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Hawthorn Leisure, a new pub company established to acquire, invest in and support pubs across the UK, has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of a portfolio of 275 tenanted and leased public houses from Greene King for £75.6m.
Sales of craft beers are booming but there were warnings at this week's ALMR spring conference that the rivalry between craft and traditional brewery could damage the industry.
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Brakspear, the Oxfordshire-based pub operator, is set to open its third managed site.
Street food entrepreneur Nick Willoughby has joined forces with south London multiple City Glen Pub Company to launch his first pub venture.
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With a number of late kick-offs, next month's football World Cup presents a unique challenge for food-led pubs
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Taylors of Harrogate has teamed up with Kew Gardens to create a range of herbal tea infusions using premium fruits and herbs.
Like-for-like sales declined 3.8% over the Easter weekend across 25 leading pub and restaurant groups against the corresponding four-day holiday last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
A Bill calling for community pubs to be listed in their own use class has received support from the three major political parties after it was presented in Parliament yesterday.
Picture a school lunch and chances are images of bland, boiled cauliflower and stodgy puddings spring to mind. But public houses could play a vital role in changing this perception by providing ‘good quality food’ for local pupils.
A campaign group has produced a template letter for operators to lobby their MP for a VAT cut.
Sky has launched a new online training course to help operators “reap the full benefits” from showing live sport in their pub.
Pubs may have to pay hundreds of pounds a year for environmental health inspections under an EU proposal that businesses foot the bill rather than local councils.
Food and drink businesses in the south-west of England are increasingly upbeat about their future prospects, a survey has found.