Restaurant and pub owners who respond to TripAdvisor reviews are more likely to see higher levels of engagement from their customers on the website, according to a new study.
Rupert Culme-Seymour has been appointed as the chief operating officer at the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to oversee the association’s commercial and membership growth and events management.
Scottish craft brewer and pubco BrewDog will give away free pints of beer in a bid to tackle voter apathy and inaccurate polling ahead of the general election on Thursday 8 June.
Billed as a ‘new dawn’ for tenants last July, take-up for the market-rent-only (MRO) option has proved slow ever since. What has gone wrong with this critical tenet of the pubs code?
Operators need to write to their parliamentary candidates to highlight the “positive economic contributions” pubs make ahead of the general election on 8 June, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has said.
Stability is urgently needed for the hospitality sector to help operators deal with the impact of the general election on food and drink inflation, buying company Lynx Purchasing has warned.
Several operators have put their hands in their pockets, given up their free time, and organised events to help raise money for local and national charities alike these past few months.
Pubs played a vital role in protecting and caring for stranded, injured and scared civilians during the London Bridge terror attack on Saturday (3 June) night, trade leaders have said.
Staff and customers at Borough Market pub the Wheatsheaf came face to face with the terrorists who inflicted havoc in the area after barricading themselves in the venue moments before the attackers were gunned down by police.
At least 16 pubs and many more bars and restaurants surround the area where three knife-wielding terrorists unleashed a horrific attack in the capital last night (3 June), killing seven and wounding 48. Many of the pubs played a key role in keeping customers...
Ken Stout, president of Goose Island, has told MCA that the brand’s first European pub – in Balham – has highlighted differences in beer tastes across the pond.
The mystery of how and why customers choose what they want to drink in the pub is being researched by Carlsberg UK using a smartphone app called Pickles.
An established head chef with 35 years’ experience has teamed up with Ei Publican Partnerships to open his first pub following a joint investment of £200,000.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has promised to conduct a review of alcohol taxation, while supporting moves to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), in its pre-election manifesto.
The office of Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) Paul Newby has approached industry bodies for evidence following concerns pubcos could be inhibiting tenant access to the market-rent-only (MRO) option.
Sales of pub meals grew by 14% between 2012 and 2016, reaching £7.4bn in value, whereas sales of alcohol grew by just 6% and soft drinks by 7% for the same period, according to Mintel research.
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) will be a headline sponsor at the 40th anniversary of the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) this year.
An Asset of Community Value (ACV)-listed pub previously closed for 18 months has been sold to new owners. That plus more in our roundup of the biggest pub sales from the month just gone.
Takings from fruit machines has fallen by an estimated £600m over the past decade, with average weekly income decreasing 25% since 2007, an auditing company has revealed.
Wholesale foodservice price inflation fell slightly to 5.8% in April, on the back of the weak pound and rises in fish and coffee costs, according to reports.
The average price of a bottle of wine has risen faster in the past 12 weeks than it has in the past two years, latest figures from the Wine and Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) show.
