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Company initiative: the Blueprint was first unveiled in May this year and outlined the BrewDog's profit share scheme

BrewDog pays out over £300k in Blueprint bonus

Scottish brewer and multi-site operator BrewDog has revealed it has paid the first of its new Blueprint bonus profit share scheme to more than 1,700 bar staff.

Big money: £700,000 has been invested into Admiral Taverns site the Coach & Horses

Largest investment ever at Admiral Taverns site, Punch revamps site

Admiral Taverns pub the Coach & Horses has reopened after receiving the largest investment one of the pubco’s sites has ever received of £700,000.

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Star Pubs & Bars offers advice on staff recruitment and retention

Staff recruitment and retention are two of the biggest issues facing the on trade now, with turnover high and many staff vacancies available within the sector.

Cash or card: cash payments account for less than 25% of transactions in the majority of pubs (Credit: Getty/praetorianphoto)

Cash makes up less than 25% of on-trade payments

Cash payments account for less than 25% of transactions in the majority of pubs despite a recent boom in consumer use of physical money.

Pledge made: Rishi Sunak will target business rates if elected

Sunak vows to slash business rates

PM candidate Rishi Sunak has vowed to slash business rates if he is elected as the next Conservative party leader.

Personnel announcement: Andrew Turner joined the company two years ago and has been promoted to a newly created role - chief operating officer

St Austell strengthens leadership team

Cornwall-based pub operator St Austell Brewery has announced a new leadership team alongside its 175th acquisition.

Managing costs: some pubs switching to rapeseed oil amid rising cost of olive oil (Credit: Getty/Image Source)

Pubs adapting dishes as oil prices rise further

Chefs have continued to adapt dishes and implement cost saving measures amid rising olive oil costs.

Portfolio growth: the Engine Room in Ashton-under-Lyme was acquired from City Pub Group

Amber Taverns acquires three new sites

Amber Taverns has completed on three new sites, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Peterlee and Shrewsbury, managing director James Baer has told MCA.

Urgent help required: British Institute of Innkeeping boss Steve Alton has written to the Government to ask for support amid rising energy costs

‘Rocketing energy bills killing pubs’

Rapidly escalating energy bills are topping the list of headwinds facing pubs with operators seeing costs quadruple.

Sharp's and Shepherd Neame win beer awards

Sharp’s and Shepherd Neame scoop awards

Cornwall-based Sharp’s Brewery is celebrating after its cask ales were among beers from its portfolio that earned honours at prestigious awards events.

Comment piece: Gav Young outlines his thoughts on recent beer price rises

Are we the elephant in the ‘partnership’?

It is probably because I am not an accountant or a multinational brewery that I have some issues with the recent mid-year price rise announcement from one of the big brewers.

New products: this weeks round up includes limited-edition offerings from Innis & Gunn and Mateus alongside two new serves from Signature brew

Molson Coors hard seltzer now available on draught

This week's round-up features new serves from Signature Brew, Innis & Gun and Mateus alongside a new draught offering from Molson Coors.

Absolutely petrifying: sector on knife edge as Government holds crisis talks with energy bosses (Credit: Getty/ Selitbul)

'Petrifying' energy costs put sector on 'knife edge'

Energy prices have left operators on a “knife edge” as rocketing bills “absolutely petrifying” for businesses, according to one London-based operator.

Widening needed: the trade bodies have called for the relaxation of permitted development rights to be in place for the whole of the hospitality sector (image: Getty/Alistair Berg)

‘Pubs at risk of being forgotten about’

A trio of Scottish trade bodies have called on the Government to include pubs from current planning proposals with one labelling the exclusion as "nothing short of discriminatory".