The manager of the 2019 Great British Pub Awards’ Best for Sport winner believes that the existing playbook on American Football screenings makes the NFL well suited to post-lockdown pubs.
All 28 Premier League matches scheduled to be played in September will be broadcast live via existing partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC, the league has confirmed.
While around half of Brits have returned to their office in some capacity following Covid-19 lockdown, one-in-three would be comfortable doing a days’ work from a ‘pub office’ according to new research.
Sky Business has launched a new video series focusing on pub licensees’ preparations for the new football seasons in tandem with a range of new tools for its customers.
Amazon has confirmed which fixtures from the forthcoming Premier League season will be exclusively broadcast via its Prime Video service after the 2020/21 schedule was revealed on 20 August.
Entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has backed new pub, bar and restaurant food service easyFood to disrupt the delivery app marketplace amid Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
Sport pub finding app MatchPint has teamed up with DesignMyNight's sister company Access Collins to offer its more than 5m annual users a new and improved pub pre-booking journey post-lockdown.
HIM & MCA Insight is launching a new analytics and data visualisation solution that will bring all of the company’s data sources together. As part of the launch of the new data platform, HIM & MCA Insight have a new name - Lumina Intelligence.
Fire has forced a former Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) finalist to close until further notice less than three weeks after resuming trade following enforced coronavirus closure.
Though 95% of Brits consider it rude not to let a pub, bar or restaurant know they won’t be making a booking, operators have nonetheless faced a wave of ‘no-shows’ since trading resumed on 4 July.
With pubs given the go ahead to open their doors, one of the key issues around reopening is about collecting and storing customer data to enable tracking and tracing.
Pub operators are divided on how viable it is to take contact details from customers to help with the NHS Test and Trace service, new research has found.
The Government's document outlining how UK pubs, bars and restaurants will reopen from July was notable for how many times it used the word 'should' rather than 'must' – especially on the subject of customer data collection.
Pubs using tech solutions to tackle challenges posed by social distancing in reopened sites need to get tough on new partners to avoid ‘nasty’ shocks further down the line, according to Prask Sutton of Wi5 Technologies
With uncertainty in the air around how and when pubs are likely to be allowed to open and under what rules, one thing is definitely certain - technology will play a huge part in kick-starting the return to business.
Social distancing may force operators to re-programme post-lockdown pubs to accommodate new consumer behaviour – but which tech innovations can help them push the right buttons?
By Sam Ulph, founder and CEO of e-commerce tech company StarStock
Reinventing your business is one thing – doing it in the space of a week is another, especially in the middle of a global crisis ravaging your industry.
A former licensee has received a community award from the Prime Minister for hosting an online pub quiz to raise money for charity, which featured famous celebrities including Stephen Fry.
Pubs and the wider hospitality industry will continue to need financial support if they are allowed to reopen with social distancing, according to one industry supplier.
The Craft Union Pub Company has launched an online community to support its publicans and help them create virtual pub events for their customers and staff.
With publicans unable to speak to customers directly during the Covid-19 shutdown, digital experts from Molson Coors and communications agency Jam outline why it’s important for pubs to be on the same social media page.
Diners who make reservations and don’t turn up are not a new issue for the trade but there are a multitude of ways operators can help overcome this issue.
Changing customer demands have given the back bar an increasingly prominent role, with a variety of new services available to provide an effective operation.
A stocktaker, a solicitor and a HR specialist explain the best ways to use the growing ‘gig economy’, which gives work to people on a temporary basis, when it comes to improving your business.
Operators could see their customers’ dwell time increase by up to an hour and a half with ChargedUp stations, designed to help people’s mobile devices stay ‘powered through the night’.
Communities with limited access to ATMs will be able to request a no-charge cashpoint under a new £1m scheme, with rural pubs highlighted as ‘ideal’ locations.
Biometrics transaction provider Fingopay’s CMO Simon Binns is hoping that offering convenience and ‘cast iron’ proof of age will help biometric payments spread throughout the on-trade.
Pubco Fuller’s has introduced a talking menu service to improve the experience of visually impaired, blind or dyslexic customers who want to order food.
The growth of 5G networks – offering mobile internet speeds 10 to 20 times faster than previous generations – in rural areas can provide a wealth of opportunities for pubs according to Long Live the Local’s programme director David Cunningham.
From autumn, ordering another round will be as simple as lifting a finger for customers at XYZ Social in Manchester after the bar unveiled a partnership with biometrics payment provider Fingopay.
Customers are more than used to using modern technology and are now demanding premises like yours can deliver on such requests – so don’t get left behind.
Hospitality tech firm Fourth, a company that provides outlets with workforce management and cost-control software, has merged with a US partner to become what is claimed to be the world’s largest provider of end-to-end hospitality management systems....
