Publican UK « Ale and Beer

Pubs invited to smoke-ban event

Licensees are being invited to attend an event in the House of Commons to lobby MPs for a review of the smoking ban.

Source:Pubs invited to smoke-ban event

Suffolk brewer and retailer Greene King plans to roll-out its new franchise agreement, Blueprint, to 100 sites within its tenanted division.

Source:Greene King's franchise set for rollout

Guinness Peat Group, which has stakes in a number of the UK’s leading brewers and pub groups, has sold its stake in Adnams for around £2.2m.

Source:Guinness Peat sells Adnams stake

Michelle Perrett looks at what experienced operators can teach pubs about boosting family trade.

Source:Family pubs: learning from the big boys

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has launched its National Raffle 2011 in a bid to raise funds to help save pubs.

Source:CAMRA raffle to boost pub saving funds

Pubs have been urged to offer better customer service, deal with complaints efficiently, and offer food.

Source:Video: Johnson in plea for better service at pubs

Fleurets director Barry Gillham has outlined the major pitfalls to avoid when conducting a rent review.

Source:Gillham: beware of rent review pitfalls

Mark Daniels considers banning bacon, Lego, and Carlsberg in response to Denmark’s decision to ban Marmite.

Source:We would ban Carlsberg, if we could…

East Sussex-based brewer and pub operator Harveys reported a slight fall in turnover in 2010 after a “difficult” year.

Source:Turnover falls at Harveys

Individual pub operators who would find it challenging to offer calorie information on menus could put guidelines online instead.

Source:BII: ‘Pubs should put calories online’