Last year was a mixed bag for the pub trade, from the shockwaves following the ‘Leave’ vote of the EU referendum, to the heavily delayed pubs code and the anguish at the appointment of the US president-elect Donald Trump.
Here are the four managed pub companies that are in with a chance of being presented with the Publican Award for Best Managed Pub Company (51+ sites), sponsored by CPL Training by Jonathan Ross at March's Publican Awards.
Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has launched a non-alcoholic beer to coincide with an increasing number of Brits choosing to abstain from drinking through January.
Daredevil Guy Martin has saved the local Lincolnshire pub of his youth, Kirmington village’s Batemans Brewery-owned Marrowbone & Cleaver, and spent a considerable amount renovating it.
Police are obstructing a Teesside pub’s bid to open until 5.30am because of its “violent past”, despite bosses claiming the site now attracts a more “cosmopolitan” clientele.