Spirits
Knowledge and taste key to unlock £585m on-trade spirits growth opportunity, Maxxium claim
Spirits distributor Maxxium has launched 'A Winning Mixx' category vision which it claims shows potential for growth in the on-trade.
Archives for June 21, 2016
Pub ordered to take England flags down for health and safety reasons
A licensee is standing his ground against his county council after receiving an order to take down England flags outside his pub.
FUTURE TRENDS: BEER & CIDER
'Disloyal' and 'promiscuous' consumer drinking habits pose key challenge to licensees
Licensees face a key challenge in keeping their beer and cider offer fresh in the face of ‘disloyal’ consumers and disruptive operators encroaching on their market share, according to a leading on-trade expert.
Greene King Leisure Tracker
Drinking out spend up 5% since April
Spending on drinking out showed further signs of stability in this month’s Greene King Leisure Tracker, with consumers spending an average of £1 (2%) more than last year, and £2 (5%) more than April..
Pubcos
Enterprise's "Pubs in Bloom" competition to return
Enterprise Inns’ Pubs in Bloom is set to return following a record number of entries in 2015 – its first year as a national competition.
FUTURE TRENDS: BEER & CIDER
Adapt to fast-changing youth culture, pubs warned
‘Generation Z’ tends to get a rough ride in the press, being simultaneously branded as humourless tech-obsessives and shameless social media self-promoters.
Survey
Customers "will tip if find waiter or waitress attractive"
One-fifth will tip if find waiter or waitress attractive - and are more likely to return - a new poll claims.
Pubwatch
Pubwatch launches support for abused ambulance staff
Pubwatch has teamed up with the South Central Ambulance Service to raise awareness for abused paramedics working in the late-night economy.