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Pub trade survey: win £500
One lucky reader stands the chance to win £500 just by answering a few simple questions as part of an industry survey.
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Lighter offering from Aspall Cyder
Aspall is targeting women and first-time premium cider drinkers with a new lighter and “more accessible” alternative to mainstream brands.
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Enterprise defends tenants’ treatment
Enterprise Inns has defended its treatment of tenants after new figures show 17 of the 30 “serious” licensee complaints against pubcos were from Enterprise tenants.
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VAT-cut drive reaches NI
The campaign to cut VAT to 5% for the hospitality industry has now reached Northern Ireland and received the backing of Brighton and Hove City Council.
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Cask Marque boosts ale celebration
Cask Marque is investing £50,000 in creating the ‘World’s Biggest Ale Trail’ during National Cask Ale Week, using the ‘Caskfinder’ smartphone app.
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Ex-Tchenguiz pubs in admin
Administrators have been appointed to a further 37 pubs that were formerly part of Robert Tchenguiz’s pub property empire.
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Imbiba eyes capital deals
Investment company Imbiba Partnership has made an approach for the seven-strong Black & Blue business.
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Punch Taverns: trading in line
Leased and tenanted pub company Punch Taverns has reported fourth quarter trading is in line with expectations.
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Spirit like-for-likes up 3.8%
Managed pub company Spirit has reported like-for-like sales in its managed division grew by 3.8% for the 12 weeks to 20 August.
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Anchor & Hope is top London bar restaurant
The Anchor & Hope has retained its position as London’s Best Bar/Pub Food in the new Harden’s Restaurant Guide.
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Still time to apply for Pub Mentors
Pub Mentors has been launched by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser and Coca-Cola Enterprise’s Open More Business to help four pubs build their businesses.
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Geronimo transformation for Half Moon
Young’s music pub the Half Moon in Putney, London, is set to be transformed into a Geronimo Inns site.
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Villagers' petition to save local pub
A village group has protested against Greene King’s application for planning permission to turn a village pub into housing.
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Number of pub visits falls
Consumers are cutting back the number of visits they make to pubs and bars, because of rising taxes, falling disposable incomes and job security.
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BBPA defends pubcos after new study
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has defended pubcos treatment of tenants after they were slammed in a report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).
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Northern Irish pubs face tough choices
Pubs in Northern Ireland face some tough choices over the coming year as a new survey revealed two-thirds had seen a drop in trade over the past year. Pubs of Ulster trade group reported that 16% had seen a drop of 20-30% in trade over the past year.
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ASA rules Kronenbourg ad 'misleading'
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a national press advert for Kronenbourg implying it is brewed in France is “misleading”.
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Scotland minimum pricing talks expected in weeks
Interparty talks on the implementation of a minimum pricing scheme in Scotland are due to get under way at Holyrood within weeks.
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100-plus Punch pubs sign up to SIBA
More than 100 Punch Taverns pubs are stocking locally sourced beers just six weeks after the roll out to their estate of the SIBA Direct Delivery Scheme.
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Rent concessions down at Adnams
Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator, has revealed that rent concessions for tenants have fallen in the past year.
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Aberdeen pubs face CCTV costs
Late night pubs and clubs in Aberdeen are being forced to follow stricter CCTV guidelines, including installing cameras with lip-synching technology.
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Living Ventures’ first pub
Living Ventures Management will open its first pub, the Oast House in Manchester, at the end of September.
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Dining out costs rise 11%
A London gastropub operator has said that the increased cost of dining out in London, just over 11%, had been “inevitable”.
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Madonna’s dance off with Smirnoff
Smirnoff has teamed up with Madonna to get 10 million people to share and swap their most original nightlife experiences across 50 countries.
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Six Sunderland bars on the market
Six Sunderland pubs and bars run by four local operators, two of which have fallen into administration, have been placed on the market.
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'Per drink surcharge' could help fund councils
The Liberal Democrats have cited a 'per drink surcharge' as a possible means of covering the costs that drinkers impose on local councils.
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Host slams Punch internet charge
A licensee has hit out at Punch Taverns for charging £25 for every internet money transfer she makes to pay her rent and other fees.
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M&B wins licence conditions case
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has won a ground-breaking appeal against a premises licence condition.
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46% of tied tenants earn under £15k pa
Forty six per cent of tied pub tenants earn less than £15,000 per year, more than twice the proportion among free-of-tie licensees.
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Beds and Bars in BII link-up to take people off dole
Beds and Bars has teamed up with the BII to take 20 people off the dole, train them and place them in pub jobs.
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Father’s Study pub concept
Bloomsbury Leisure Group, the company led by Jonathan Dalton, is to launch a new pub concept called Father’s Study, later this year in London.
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Liberation seeks new sites
Liberation Group, the Jersey-based pub and drinks business, is setting its sights on new pub acquisitions on the Channel Islands.
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'Augustus Macsimus' is winning name for McMullen beer
McMullen has named Augustus Macsimus as the winning name for its August seasonal beer, after 3,000 drinkers took part in a competition.
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JD Wetherspoon opens fifth Gatwick site
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has opened its fifth site at Gatwick Airport – The Beehive bar and restaurant.
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Jägermeister acts on 'passing off' at bars
The maker of Jägermeister, the herbal liqueur brand, has warned five bars to stop passing off other products as Jägermeister or face legal action.
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Stonegate pub refuses alcohol to parents with kids
Two women were left shocked last week when staff at a Stonegate pub in London deemed it “inappropriate” for them to drink in front of their children.
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PMA launches Pub Mentors
A groundbreaking scheme — Pub Mentors — has been launched by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) and Coca-Cola Enterprise’s Open More Business to help four pubs build their businesses.
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BII: time to do deal with Government
BII boss Neil Robertson believes the industry “can do a deal” with the Government to lay off it in return for providing employment opportunities.
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Scarborough LVA backs earlier pub closing times
Scarborough’s Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) is supporting a campaign
to revise licensing hours.
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Average pint breaks £3 barrier
The average cost of a pint has now broken the £3 barrier — that's according to the BBPA's Statistical Handbook.
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Young couple step in at Arkells pub
Arkells Brewery has saved another of its rural pubs from possible closure with the help of its brewery community liaison officer.
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£96k pre-tax profit for Wear Inns
North-east England-based pub operator Wear Inns turned around a loss to report a pre-tax profit of £96,931 in the year to 31 March 2011.
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Apply now for Rugby World Cup licences
Licensees are being advised to submit temporary event notices in advance of the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on 9 September.
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Brighton pub freed from Greene King beer tie
Greene King has released the beer tie at a famous Brighton pub in order to keep two well known and successful licensees at the venue.
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Support grows for pub VAT cut
More than 1,700 people have signed a petition to the Government, submitted by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA), calling for VAT to be reduced to 5% for the hospitality sector.
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Licensees forced to lower flag
Two licensees have been forced to take down a Hungarian flag outside their pub after suffering repeated threats of violence.
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Banks grant Luminar further extension
The banking group behind Luminar has agreed to a three-month extension to the covenant waiver it arranged with the nightclub operator in May.
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Diageo: Great Britain volumes flat
Drinks giant Diageo has reported a small market share loss in beer and wine in Great Britain but was flat overall.
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Major firms back latest riot help fund
Major UK businesses and London mayor Boris Johnson have pledged fresh funding for “emergency financial assistance”.
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TV chef launches e-petition to amend smoking ban
TV chef and publican Antony Worrall Thompson has launched an e-petition calling on the government to review the smoking ban.
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