World War Ii

Licensee hosts centennial for WWII veteran

09-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

A Manchester licensee and Iraq veteran is set to hold a 100th birthday party for local WWII veteran and long standing regular.

Nottingham brewery rebrands core beer in response to sexism concerns

22-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

Castle Rock Brewery has announced a rebrand of Elsie Mo, one of its longest-standing and permanent brews, in response to the ongoing debate surrounding sexism within the beer industry.

ASA takes action over pub's 'offensive' poster featuring swastika-wearing Nazi

10-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld complaints about a pub's "offensive" poster advertising its German themed night using a cartoon image of its chef's head, superimposed on top of a uniformed swastika-clad Nazi soldier...

Enterprise publicans paint pub with poppies in memory of fallen soldiers

05-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Licensees Edd and Ruth Lowe have turned their pub into a touching memorial for soldiers killed in the first and second World Wars.

Protected interwar pubs

Picture gallery: The most beautiful pubs in England?

28-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

The PMA takes a detailed look, inside and out, at the pubs which have been protected by the Government, and explains the reasons given for protection.

Competition

Chocks away! Fancy a flight in a Spitfire?

30-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Spitfire, the Kent ale from Shepherd Neame, is offering trade customers the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience to fly a Spitfire aeroplane.

NEW PRODUCTS

Brakes adds versatile Italian pork paste

07-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Brakes has introduced an Italian pork paste that can be used in a variety of different dishes.

10 things you may have missed this week

14-Nov-2014 By James Evison

It's been a busy week for the pubs trade - catch up on what you may have missed.

WW2 veteran given personalised supply of Lancaster Bomber ale

12-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A World War II veteran has received a surprise package to mark his 90th birthday from Lancashire brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites.

The enemy within? War and drink

04-Nov-2013 By Phil Mellows

Those who reckon today's temperance campaigners are over-reacting are lucky the part of Sir Ian Gilmore isn't being played by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, blogs Phil Mellows.

Are good pubs the victim of over-enforcement?

10-Aug-2012 By Jonathan Smith

A couple of weeks ago the Metropolitan police and other agencies launched the second phase of Operation Condor. This was enforcement by way of inspection of a number of licensed premises, including pubs and bars in central London.

Heineken Q3 sales up on emerging markets

27-Oct-2011

Heineken, the international brewer, has reported a 0.6% rise in third quarter revenues to €4.65bn driven by volume growth in emerging markets, which offset a poor performance in Western Europe.

Trade pays respects to war heroes

09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

A pub has created its own Remembrance Day memorial by naming its bedrooms after local heroes who fought in the Second World War. Greene King pub the...

Peter Arkell passes away

31-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney

Former Arkell's Brewery chairman Peter Arkell died peacefully at his home near Cirencester on Friday morning. He was 87 and had worked at the...

Gloucestershire pub evacuated after bomb scare

06-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit

A Gloucestershire pub lost £1,000 in trade following two evacuations after unexploded World War II bombs were found 200 yards away.

Nationalise pubs? Well, why not

06-May-2010 By Phil Mellows

Phil Mellows says the idea of nationalising pubs, as in the Second World War, is growing on him.

Yates's staff help wounded soldiers

06-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Staff at Yates's pubs across the country have been throwing themselves into a host of activities to raise funds for wounded soldiers. To mark its...

Centenarian Vera hailed as UK's oldest licensee

17-Feb-2009

A woman from Cornwall who has celebrated her 100th birthday has been declared the UK's oldest publican and shows little sign of wanting to call...

'Inspired Gaming shares tumble'

08-Jul-2008

Inspired Gaming shares plummeted yesterday after the ailing company announced plans to raise £40million through a discounted share placing. Plans...

THE GUV'NOR

11-Oct-2007

Peter Eveleigh When are individuals going to be held responsible for their actions asks the licensee of the Riverside Inn, Bradford on Avon,...

Getting your beer on the state

24-May-2007

The recent suggestion by John Grogan MP that we should celebrate next year the defeat of the 1908 Licensing Bill to nationalise the brewing industry...

Mon£y mak£rs

01-May-2007

Alison Baker looks at new ideas pubs are trying to pull in tradeBuffet-style curry nights Where: Royal Oak, Poynings, West Sussex The idea: Keen to...

North West

18-Jan-2007

Laura Condliffe White Lion, Barthomley, Cheshire Twenty-five year old Laura Condliffe is proof that tender years are no barrier to success. Laura has...

ASA upholds Spitfire Italian surrender complaints

18-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

A complaint about ads for Spitfire Ale which showed Italian footballers surrendering with cries of 'don't shoot' have been upheld by the Advertising...

Answer the call of history

03-Nov-2005

Seeking an historical point-of-difference? Well, how about running a pub that survived the impact of a German warplane which crashed into its side...