Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced a temporary 50% business rates relief for eligible hospitality businesses up to £110,000, worth £1.7bn for small businesses and effective from next month, as part of the 2022 Spring Statement.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has increased the threshold before workers start paying national insurance contributions by £3,000 in Wednesday’s Spring Statement meaning staff in the sector will keep more of the money they have earned.
The Chancellor made no reference to keeping the VAT rate at 12.5% permanently in the Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March, meaning the rate will rise to 20% in April.
Revolution Bars Group, the operator of bars including Revolución de Cuba, Playhouse, and Founders & Co, has invested £2m in raising wages over minimum wage, as part of the ‘fair day’s pay for hard day’s work’ pledge.
The licensing hours for pubs, bars and clubs will be extended for an extra two hours for three nights over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend in June, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
The business crowned the Best Managed Pub Company for 51+ sites will have a highly successful managed retail estate, which has shown strong innovation and business performance in the past year.
The 2022 Best New Site award will be presented to the business that has opened in the past 24 months, has been trading for a minimum of six months and have demonstrated how effectively trade has been built at the site.
This year’s Best Managed Pub Company (2 to 50 sites) champion will have a highly successful managed retail estate, which has shown strong innovation and business performance in the past year.
Plenty of pubs from around the country have been put on the market this week, while Young's has reopened the Spread Eagle pub with bedrooms and office space.
This year's Best Food Offer winner at the 2022 Publican Awards will be awarded to the company that delivers a successful food offer across their estate, with food a key part of the firm's total sales.
This year’s award for Best Late Night Operator will be given to the business based on its commitment to the providing a high-quality offer to a night-time crowd.
This years award for Best Drinks offer will be given to the business that demonstrates a strong, broad and diverse offer when it comes to it's drinks range.
Almost two fifths of operators have been forced to cut trading hours to combat cost increases across the board, according to a poll conducted by trade organisations UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the British Beer and Pub Association...
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has criticised the Government’s plans to increase VAT back to 20% for food in pubs, restaurants and cafés from next month (April).
Freehold managed pubs firm Portobello Starboard has bought six pubs, including five from multiple operator The City Pub Group as well as a separate seaside venue.
Almost 11.5m pints of draught beer and cider were sold in pubs across the UK on Saturday 19 March as the nation cheered ‘Super Saturday’s’ culmination of the Guinness Six Nations championship, according to data from real time market intelligence business...
Hundreds of thousands of businesses are at the mercy of Wednesday’s Spring Statement (23 March), according to the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA).
Businesses in the brewing and pub industry are responding to the ongoing war in Ukraine with donations, fundraising appeals and offers of employment and accommodation.
MatchPint – the fan engagement platform for venues, brands and sports fans – has announced a global rebrand after 10 years of operation and is now called Fanzo.
This year’s award for Best Brewing Pub Company will be given to the business based on its strength in combining brewing operations and its pub estate together.
The pub company who really puts community at the heart of their business will be awarded the Best Community Operator award at the 2022 Publican Awards.
Hospitality needs help bouncing back from its “perilous financial position” in Wednesday’s Spring Statement (23 March), to stave off closures and save thousands of jobs, said night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord.
The Diggity Dog, Shepherd Neame’s recently launched vegan hotdog, has been named Best New Menu Item in the national Menu Innovation and Development Awards (MIDAS).
Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars has warned licensees to get ready well ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations in early June by launching a support package for its licensees.
The MA’s Gary Lloyd caught up with night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord to get his views on the two-year anniversary of when Boris Johnson told people not to go to pubs before closing them, the upcoming Spring Statement, cost of...
Gordon’s, Rekorderlig and Dead Man’s Fingers unveil new drinks, plus launches of UK's first Tequila ice tea and beers from Otter and Salcombe breweries.
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has shown a return to more normal trading periods in their preliminary results for the 26 weeks, which ended on the 23 January 2022.
By Suraj Desor, associate solicitor at Poppleston Allen
We are now into the second year since the provisions of the Business & Planning Act were introduced by the Government in July 2020, with a view to helping licensees trade as they reopened post- pandemic.
The Six Nations rugby tournament has boosted footfall to pubs during the past month or so but operators have been warned not to miss out on retaining that custom by showing the upcoming women’s version.
Trade bodies have lamented the two-year anniversary of the closure of the pub sector and called on the Government to help the sector if it is to stand a better chance of recovering from economic adversity.
This week’s episode is brought to you from the number one Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub the Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, Suffolk and includes licensee Brendan Padfield alongside rising chef star Ruth Hansom of the Princess of Shoreditch and Big Smoke co-founder...
Food prices increases accelerated sharply in January with more prices to come, according to the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.
BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt says a criminal prosecution is under way for fraud and malicious communication over an alleged campaign of online harassment directed against him.
The number one stout in GB[1], Guinness is synonymous with quality. A strong reputation among consumers, Guinness is a trusted and reliable brand, and one that many customers will expect to see on the bar.
Traditional cask beer is “under serious threat” due to consumer drinking habits changing to ordering online and drinking more at home, according to a new report.
The Office of National Statistics’ latest labour market overview, which showed industries continuing to recover from the pandemic, was “positive news” for hospitality, yet the sector was still fragile, according to UKHospitality (UKH).
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to ask for financial help for pubs ahead of the Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March.
The Harlequin pub in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, will start creating beers at a local microbrewery next month (April), with the profits being donated to organisations supporting women and girls.
