All news articles for July 2017

Cocktail offer: three-quarters (75%) of the nation's bars sell cocktails

In association with Diageo

Get the cocktail message across

By Nicholas Robinson

Having a great offer when it  comes to cocktails is a proven way of increasing trade, but making sure you convey what you have to customers is the crucial aspect in building sales. Nicholas Robinson reports.

Football: the England women'steam take on Spain this weekend

England to take on Spain in UEFA Women's Euro 2017 this weekend

By Georgina Townshend

All eyes will be on the Women's England football team as they face Spain in the next round of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Catch this, as well as the final day of the Open Championship and pre-season football, this weekend.

Menu choice: chefs at the Coach in Marlow, Buckinghamshire prepared various courses for the guests

Coach stages dinner date

By Nicholas Robinson

Elite chefs met for the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs regional dinner and enjoyed a taste sensation from three of the very best in their field. Nicholas Robinson reports.

Money saving: frozen food can help operators cut costs (credit: eskymaks/iStock/thinkstock.co.uk)

Frozen food: thawing profit opportunities

By Nikkie Sutton

The stigma around frozen food is melting and operators should look at the segment to cut their costs and still deliver a great quality meal. Nikkie Sutton reports.

Citrus sidekick: lime is a perfect partner to Tequila (credit: AlexPro9500/iStock/Thinkstock.co.uk)

Shots to sips: the evolution of Tequila

By Emma Eversham

A far more subtle and sophisticated spirit than it’s often given credit for, there are many other ways to enjoy Tequila than slamming it back with salt and a wedge of lime. Emma Eversham reports.

Major milestone: a look back at the pubs code a year after its implementation

Pubs code: a year on

By Fred A'Court

It is now a year since the pubs code was introduced but neither the trade, nor consultants and legal advisers negotiating deals between breweries and pubs, or pressure groups, seem to be celebrating.

Great Culture: Hawthorn Leisure announces 2016 results

Hawthorn Leisure reveals 'strong' third year results

By Mark Wingett, MCA

Hawthorn Leisure, the Avenue Capital-backed pub operator, saw group EBITDA increase 10.1% to £9m in the year to 25 December 2016, its third year of “significant growth” since its creation in May 2014.

Special feature: The lessons of Upton Park

Special feature: The lessons of Upton Park

By Roger Protz

East End pubs around the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park, lived and died by their claret and blue credentials, so it’s little wonder a year after West Ham upped sticks and moved to Stratford that some have already put the shutters up.

Pretty magical: Niche sports can help business

Niche sports can create 'something magical' in pubs

By Georgina Townshend

If pubs get behind niche sports such as handball, wrestling, netball and NBA basketball, it can “really add to their business”, according to leading managers in the trade.

Food crime: experts have said tackling food fraud is very important

We're at risk of another horsemeat scandal

By Nikkie Sutton

Unless every part of the food chain remains vigilant, the UK food industry is at risk of another horsemeat scandal, a top expert has warned.

Cracking idea: the soft-boiled egg could save pubs time and money

Chefs no longer have to boil their own eggs

By Nikkie Sutton

Ready-made soft-boiled eggs are now available to pubs from a bulk ingredients supplier, which introduced them to help chefs cook quickly on a large scale.

Uncertain future: licensees set up crowdfunding page to save pub (Image: Google Maps)

Crowdfunding page set up to save Cornish pub

By Georgina Townshend

A local has set up a crowdfunding page on behalf of licencees to raise enough money to buy their pub to save it from being closed and prevent their family “from being turned out”.

Political fortunes: MP Andrew Griffiths (left) receives his award from Brandon Lewis MP

APPBG names its esteemed Beer Drinker of the Year

By Fred A'Court

An MP who has done much to change the political fortunes of beer for the better has been named Beer Drinker of the Year by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG).

Low levels: stocks of North Sea cod fell to just 44,000 tonnes in 2006

Cod off the ‘endangered’ list

By Nikkie Sutton

British cod is back on the menu and accredited as sustainable, more than a decade after North Sea cod stocks came close to collapse.

Banned: no more surcharge payments for customers

Card payment surcharges to be outlawed

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs and other businesses will be banned from charging customers extra for paying by debit or credit card from January next year.

Big number: 2m people in the UK have a food allergy

Major improvement in pubs' allergen awareness controls

By Nikkie Sutton

Allergen awareness in pubs has improved since the introduction of the Food Information to Consumers Regulations (FIC) in 2014, according to new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Make over: the new openings and refurbishments have focused on their food offer

Food pub openings July 2017

By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser takes a look at new pub openings and refurbishments over July so far.

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