Craft beer
Seven Bro7hers Brewery to open first city bar
Craft brewery Seven Bro7hers is to open its first Manchester city-centre bar, following a £245,000 investment through crowdfunding and a Government-backed loan.
Archives for October 26, 2016
Entertainment
Publicans' daughter wins Great British Bake Off
The daughter of licensee parents, Candice Brown, has won the BBC light entertainment show, the Great British Bake Off.
Clocks
Reminder: clocks go back on Sunday
Pubs may be able to trade for an extra hour on Saturday night/Sunday morning at 2am, as the clocks go back for the end of British Summer Time.
FOOD HYGIENE
'Absolutely disgusting' pub and hotel slapped with £1,900 food hygiene fine
The licensees of a Blackpool pub and hotel have been fined after environmental health officers discovered a slew of food hygiene offences.
MENU IDEAS
Obscene Trump Tower burger created to celebrate US election
The Blues Kitchen has launched a massive burger designed to look like Donald Trump to be served across its three London sites in the run up to the US election.
Gluten-free beer range wins award
A gluten-free range of beers was crowned the winner at The Bar & Pub Show’s inaugural 2016 Great New Idea award.
TV Sport
Formula 1 in prime time at the centre of the weekend sport
The time difference means that this weekend's crucial Mexican Grand Prix will be broadcast at prime time on Saturday and Sunday early evening.
Beer
BrewDog announces bar plans for 2017
The Ellon-based brewer and operator has outlined its strategy for 2017 across its bar estate with a focus on beer quality, training, greater guest ale choice and new sites.
The most efficient crawl ever? Academics plot round trip of more than 24,000 UK pubs
Academics who spent two years plotting the shortest possible crawl round 24,727 of the UK’s pubs have released their results to the public.
Entertainment
All fun and games: How to boost revenue with cutting- edge entertainment
While the more traditional pub games have endured, operators have embraced technology by offering some cutting-edge entertainment for their tech-savvy customers.