7 things you need to know about the apprenticeship levy
With less than two months until the apprenticeship levy takes effect, here are seven things you need to know to prepare yourself for the big day.
Archives for February 14, 2017
Joseph Holt brewery joins calls for beer duty cuts
Manchester brewery Joseph Holt has added its voice to growing calls from the pub industry to reduce the beer tax in the Government’s 8 March Budget.
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Guinness ready to extend range of new beers
Guinness’s Open Gate Brewery Project in Dublin, the initiative that launched Hop House 13 and Dublin Porter, will release new beers over the next three years, The Morning Advertiser (MA) can reveal.
How to have a nose for fake alcohol
Our legal experts give advice on how to spot when there might be something amiss with a new drink you're being offered.
Pub swamped with fake reviews over controversial Valentine’s dish
Animal rights activists outraged at a chef-owner’s choice to put a one-off foie gras dish on his Valentines menu have left a spate of fraudulent one-star reviews on the pub’s Facebook page.
Still and sparkling wine faces triple whammy threat
Brexit, inflation and alcohol duty represent a triple threat to still and sparkling wine drinkers according to the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).
Three quarters of customers will pay more for a quality cocktail
More than 75% of customers are happy to pay for a better quality cocktail according to bar group Be At One.
'Much to be proud of' in Birmingham pub property market
Ahead of the MA500 arriving in Birmingham this Thursday (16 February), the managing director of Davey Co, Paul Davey, takes a look at the pub property market in the city.
Campaigners' new plan to save ‘vital’ gay pub
Campaign group The Black Cap Foundation will issue a revised business plan to reopen the iconic gay pub the Black Cap in Camden.
Saracens captain: rugby discipline translates well into Brewing
When former Saracens captain, Alistair Hargreaves, retired from rugby he decided to tackle a new challenge, setting up his own brewery with teammate, Chris Wyles.
Amazon deal highlights 'unfair' business rates system says ALMR
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has reiterated its calls for transitional business rate relief for pubs after online retailer Amazon was given a business rates cut.