Plea made for rates relief in Scottish Budget
Hospitality businesses in Scotland must be given a relief in business rates in the Budget this week to survive this winter, according to a trio of trade bodies.
Archives for December 13, 2022
Punch reopens community pub after £470k revamp
Punch Pubs & Co has reopened Manchester pub the Famous Crown following a £470,000 investment and installed new management partner Dionne Blackshaw.
Pubs sell 28.5m pints as England exit World Cup
England may have exited the football World Cup but pubs enjoyed a huge farewell as 28.5m pints were sold across the UK on Saturday 10 December, which equated to an extra 166 pints compared to a typical Friday and Saturday.
‘Good luck to all the pub trade’
A North Yorkshire operator has warned hospitality’s future will be “bleak” without further Government support.
Pub hits back at ‘watery gravy’ review
A London pub has responded to a one-star TripAdvisor review that criticised its ‘watery gravy’ and the fact it served cabbage rather than “a decent green vegetable”.
Welsh Visitor Levy ‘wrong tax at wrong time’
UKHospitality (UKH) Cymru has responded to the Welsh government’s consultation on the implementation of a discretionary visitor levy, calling for the proposal to be dropped due to the damage it would cause to hospitality.
THE CASK PROJECT
Cask category 'building back steadily'
The future for cask is “bright” as the category "builds back steadily" post-pandemic, but more must be done to educate people on the craft of cask, according to Wadworth Brewery managing director Toby Bartholomew.
Five pubs to hit limelight during world darts event
Five community pubs will be hitting the bull’s-eye at a major darts tournament when players will be wearing shirts emblazoned with each venue’s name.
Toast Ale raises £2m for growth
Social enterprise brewery Toast Ale has raised more than £2m to grow the positive impact of its business.
Gov 'losing control' over rail strikes
The Government has “lost control” of “escalating” strike action as the hospitality sector continues to be “critically impacted”, the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has stated.