'Pork scratchings are bursting with nutrients - and could be good for you'
Surprise superfoods: Forget blueberries. Dieticians say popcorn and pork scratchings are bursting with nutrients - and could be GOOD for you;...
Archives for May 3, 2010
Cider drinkers backing Tories
Cider drinkers are backing the Conservatives to win the election — Tories received 58% of the vote at a licensee's National Cider Election.
Sales soar at Purity Brewing Co
Contracts with Mitchells & Butlers, Punch Taverns and Adnams have helped boost trade to record levels at Purity Brewing Co. Warwickshire-based...
Pubs report strong bank holiday trading
Pubs enjoyed a busy bank holiday despite the wash out weather over most of the UK. Whiting & Hammond pub the Little Brown Jug in Tonbridge,...
Bay Restaurant Group up for sale
The Bay Restaurant Group, which operates La Tasca and Ha Ha Bar and Grill, has been put up for sale by its owners Kaupthing and Commerzbank for an...
Kingston Arms: Each day is like a beer festival
Paul Boggia tells Sonya Hook how he sells real ale and home-cooked food to keep ahead of competition at the Kingston Arms freehouse, in Cambridge.
Sofa, so good: the pub and the alcoholic
Phil Mellows considers a new German experiment for drinking rooms to help people with drinking problems.
Global Brands acquires Inspirit Brands
VK producer Global Brands has acquired Inspirit Brands as it looks to move into the premium end of the market. "The premium market is still a...
M&B hires Sapient to sell 300 pubs
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has hired boutique finance firm Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 300 or so wet-led pubs, according to reports.
M&B pub fined over electric shock
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....
'Alcohol licence to stop underage drinking'
A child protection group has called for the introduction of an alcohol licence to stop adults buying drink for under-18s. Fair Play for Children...
Blurring the law on promos
Local authorities in Colchester have turned Home Office anti-promotion material into a set of rules, says Peter Coulson.
CAMRA crowns cider and perry of the year
Stanford Orchards Cider has been crowned best cider in Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Winner of the Perry Gold medal was Hartlands...
Good Food Guide awards for two pubs
Two gastropubs have been crowned regional winners in The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year Award. The Wiveton Bell in Wiveton, near...
Robinsons for more tennis
Squash brand Robinsons is celebrating 75 years at Wimbledon this year and has signed a further five year sponsorship deal
Kopparberg maker launches Frank's Ginger Beer
Frank's Alcoholic Ginger Beer is the latest offering from the creators of Kopparberg cider. The drink, made especially for the UK market, marks the...
Election candidates back beer tie reform
Over 650 election hopefuls have backed calls for reform of the beer tie — one for each constituency in the UK.
M&B looking to raise up to £500m through pub sell-off
Private equity firms are understood to be lining-up to back operators who want to buy some of the hundreds of pubs being sold by Mitchells &...