Paul Mackenzie Ross

Pubs

  • In Defence of Wetherspoons

    As a long-standing member of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, I have mixed feelings about the JD Wetherspoons brand. But ultimately, if I had to pick a side, I’d have to say that I am a fan and I will speak in defence of Wetherspoons. Wetherspoons: The Bad First, let’s take a look at… Read more

  • The Sarsen Stones – Farnborough’s New Pub

    Welcome to The Sarsen Stones – Farnborough’s New Pub. So we’ve lost The Tumble Down Dick, The George, The Queen’s Head, The Imperial Arms, The Potters Arms, The Old Courthouse and The Ham & Blackbird. One of our pubs was infamously turned into a fast food restaurant (a very sore point and a personal one… Read more

  • Save the Tumbledown

    I need your help to save our pub, please. If you want to skip the preamble and just get on with objecting to the current planning application then go straight to Read more

  • Getting a Fair Deal for Your Local

    “Getting a Fair Deal for Your Local” was written by Paul Mackenzie Ross and appeared first in the is4profit small business blog The pub industry of Britain has been taking quite a beating over the last few years with a number of factors exerting pressure in the sector, hence the launch today of a campaign… Read more

  • Saving the Village Pub

    “Saving the Village Pub” first appeared on the www.is4profit.com small business blog. I don’t know if you saw Countryfile on the BBC last night, but there was an excellent feature on saving the village pub, that most important but often-overlooked small business. Read more

  • The Tilly Shilling

    When The Tumble Down Dick was closed in 2008 there were numerous rumours about its future. There was speculation that there may be a mysterious fire (as there was when the Duke of York in Camberley was torched, allegedly), it was going to be knocked down, turned into flats or a car park, or of… Read more