The Publican, Market Report 2007 : the changing behaviour of licensees (regarding technology usage).Licensees are using the internet more frequently. Primarily it is used as a source of information.54% of licensees are visiting Thepublican.com for news, services and trade campaigns. Online purchasing is also growing.
72% of licensees use a computer in their business (mostly to run-off menu’s and do accounts)
Greene King IPA research revealed 35 is the age when men settle on their ‘usual’.
Apparently men trial on average 7 different brands before developing a loyalty to their favourite beers.
1 in 5 men try upto 14 different kinds of beer before settling on a favourite, and the winner is chosen on quality and taste above other factors such as price, strength and peer pressure.
For millions of Britons, the idea of a restful two-day break at the weekend has become lost as the frantic working week forces them to neglect domestic chores until Saturday and Sunday. The result is weekends turning into “workends”. A growing number of workers spend almost as much time catching up on household and family duties on their days off as they put into a normal day at the office, according to research commissioned by Dulux Paint.Three out of four adults believe the weekend is now merely an extension to the working week rather than a separate time for them to enjoy.
Millions of Britons are putting in a six-hour day every Saturday and Sunday on paying bills, grocery shopping, humdrum housework, fixing the lawnmower and all the other jobs they no longer have time to do in the week. More time commuting, longer hours in the office and a change in women’s roles from housekeeper to breadwinner mean today’s generation no longer keeps on top of daily jobs round the home.
Pintprice.com is a new website that collects information from drinkers around the world.
According to the website, the world’s cheapest ale – 10p a pint – is available in Somalia, Congo and Tuvula. Other beer bargain places include Ethiopia (20p a pint) and Vietnam (33p). The most expensive pints are found in bars in Monaco (£7.56p).
Source: The Sun 21-04-2008
Data from a national survey of 8,700 people for the Institute for Public Policy Research reveals family gatherings are much more frequent in the North than the South.
Residents in the North-East, North-West and Yorkshire and Humber regions are significantly more likely to meet relatives at least once a week. Londoners are least likely to have contact with their families, with only 35% visiting relatives weekly compared to a UK average of 49%.
The home shopping market will account for around a third of all retail sales in the UK, with the Internet accounting for around 30% alone according to a new report.
Key Note believes that the market for home shopping will continue to expand at a rapid, albeit decelerating pace over the next 5 years.The expansion of e-commerce and, in particular, the Internet, will be the key factor driving overall growth in the home shopping market for the foreseeable future. It is possible that the general mail-order sector will completely converge with the Internet by 2012, while direct sales are likely to begin to decline. Even so, many consumers continue to regard shopping as a leisure activity and also enjoy the opportunity to buy some goods, such as clothes, personally so that they can try them on. This will inevitably limit growth at some point. Another factor which may come into play is the environmental one – it is clearly less harmful to have one van delivering goods to a number of people, than to have individual vehicles travelling to and from the shops with their purchases.
Online advertising spend is set to overtake television spend by the end of 2009 as social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook continue to have a massive impact on the ad market.
UK internet advertising spend grew by 38 per cent year-on-year to £2.8 billion in 2007, taking 15.3 per cent of the market share as ad networks boost share of display advertising according to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB).
Castle Rock Brewery has created a special brew to help save endangered amphibians.
Proceeds from sales of the beer, Mr Toad, will raise money to fund the closure of a road in Nottinghamshire. Hundreds of toads cross Beanford Lane, Oxton to reach their spawning grounds. Castle Rock Brewery has ensured there are proceeds available from the sale of Mr Toad to top up the donations already made (so) the cost of this year’s road closure will be covered. The beer will form part of the company’s Natural Selection range brewed to support the Wildlife Trust.
Source: Publican 26-03-2008
According to a poll of 2,000 UK adults, nearly one in 10 Brits plan their social life around what’s on TV. One in six have turned down an invitation out so they could stay in and watch a programme. And nearly a fifth have cut short a night out to get home to watch TV.
Source: The Sun 29-03-2008
The Canbury Arms, a pub in South West London, is reaping the benefits of rewarding customer loyalty with a club card scheme.
After paying a joining fee of around £30 members are entitled to discounts on everything they buy at the pub with their Canbury Club Card. Within weeks of licensee Michael Pearson starting the scheme (18-months ago) it had 250 members.