to pubs

16-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Pubs in West Yorkshire are being given the chance to make a name for themselves by taking part in a week of radio shows celebrating the area's pubs....

Gas caused explosion at Leeds pub

22-Apr-2008

A packed pub in Leeds found itself in the middle of chaotic scenes today when a disused pub on the same road was ripped apart by an explosion. West...

BBPA chief uses awards ceremony to defend pubs

19-Dec-2007

A pub completed a rare double at the Best Bar None Awards for West Yorkshire, winning both the Best Pub award and the Best Bar None overall prize,...

InBrief

12-Jul-2007

Suburban Style cash exchange West Yorkshire bar operator Suburban Style Bar is offering to exchange customer's coins for notes. Punters can hand over...

Wakefield doorstaff found without SIA licences

11-Jul-2007

A number of doorstaff in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, have been issued with warnings after failing to display their Security Industry Authority (SIA)...

Steak pie comp finalists announced

09-Jul-2007 By Lucy Britner

The English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) has announced the finalists of the national steak pie competition.

BarTalk

14-Jun-2007

Would you allow customers to breast-feed a baby in your pub? Chris Green Stansfield Arms, Apperley Bridge, Bradford, W. Yorks I have three children...

BarTalk

01-Mar-2007

Would you ever consider undergoing cosmetic surgery? Catherine Bown The Crown Rotherham South Yorks Yes, and I've actually had some done! Two years...

Yorkshire & North East

25-Jan-2007

Shibden Mill Inn Shibden Mill, West Yorkshire Wine is a serious business at the picturesque Shibden Mill Inn and the pub's enthusiastic members of...

New brewery seeks to educate

06-Jul-2006

A microbrewery with a difference has opened its doors in West Yorkshire. Paul Simpson and Tony Gartland spent £500,000 on developing the Saltaire...

Equipment - My Fab four

01-Feb-2006 By Jason Howlett

A pub chef recommends four pieces of kit Jason Howlett, joint head chef, Ring O'Bells, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorks Sabatier 12" chef's knife...

Best Bar None awards launched for Kirklees

03-Jan-2006

Pubs in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, are being urged to fight alcohol-related disorder by joining up to a new Best Bar None scheme.The initiative sets a...

Punch lessees Helen and Austin Gill have seen two rent reduc

20-Oct-2005

The couple have run the Queen's in Baildon, Bradford, for five years. They bought the last 18 months of a lease for £12,500 which also covered the...

Is a heatwave necessarily good for pub trade?

21-Jul-2005

Ysanne Williams Spread Eagle Sawley Lancashire 'You can never predict how busy you are going to be in really hot weather, but over the last few weeks...

More councils say licensees must be present at all times'

21-Apr-2005

by Ewan Turney Irate licensees in North Norfolk and Huntingdon have reported that their councils have adopted a similar stance to Calderdale Council...

Ale-infused ice cream is a hit

24-Mar-2005

A Yorkshire pub chef has perked-up profits with his Cumberland Ale flavour ice cream. Ian Minto, who runs the Gray Ox at Liversedge, near Brighouse...

Gray Ox will have you tickled pink

06-Jan-2005

A thriving food-led village inn said to have an enviable and growing reputation, is on the market in West Yorkshire. The Gray Ox is a high-quality...

Licensee faces death threat

03-Nov-2004

A death threat was hanging over the head of a Leeds licensee last week after she helped send a trouble-maker at her pub to jail.Barbara Forest of the...

TV man swops Brookie for new hotel venture

30-Oct-2003

The Leeds office of agent Christie & Co has sold the Five Rise Locks Hotel in Beck Lane, Bingley, West Yorkshire, on behalf of Pat and William...

Police in call for pub cash

17-Jul-2003

Police in Bradford have said that pub and club owners should pay for extra officers if they take over a prime site in the city. West Yorkshire Police...