Intro: Utilising space, tapping into experiences and drinks innovation are three trends operators should be showcasing in their businesses, one expert urged.
Andy King has been at the helm of the Fox on Lower Essex Street in Birmingham since 1997 and is the longest serving publican in the city’s gay village.
The announcement of debit card, payment apps and other cashless payment forms will be permitted on gaming machines by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been welcomed by two trade bodies.
Andrew Fishwick wants to add “rocket fuel” to firms and champion the sector amid falling confidence from shareholders with new acquisition and investment vehicle, Hestia PLC.
Celebrating 30 years of success this year, Rock-based Sharp’s Brewery, the maker of the UK’s best-selling amber ale Doom Bar [1], released Twin Coast Session Pale Ale, another brew from its dedicated pilot brewery.
Pubs must embrace more modern styles to attract a wider demographic to cask as more than half of operators feel perceptions of cask are not changing for the better.
Firms should be “cautiously optimistic” with a summer of sport set to boost trade after a challenging six months, according to the inaugural Hospitality Tracker Report from OakNorth bank.
Motoring broadcaster and part-pub owner James May recently raised eyebrows in an interview with The Morning Advertiser when he described the country as “oversubscribed” with pubs.
Pub company Marston’s has revealed it expects to dispose of £50m of non-core and unlicensed sites in its latest trading report, for the 26 weeks ending 30 March 2024.
Be yourself and make sure you switch off when you are not at work – that’s the advice Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens has for anyone wanting to further their career.
Pubs and ghosts go together like, well beer and pubs! Most pubs will lay claim to a ghost or two, so the podcast team take to the airwaves to talk all things spooky!
Perhaps it’s the result of successive economic shocks – most recently fuelled by the catalytic impact of the pandemic – but there seems to have been a fundamental shift in the relationships between pub operators and suppliers over the past decade or so.
Industry leaders have shared hope stronger than expected economic growth will boost consumer confidence, though some warned the sector is still facing “challenges”.
Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens wants to see action on business rates because pubs can’t work with such “ambiguity” in the trade.
Punch Pubs has reported trade is “encouraging with profitability ahead of the prior year” and expects to benefit further as the inflation situation improves.
