Trade reiterates calls for alternative to late-night levy
Trade bodies have strengthened calls for an alternative approach to Gloucester’s late-night levy and to look at nearby Cheltenham for inspiration.
Archives for March 16, 2017
Publican Awards Winners: Best Premium Food Offer, sponsored by McCain - Bel & The Dragon
You won’t find a burger on the menu at any of Bel & The Dragon’s food-led pubs. Or bangers and mash for that matter.
Publican Awards Winners: Best Late Night Operator, sponsored by Jagermeister - Stonegate
Stonegate operates 72 businesses under its late night ‘venues’ division, encompassing brands such as PopWorld, Missoula, Reflex and Flares as well as many unbranded sites, such as the massively popular Salsa in Soho and a huge range of gay clubs and bars.
What does the Immigration Act mean for pubs?
The Immigration Act 2016 has had a significant impact on operators of licensed premises and is set to make further amendments affecting premises and personal licence holders.
Publican Awards Winners: Business Leader of the Year sponsored by Poppleston Allen - Peter Borg-Neal
An intense focus on quality shines through in the career of Peter Borg-Neal, the founder and chief executive of Oakman Inns.
Publican Awards Winners: Responsible Retailer of the Year sponsored by Drinkaware - Novus Leisure
Novus Leisure has 40 sites across the UK, which are largely London-based. These encompass a number of brands including Tiger Tiger as well as a number of individual concept sites.
Publican Awards Winners: Best Food Offer, sponsored by CGA Strategy - Cheshire Cat
Pioneering food couple Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin have used their vast experience in the foodservice sector to build their growing fleet of seven food-led pubs.
Be At One talks multiple city sites as it opens second Leeds pub
Cocktail bar operator Be At One has acquired a second site in Leeds increasing its total number of sites to 32.
Kitchen confidential: leave Brexit out of it!
If there is one thing I am sure of, it is that politics should never enter the kitchen. You don’t want chefs engaging in heated debate in the vicinity of six-inch knives.
JD Wetherspoon to slash 7.5% off food and drink at 900+ pubs
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin will hack 7.5% off all food and drink prices for one day across his 900+ pub estate later this year to demonstrate the effect a VAT cut could have on the hospitality industry.
BrewDog admits talks to sell almost a third of business
Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has admitted it is considering the timescale for a potential initial public offering (IPO) and has been in discussion with investors about selling almost a third of the company.
Publican Awards Winners: Best New Pub / Bar sponsored by Heineken - The Club House, New World Trading Company
Looking like it’s dropped straight from the east coast of the United States of America, and rising up from the shops, flats and restaurants that make up Liverpool One, the New World Trading Company’s (NWTC) Club House is a venue the company is rightly...
Publican Awards: Watch winners' reactions
Winners of this year's Publican Awards have spoken to The Morning Advertiser about how important these awards are to them and their company, featuring a video message from David Beckham.
Boddingtons reunites with Melanie Sykes at the Publican Awards
AB InBev has announced the return of an iconic brand partnership by reuniting Boddingstons and TV presenter Melanie Sykes two decades after the first airing of the much-loved adverts.
Grape expectations: how wine is evolving in the pub sector
Ordering a glass of house wine in the local used to result in receiving a drink that tasted more like sulphuric acid than Syrah. Thankfully for customers’ stomach linings, those days are over.
Publican Awards Winners: Best Pub Brand / Concept sponsered by Asahi - The Botanist
In the space of five years the Botanist has gone from being the latest spark of invention from the Living Ventures stable to an established brand with national coverage, and some extremely punchy growth plans.
Publican Awards Winners: Outstanding Industry Contribution sponsored by The Morning Advertiser - Stephen Goodyear
The pub trade is going to miss Stephen Goodyear – in the unlikely event that following his retirement last summer he is actually going to go away.
Food safety controls to be ramped up by local authorities
Food safeguards and allergen protection for consumers will be moved up a gear by local authorities, and will be core to delivering a better system of control to ensure a higher level of confidence in UK food.
Publican Awards Winners: Best Value Food Offer, sponsored by the Bar & Pub Show - Sonnet 43 Brewpubs
Tavistock Hospitality operates five Sonnet 43 sites across the north-east, selling extremely well-priced dishes cooked with fresh, locally-sourced produce.