Northern Ireland pub takes title in Best Breakfast Awards 2015
The Speckled Hen, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland has won the Best Pub category in the Best Breakfast Awards 2015.
Archives for January 26, 2015
Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards 2015: winner’s reaction
The chef/patron of the top pub in the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards has spoken of his delight on winning the award.
MPs vote against bid to tighten pub planning laws
A Parliamentary vote to stop pubs being converted or demolished without planning permission has been narrowly defeated.
Government to strengthen planning law for ACV-listed pubs
The Government has said it intends to introduce legislation meaning planning permission would be required to change the use of or demolish a pub listed as an asset of community value (ACV).
Award-winning manager of the Ship in Wandsworth to exit pub
Oisin Rogers, the award-winning manager of the Young’s-owned Ship in Wandsworth, south-west London, is leaving the pub after nine years in order to pursue “another project” with the pub company.
Personalised cocktails top Diageo’s drink predictions
Premiumisation and personalisation are filtering down to the on-trade drinks trends this year as Diageo hotly tips these to appeal to drinkers in 2015.
Chestnut Inns buys third site
The company, established by former banker and corporate financier Philip Turner, has acquired Ounce House in Bury St Edmunds.