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Menu trends
Vegetarian dishes now account for 31% of new menu items across the eating-out sector, up from 18% last year, according to M&C Allegra Foodservice’s New Menu Item Analysis report.
VAT campaign
The hospitality VAT cut campaign has put forward a plan to the Government for a staggered reduction in the level of the tax for hospitality businesses.
A package of pubs with guide prices totaling almost £2 million is set to go under the hammer later this month, in a sale described as the biggest ever seen in West Wales.
Unruly children top the list of complaints from pub goers according to this year’s Good Pub Guide.
Beer
Pete Brown relies on the world of statistics to compile the Cask Report - but when facts are used incorrectly, he refuses to tolerate it.
Craft Beer
Craft beer is the hottest trend in the beer world but the plethora of styles and brands available can be overwhelming. Sylvia Kopp, craft beer ambassador at the US Brewers Association, looks at how best to choose which brands to stock.
Wellington Pub Company has successfully overturned an asset of community value listing at its west London pub, the Red Lion in Isleworth.
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Heartstone Inns has taken its estate to 12 with the acquisition of a Monmouthshire pub.
Interestingly enough, following on from my last piece on paranoia and the pub trade, Punch seemed determined to underline this by selling off a lot of pubs that it has been suggested would have been moving down the market rent-only option (MRO) route.