Archives for September 7, 2016

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Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Puss in Boots

By MA

The Puss in Boots is a powerhouse of a family pub, catering for more than 2,000 covers a week, with a first-rate carvery and the recent addition of pizzas, which have gone down a storm with kids.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - Dram, Glasgow

By James Evison

Dram, run by licensee Jackie Keith, shows a real caring attitude towards its student customers with its prices, the variety of food offers and the information around the site.

Recruitment

How to win the recruitment war

By Greg Pitcher

Music festivals, YouTube videos, Snapchat clips and celebrity endorsements could all be weapons in the pub sector’s armoury as it fights the war for talent.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student Winner - The Doctor's Orders, Sheffield

By James Evison

Previously the West End Hotel, the Doctor’s Orders is a totally refurbished pub located near to the university district in Sheffield with its name taken from its proximity to the city centre’s Hallamshire hospital.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - The Swan, Lincoln

By James Evison

The Swan is very good quality students’ union that delivers on the elements that it wants to bring together: live entertainment and music; good quality food and drink; societies and clubs; and community relations.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Community Winner - The Firbank Pub & Kitchen, Manchester

By James Evison

Simon Delaney lives and breathes Wythenshawe. As the owner of The Firbank, along with his wife Rachel, in the Manchester suburb for the past 21 years, he’s passionate about his home turf and keen to dispel myths surrounding an area once branded “the...

Apprenticeship Levy

Pub boss calls for rethink on apprenticeship plans

By Ed Bedington

The government’s plans to impose an apprenticeship levy could put the brakes on the ability of the industry to train efficiently, a leading pub operator has warned.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Family finalist - The Fighting Cocks, Horton Kirby, Kent

By MA

Making the jump from the music industry into the hospitality sector seemed like a good option for Fighting Cocks’ licensee Chris Maskery, and eight years on he’s taken a struggling, run down and unloved operation and transformed it into a stand-out...

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Community finalist - The Ropemakers, Bridport, Dorset

By James Evison

Taking on a pub that had previously been named locally as the Dopemakers and turning into a thriving community hub, hosting everything from cheese clubs to touring bands is no mean feat, but Geraldine and John Baker seized the challenge with both hands.

Leeds

Why should operators consider Leeds?

By Nikkie Sutton

Co-founder of Arc Inspirations, Martin Wolstencroft will be speaking to delegates about Leeds at this month's MA500 meeting and advising them on the city.

MA Sport

The Weekend Sport: Rivalries renewed

By Liam Coleman

Pep Guardiola's first encounter with Jose Mourinho in the Premier League, plus the first top-flight Old Firm derby in four years dominate the weekend's sport.

Reopening

Nottingham pub goes 100% vegan

By Daniel Woolfson

A Nottingham pub has reopened after a brief refurbishment with a completely meat and animal product-free menu. 

Good Pub Guide

Music top complaint for pub goers

By Nikkie Sutton

Music is the top complaint from pub customers, according to this year’s The Good Pub Guide.

Spirits

New Star Wars film ‘kept people out of the pub’ at Christmas

By Nicholas Robinson

Stormy weather, Christmas markets and the new Star Wars film kept punters out of the pub last Christmas, according to Pernod Ricard’s UK (PRUK) on-trade channel director Ian Peart. But those who made it to the bar did spend more.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Student finalist - Champs, Sheffield

By James Evison

Champs Sports Bar and Grill near to the city centre of Sheffield provides an environment in which to watch football and other sports within the catchment area of the student population of the university district.