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Publican awards 2022

Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (up to 500 sites) sponsored by Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company - Hall & Woodhouse

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

In a very close category, with three very strong finalists, Hall & Woodhouse impressed the judges with its honest and transparent approach to the relationships with its 100-plus business partners.

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Best Sustainable Pub Company sponsored by Sky - Peach Pubs

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Since the day it was launched 20 years ago, Peach has taken a leading role in driving sustainability initiatives in pubs.

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Best Pub Operations Team sponsored by Stint - Arc Inspirations

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The judges found the entry from the Leeds-based bar group to be the most compelling of the four finalists in a diverse category

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Best Pub Employer sponsored by CPL Learning - Barons Pub Company

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

With an estate of over 11 sites, Barons Pub Company recognises that its real assets are the people running those sites.

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Best Managed Pub Company (51+ sites) sponsored by Diageo - Liberation Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The Liberation Group is excellently run and well-invested pub business that delivers brilliant consumer experiences across food, drink and their accommodation offer.

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Best Premium Food Offer sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I - Liberation Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The success of Liberation Group’s food offer in the past year, underpinned by its continuing developments and innovation across all key areas of the business, including its strong people focus, impressed the judges.

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Best Pub Brand/Concept sponsored by Lumina – Chestnut Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Faced with the enforced closure of its pubs during the pandemic, Chestnut Group could have battened down the hatches and simply hoped to sail through to the other side.

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Best New Site sponsored by Heineken – Cahoots Ticket Hall & Control Room

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Inception Group’s unique 1940s theme bar the Ticket Hall, and downstairs event space the Control Room, near Oxford Circus, impressed judges with its authentic storytelling, with this new bar linking well with the story of the original Cahoots Underground...

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Best Food Offer sponsored by Guinness – Provenance Inns

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

North Yorkshire company Provenance has a passion for high-quality, locally-sourced fresh food in pubs at the heart of the community.

Entries sought for National Pubwatch Awards 2022

05-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Pubwatch schemes are being urged to enter the National Pubwatch Awards 2022, which recognise the work of local initiatives and efforts to provide safe drinking environments for customers and staff.

Pubs have just one month to sign up for World’s Biggest Pub Quiz

05-Apr-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The countdown is on to sign up for the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, which has already 700 pubs, clubs and bars registered to participate.

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Best Drinks Offer sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners – Albion & East

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The judges were all so impressed by the level of detail the team went into on every single element of their drinks offer and wider business, meaning they had rationale and passion behind every answer to the judges’ questions, no matter how searching.

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Best Late Night Operator sponsored by Kopparberg – Rekom

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Rekom, formerly Deltic, runs 47 venues including the Pryzm nightclub brand, bar operations and two restaurants. Its premises have licensed capacities ranging from 450 to 2,800 guests.

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Best Managed Pub Company (2 - 50 sites) sponsored by Molson Coors – Arc Inspirations

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Leeds-based multiple operator Arc Inspirations certainly didn’t rest on its laurels over the past 12 months.

BT Sport offers discount on Fury v Whyte fight

04-Apr-2022 By Gary Lloyd

BT Sport is offering an early bird discount for the pay-per-view screening of the sold-out boxing clash between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte on Saturday 23 April.

45% of hospitality staff find jobs less appealing than before pandemic

04-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Under-pressure hospitality workers want more flexibility and appreciation, revealed a new survey by employee experience platform Harri and insight consultancy CGA.

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Best Accommodation Operator sponsored by HGEM - Liberation Group

04-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Liberation Group operates in the UK and Channel Islands with a managed division of 57 sites.

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Best Brewing Pub Company sponsored by Food Alert - North Brewing Co

04-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

North Brewing Co has retained the title of Best Brewing Pub Company… again, and even Covid couldn’t stop the Leeds-based brewer and pub operator.

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Best Community Pub Operator sponsored by Britvic – Craft Union Pub Company

04-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Craft Union is a business that has community at its core. With more than 400 sites across the nation, its ethos of putting pubs back into the heart of communities is something it executes and then some.

Cannabis crisps and clotted cream beer: Pubs' best April Fool's Day pranks

01-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Pubs are up to their usual tricks this April Fool's Day (1 April), and have celebrated with some wacky stories including chocolate beer glasses, cannabis crisps and a bar especially for dogs.

The MA's Review of the Week

'We as an industry need to adapt'

01-Apr-2022 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with the group md of award winning Liberation Group, Jayson Perfect, to get his thoughts on the weeks events. From winning three Publican Awards, to rising headwinds and the importance of outdoor trading.

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Were you spotted at The Publican Awards 2022?

01-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Record numbers flocked to The Publican Awards that took place on Wednesday 30 March at Battersea Evolution in central London.

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Publican Awards 2022: social media highlights

31-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The hospitality sector came together to celebrate the industry at the biggest ever Publican Awards for the 2022 ceremony on Wednesday 30 March at Evolution, Battersea, London.

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Perfect score for Liberation Group at Publican Awards

31-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

Liberation Group was celebrating after claiming triple glory at the Publican Awards this week (Wednesday 30 March) in the face of tough competition.

The Lock In Podcast

The challenges of outdoor trading

30-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

With summer threatening, the Lock In team take a look at whether pubs are ready or not for outdoor trading, looking at some of the challenges, and how recent legislative changes have impacted on the classic pub garden.

CAMRA festival returns after 2 year hiatus

29-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) will return to London Olympia from 2 to 6 August 2022 following a 2-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Up pay, advertise more and show progression to attract young people to hospitality

29-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Operators need to increase pay, advertise roles better and have clear paths for career development to entice young people into the industry, advised hospitality apprentices.

Take advantage of millions who want to watch football

29-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Some 16.1m pubgoers plan to watch some of this year’s Men’s FIFA World Cup in a pub or bar while 8.8m want to watch a 2022 Women’s Football European Championship game, according to a report by research consultancy KAM and sports match-finding app Fanzo...

St Patrick’s Day helps managed on-trade sales rise 7% versus 2019

25-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

St Patrick’s Day celebrations helped lift out-of-home drinks sales by 7% last week versus pre-pandemic levels, according to insights expert CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker.

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Meet the finalists – Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (501+ sites)

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This accolade will be given to the business that has a highly successful tenanted or leased retail estate with 501 or more sites.

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Meet the finalists – Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (up to 500 sites) sponsored by Carlsberg Marstons Brewing Company

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This award will be presented to a highly successful tenanted or leased retail estate with between one and 500 sites.

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Meet the finalists: Best Sustainable Pub Company sponsored by Sky

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Sustainable Pub Company will have demonstrated a significant and concerted effort to reduce its waste.

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Operations Team sponsored by Stint

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The award for Best Pub Operations Team will be presented to the business that best demonstrates its effectiveness in innovation, leadership and business success in its ops team.

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Employer sponsored by CPL Learning

24-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The accolade of Best Pub Employer will be awarded to the business that provides an excellent working environment including comprehensive training, strong staff motivation and benefits alongside a meaningful career path and development structure for employees.

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Brand/Concept

24-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The award for Best Pub Brand/Concept will be presented to the firm that demonstrates business success, clear strategies and a strong focus on marketing the brand via all channels.

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Meet the finalists: Best Premium Food Offer sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

24-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The 2022 winner of the Best Premium Food offer will have impressed judges with a high-quality menu in a business that delivers a successful food offer across its estate.

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Meet the finalists – Best Managed Pub Company (51+ sites) sponsored by Diageo

23-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists – Best New Site sponsored by Heineken UK

23-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists – Best Managed Pub Company (2-50 sites) sponsored by Molson Coors

23-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists: Best Food Offer sponsored by Guinness

22-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists: Best Late Night Operator sponsored by Kopparberg

22-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists: Best Drinks Offer sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

22-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

Pubs and brewers rally in support for Ukraine

22-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

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.

Sports pub-finding app MatchPint rebrands to Fanzo

22-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

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.

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Are you being served?

21-Mar-2022 By Harry Lang, chief marketing officer at Stint

How the UK hospitality industry can use its own strengths to mitigate the staffing crisis.

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Meet the finalists: Best Brewing Pub Company sponsored by Food Alert

21-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

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Meet the finalists: Best Community Operator sponsored by Britvic

21-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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.

PubAid and Sky launch programme to reward pubs who support local sport

21-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A programme to reward UK pubs which support grassroots sport has been launched by PubAid and Sky.

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Meet the finalists: Best Accommodation Operator sponsored by HGEM

21-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s award for Best Accommodation Operator, will be given to the business that has accommodation as a key part of its offer.

Retain Six Nations footfall by screening women’s tournament

18-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

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.