Matthew Eley
"Get out!"
That is one of the phrases that many licensees no doubt dread having to say to a customer.
I never thought I'd say this but there have been times in the last couple of weeks when I have started to wish that I was Welsh.
So far this week I have visited three licensees in three pubs in different parts of the country.
The following extract is a representation of a conversation I had last week.
Champagne corks and beer bottle tops have been popping across Leicester and beyond to celebrate one of the most unlikely sporting successes in living memory. And before the foggy heads of the players who attended Jamie Vardy's party had cleared, food and drinks companies were trying to get a piece of the pie.
I was made aware of a personal anniversary recently: five years since I left my last job and started at Inapub.
What has felt like a month of trade shows culminated last week with Craft Beer Rising.
Here is a list of some of the things that have made me happy over the last week or so
Standards and staff are two of the issues that pubs have to contend with in an increasingly competitive market these days.
"Maybe I am being a little hypocritical because pubs are increasingly going down the foody and family-friendly routes, but it just strikes me as not being quite right that you will be able to get a beer in Burger King."