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Landlords Revenge

By Editor ⋅ February 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Landlords Revenge. We had exchanged contracts on a pub and one of the very near locals was making a nuisance of himself, in always insisting on a pint seconds before we called time and then taking up to an hour to finish it. The girls asked me to have a word because it was making us [...]

A Black Hole in Tenant/Lessee Support

By Editor ⋅ February 14, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

It would appear that there is yet another hole in the system, in terms of any form of protection for tenants and lessees. We have the BII Codes of Practice, designed to stop abuses by companies within defined guidelines. We have PIRRS (Pub Independent Rent Review Scheme) designed to stop unjustifiable rent increases. We have absolutely nothing for [...]

I’ve heard of cooking the books, but not cooking the cash.

By Editor ⋅ January 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

MONEY TO BURN?! Just as you thought business couldn’t get worse? Imagine how one Publican felt when they saw their profits go up in smoke – quite literally – in the microwave! Mr & Mrs McLoughlin, who run The Miners Arms in Bristol were very busy on the evening shift when a staff member emptied the till [...]

Conclusion to a Ghostly Pub Tale or maybe not.

By Editor ⋅ January 7, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Monday, January 4th 2010 Christmas had been a nightmare for Eb (Ebenezer) and Si (Silas) the events of Christmas Eve had somehow appeared word for word all over the Internet. How could something that represented a few moments tiredness in two cars late on Christmas Eve on the wilds of Exmoor appear on the Internet. Both their [...]

The Final Drink

By Editor ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Final drink Late one evening two men came into the bar, looking fairly sombre, bought a couple of pints and sat down and proceeded to drink them. A few minutes later a local came in and asked “Who’s died?” none of us had any idea and asked why he had asked, he said that there [...]

A Ghostly Pub Tale for Christmas.

By Editor ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

“A Pub Co Christmas Carol” It was 11.30 pm Christmas Eve 2009, a foul night, freezing with sleet and snow, gale force winds roaring across the West Country. The M5 was blocked and a few diversions were in place, the North Coast Road was the only one open to Cornwall and that was blocked on Countisbury Hill. Two [...]

S & N and Brulines?????

By Editor ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Hi, I run the Durham Hotel, North Marine Road, Scarborough. I am getting sick and tired of being accused of buying Carling out, which I have not. I am sick of arguing with S&N and told them to take me to court. I seem to have the problem only with the Carling and nothing else, which does make [...]

So Much for Coni

By admin ⋅ November 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My family decided that my youngest son should have a cat, against my better instincts. A very pretty cat was rescued from the local cats home, she totally ignored us and tried to run away on numerous occasions before finally deciding that we were possibly acceptable. Having a cat wandering around a foody pub is [...]

GMB calls for BII to end Punch Taverns membership

By Editor ⋅ August 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The GMB union has called on the British Institute of Innkeeping to strip Punch Taverns of membership over its treatment of Peak District tenant. It claims that tenant David Mountford was misled over £180,000 investment, lied to and badly treated by Punch Taverns managers. Dave Mountford, who runs the Rising Sun in Middleton in Derbyshire, has [...]

First Experiences of a Very Naive Pub Owner Part 6

By Editor ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A couple of hunting stories that I have just been reminded about. The first was at a particularly busy meet of the Exmoor Foxhounds at the pub. The hunting was not considered to be particularly good in our piece of Exmoor because of the raging East Lyn River and the very steep wooded slopes, consequently the pub was doing [...]

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