More and more people are choosing to eat out rather than at home and, with a growing demand for increasing informality when doing so, pubs are ideally placed to cash in on the British public’s enduring love affair with pies.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has published updated guidance in a bid to help licensees ensure their pubs are welcoming to customers with access needs.
The industry has raised questions over the identity of a person behind a blog that is campaigning against Heineken’s proposed takeover of Punch Taverns.
Guests at yesterday's prestigious Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub Awards took to social media to celebrate their wins, praise other operators and share their experiences of the day. We take a look at the best of the #top50gastropubs.
Food Unwrapped and Saturday Morning Kitchen star Matt Tebbutt called unveiling and presenting the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list awards a great honour.
The industry has welcomed the second phase of the local alcohol action areas (LAAAs) programme aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm, crime and disorder, which the Home Office said costs England and Wales an estimated £11bn per year.
Pub restaurants offered a wider range of Christmas meal options for consumers and increased prices for the 2016 festive season, new research from The Morning Advertiser’s sister title MCA has revealed.
Stonegate and the New World Trading Company are among the finalists for this year’s prestigious Retailers’ Retailer of the Year as compiled by The Morning Advertiser's sister title MCA.
Sue Gray (now Hawkins) shot to pub industry fame – and fortune - with her second pub, Bar Humbug. She continues to rescue failing pubs and develop them into thriving businesses. Here, she talks about her latest, the Hare at Milton-Under-Wychwood in the...
Pies and pubs go together like a horse and carriage, so it should have come as no surprise that London brewer and pubco Fuller’s would make the most of the relationship through a hugely successful on-trade brand.
Business in Licensing (BIL) and the Gambling Business Group (GBG) have joined forces in a bid to remove the fee pubs have to pay to inform licensing authorities if they want to use their automatic entitlement on gaming machines.
Young’s has revealed that Stephen Goodyear will replace Nick Bryan as non-executive chairman, when he retires at the end of the current financial year on 3 April 2017.
Parliament has delivered a further blow to Paul Newby by backing a motion calling on the Government to "reopen the appointment process for the PCA (pubs code adjudicator)".
A rent review scheme from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and other industry bodies has been made available to licensees governed by the pubs code.
Whether it’s malt whisky, an American Bourbon or an Irish whiskey, the whisk(e)y category is vast and hugely diverse. Blended Scotch may be the biggest player in the sector, but interest is piquing in other areas and will not play second fiddle to white...
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has called for pubs to make the most of the new competitive market for water and not let the changes wash over licensees.
Figures released by pubs code adjudicator (PCA) Paul Newby show that there have been, on average, more than 20 requests for him to step in and adjudicate every month since the pubs code became law six months ago.
The UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands has blasted NewRiver Retail’s plans to demolish a Dudley pub to make way for a Co-operative supermarket.
Marston's has followed up its positive financial results by revealing that the company plans to open a new site in London for the first time in 10 years.
A pub that was voted the best gastropub in Britain by The Times has reopened after a devastating fire and the licensee has praised loyal locals for returning.
The realisation of refinancing has given Butcombe Brewery the chance to expand and chief executive of parent company Liberation Group, Mark Crowther, is determined to make the most of the opportunity.
Potato specialist Farm Frites has launched a new product in a bid to satisfy consumer demand for crispy, coated, tasty chips with greater heat retention.
With both the RBS 6 Nations and the Super Bowl approaching next month, now is the time for licensees to flaunt their offer of both rugby union and American football.
