2011 May « Ale and Beer

Whitbread rolls out Buffet Place to 27 sites

Whitbread brand Brewers Fayre has rolled out its Buffet Place concept to 27 sites and has plans for a further 50 outlets over the next year.

Source:Whitbread rolls out Buffet Place to 27 sites

Read our profiles of the enterprising finalists who are all in with a chance of winning the 2011 BII’s Licensee of the Year Award today.

Source:BII Licensee of the Year: It’s the final countdown

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is set to appoint advisers from Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 900 pubs.

Source:RBS 'poised to sell 900 pubs'

Jygsaw Brands is investing in a campaign for its Symonds Founder’s Reserve cider under the banner Golden Moments Since 1727.

Source:Symonds' golden cider moments

JD Wetherspoon’s flagship green pub, the Kettleby Cross in Melton Mowbray, is set to re-open on 24 May.

Source:Wetherspoon's green pub to re-open

Fred Moss, the man behind the launch of nightclubs such as Chinawhite, Aura and Mo*vida, is set to open a new venture in London’s Covent Garden.

Source:Moss poised to open Covent Garden site

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) is again looking for the best operations managers in the licensed leisure sector.

Source:ALMR seeks the top ops managers

Lib Dem MP and Save the Pub Group chair Greg Mulholland says time is up for the pubcos and the Government must now intervene.

Source:Time is running out for pubcos to reform

Mark Daniels reflects on some positive news for the pub trade in his first blog for the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Source:If Carlsberg Did Bank Holiday Weekends…

The recent sales of Realpubs and Geronimo Inns are great examples of how well the tenanted model can work for entrepreneurs, says Paul Charity.

Source:Triumph and tragedy in the tenanted trade