Ale and Beer

£1.3m for Welsh pubs to diversify services

Pubs in Wales will get the chance to access funding to diversify their services in a package of support worth £1.3m.

Source:£1.3m for Welsh pubs to diversify services

Licensees fail to report accidents

Licensees are failing to report major occupational accidents to the Health and Safety Executive, which is a legal requirement, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

Source:Licensees fail to report accidents

Budget 2012: PMA comment from group editor Rob Willock

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser group editor Rob Willock gives his reaction to the measures announced in the Budget by Chancellor George Osborne.

Source:Budget 2012: PMA comment from group editor Rob Willock

Beer prices set to rise if droughts continue

Beer prices could be set to rise by as much as 2p a pint as the drought across the south of England may lead to a shortage of barley and hops.

Source:Beer prices set to rise if droughts continue

Responsibility Deal: Companies pledge to cut 1 billion units

Drinks companies, brewers, wholesalers and supermarkets have pledged to cut a billion units of alcohol as part of the Responsibility Deal with the Government, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.

Source:Responsibility Deal: Companies pledge to cut 1 billion units

CAMRA calls for rates relief for pubs' diversity

A new business rates relief should be devised for pubs that provide extra services, such as a post office or crèche, to benefit their local community.

Source:CAMRA calls for rates relief for pubs' diversity

Mountford rejected as PICA-Service vice-chairman

Outspoken licensee David Mountford has been re-jected as vice-chairman of the panel at the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service, known as PICA-Service.

Source:Mountford rejected as PICA-Service vice-chairman

The Big Interview: Peter Thomas

It’s 1974. A working class boy made good from the valleys is keen to make even better. Peter Thomas, Bass’s first graduate trainee in Wales, is working a patch for the brewer containing 21 pubs on a road 12 miles long and is about to negotiate his first rent review with the tenant of the White Lion in Aberdare.

Source:The Big Interview: Peter Thomas

Former Farlane pubs up for grabs

Eight freehold sites from former pub owner Farlane Property Group are set to go under the hammer at the end of the month at an Allsop auction in London.

Source:Former Farlane pubs up for grabs

City Pub Co buys first three pubs

City Pub Company, the new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funded venture from serial entrepreneurs David Bruce and Clive Watson, has acquired its first three pubs for circa £3.5m.

Source:City Pub Co buys first three pubs