Published in the Financial Times 9.8.08

Beer today may be gone tomorrow as lethal cocktail hits pub trade By Pan Kwan Yuk Published: August 9 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 9 2008 03:00 When Gary Higginbotham and his wife Sandra took over The Old Fox pub in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, a year ago, they never thought they would end up knee-deep in debt [...]

Damn Fools

Many years ago I bought a freehouse and being determined to run it as a true freehouse I had accounts with all the major brewers, there was no advantage in tying your pub to one company for the discounts because they were minimal. I always paid my accounts on time by cheque well within my [...]

Drinking and driving in USA

My Wife and I were skiing in Lake Tahoe and one thing that we have found is that you frequently find the best food is in Casinos in America. We got round to the Nevada side and went into one of the casinos and read the menu. It was early evening and there was one [...]