BBC searches for young chefs to star in TV series
The BBC is searching for ambitious young chefs to star in a new cookery series.
Archives for January 20, 2014
MP gets behind the bar to open new Peterborough pub
An MP got a taste of life behind a bar to celebrate a pub in Peterborough, Cambs, getting back in business.
The Big Interview: Brandon Lewis, Community Pubs Minister
Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has some sage advice for those in the trade: be positive about the role of pubs and unite behind the right campaigns — oh, and don’t forget the coffee pot. Michelle Perrett gets the conversation brewing.
Oxford pub pushes the boat out to stay afloat in the floods
Pub-goers who have battled the elements to reach their local in Oxford have been rewarded with a bite to eat or money off their bar bill.
TaxPayers' Alliance chief calls for duty escalator to be scrapped
The new chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance has urged Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the alcohol-duty escalator, which he said is causing damage to pubs.
Labour holding Parliamentary debate on pub statutory code
Labour is holding an opposition debate today calling for legislation to introduce a statutory code on the relationship between pubcos and tenants.
Hayley Cropper's final ale: Coronation Street star has her own beer
Staffordshire-based beer retailer, Best of British Beer, has unveiled the beer it was commissioned to supply for the leaving party of actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, whose character Hayley Cropper has died in long-running ITV soap Coronation Street.
Go Hard or Go Home: Licensee David Ripo on his Texas white-water challenge
Four Essex-based licensees feature in a new Channel 5 reality show Go Hard or Go Home, where ordinary members of the public take part in some of the world’s most extreme endurance races with only 12 weeks to prepare. Here one of them, David Ripo, blogs...
Time for a fresh industry attitude
A New Year, same old story? Come on — let’s blow the cobwebs away and make 2014 a year to remember for our industry, argues BII Licensee of the Year Ashley McCarthy.