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Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Newcomer finalist - The Better Half, Hove, East Sussex

16-Sep-2016 By MA

A City trader for 25 years, Hove resident Simon Stern decided he’d like to give something back to the local area – in the shape of a great pub.

TV Sport

New Sky Sports 1 show to hit the pub

16-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

Carling and Sky Sports have teamed up to launch a new show that brings Friday Night Football to the pub.

Pub Awards: Best Newcomer finalist - The Artisan, Frome, Somerset

14-Sep-2016 By MA

As a former head of events for the Marketing Society, running 80 events a year, Siobhan Cook knows how to throw a party – and she looks on her operation at the Artisan in the Somerset town of Frome as the opportunity to organise one big shindig.

OPINION

TripAdvisor: who gives a hoot?

14-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

TripAdvisor: love it or hate it, if you work in hospitality, you’ve got an opinion. And the chances are it's a strong one.

MA Sport

Gary Lineker on Leicester, pubs and pants

13-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

Ahead of the Champions League kicking off, the presenter of BT Sport's coverage talked to The Morning Advertiser about both the tournament and his tipple of choice.

All-Parliamentary Beer Group

Andrew Griffiths MP stands down as chairman of the All-Parliamentary Beer Group

13-Sep-2016 By Oli Gross

Andrew Griffiths MP has announced he will step down as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group following his appointment as a member of the Government Whips’ Office.

Recruitment

How to win the recruitment war

08-Sep-2016 By Greg Pitcher

Music festivals, YouTube videos, Snapchat clips and celebrity endorsements could all be weapons in the pub sector’s armoury as it fights the war for talent.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - Champs, Sheffield

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Champs Sports Bar and Grill near to the city centre of Sheffield provides an environment in which to watch football and other sports within the catchment area of the student population of the university district.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - The Cowley Retreat, Oxford

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

The Cowley Retreat is not marketed as a students’ pub and there is a clear desire to make it a space for everyone, rather than just the ‘beer and a burger’ student market.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student Winner - The Doctor's Orders, Sheffield

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Previously the West End Hotel, the Doctor’s Orders is a totally refurbished pub located near to the university district in Sheffield with its name taken from its proximity to the city centre’s Hallamshire hospital.

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Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - Dram, Glasgow

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Dram, run by licensee Jackie Keith, shows a real caring attitude towards its student customers with its prices, the variety of food offers and the information around the site.

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Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - The Swan, Lincoln

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

The Swan is very good quality students’ union that delivers on the elements that it wants to bring together: live entertainment and music; good quality food and drink; societies and clubs; and community relations.

MA Sport

The Weekend Sport: Rivalries renewed

08-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

Pep Guardiola's first encounter with Jose Mourinho in the Premier League, plus the first top-flight Old Firm derby in four years dominate the weekend's sport.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Wrygarth Inn, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire

08-Sep-2016 By MA

Situated off the beaten track, the Wrygarth Inn has to punch well above its weight to ensure it can pull in the punters both locally and from further afield.

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Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The White Horse, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire

08-Sep-2016 By MA

An ambition to create the kind of pub that he would want to take his own family to is behind the success of Andy Hunt’s operation.

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Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Puss in Boots

08-Sep-2016 By MA

The Puss in Boots is a powerhouse of a family pub, catering for more than 2,000 covers a week, with a first-rate carvery and the recent addition of pizzas, which have gone down a storm with kids.

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Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Five Bells, Colne Engaine, Essex

08-Sep-2016 By MA

This is a strong, family-focussed pub that offers a good mix of services and events for all aspects of its local community.

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Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Fighting Cocks, Horton Kirby, Kent

08-Sep-2016 By MA

Making the jump from the music industry into the hospitality sector seemed like a good option for Fighting Cocks’ licensee Chris Maskery, and eight years on he’s taken a struggling, run down and unloved operation and transformed it into a stand-out family-focused...

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Family Winner - The Boot, Hertfordshire

08-Sep-2016 By MA

Zoe Eliasson and her partner Nick Idle have a long association with their pub, the Boot, in Sarratt, Hertfordshire.

Employment

Employment expert Katrina Fox gives tips on how to get and retain staff

08-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Employment expert Katrina Fox will be advising delegates at the next MA500 meeting this month (September) on how to attract and retain staff. Ahead of the event, Fox reveals some of her top tips. Nikkie Sutton reports.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Community finalist - The Wrygarth Inn, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

The Wrygarth Inn has a connection to the local area going back more than 200 years, however, when Ray and Sandra Thompson took on the business it had been empty for two years and the car park was virtually overgrown.

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Pub Awards: Best Community finalist - The Ropemakers, Bridport, Dorset

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Taking on a pub that had previously been named locally as the Dopemakers and turning into a thriving community hub, hosting everything from cheese clubs to touring bands is no mean feat, but Geraldine and John Baker seized the challenge with both hands.

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Pub Awards: Best Community Winner - The Firbank Pub & Kitchen, Manchester

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Simon Delaney lives and breathes Wythenshawe. As the owner of The Firbank, along with his wife Rachel, in the Manchester suburb for the past 21 years, he’s passionate about his home turf and keen to dispel myths surrounding an area once branded “the biggest...

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Pub Awards: Best Community finalist - The Chequers, Westoning, Bedfordshire

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

The Chequers is a beautiful pub firmly embedded into its village community, a feat its owners, Philip and Vicki Kelly, have accomplished in a remarkably short time.

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Pub Awards: Best Community finalist - Alexandra Vaults, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

Due to celebrate 150 years of history, this fantastic community pub –tucked away in the back streets of a former Quaker town – has plenty of charm.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Community Pub 2016 - the shortlist

08-Sep-2016 By MA

The finalists for this year's Best Community Pub at the Great British Pub Awards.

Events

Great British Pub Awards 2016 - the finalists

08-Sep-2016 By MA

Find out all you need to know about the Great British Pub Awards 2016, including finalists, the event and the winners.

Zonal

Pub customers to be offered 'digital charity box' on payment

08-Sep-2016 By James Evison

EPOS firm Zonal Retail Data Systems has teamed up with Pennies - a 'digital charity box' company - to offer customers the opportunity to give money to chosen charities.

Awards

Katherine Ryan announced as GBPA host

07-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Award-winning stand-up comedian Katherine Ryan will be hosting this year’s Great British Pub Awards.

Technology

Poll: Are mobile phones bad for an atmosphere in the pub?

07-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A bar in central London has seen trade rise significantly after offering free, fast Wi-Fi to city professionals during the day time.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: The MA’s chance to salute the stars of the licensed trade

07-Sep-2016 By Mike Berry

Over the summer, The Morning Advertiser’s editorial team have been visiting pubs all over the country as part of the GBPA’s rigorous judging process.

Apprenticeship

People 1st calling for Hospitality Apprenticeship Board nominations

07-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Workforce development group People 1st is asking businesses who are passionate about apprenticeships and skills to nominate representatives to join their new Hospitality Apprenticeship Board.

Food safety

How food hygiene ratings can help your business

07-Sep-2016 By Poppleston Allen

Marketing that you are 5 point rated for food hygiene may be as good as a high-quality menu offer.

MA Sport

Full-time Fletch on... the early Premier League pace setters

07-Sep-2016 By Darren Fletcher

The early stages of the Premier League are looking ominous for rivals to Manchester City and Manchester United, with managers Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho quickly settling at their clubs.

Marketing

TripAdvisor launches new features

07-Sep-2016 By James Evison

TripAdvisor has updated its homepage with a 'things to do' widget, including attractions such as restaurants and pubs.

Training

CPL's award for licensed premises staff gains accreditation

07-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

Four training courses from hospitality training provider, CPL Online, have been accredited by an independent training standards group.

MA Sport

Wrestling, sailing and NFL: Embracing the sporting alternatives

06-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

You’ve paid the big bucks to have sport from both BT and Sky in the pub; you’ve got a state-of-the-art AV system; and a selection of TVs just waiting to beam high-definition coverage to the punters. Yet the reality is that outside of the Premier League...

TV Show

Channel 5 show stars employees from the Withy Arms Group

06-Sep-2016 By Tom Lawson

An email received out of the blue has landed one licensee and his team a starring role in a Channel 5 documentary.

Pubs for sale

Home of the British Open comes up for sale

05-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

A slice of golf history has come on to the pub property market in Prestwick, Scotland.

Comment

GBPA winner: "Find the point of difference to keep your pub fresh"

05-Sep-2016 By Matt Slocombe, licensee of the Crown Inn, Woolhope

As the dust settles after Brexit, I am sure I have heard as much banter over the bar as most owners. The Remainers who still cannot understand why the country did this to them and gleeful Brexiteers who try not to gloat too much.

Bar staff insider

Bar staff insider: Dear customers, how to order a drink

02-Sep-2016 By Bar staff insider

Customers, please take note. Clicking at us until your fingers get friction burn won’t get you a drink. What about whistling, you may ask?

Training

Outrage after pub 'refuses' to serve food to disabled customers

02-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub in Lancashire has outraged a local social and sports group for young disabled people after allegedly refusing to serve them with food.

How to make money out of golf in your pub

02-Sep-2016 By Sky Sports

The biennial festival of golf that is the Ryder Cup is just around the corner and exclusively available on Sky Sports. Here’s our guide for how to get people swinging round to your pub for the occasion.

Water

How to prepare for the change in water law

02-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

There’s water, water everywhere in the pub, used for nigh on everything. At the same time, it’s something that’s not usually much thought about. It’s taken for granted that H2O is just there, on tap when needed.

Ghost

Low spirits at pub after ghost was 'stolen'

02-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A Bolton pub is asking for its ghost back after it was ‘stolen’ by a Chinese artist.

Charity

Masterchef's Gregg Wallace calls on pubs to join the fight against prostate cancer

01-Sep-2016 By Mike Berry

Following the launch last year of pop-up pub fundraiser, the Men United Arms, Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace, is calling on pubs across the country this autumn to throw open their doors and host a fundraising night in order to help save men’s lives.

MA Sport

The weekend sport: Formula 1 takes over

01-Sep-2016 By Liam Coleman

With Premier League football on hiatus, Premier League rugby union, Formula 1 and international football take centre stage this weekend.

A-board

Pub’s anger over “stupid” A-board ban

31-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A York pub has expressed its anger over the city council’s plan to ban A-boards in the area from next year.

Training

CPL announces record market share

31-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

CPL Training has achieved a record market share in Personal Licence training for the first quarter of this year and now have more than a third of the market for the Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) training across England and Wales.