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Out of tune: trade bodies have expressed disappointment at PPL's decision to increase music use costs

‘Potentially devastating’ £49m music fee hike

Industry trade bodies have expressed their disappointment at the decision to introduce a new tariff for hospitality businesses hosting music events.

Doctors revive Punch operation after £600k cash injection

Punch has teamed up with the owners of Westmorland Homecare to invest £600,000 and reopen the oldest pub in Kendal, Cumbria.

Scottish pubco looks to expand with £20m plan

The Bruce Group wants to raise £20m to fund a site expansion across the country.

Successful pub slapped with £20k business rates hike

An award-winning gastropub has been hit with a 44% rise in its business rates from £45,000 per year to almost £65,000.

New Sky and Molson Coors deal offers licensees lower point of entry

Sky and Molson Coors have unveiled a new partnership designed to offer more flexibility, more choice and more savings to licensees.

How pubs can heal us at heart-breaking moments

Beer writer Sophie Atherton pays tribute to the pub’s role in soothing the bereaved

Stonegate chief listed among UK’s top 100 entrepreneurs

Stonegate Pub Company’s chief executive Simon Longbottom has been elected to the annual Maserati 100 list of the UK’s top entrepreneurs.

My shout: pubs and brewers lead the way in apprenticeships

Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, discusses the importance of getting apprenticeships right in the hospitality sector

Right to work in the UK rules

It is stating the obvious that everybody you employ must have a right to work in the UK.

Price rise for fish, dairy and soft drinks

Wholesale price inflation across food products, specifically fish, has risen year on year, according to new research.

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