New product
Nisbet launches new Thor range of commercial cooking equipment
Nisbets has launched Thor, its brand of commercial cooking equipment, to the UK market.
Archives for January 15, 2015
Try January: A fightback against those harming our business
Dry January? Don’t get me started. It’s dressed up as virtuous and a way of raising funds for good cause; in fact it’s a neo-prohibitionist ploy by well-paid executives at political lobbying organisations that masquerade as charities.
Hampshire pub named World's Favourite Yachting Bar
A Hampshire village pub has been named the World's Favourite Yachting Bar of the Year 2014.
News profile
Roy Boulter: Chairman, Licensed Trade Charity
The Licensed Trade Charity does a lot more than offer financial help to those in or retired from the business. Ellie Bothwell finds out more about its work from chairman Roy Boulter
Plans for supermarket on pub car park rejected
Plans to build a convenience store on a pub’s car park have been quashed, after local residents expressed fears that it could threaten the business.
Brewers defend wholesale price increases
Brewers have defended their position in regards to wholesale price increases and claimed they strive to “keep costs competitive”, after licensees slammed the move that will see rises of up to 5p per pint in some instances.
Drinks Trends 2015: Beer cocktails, craft sodas and automated coffee
Bars specialising in beer cocktails and the rise of ‘craft sodas’ are among the drinks trends for 2015 being predicted by Mike Palmer, founder of the consultancy lostincatering.com.
New World Trading eyes Smugglers Cove sites
New World Trading Company, the Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts-led pub group, has ear-marked two sites to roll out its Smugglers Cove concept.
Thatchers Old Rascal on draught for the first time
Thatchers Cider’s Old Rascal brand has been given a new look and is to be made available on-draught for the first time.
Tributes paid to former Morning Advertiser journalist Les Leonard
Trade friends and former colleagues from around the country packed a quiet country church in Kent yesterday to say farewell to one of the industry’s most colourful characters – Les Leonard.