Ask a pub-goer why they choose one pub over another and you will hear loads of reasons: the food, the range of beer, the other customers, the staff, the prices and special offers, live music, live sport, location, car parking, the log fire, the atmosphere, the landlord, newspapers, Wi-fi, coffee, customer care and many more wonderful reasons.
Ask any pub-goer why they wouldn't visit a particular pub ever again (and also tell everyone they know not to visit) and you can be sure that the number one reason will be… "Their toilets stink!"
Congratulations to J D Wetherspoon who have once again won the national pub category in the Loo of the Year 2013 awards. They also have the highest number of gold and star entries (individual toilets are judged zero to platinum by independent assessors).
Loo of the Year managing director Mike Bone said "Wetherspoons exciting and wonderfully equipped toilets not only exceed expectations, they also meet the needs of adult users, children, babies and people who need an accessible facility. Their toilets have the WOW factor".
What a fabulous accolade for a chain of pubs totalling some 900 in the country, if a pub chain with 900 outlets to care for can do it, surely Fred and Mable running the Dog and Duck can do it?
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Friday, 13 December 2013
Friday, 14 June 2013
'Medicinal' E-Cigarettes And The Pub Industry
A good mate of mine, a lifetime smoker is desperately trying to kick the habit. He has tried it all; cold turkey, patches, counselling - you name it, he’s tried it. Now however, the one thing that is really helping him, 'e-cigarettes' are under threat.
Firstly J D Wetherspoon have banned them from all of their pubs. Their reason is a credible one, in as much as they claim these 'cigarettes' are very difficult to distinguish from the real thing, and so their staff are having to “police the pubs” - distracting them from their real job of serving customers.
The CEO of E-Lites Adrian Everett however claims there can be no confusion because his product gives off a green light. He (not surprisingly) wants to see more pubs allow and encourage them, to help individuals kick the tobacco habit and for the greater health of the nation.
Professor John Britton head of the BMA’s Tobacco control Group says e-cigarettes will save the lives of 5 million smokers if they use these instead of tobacco!
E-cigarettes, which use a vapour containing nicotine are now however to face more regulation and will in 2016 be re-classified as MEDICATION. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has said that it does not recommend people use e-cigarettes but has not banned them as it will likely drive smokers back to tobacco.
In the meantime my mate continues his battle. It will be interesting to know just how many pubs allow them or disallow them. Just another battle for our industry!
Martin Read CMBII
Managing Director of Inn-Dispensable Personal Licence Training
Firstly J D Wetherspoon have banned them from all of their pubs. Their reason is a credible one, in as much as they claim these 'cigarettes' are very difficult to distinguish from the real thing, and so their staff are having to “police the pubs” - distracting them from their real job of serving customers.
The CEO of E-Lites Adrian Everett however claims there can be no confusion because his product gives off a green light. He (not surprisingly) wants to see more pubs allow and encourage them, to help individuals kick the tobacco habit and for the greater health of the nation.
Professor John Britton head of the BMA’s Tobacco control Group says e-cigarettes will save the lives of 5 million smokers if they use these instead of tobacco!
E-cigarettes, which use a vapour containing nicotine are now however to face more regulation and will in 2016 be re-classified as MEDICATION. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has said that it does not recommend people use e-cigarettes but has not banned them as it will likely drive smokers back to tobacco.
In the meantime my mate continues his battle. It will be interesting to know just how many pubs allow them or disallow them. Just another battle for our industry!
Martin Read CMBII
Managing Director of Inn-Dispensable Personal Licence Training
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