Beer Academy relaunched as the Beer & Cider Academy
The Beer Academy has relaunched itself as the Beer & Cider Academy, with a fresh look, a new cider offering and a leading presenter.
Archives for November 9, 2017
British Institute of Innkeeping 2017: 'Through crisis management and triage – now on to physiotherapy'
A British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) general meeting highlighted a positive year amid tough conditions, with members voting to adopt revised articles of association.
Advice on keeping pubs safe during the festive period
Christmas may traditionally be the time for goodwill, but combine a busy time of year with a rising number of threats to public safety and opportunist crime and you have the potential for problems.
Durham pub reopens after £100,000 refurbishment by Admiral Taverns
The Brawns Den in County Durham is due to reopen this week (5pm, 10 November) following a £100,000 investment and refurbishment by Admiral Taverns.
Exciting new details revealed about Beer Merchants' taproom and blendery
Cave Direct has unveiled more details about the Beer Merchants Tap – the new taproom, bottleshop and training centre it plans to open in Hackney Wick, east London.
Opinion
Mind the generation gap: what has put young people off going to the pub?
Has the younger generation been put off going to the pub because smartphones feel like the world in your hand?
Could this be the end of the banana split?
The humble banana could disappear from pub menus as a disease that could have “devastating consequences” affects crop production.
How many chips make the perfect portion?
The issue of chip portion sizes made the headlines this week when Greene King was forced to apologise to a customer who received only six chips with her fish and chip meal.
Lib Dems restate call for 12.5% rates cap to 'protect pubs'
Just weeks before the autumn budget (November 22), calls to protect pubs by capping business rates at 12.5% have been restated by Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for St Albans Daisy Cooper.
Ei Group publicans get the option of two new agreements
Ei Group (EiG) is to launch two new agreements into its leased and tenanted division, the company revealed this week.
London re-established as gin capital of the UK
London is now home to 24 gin distilleries - more than existed in the whole of the England in 2010 – according to new statistics revealed by the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).