20-04-07 Dame Edna congratulates her EPoSsums for winning the Brand of the Year award

The most successful retail brands in the business were honoured at the Publican Awards 2007 in a glittering ceremony at Grosvenor House, London.

Zonal sponsored the Retail Brand of the Year award and this year's competition was incredibly close. Despite strong performances from Wayside Inns (Greene King), Varsity (Barracuda), Baroosh (McMullens) and Que Pasa (Edlridge Pope), the Revolution Vodka bars edged the title of Retail Brand of the Year for 2007.

Publican's editor Caroline Nodder said: "This year our judges were yet again confronted with outstanding quality from both pub company entries and individual licensees and their decisions were made all the more difficult because of this incredibly high standard.

The Publican Awards 2007 offers recognition for all these champions, who are great examples of the good work that is going on in the pub trade at the moment, fantastic role models for new entrants to the trade and a very good reason for us all to be Proud of Pubs!"

More than 1800 people attended the sell-out event, hosted by comedian Dame Edna Everage.

Stuart McLean, Zonal MD (far right) and Dame Edna are shown with Inventive Leisure's Chief Executive, Roy Ellis (far left) and Martin Connolly, Brand Manager (second left).