Archives for August 1, 2013

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Cost of running the average pub increases

By Mark Wingett

Like-for-like sales climbed 5.8% across the UK’s pub sector in the year to October 2012, with community locals and food led outlets outperforming the market, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailer’s (ALMR) latest Benchmarking Survey...

'Bombs' sold in half of pubs

By John Harrington

‘Bombs’ are now served at two in three bars and almost half of pubs, new research from CGA shows.

Blackpool Council leader says EMRO would only affect two nightclubs

By Ellie Bothwell

The leader of Blackpool Council has said the introduction of an early morning restriction order (EMRO) would only “lead to two nightclubs closing a couple of hours earlier” in the town, despite an influx of responses from the pub industry condemning the...