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Property round-up
Property news this week includes Diageo's plans for a £73m Guinness microbrewery in London, Whitbread's Bar + Block brand to reach 20 sites and multiple operators take third site with Star Pubs & Bars.
Stonegate Group has raised £315,000 for the British Heart Foundation through fundraising activities across its managed estate.
PubAid has announced it will host its charity fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, in May 2022 instead of March.
The Prince Albert pub in Ely, Cambridgeshire has bagged a £280,000 investment from Greene King Pub Partners in conjunction with long-term business partners Jeanene and Mike Connelly.
Almost two thirds (61%) of consumers felt service standards had dipped across the sector compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to HGEM.
Par 59, a Cardiff bar, restaurant and mini golf concept backed by Wales footballer Gareth Bale is set to open on 18 March with bookings available from the first week of February.
Government reforms to the alcohol duty system have been welcomed by one trade body alongside warnings for further changes ahead of a “triple whammy of costs” for the sector.
Urban Pubs & Bars has recorded a profit before tax of £5,287 (2020: £890,404) from sales of £8.8m with directors saying they are “pleased with the performance of the company” in its latest report to Companies House.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s proposed changes to alcohol duty could see the cost of a bottle of wine rise by an average of 38p, according to Wine Drinkers UK.
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Entries are now open for the 2022 BII Licensee of the Year award, run by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and sponsored by Sky.
The entry deadline for the SIBA Business Awards 2022 has been extended to Sunday 13 February to ensure a wide variety of businesses from across the beer, brewing, hospitality and retail sectors are able to enter.