Latest Industry News

The Premier League has said it will resume action against pubs and bars that screen Premiership football via foreign satellite systems within the European Economic Area.

The Publican's Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Utilities Direct to relaunch the PMA PowerSaver to help licensees get the best deals on electricity and gas bills.

A Kent pub has officially opened its refurbished live music facilities after winning a nationwide competition organised by PRS for Music.

A Stoke-on-Trent licensee has warned fellow publicans to check their water bills after finding he had been overcharged £522 per year since August 2005.

Norman Lamb has been named the new business minister, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed.

New research from alcohol education charity Drinkaware has revealed that despite resolutions to be healthier and drink less in 2012, today (3 February) is the day most people expect to fail to cut back their drinking.

The Government could act to cut further red tape on the industry by the end of the year, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.

NatWest is offering preferential borrowing rates to Greene King’s (GK’s) Meet & Eat pub franchisees under a deal to make the bank its official funding partner for the franchise brand.

Extreme figures on alcohol-related hospital admissions could be a thing of the past as the Government is to revise how it classifies such cases.

The social value of pubs is often overlooked by policymakers because official statistics only capture their financial benefits, according to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Pro-pubs MP Greg Mulholland has slammed the appointment of Rodger Vickers as chairman of the newly-formed Pub Independent Conciliation Advisory Service (PICAS).

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is to launch a new national pubs campaign, Community Pubs Month, to champion local pubs which are at the heart of communities across Britain.

Pubs are being urged to write to Ofgem, the electricity and gas regulator, calling for reform of the energy market.

Pubs will face a raft of red tape under plans to change Machine Games Duty (MGD) unveiled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday.

Pub operators Barracuda and JD Wetherspoon are extending their January discounts throughout February as the battle to get customers back into the pub continues.

The newly-formed Pub Independent Conciliation Advisory Service (PICAS) has elected Rodger Vickers as chairman of the panel that will review disputes between pubcos and tenants.

Pub is the Hub has joined forces with Lancashire County Council as part of the Local Community Services Champions initiative to provide free computer classes for absolute beginners.

East London beer brand Truman’s is asking the capital’s ale drinkers to help find a site for its new brewery.

A Staffordshire licensee who had been attempting to keep his pub afloat by selling meals for one pound has had to call time on the business amid falling profits and upwardly spiralling costs.

The pub has been named as the thing expats miss most about Britain, after the British countryside and our sense of humour.