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CAMRA
You’d like to think that CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year would never be a stereotype but, as Pete Brown discovers, this year’s winner really breaks the mould.
The increasing use of sea bass on pub and restaurant menus is putting pressure on supplies, while salmon prices have hit 30-year highs, a report has warned.
Fears that the Sunday roast is on its way out, following JD Wetherspoon’s (JDW’s) decision to scrub the dish from its menu, have been quashed by Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) readers.
Beer
A wave of small micro-breweries is bringing more women in to the beer category, according to SABMiller Europe managing director Sue Clark.
A Welsh pub has launched its own Sunday roast delivery service for local customers.
#DigiPubs
Digital marketing doesn’t have to be difficult and costly as Shane Nolan, director UK & Ireland SMB at Google, explains.
Law
Punishments for pubs playing Sky Sports illegally are more severe than ever, with one pubco ordered to pay a record £23,907 for playing football without a licence.
In part two of our look at community-owned pubs, Ben Winstanley gets the lowdown on one such outlet and why the owners have chosen now to hand the lease to former Jason Atherton sommelier, Boris Poliakov
Crime
West Yorkshire Police have welcomed a range of changes at the infamous Aviator pub in Leeds, Yeadon, where a mass brawl involving glasses being used as weapons broke out earlier this year.