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Brigid Simmonds

BBPA: Pubs must capitalise on 'year of celebration'

Britain’s pubs must capitalise on the huge year of celebration in 2012 – without over-zealous councils and regulations getting in the way, said BBPA chief executive Brigid Simmonds today.

Diageo National Pubwatch Awards encourage responsibility

National Pubwatch has teamed up with drinks giant Diageo to launch an awards scheme to recognise responsible drinking venues.

Two drinks packs breach responsibility guidelines

The packaging of two alcoholic drinks, Magnum Tonic Wine and Healey’s Texan-style Hard Cyder, has been found to be in breach of alcohol responsibility guidelines.

Hand & Flowers crowned top gastropub 2012

Two Michelin-starred the Hand & Flowers scooped the coveted number one place at the Top 50 Gastropubs Awards, held yesterday (6 Feb)

Enterprise Inns reveals price hikes

Enterprise Inns has implemented a 4% to 5% rise in tied drinks products from 6 February.

BISC: Brighton Council issues support for independent panel

Brighton & Hove City Council has passed a motion calling on the Government to monitor self-regulation of the pub industry and introduce a minimum price for alcohol sales in England.

BII launches new academy for young unemployed

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) is pushing to get young unemployed people into the hospitality industry by teaming up with Kensington and Chelsea College to launch the BII sector-based work academy.

Pete Brown

Hops and Glory

Pete Brown's top 50 British beers.

Pete Brown

Micro Masters

Roger Protz's top fifty microbrews.

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Le Pain to add further London sites

07-Feb-2012 - Le Pain Quotidien, continental coffee shop and bakery concept, is set to reach the 20-site mark in the UK by... Read more

St Ali rebrands as Workshop Coffee Co

07-Feb-2012 - Long Black Ltd, the owner and operating company of the St Ali and Sensory Lab coffee concepts, has rebranded itself... Read more

Lindley to rollout range of stadia brands

07-Feb-2012 - Lindley Venue Catering, the specialist sports stadia catering division of the Lindley Group, is to roll out a range of... Read more

RCapital completes Little Chef restructure

07-Feb-2012 - RCapital, the turnaround specialist backer, has announced it has completed the restructure of PT Specialist Retail Ltd, the parent company... Read more

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