2011 September « Ale and Beer

Palmers in college link-up

Dorset-based brewery Palmers is encouraging its tenants to take on apprentices training at a nearby college because it is “an ideal way to recruit young people”.

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Barcrest deal creates pub gaming "powerhouse"

Barcrest, the designer and maker of gambling games and games machines to the UK pub and amusement arcade market, has been acquired by Scientific Games Corporation, a US-based business with significant pub operations in the UK, in a deal thought to be valued at about £35m.

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Chefs get behind British Pub Week

A host of top chefs have pledged their support for British Pub Week, which takes place from 28 October to 6 November and celebrates all that is good about the Great British Pub.

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The Fall of a Dynasty at Anheuser-Busch

Julie MacIntosh examines how an American family’s beer dynasty fell victim to a foreign takeover.

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Let’s hail the beer for all ages

It’s a brave man who mentions supermarkets in the the PMA — we’re all too well aware of their crimes against beer-drinking humanity — but for once they fit my thesis about the revival of ale.

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Lewis’s move on M&B should worry all of us

My money is on Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) being taken private some time very soon. Billionaire trader Joe Lewis has been exerting ever greater control on the company for some time.

Source:Lewis’s move on M&B should worry all of us

Hotel Inspector joins the Freehouse Business Club for get-together

Ruth Watson, star of The Hotel Inspector TV show, is among the exciting line-up at the PMA’s next Freehouse Business Club event.

Source:Hotel Inspector joins the Freehouse Business Club for get-together

British beer tax accounts for 40% of European tax bill

British beer tax accounts for 40% of the entire European beer tax bill, claims a new report from accountancy firm Ernst & Young.

Source:British beer tax accounts for 40% of European tax bill

Pub mentors scheme kicks-off

The four pubs to be featured in the groundbreaking Pub Mentors scheme launched by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser and Coca-Cola Enterprise’s Open More Business have been unveiled.

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Peach profit up by a third

Peach Pub Company Holdings, the holding company of the multiple operator, increased pre-tax profits by more than one-third in 2010 and said it plans to open up to three sites this year.

Source:Peach profit up by a third

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