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Feature
Keith Povall The Sturdy Soapbox 27 Jan 11
Kils n Kins: Bloomin code ay it?
They were delivered this morning and I’ve been down to the Wheatsheaf where Jan, Joe and I packed up the members’ copies in their envelopes.
If you take a look at the PDF, you will be seeing the magazine before they do…
Business
BusinessDesk 5 Jan 11
The future of closed community pubs has been given a boost after the Government pledged to review the rule on ‘restrictive covenants’.
At present, pubs which have closed are prevented from reopening again as public houses or entertainment venues because of a clause which can be used in the sale of a building that restricts its future use by new owners…
Comment
Willenhall Lad Come the Revolution 2 Jan 11
Over the holidays I ran into an old acquaintance who is in the pub trade. He works for a large chain of pubs who I ascertained are mainly interested in making profits.
It seems there main method of achieving this is by concentrating on food and providing the right “experience”. Apparently, they have four bands of “dining experience” from a nice steak and chips down the Penn Road Wolverhampton to the burger and chips for yer chavs on the Lichfield Road. Beer, apparently, doesn’t seem to register much on the radar as they only make 35p a pint…
News
Chris Henwood B'ham Mail 31 Dec 10
The annual Walsall beer festival is moving venue because of growing costs at its old council-owned home.
Members of the Walsall branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) have agreed to leave the town hall, where around 2,500 people enjoyed last year’s three-day beer festival.
This year’s event, which takes place on April 14-16, will instead be held at Walsall College’s Wisemore Campus, in Littleton Street…
Feature
Express & Star 30 Nov 10
The Rose and Crown in Old Birchills and the Royal Exchange in Bloxwich are bucking the trend of pubs in the area, which have been steadily closing down over the last few years.
Nationally, 40 pubs a week are closing, and the Campaign for Real Ale said 11 traditional pubs were lost to Walsall in 2009, following 15 closures the year before…
Business
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 14 Oct 10
The Office of Fair Trading has ruled that the UK’s pub sector is competitive and it has found no evidence of price rigging by the leading pub operators.
The ruling follows a complaint from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) that the so-called “beer tie”, which requires pub lessees to purchase beer solely through their pub-owning company landlord, was anti-competitive.
The OFT concluded the pub sector was competitive overall and it there was no evidence of competition problems having an adverse impact on consumers…
Business
Isobel Smith B'ham Post 25 Jun 10
The real ale market is still thriving despite the collapse of two of the region’s best-known brands, according to other brewers in the West Midlands.
Highgate & Davenports brewery went into liquidation last week – with its 20-strong workforce made redundant immediately – sending shockwaves through an industry that has seen a significant upturn in recent years…
News PR
Walsall Council 23 Mar 10
With more than 100 beers, 30 traditional perries and ciders to tempt the tastebuds and a host of live entertainment, this year’s Walsall Beer Festival promises to be an event to remember.
Organised by Walsall CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), the 29th Real Ale and Cider Festival is being held at Walsall Town Hall from Thursday 25 March until Saturday 27 March. Last year’s festival attracted 3,500 visitors and organisers are looking forward to another successful year…
Comment
Keith Watkins, CAMRA Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10
The Bell Inn, Market Place, Willenhall was built just after the Great Fire of Willenhall in 1659. It is Grade II-listed, has been empty for more three years and is now in a semi-derelict state. Even with the current rate of pub closures this is one venue that must remain as a pub…
Business news
B'ham Post 23 Dec 09
The Campaign for Real Ale is turning to the courts to try to get action on what it calls anti-competitive practices by large pub companies. Camra says pubcos – principally large Midlands firms like Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns – are imposing unfair charges on their tenants at a time when many are struggling to survive. The campaigning organisation made a ‘super complaint’ to the Office of Fair Trading this year but it was rejected…