I suspect one or two of you might have already seen this, but for those of you who haven't:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7708991.html
I suspect one or two of you might have already seen this, but for those of you who haven't:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7708991.html
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
"second largest pub group by number of sites to a pre-tax loss as it prepares itself to be sold"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-sale-process/
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
I have no sympathy whatsoever with the shareholders and executives of Punch. They shouldn't receive a dividend for being involved in this travesty, and hopefully their share value will fall as karma for the way they have treated their publicans and the communities their pubs (should) serve.
'Beer is for all day, not just for breakfast'.
Punch and Enterprise are useless but I fear that Heineken UK will be even worse. This is the only one I've been to that hasn't been a complete waste of time. Most of them just sell dross from Caledonian and Wells,
" is back. Tastes Nothing Like It Used To"
http://trade.inapub.co.uk/drink/item...o-british-pubs
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Not exactly news, but we often do a Friday quiz at work and todays has got a Pubs Galore question on it.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/qqqfriday