Ale and Beer

Pubcos warned by secretary of state Pickles to get house in order over tenant relationships

Pubcos have been warned to get their house in order over the pubco-tenant relationship, by secretary of state for community and local goverment Eric Pickles MP.

Source:Pubcos warned by secretary of state Pickles to get house in order over tenant relationships

Beer duty escalator petition hits 45,000

The industry petition calling for the end of the beer duty escalator has hit more than 45,000 signatures — a rise of 11,000 — after a concerted push from the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Source:Beer duty escalator petition hits 45,000

App Tutorials in Bar and Magic Tricks – App Smart

A few apps aim to teach bar tricks with a minimum of props and are perfect rainy-day apps for parents and children, as well as barroom regulars.

Source:App Tutorials in Bar and Magic Tricks – App Smart

Oxfordshire brewer Hook Norton looks for pubs in Cotswolds heartland

Hook Norton, the Oxfordshire brewer and pub operator, has recruited Colliers International to look for pub acquisitions in and around its Cotswolds heartland.

Source:Oxfordshire brewer Hook Norton looks for pubs in Cotswolds heartland

All-Party Save the Pub Group celebrates three years with its own brew in Strangers Bar

The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group has celebrated its third anniversary by holding a celebration in the Strangers’ Bar in the Houses of Parliament, with its own Save The Pub ale brewed by Ilkley Brewery.

Source:All-Party Save the Pub Group celebrates three years with its own brew in Strangers Bar

Hall and Woodhouse head brewer Toby Heasman awarded brewer of the year

Hall and Woodhouse head brewer Toby Heasman was given the top accolade of brewer of the year at the All-Party Parliamentary Annual Beer Awards Dinner last night.

Source:Hall and Woodhouse head brewer Toby Heasman awarded brewer of the year

Brewing veteran Dave Wickett passes away

Brewing and pub industry veteran Dave Wickett, founder of Sheffield brewery Kelham Island, has died.

Source:Brewing veteran Dave Wickett passes away

DealBook Online

DealBook Online; Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Bart Chilton warns against high-frequency traders; private equity executives Joshua Harris and David Blitzer are attempting to buy Philadelphia 76ers; effort by Michael Migliozzi II and Brian William Flatow to buy Pabst Brewing Co has failed; WellPoint agrees to buy CareMore for $800 million; photos

Source:DealBook Online

Just two weeks left for pub chefs to enter BPEX's Pork Product of the Year competition

Pub chefs have just two weeks left to enter the BPEX Foodservice Pork Product of the Year competition 2012.

Source:Just two weeks left for pub chefs to enter BPEX's Pork Product of the Year competition

Enterprise reports 5% rise in pre-tax profits and begins refinancing talks

Enterprise Inns has reported a 5% rise in pre-tax profit to £64m in the six months to 31 March on the back of a rise in like-for-like net income in its substantive estate, as it reveals that it has begun talks on refinancing.

Source:Enterprise reports 5% rise in pre-tax profits and begins refinancing talks