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NEWS OF THE BREWS
Against The GrainThe UK's oldest gluten-free beer has moved production to Wold Top in East Yorkshire after demand outstripped capacity at its previous brewer. Against The Grain, a 4.5% abv citrus-flavoured beer for...
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Sitting bull
The stools at my local, the Seven Tuns, are silly. I say this not because it is the silly season or because they look like John Cleese, but because two of the drinking perches are exceptionally tall and two particularly small.The high...
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Licensees call for CPS to toughen up
Licensees in Bolton, Greater Manchester, are calling for tougher action against thugs who attack pub and door staff.This call came after a man who punched local licensee Michelle Parkinson, leaving her unconscious, was let off with a...
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Red Square tries to tempt clubbers
Caffeine-based vodka drink Red Square Reloaded is offering clubbers the chance to win trips to top party destinations around the world in an on-pack promotion.Winners of the World Party Weekenders on-pack competition will jet off to some...
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SIA gets tough on doorstaff ID fraud
New door supervisors face toughened identity checks in a bid by the Security Industry Association (SIA) to combat identity fraud.All applicants registering for the SIA scheme will in future be required to produce documents showing their...
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Dynamic Douro
The most exciting wine country you know least aboutGo on, then - try to remember the last time you opened a bottle of Portuguese wine, and I'm not talking Port. I bet it was Mateus Rosé or Lancers, the country's two biggest...
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Profits drop for McMullen's
Hertfordshire-based brewer and pub group McMullen's has reported a drop in profits after a "challenging year" that saw rises in energy costs, the minimum wage and property rates. The company saw profit before tax drop to £7.4m in...
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Pub food: going from strength to strength
At the Golden Galleon, a Mitchells & Butlers pub that overlooks scenic Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex, there was only one problem on the sunny Sunday I called in recently - too many customers. It was a warm day with the sun shining brightly and...
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Smoke-ban plans frustrated
While it is still too early to assess the overall effect of the smoking ban, there are indications of frustration, even among non-smoking licensees, that their honest attempts to cater for their customers are being blocked, for no good...
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THE GUV'NOR Peter Gatling
Following the advent of the smoking ban, the subject of food is on every licensee's lips. I have been in many pubs in my time - some that serve good food and many that do not. It is, therefore, time for us all to take stock of what we put ...
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Heavitree pub sale
Heavitree Brewery has sold the Judge Jeffries, in Exeter, to local multiple pub operator Triple Total. The wet-led pub had been operated by a management company.The Judge Jefferies is part of a group of seven freehold public houses that...
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Historic pub offers 'massive potential'
Traditional pub the Queens Arms, in Orlingbury, North-amptonshire - which is believed to date back to the 1700s - is on the market with agent Guy Simmonds. Four years remain on the Punch Taverns lease and rent starts at £31,000. Current...
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White Horse
SundridgeKentPrice: £195,000Tenure: Tenancy, three years rolling from March 2006Landlord: S&NPETurnover: £491,543Rent: £57,000Wet:dry split: 50:50Agent: Fleurets01273...
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Safety prompts host to switch to plastic
A Hampshire-based multiple operator has decided to in-troduce polycarbonate glass-ware in all five of his venues.Philip Cox said the switch was due to "safety concerns" rather than as a direct result of police pressure after the force...
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Smoking rebel host voted out of pubwatch
Hamish Howitt, who has been allowing smoking at his Happy Scots Bar in Blackpool, has received a vote of no confidence from the pubwatch group he chaired.The vote was taken by members of Blackpool & Fylde Pubwatch shortly after...
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Seventh site for Interpub
Interpub has acquired a seventh St Christopher's Inn and Belushi's bar site in London.The operator has purchased a new lease on the former George pub, in Hammer-smith, from Punch Taverns. The deal also includes the refurbished...
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Jolly Woodman
Littleworth CommonBuckinghamshireJenny Martin has sold the leasehold interest of the Jolly Woodman to first-time buyer Jane Passey through Davey & Co. The pub/restaurant was purchased off an asking price of £129,000. It offers...
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Second Opinion tim lang
In the wake of the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease, Gordon Brown must rethink how food is grown, processed and distributedThose who thought Mr Brown's premiership would be a triumph of the boring, predictable and dour are...
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Licensing@aol.com
Drinking-up time puzzleQ I am confused. You wrote last week: "Drinking-up time no longer exists and customers are subject only to any closing times that have been imposed on the premises licence." Yet in the Mandatory Conditions...