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NTIA's message to PM: ‘Don’t throw us under the bus to save your skin’

Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has pleaded with the Government to ‘not throw us under the bus to save your skin’, as vaccine passports seem an imminent requirement for late-night businesses just before the sectors most crucial trading period of the year.

Christmas rules set to be revealed next week

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce if there will be restrictions for the festive period next week and it is likely to be around 17 December.

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Let the tills ring out for Christmas: 7 top tips for the festive season

As the hospitality industry enters the festive season – traditionally a prosperous period for the on-trade – it’s important to ensure you prepare and promote your offering to boost sales over Christmas and New Year’s. Star Pubs & Bars has identified...

Fuller’s has good opportunity for M&A

Fuller Smith & Turner has a good opportunity to participate in M&A activity within the pub sector, by disposing of its tenanted inns division, and using these funds to acquire City Pub Group (CPC), an analyst note from Panmure Gordon has suggested...

The opportunities and pitfalls of review websites

The latest episode of the Lock In Podcast sees the team focus on review sites such as TripAdvisor and Google from the Prince of Peckham in east London with the pub’s operator Clement Ogbonnaya as well as Tony Kent from Reputation.com.

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CARLSBERG CONTINUES IN ITS PURSUIT OF BETTER BEER

Danish brewer Carlsberg has been busy making changes that have a big impact on consumers and the planet.

'Plan B not required to tackle Omicron spread’ says deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has stated the Government does not think ‘plan B’ restrictions, which include vaccine passports for pubs, will be needed to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.

Stella Artois knocks £1 off pints for politeness over Christmas

Stella Artois has joined forces with Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White in the ‘Stella Please’ campaign after new research revealed increasing rudeness to hospitality staff.

Spending in pubs up by a third

Consumer spending in bars, pubs and clubs was up by 34.2% in November against October, according to recent data.

Has your mental health suffered at work? Tell us about it

The hospitality sector has a mental health problem, with approximately three out of five hospitality workers struggling with a mental health issue in their career, according to Hospitality Action's Mental Health Survey 2020. Vote in our poll to tell...

The Inn Collection Group adds to Yorkshire estate

The Inn Collection Group has acquired the 15th century Dower House and Spa in Knaresborough as part of its Yorkshire expansion, making its total estate count 26.

National Pubwatch launches new training video to help pubs support vulnerable customers

National Pubwatch (NPW) has launched a new training video for licensees to ensure staff are fully trained to support vulnerable customers throughout the festive period.

Is Christmas slipping away?

The drip drip drip of paranoia and panic are starting to do damage and desperate operators are beginning to fear Christmas slipping through their fingers.

Micropubs ‘bring communities back together’

Micropubs strip pubs back to traditional values of “friendship” and “conversation” and “bring communities back together” said the founder of the world’s first micropub Martyn Hillier.

Disabled customer sent gift voucher 18 months after being refused service

A pub in Liverpool has sent a customer a £20 voucher and letter of apology 18 months after staff accused her of being drunk having failed to recognise her disability.

Portman Group launches new guidance for Hard Seltzer and CBD drinks

Following a 10% increase in requests for advice regarding hard-seltzers and alcoholic drinks containing CBD, the Portman Group has released new guidance in those categories through a new spotlight report, 25 Years of Responsible Alcohol Regulation.

Initiative to provide operators access to qualified advice launched

A scheme to provide pub operators with accredited and qualified advisors to help with pubco negotiations has been launched by the British Institute of Innkeeping.

Turn January into a great month at your pub

The traditional image of empty pubs in January isn’t something an operator has to endure while customers ‘punish’ themselves for over indulgence in the previous month. Dry January, as it has been labelled, is an opportunity waiting for a canny licensee...

JDW hits £19m fundraising target for cancer charity

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has raised £19m for its chosen charity Young Lives vs Cancer to support 7,000 young cancer patients and their families.

JW Lees ready to expand in 2022

Historic brewer and pub operator JW Lees has hunkered down during the pandemic to concentrate on survival first and foremost but that looks certain to change in the new year.

Virtual spaces key to high-end venues

Virtual spaces are here to stay, with high end venues using them to unite customers safely, increase revenue and engage with a global audience, operators have said.

Greene King renames Black Bitch pub due to ‘offensive and racist connotations’

Pubco and brewer Greene King has announced plans to change the name of one of its pubs in Linlithgow, West Lothian as the name now carries offensive and racist connotations, the company said.

GBPA 2021 winner eliminated from MasterChef: The Professionals

Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) Best Young Pub Chef 2021 winner, Samuel McClurkin, has been eliminated from BBC One’s MasterChef: The Professionals.

Two fifths of firms have increased prices due to staff shortage

Some 41% of small business owners in the hospitality sector have already pushed prices up as a result of the ongoing recruitment crisis and a further 17% expect to do so in the next three months, a report has found.

Revolution Bars Group to replace passionfruit garnish in its cocktail's

Revolution Bars Group has announced it will replace all passionfruit garnishes in its Pornstar Martini and Rumtini cocktails with rice paper from this December as part of its initiative to become a NetZero business by 2030.

Omicron declared as ‘mild’ offers ‘crumb of comfort for sector’

Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) having declared the latest Coronavirus variant, Omicron, as mild, this offered a 'crumb of comfort' to the sector as Christmas bookings were still down 12.4% based on expectations from 2019.

Jose Cuervo leads up-and-coming Tequila category

A new category to the drinks list this year, Tequila sales to the on-trade have been extremely positive in general, and as such should certainly be viewed by operators as something very useful to have stocked on their back bar.

'Worlds Biggest Pub Quiz' is set to return next year

PubAid has partnered with homeless charity Shelter and online quiz platform Kwizzbit ahead of the return of its ‘World’s Biggest Pub Quiz’ to pubs in March 2022.

Most operators seeing Christmas booking cancellations

More than three quarters (78%) of publicans have noticed an increase in cancellations since the announcement of the new Omicron Coronavirus variant, a snap poll conducted by the Morning Advertisers (MA) has found.

Award winning craft brewery officially opens Cornish pub

Cornish craft brewery, Harbour Brewery, officially reopened the St Tudy Inn on Saturday 4 December in preparation to welcome customers for Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations.

BrewDog opens new site in one of the UK's biggest towns

BrewDog opened its latest site in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on 3 December and the first 100 customers through door were offered the chance to win several prizes.

Stonegate pub to reopen after £500k investment

Stonegate Group pub the Oak Tree in Norwich has opened its doors after a short period of closure following an investment of half a million pounds.

A look back at Fuller's mergers and acquisitions

Brewer and operator Fuller’s has a long history for its pub and brewing business and The Morning Advertiser has taken a deep dive into the company’s merger and acquisition deals.

Operator's bid to become the ‘most festive-spirited pub company’

The Inn Collection Group has offered free Christmas lunches for isolated older people and shelter for those affected by Storm Arwen across its pubs in a bid to become the UK’s ‘most festive-spirited pub company’.

Two pubs crowned Britain’s best roast dinners

The Eight Bells in Hawkhurst, Kent and the Perch on Lancing Beach near Brighton beat tough competition to win the ‘Best Meat Roast Dinner’ and ‘Best Vegetarian Roast Dinner’ in Knorr Professional’s Great British Roast Dinner Competition.

Captain Morgan Spiced named UK’s most popular rum

The top two best-selling rums in the UK on-trade have remained the same since last year with Captain Morgan Spiced and Bacardi Carta Blanca coming in at first and second respectively.

UK’s most sold wine is Jack Rabbit Pinot Grigio

Pubgoers favourite wine over the past 12 months has been Jack Rabbit Pinot Grigio, the latest data has found.

The pub where Liverpool and Everton football clubs were formed on the market at £3.75m

The property round-up this week includes details of a pub site for sale that was home to the formation of Liverpool and Everton football clubs up for sale, a hip hop speakeasy in Shoreditch to open in February and an Admiral Taverns site reopens after...

Top tips: how landlords and tenants can protect their premises licence

In this article, I am looking at premises licences, their status and protection and steps that should be taken by both landlord and tenant.

Vote now: have you seen Christmas cancellations?

Poor communication about coronavirus variants from the Government has caused widespread uncertainty in the hospitality sector and has impacted cancellations, according to the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA).

Crabbies tops RTD division, draught cocktails make big moves

The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has seen some big losses as the restrictions on hospitality hit hard during the past year but, with CGA re-categorising draught cocktails as RTD, there are three new entrants to the top 10 that have been going great guns.