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Two weeks to enter the Publican Awards

The Publican Awards

Still time to get your Publican entries in

By Ed Bedington

There’s still time to be in with a chance of winning one of the hospitality industry’s top awards as the entry deadline looms near.

GBPA 2024: This year's winners in pictures (Credit for all images: Carl Sukonik)

GBPA 2024

In pictures: Great British Pub Awards 2024 winners

By Rebecca Weller

Operators from across the country gathered at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on Tuesday 17 September to celebrate the best in the industry at the 2024 Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

What's in the news 20th September?

Review of the Week

'Hospitality needs to be taken seriously'

By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Great British Pub Award winner Joe Buckley of the Tollemache Arms to get his take on the week's events.

GBPA 2024: social media highlights

GBPA 2024

GBPA 2024 social media highlights

By Felicity Giles

Operators from across the sector shared their wins and excitement on social media after a night of celebrating at the Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) 2024.

GBPA 2024 party pictures

GBPA 2024

GBPA party pics: were you papped?

By Gary Lloyd

The best in the business when it comes to running a pub gathered at the O2 Victoria Warehouse on Tuesday (17 September) to celebrate at the Great British Pub Awards.

(image: Getty/suteishi)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

The rise, fall and rise again of the pub piano

By Joe Harvey, associate solicitor, Poppleston Allen

I recently found myself examining my aging features in the mirror and concluded I was ripe for a mid-life crisis.

Entertainment rules: operators can have live amplified music until 11pm, Poppleston Allen advises (image: Getty/edelmar)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

Legal Q&A: the rules around live music outside

By Felix Faulkner, solicitor, Poppleston Allen

In this week's licensing column, legal experts Poppleston Allen answered a question around live music in external areas.

(image: Joseph Sinclair)

GBPA 2024

GBPA 2024 host unveiled

By Nikkie Thatcher

The 2024 Great British Pub Awards has now been announced as TV star and writer Ralf Little.

Small beer festivals are a chance to help cask ale

THE CASK PROJECT

Can a rise in smaller beer festivals save cask ale?

By James Ramm, head of sales, Woodforde’s

Questions have been raised over the viability of big name beer festivals with the postponement of some of Britain’s biggest – but exciting alternatives for brewers remain in the rise of smaller festivals, writes Woodforde’s head of sales, James Ramm.

Celebration: England makes it through to the finals of the Euros 2024 tournament (Credit:Getty/FG Trade)

Pubs celebrate as England secures place in Euros final

By Rebecca Weller

Pubs celebrated after England made it through to the finals of the Euros 2024 tournament yesterday (Wednesday 10 Jul) and on-trade bookings for the final game soared after the final whistle.

Football fever: the BBPA predicts up to 8m pints could be consumed in the run up to and during the match this evening

4 in 10 pubs to open later for Euros semi-final

By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 40% of pubs are preparing to stay open later for the Euros semi-final tonight (Wednesday 10 July) where England will fight for a place in the final against the Netherlands.

Dish Deconstructed: How to make Venison Tartare from the Black Bull

DISH DECONSTRUCTED

How to make: Venison Tartare

By Rebecca Weller

This week’s Dish Deconstructed showcases a Venison Tartare starter from the Black Bull in Sedbergh, Cumbria.

Mixed bag: More than £50m pints pulled across bank holiday weekend but trade down vs 2023 levels (Credit: Getty/SolStock)

Pubs report mixed results for bank holiday

By Rebecca Weller

More than 50m pints were estimated to have been pulled across the May Day bank holiday (3 – 6 May), though sales were down against 2023 as pubs report mixed trading results.

More time: operators have a few more days before the deadline for entries closes

Deadline for 2024 GBPA extended

By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubs up and down the country now have more time to enter this year’s Great British Pub Awards as the deadline has been extended.

Mark the occasion: Pubs hope for sales boost over bank holiday weekend (Credit: Getty/andresr)

Hopes for bank holiday sales boost

By Rebecca Weller

Consumers set to mark bank holiday occasion in the pub as operators remain hopeful for a repeat of last year's uplift in sales.

GBPA: A trip down memory lane

GREAT BRITISH PUB AWARDS

A trip down GBPA memory lane

By Rebecca Weller

With the deadline to enter the Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) 2024 fast approaching, The Morning Advertiser (MA) has taken a look back at the last five years of the event.

Great British Pub Awards 2024 cash prize and new category

GBPA 2024

Cash prize and new category for GBPA

By Ed Bedington

Cash prizes are up for grabs for Community Pub of the Year in the Great British Pub Awards, courtesy of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP).

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