The Inspiration for Pub Success Since 1794
Well, it has finally happened. After eight years, four select committee reports, thousands of hours of campaigning and reams of claim and counterclaim: the UK is going to have a statutory code of practice for the big pub-owning companies.
Makro, the wholesaler that supplies the pub and restaurant industry, says it has taken a number of frozen beefburger products off its shelves in response to current concerns about horse meat in burgers.
Hydes, the Manchester brewer and pub operator, has agreed a new £9.5m refinancing deal and secured more favourable terms as part of a financial restructure that saw the company exit its ‘cap and collar’ hedging arrangement.
Two new whiskies have been launched just in time for Burns’ Night next week (25 January).
My old Warwick politics professor, Jim Bulpitt, (1937-99) would often remind us that there was a saying in parts of Italy about being wary of politicians and donkeys, for they can both kick you in the groin when you least expect it.
A Surrey-based pub tenant has blasted his pub operator for the way he was treated after he was forced to order in £13,000 of beer in one go because no one could confirm Christmas delivery times with him.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) will be taking Cambridge City Council’s supplementary planning policy for pubs to a judicial review.
Be At One, the cocktail bar chain, has agreed a new £4m banking facility and secured three new sites, including its first outside the capital, M&C Report understands.