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The YamYam 18 Oct 10
Police in Walsall are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery which took place at a pub in Streetly.
The robbery happened at the Farmer Johns Pub in Aldridge Road between 11.25 and 11.35pm on Sunday 10 October.
Four offenders, all wearing dark clothing and balaclavas, approached two members of staff as they were locking up and threatened them. The offenders were armed with a gun, a machete and a crowbar.
The offenders then stole an amount of cash from the safe before escaping. No-one was injured.
Police are investigating the incident and are appealing for any witnesses to contact them.
DC Jen Aston from Force CID said: “Due to the time of the incident it may be that people may have been passing or saw the offenders leave, we need anyone who has any information to come forward.”
DC Aston added: “We would also like to trace the occupants of a dark coloured car seen in the vicinity of the pub at the time. Anyone with information should contact Force CID at Bloxwich on 0345 113 5000 ext 7889 6651.”
Business
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 6 Oct 10
Pubco and brewer Marston’s has said it has seen trade across all its divisions show signs of improvement compared with last year.
In a trading update for the year ended October 2, 2010, the Wolverhampton firm said it was in a strong position to meet any challenges that may arise.
Business
Alun Thorne B'ham Post 29 Sep 10
The popularity of cask beer with young drinkers has seen its fans rise to nearly nine million – much to the joy of Black Country brewer Banks’s.
The Cask Report 2010 revealed the number of pubs that stock Britain’s national drink is now up by 3,000, which in itself has seen the category grow by five per cent in the past 12 months – and the number of 18 to 24-year-olds choosing cask beer has jumped by 17 per cent…
Business
Express & Star 4 Aug 10
Marston’s brewery today revealed a big rise in beer sales – thanks in part to Barack Obama.
The Wolverhampton-based pubs and brewing giant enjoyed an unexpected boost when the American president was presented with a bottle of Hobgoblin by David Cameron as part of a World Cup bet…
Business
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 7 Apr 10
Midland pub groups have announced encouraging trading updates leading to hopes that the pub trade may be on the road to recovery.
In a first-half trading update, Wolverhampton-based Marston’s said today it remained on track to meet its expectations and continued to see improvements across its operations whilst Enterprise Inns said trading in its pubs had remained relatively stable since January and it has made good progress disposing of its loss-making outlets…
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Express & Star 5 Apr 10
The future of a 284-year-old pub in Hill Top has been secured after the landlord signed a new five-year deal to stay on. Planning permission to convert the Sow & Pigs pub into homes was last year refused following protests and a 600-signature petition.
Now landlord Nirmal Cheb, who took charge in October, 2008, is hoping to boost the fortunes of the pub, which dates back to 1726.
Features
Express & Star 30 Mar 10
A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the landmark Banks’s Brewery in Wolverhampton, which is opening for public tours on Wednesday. Tours of the eight-acre site in Chapel Ash will include a look inside the brewhouse with head brewer Richard Frost…
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Express & Star 29 Mar 10
It has been months in the making, but today the wraps were finally coming off the Black Country’s newest tourist attraction. Work on a new visitor centre and shop at the Banks’s Park Brewery in Wolverhampton has been finished, ahead of its opening to the public on Wednesday…
Business
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Banks’s chief executive today launched a scathing attack on the Government for soaring beer duty rates, accusing ministers of “jeopardising” any chance of pubs recovering from the recession. Ralph Findlay said the industry had been hit hard by the recession, with many pubs closing and beer sales down £650 million in the past year…
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Express & Star 6 Mar 10
The price of a pint of beer across the Black Country and beyond has gone up by at least 5p. Banks’s brewer Marston’s confirmed that it had increased the wholesale price of its beers by two per cent this week – meaning a pint of Bank’s Bitter will cost drinkers at least £2.50, and as much as £2.80 or more…