Some 20% of firms at risk of closure in early 2024
More than a fifth of night-time economy firms face collapsing in January 2024 without “substantial tax reductions”, the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has warned.
Archives for November 20, 2023
BIG INTERVIEW
The Big Interview: Tom Kerridge has thick skin
Speeding breakneck round racetracks and sweating it out in the gym are probably two of Lewis Hamilton’s favourite hobbies.
Popular Xmas party dates ‘will help push sales up to £12bn’
Hospitality is set to benefit from a £12bn boost during the festive period when 40m-plus people eat and drink out as the most popular dates for Christmas parties have been revealed.
Famed sandwich maker and publican to open third pub
Sandwich supremo Max Halley and publican Ethan Davids are opening their third pub together later this month.
Why are pubs hooked on fish and chips?
Fish and chips are a staple of the pub menu, but why is that? The Lock In team cast their net to find out where the tradition comes from and why it's such a popular menu item.
Punch appoints ex-Peach MD Stoddart as strategic adviser
Co-founder of Peach Pubs Hamish Stoddart has joined Punch Pubs & Co as a strategic adviser to its board.
Number of pub and bar insolvencies jumps 66% YOY
The number of pub and bar company insolvencies soared by two thirds in the year to September as high inflation and interest rates make turning a profit “impossible”.
OPINION
Lack of guide books means people are not finding pubs
Where have all the guides gone? That is my question and I am not referring to the helpful folk who talk us around a stately home or indeed the younger version who help the community, collect badges and, in my experience, bake rather nice cakes for charity.
THE CASK PROJECT
Rocking Rudolph returns, cancer charity to benefit again
Greene King is hoping to boost charity coffers again this year with the release of festive favourite cask ale Rocking Rudolph.