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How one community local beat the big guns to win an award

Marketing can be tough for small or single-site operators, who often don’t have the budget to compete with multiple site operators or the big managed pub chains. But one Yorkshire licensee has scooped a major marketing award and driven more trade to his business with a budget of just £150. The Publican’s Morning Advertiser […]

JDW boss Tim Martin gives £200,000 to Brexit campaign

JDW founder has donated £200,000 to a group supporting Britain’s exit from the EU.

Source:JDW boss Tim Martin gives £200,000 to Brexit campaign

‘Unhygienic’ pub slapped with £6,000 fine for food safety violations

A Cheshire pub has been slapped with a fine of £6,000 after environmental health inspectors examined its ‘greasy and dirty’ kitchen.

Source:‘Unhygienic’ pub slapped with £6,000 fine for food safety violations

Thatchers grows sales above cider market for sixth year

Cider maker Thatchers has reported a sixth consecutive year of growth ahead of the rest of the cider market, which is, in part, down to the increased popularity of its premium ciders.

Source:Thatchers grows sales above cider market for sixth year

Brexit: Small pub operators among those in favour of leaving EU

More in the hospitality industry (39%) would choose to leave the EU than remain (37%) – and the number is even higher for small businesses owners, including pubs – according to a new survey.

Source:Brexit: Small pub operators among those in favour of leaving EU

Robinson's launches buying club to help licensees with energy bills

Northern operator Robinsons Brewery has partnered with utility management firm UB Services to assist its licensees with rising costs of annual utility bills.

Source:Robinson's launches buying club to help licensees with energy bills

'Honest' TripAdvisor responses: good or bad for business?

Dealing with bad TripAdvisor reviews has kept many a pub operator up at night. But long-running frustration with reviews seen as inaccurate, unfair or malicious has reached boiling point, with some licensees taking matters into their own hands by posting equally scathing responses back to users who leave bad reviews.

Source:'Honest' TripAdvisor responses: […]

Scathing response to 'impossible' TripAdvisor review gives licensee the last laugh

A scathing response to an ‘impossible’ customer on TripAdvisor should give pubs encouragement that difficult reviewers don’t always need to have the last laugh, according to the licensee.

Source:Scathing response to 'impossible' TripAdvisor review gives licensee the last laugh

Opinion: The pubs code and a question of "balance"

Over the last 18 months, campaigners have witnessed a great deal of changes made to the planned legislation, much of it at what they have felt to undermine exactly what the pubs code was designed to achieve, Dave Mountford claims.

Source:Opinion: The pubs code and a question of "balance"

10 real #GinProblems pubs can help customers avoid

Brits have taken to Twitter to vent their real-life and sometimes worrying gin problems, which range from no tonic to too much gin choice. Here are 10 #GinProblems pubs can help their customers avoid.

Source:10 real #GinProblems pubs can help customers avoid