Chaplin’s and the Cellar Bar in Boscombe, Dorset has been named Best Bar None National Award Winner 2012 in recognition of its community work for one of the most deprived areas in the UK.
Award-winning licensee Mitch Adams has put his pub – the Thatchers Arms in Mount Bures, Essex – up for sale, with the aim of looking for a new challenge in craft beer.
An overcrowded wholesale market combined with slim margins were the major reasons for the failure of WaverleyTBS, leading drinks suppliers have claimed.
Drinks wholesalers and suppliers have been picking up extra business in the wake of the WaverleyTBS failure as pub companies have struggled to fill their wine and spirits orders.
Harvester, the food-led brand operated by Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has launched a digital campaign allowing users to store vouchers on their Apple iPhones.
WaverleyTBS, the drinks distributor, which was placed into administration earlier this week, has ceased trading with immediate effect after administrator Deloitte failed to find a buyer for the business.
Wellington Pub Company, the c800-strong free-of-tie leased pub operator, has blamed the state of the economy for causing a dip in profits and turnover in the year to 31 March.
Admiral Taverns, one of the UK’s largest leased and tenanted pub operators, is understood to have appointed advisers to review its strategic options, which could include a refinancing of its debt or an outright sale of the c1,150-strong, Lloyds-backed...
BBC's Panorama has been forced to remove a programme from iPlayer due to a glaring error in alcohol statistics provided by the University of Sheffield.
When it comes to quirky gimmicks in order to help lift trade, I’m more than happy to try new things to get people through the door. For us, a lot of traditional ‘selling’ methods have failed to work of late.
BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) chief executive Peter Thomas has admitted that the organisation had become “arrogant and lazy” in not clearly defining what it represents.
Molson Coors has appointed Simon Cox, currently managing director, independent on-premise and wholesale to the role of managing director, Molson Coors (UK & Ireland).
National Pubwatch (NPW) has commissioned Leeds Metropolitan University to undertake a study to evaluate the effectiveness and strengths of local pubwatch schemes around the UK.
Barracuda Pub Company has completed a restructure, which will see the separation of its operating company (opco) from its property company (propco), with ex-Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Adam Fowle becoming chairman of the newly formed...
After the merger of the Publican and the Morning Advertiser last year, the Publican Awards was relaunched as the blue-riband event for pubcos — and by far the biggest night in the industry’s calendar.
Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) leader Bob Crow has thrown his support behind an award-winning London licensee whose pub is threatened with closure.
Pubs are failing to persuade customers to spend all of the time and money they have budgeted for their visit, according to a new study from on-trade researchers him!
Trust Inns, the c.600-strong pub business owned by leisure magnate Trevor Hemmings, has reported a sharp fall in full-year pre-tax profits after paying higher interest payments and incurring a £1.9m impairment charge following a £6m property value write-down.
Atmosphere Bars & Clubs, the 26-strong nightclub operator backed by Sun Capital Partners, is looking to roll out its Chicago’s brand via franchise to 50 sites within the next three years, chief executive Paul Harbottle has told M&C Report.
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, has reported a 39.7% rise in pre-tax profit and record turnover that increased 9.6% to £133m for the 53 weeks to 30 June on the back of acquisitions and rising like-for-likes.
An historic pub in Chelsea, west London, has been saved from closure by the Planning Inspectorate after the owner sought to turn the site into housing.
In the heart of the headquarters of SHS Drinks Division, the outfit formerly known as Beverage Brands, there’s a library. Not your usual library with dusty old books but a library of drinks past, a cornucopia of NPD — new product development — that hit...
Pubs could save at least £230 per year on energy bills by installing a smart meter, according to a new report published by British Gas and Oxford Economics.
A third package totalling 93 closed freehold and long-leasehold pubs, which include sites from the former Pubfolio and Goldtry estates, has been placed on the market.
Griffith Edwards died last week. He wasn’t exactly famous, except within alcohol policy circles, but as one of the intellectual pillars of what I term medical temperance his influence and ideas shape the politics of drinking today, from the nature of...
Barracuda, the managed pub operator, is close to completing a refinancing, which will see a US hedge fund take a significant stake in the Smith & Jones operator.
Portman Group chief executive Henry Ashworth has called for industry initiatives such as Best Bar None and Purple Flag to target more areas where alcohol misuse is high.
Drake & Morgan, the well-regarded bar-restaurant operator, is believed to have appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to review its strategic options for the next stage of the group’s growth, M&C Report has learnt.
The UK’s leading pub and restaurant operators reported a sales boost in August with like-for-like sales up 2.1%, driven by a 5% increase in performance from operators inside the M25 against a more modest 1% climb in the regions, according to the latest...
Shepherd Neame licensee Roy Peacock of the Hatch in Redhill, Surrey, fought against the odds to continue trading after a lorry crashed through his pub, causing £30,000 damage.
Pubwatch assistant secretary Frank Marnell has called for the BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) to attend pubwatch meetings up and down the country if it wants to push apprenticeships.
Why the hang-up with hospitality? Is hairdressing glamorous and pub work not? Why does the service industry not attract more youngsters for a lifelong, professional, fulfilling career? I have come to the conclusion that it can’t be the money.
Under-fire unlicensed bar operator Simon Atkins has lashed out at the Publican’s Morning Advertiser following the news that health secretary Jeremy Hunt is calling for action to be taken against his business.
An MP has called for legislation to do more to ensure that local authorities encourage use of polycarbonate bottles in bars where there is a history of violence.
Hook Norton, the Oxfordshire brewer and pub operator, would consider opening a pub in London in a few years, as it homes in on more acquisitions in its heartland.
Licensees looking to take on apprentices will be given simpler and more accessible support following a new report published by the Government last week.
So a survey has discovered that 62% of us Brits are reluctant to tip when visiting pubs or restaurants? (I know, it’s old news from July, but I’m just trying to catch up on stories that I bookmarked before the Olympics/School Summer Holidays began.) Quite...
It seems that fate had a hand in where Elizabeth Carter is today. After three-and-a-half years in Majorca she returned to England and the next day leafed through a magazine where there was a job advertised for an inspector for Egon Ronay. It was only...
