With the Great British Pub Awards just days away from announcing and celebrating some of the best pubs in the business, we take a look at some of the finalists that are in the running to take home some silver. Today it’s the turn of the pubs that are...
With support for businesses in tackling energy costs announced earlier this week, the Morning Advertiser has broken down exactly what this means for pubs and how to access the Energy Relief Scheme, as well as a handy calculator to estimate how much you...
The hospitality sector has voiced disappointment over the lack of detail expressed by chancellor the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s announcement on the energy support package for businesses in his mini budget on Friday 23 September.
The real living wage has seen its biggest year-on-year increase with more than 390,000 workers across more than 11,000 living wage employers set to receive a pay boost, according to the Living Wage Foundation.
By Andy Grimsey, senior consultant solicitor, Poppleston Allen
It was shocking although not surprising to hear insolvencies for pubs, restaurants and bars were up 59% on last year, as reported recently in The Morning Advertiser.
Masham-based Black Sheep Brewery has teamed up with British hip-hop star Jester Jacobs to record a rap video in a bid to reignite flagging sales of cask beer.
Operators need to be the “storytellers” of their own businesses to survive this “turbulent six months”, according to Interpath Advisory head of debt advisory John Miesner.
Prior to the 2022 Great British Pub Awards ceremony, we've taken a look at the finalists in the Community Hero category, which sponsor Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has pledged to give the winner of £10,000 and each finalist £1,000 to donate to...
In light of the Government’s announcement about a discount on wholesale gas and electric prices, we’ve created a handy calculator to help you estimate what your new energy bills could be.
A campaign that recognises cask beer is in “steep, sustained decline” and is struggling to shake its “male, pale and stale” image will be launched at the Future of Cask Seminar on Thursday 22 September.
An ad campaign for celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s new gin has been banned, as was found to make nutritional claims forbidden under the UK marketing code.
Industry leaders “remain concerned” the Energy Relief Scheme will be “no way near enough” to help struggling hospitality businesses through the winter.
Brewer and pub operator Greene King is launching two incentives to engage new and loyal drinkers in the cask ale category to coincide with the launch of Cask Ale Week, which runs between Thursday 22 September and Sunday 2 October.
Pubs will receive an “unprecedented” energy discount under a new Government proposal outlined on Wednesday (21 September) by business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, as part of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to help cut costs for businesses.
Multiple operator City Pub Group has announced it is trading better than it did pre-pandemic in 2019, according to its results for the six months ended 26 June 2022.
Like-for-like sales at Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant groups in August were a modest 2.0% ahead of pre-Covid levels of August 2019, the new Coffer CGA Business Tracker has revealed.
Sector leaders have welcomed the initial details of the Government’s plan to tackle energy costs in the on-trade but say “only time will tell” if the scheme goes far enough.
Ahead of the winners for the Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) 2022 being announced next month, the Morning Advertiser has all the information you need about the finalists competing to be crowned this year’s Best Pub Garden.
Many pubs make screening sport one of their main revenue streams and with the football World Cup approaching, there's no excuse for any site not to cash in on the tournament or any other sport that is currently taking place. Here are the finalists...
Some 20% of consumers felt strongly that venue owners should be open and honest about rising costs to soften the blow and extend consumers’ understanding of the challenges the sector is facing, a survey has found.
Revolución de Cuba, a subset of Revolution Bars Group, has pledged to give away 1,800 free tacos as part of a national treasure hunt celebrating the launch of its new food menu.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has urged the Government to provide “clarity” regarding support packages for the hospitality sector as the London-based operator faces a £10m hike in energy costs.
Train strikes, planned to take place in early October, will “further damage” the hospitality sector, which is already suffering from soaring electricity bills, said trade bodies.
Hospitality businesses are “vital community assets” but face “real danger” of not surviving the winter without Government support amid soaring energy costs, according to one Wirral based operator.
South-west-based brewer and pub operator St Austell has recently listed cask and kegged beers from Salcombe Brewery while brewer T&R Theakston has seen the distribution of its Summit variant rise threefold since the start of summer.
Drinks sales in Britain’s managed pubs, bars, and restaurants were 4% down during the seven days to Saturday 10 September compared with the same week in 2021, the latest CGA by NielsenIQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker has revealed.
Thousands of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) members have written to their MPs seeking support for the pub sector, after reported delays in Government help reaching businesses.
Insolvencies of pubs, bars and restaurants have increased by 59% from 1,354 to 2,156 over the past year, with spikes in energy bills forcing many to consider closure.
Representatives from across the sector have called for urgent clarity on the energy cap for businesses as well as a long-term plan to save UK pubs in a written letter to the Chancellor.
Almost half (47.7%) of night-time economy (NTE) businesses are barely breaking even as operators have been left “emotionally and mentally drained” by continued uncertainty regarding Government support, according to the Night-Time Industries Association...
Hospitality should be a “new national service” as the sector offers varied experiences across all skill levels, according to Barons Pub Company managing director Clive Price.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched a campaign to call on pubs and their customers to write to MPs, repeating calls for Government support for the sector amid warnings of a threat to businesses' survival if the Government does...
The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington caught up with Liberation Group's Jonathan Lawson to discuss the week's news, from the Queen's funeral to Government inactivity on the spiralling cost crisis.
Now is not the time for operators to let sustainability fall away and could help ease the impact of the energy crisis, according to Net Zero Now executive director Simon Heppner.
It's a spirits and cocktails heavy offering for this week's round-up with new serves from Cîroc, Monkey Shoulder and Grey Goose alongside a new twist on a classic cocktail to embrace the recent Autumnal weather.
