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A village collective led by local marketing professional Lucy Boyes has saved a 267-year-old pub in Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire, after developers proposed turning the building into housing.
Operators need to look further afield than the UK, creative expert and founder of Keane Brands Aidan Keane told delegates at The Morning Advertiser’s MA500 event in Birmingham earlier this month (16 February).
Cheltenham Borough Council has decided to scrap its late-night levy in favour of a business improvement district (BID), a decision that is the first of its kind.
Confusion over whether pubs will be entitled to transitional business rates relief has meant that licensees do not know what action to take from April.
In a bid to push through radical reforms within the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), three former members of the Revitalisation Project are standing for election to the organisation's national executive.
Traversing the bearded throng of last week’s Craft Beer Rising festival in London, you’d be forgiven for thinking the UK’s big brewers had sat this one out.
With pubs facing a perfect storm of rising costs, the prospect of unprecedented hikes in rates bills has released a wave of resentment among licensees, some of whom are fearful for the future of their businesses.
The couple behind famous Cotswolds pub and boutique hotel the Potting Shed and the Rectory have set about transforming a Welsh village pub into a food destination.
Camden Town Brewery faced criticism of ‘selling out’ when it agreed to a takeover by AB InBev in 2015, but founder Jasper Cuppaidge reveals the brewery always had plans to expand as the company moves into a bigger brewhouse 10 miles from its original...
London brewer and pubco Fuller’s has unveiled its biggest beer launch in a generation, a 4.1% ABV unfiltered keg variant of its flagship brew London Pride.
Overseas sales of British gin were worth almost half a billion pounds last year and the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has predicted exports of the tipple will hit £500m by this summer.
More than 100,000 fewer barrels of beer were sold in pubs in the final months of 2016 compared to the year before, while off-trade beer sales continued to rise, according to figures from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
Craft beer trends operators should watch out for this year include sour beers, extra strength and flavoured, five brewers at the show told The Morning Advertiser (MA) in this video.
Communities minister Sajid Javid has told MPs that he will work with the Chancellor to provide “further support” for businesses worst hit by rate rises due in April.
Liberal Democrat MP and pub campaigner Greg Mulholland has tabled an early day motion (EDM) calling for the Government to take action to cap controversial business rates rises for pubs and restaurants.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has hit out at the Government’s upcoming business rates rises and tax inequality, which will see his pubco hit with a bill of millions.
The finalists have been announced for the upcoming Chefs' Choice awards, which celebrate the highest quality products available from foodservice suppliers.
Moor Beer Company’s Old Freddy Walker beer has been crowed Champion Winter Beer of Britain at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s National Winter Ales Festival.
Alcohol Research UK has called for a "multi-pronged" approach to responsible drinking in pubs after a study revealed that posters encouraging drinking in moderation are largely ignored in a pub environment.
Trade leaders have teamed up to call on the Government for “immediate business rates relief” for pubs and restaurants ahead of the Budget next month (March).
Three new categories have contributed to a leap in entries to the International Brewing and Cider Awards, with 50 countries putting forward more than 1,100 products.
St Austell Brewery has called on a local MP to join the campaign led by the British Beer & Pub Association, Campaign for Real Ale and Society of Independent Brewers for a further cut in beer duty.
The owner of Brecon Brewing has been appointed the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) new chair, during what he calls a "challenging" period for the sector.
Sharp’s brewery has launched golden ‘transatlantic’ pale ale Two Tides in the UK as part of a collaboration with its Canadian sister brewery Granville Island Brewing Co.
