The first edition of the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) Night-Time Economy (NTE) Summit has been confirmed to take place from 7 to 8 April 2022 in conjunction with Bristol Nights and Savenightlife.
Greene King has launched the ‘Magic Pints Initiative’, in partnership with wastage saving app Too Good To Go, in a bid to save thousands of surplus pints of cask ale from being wasted.
Theakston is bringing its XB beer back to its core range after a two-year absence, North Brewing Co has released two new brews and Macnair’s unveils a 10-year-old blended whisky.
Grass-roots campaign, Hospitality Rising, has secured about £350,000 in pre-launch seed funding in order to introduce a campaign of up to £5m to tackle the ongoing employment crisis within the hospitality sector.
A couple have scored success as customers take to their new Mediterranean food offering at the Canterbury-based White Hart Inn, after the pair honed a taste for Turkish cuisine in Istanbul.
Pub operators could be forgiven for feeling a little like a punching bag of late. Fresh from being the main target when it comes to the Government’s ineffectual control of Covid, we’re now facing a tidal wave of cost when it comes to energy supply.
Multiple operator the Oakman Group has secured what is directors believe to be its “strongest ever pipeline of new sites”, which would result in the business growing its estate by a quarter (25%).
North London-based brewer and pub operator Beavertown Brewery is set to reopen its Tottenham Taproom on Saturday (12 February) after a huge renovation that includes an upstairs area that overlooks the workspace.
Head chefs of Tom Kerridge’s pubs the Hand & Flowers and the Coach in Marlow, which ranked in the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub list 2022, discuss the inspiration behind dishes that have been slammed for their expensive prices.
Brasserie Bar Co now has the firepower to accelerate its expansion plans and is keen to use new owner Alchemy’s experience as the backer of The Inn Collection to drive it forward, executive chairman Mark Derry told MCA.
Take your pizza offering to new heights with meat toppings as pepperoni, donner pizza and meat feast all score a place in Brits’ top five types of pizza.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and UKHospitality (UKH), have produced best practice guidance for the management of pub repairs and dilapidations.
Leeds has been crowned Britain’s most vibrant city while London placed last, in new research assessing the current vibrancy of the hospitality sector in the country’s 10 most popular cities.
A National Pubwatch conference focusing on safeguarding issues within the sector will be taking place on Tuesday 22 February 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic.
Almost a quarter (23.15%) of times people ate out at pubs from November 2020 to January 2022 included burgers, data from Lumina Intelligence Eating and Drinking Out Panel has revealed.
Pubs could see a 56% increase on energy bills following last week’s announcement from energy regulator Ofgem, however, some simple changes could save licensees money in just a few months.
More than 250 hospitality business leaders, including pioneering voices in the pub sector, have written to the Chancellor urging the Government to keep VAT at 12.5% beyond March 2022.
Night-time businesses have seen a 26% rise in total operating costs in the past year, a survey conducted by the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has revealed.
The Six Nations rugby tournament kick-off helped tempt 30% more customers into pubs and bars at the weekend, according to real-time market intelligence business Oxford Partnership.
Star Pubs & Bars has partnered with rating specialist Dunlop Heywood ahead of the new business rates rating list due to come into effect in April 2023.
Historic brewer and pub operator Hydes Brewery hopes to open a pub in the near future after putting acquisitions on the back burner during the height of the pandemic that saw some “incredibly punishing” restrictions on the industry.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has announced a new special edition beer box and accompanying brewer-led virtual tasting event set to feature five of the nation’s top female brewers to celebrate International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8 March 2022).
Award-winning northern pub group the Inn Collection Group has completed its first acquisition of 2022 with the purchase of the Glenridding Hotel in Ullswater, the Lake District.
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks – a pub believed to be the oldest in England – has called time at the bar and closed after licensee Christo Tofalli’s business went into administration.
Former Greene King boss Rooney Anand’s pub investment vehicle RedCat Pub Company has acquired the Crown Hotel in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, taking its portfolio to approximately 100 sites.
Rocketing energy bills are crippling the sector at “the worst possible time”, following the impact of Plan B guidance over the festive period and ahead of Government support such as the lower VAT rate and business rates support ending.
Prices across the hospitality sector are expected to rise by 11% throughout the year, as businesses try to combat cost pressures and rising VAT rates, a UKHospitality (UKH) survey has revealed.
Pub operator Greene King has partnered with TV chef and presenter, Joe Hurd, to launch its new back of house academies for trainee chefs as part of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7 to 13 February 2022).
A limited-time £12 burger and beer deal will be up for grabs at St Austell Brewery pubs across the west country throughout the course of the Six Nations tournament.
A report commissioned by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), UKHospitality (UKH), the Tourism Alliance and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions has revealed keeping VAT at 12.5% could generate £7.7bn of additional turnover over the...
The head chef of the Unruly Pig in Woodbridge, Suffolk, discusses gastropub’s current menus after it scored first place in the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list 2022.
The MA's Ed Bedington speaks to Frisco pubs Heath Ball to get his take on the week's news, from the rising costs of running a pub to the challenges facing the sector on taxation.
Drinks sales in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants saw a drop in sales of 8% in the week to Saturday 29 January compared to the same period in 2020, the latest CGA Drinks Recovery Tracker has revealed.
Pubs have been left in a ‘fragile state’ with no cash reserves, forcing some to consider ceasing trade as one in 10 licensees believe their business is currently unviable, according to the latest British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) member survey.
