Our penultimate set of previews for the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Wine Bar/Pub category.
Barnet Borough Council has been criticised for its consultation on a new policy that would require pubs to have a 'healthier catering commitment' accreditation to be eligible for discretionary business rate relief.
Pub-industry bodies have slammed a report from the pubs code adjudicator containing evidence that pub-owning businesses (POBs) are blocking tied tenants’ access to the market rent only option (MRO) and going against the spirit of the pubs code.
Free-from foods have fallen to the bottom of Brits’ Christmas party food wish lists, while traditional turkey and British cuisine top the charts, new research has claimed.
Pub-owning businesses (POBs) are blocking tied tenants’ access to the market rent only option (MRO) and going against the spirit of the pubs code, according to a report commissioned by the pubs code adjudicator’s office.
Retail standards of Star Pubs & Bars outlets have risen 10% in the past three years, with the gap between the highest and lowest scoring pubs smaller than ever, an independent audit has revealed.
It is the question that has long divided a nation of food lovers, and the source of many an argument on social media. Is serving food in pubs and restaurants on anything other than a good old-fashioned plate acceptable?
A Nottingham pub has been given a hamper of exclusive Game of Thrones (GoT) goodies – including items signed by stars Kit Harrington (Jon Snow) and Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) – for its four-day bank holiday fundraiser.
It is the beer style that inspired a thousand memes, for many it is the true representation of ‘peak’ craft and the strong drink of choice for any self-respecting beer geek. But it wasn’t always this way.
Pubs in Cromer, North Norfolk, closed early on Saturday night to “avoid trouble” after several reports of anti-social behaviour and public disorder over the weekend.
Up next in our previews of the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Sports Pub category, sponsored by Sky.
Paddy McGuinness, comedian and star of ITV’s dating show Take Me Out, presented £5,000 to the national winner of John Smith’s ‘Only Ordinary by Name’ pub competition, which echoes its ale marketing campaign launched last spring.
More than 1m boxing fans flocked to the pub to watch the Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko boxing match in April, making this month's (August) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor fight a tempting prospect for licensees.
With a lot of innovation going on in bagged snacks, we take a look at the latest products on offer, whether it’s worth stocking bagged snacks, what the ideal range is and what consumers are looking for. Emma Eversham reports.
A year after its launch, the Night Tube in London has been praised for the positive effect it has had for eating and drinking-out businesses in an “otherwise burdensome operating environment”.
Heineken has committed to find “viable buyers” for the 30 pubs it proposes to sell as part of its deal to purchase 1,900 Punch pubs, The Morning Advertiser has learned.
They’ve been a staple of the British high street for many years now, but burgers, which are constantly being modified and reinvented, are still growing in popularity in an ever-widening variety of outlets.
We’re into our final set of previews of the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards. Today, here are the nominees in the Best Spirit Bar/Pub category, sponsored by Diageo
The ready-to-drink category has struggled in recent years but is moving in the right direction. The big question now is whether the segment will ever return to the heights it achieved in the 1990s.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) says it has found “no evidence” to back-up Manchester-based Marble brewery's claims its beers were blacklisted from The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) earlier this month.
The Crown at Burchett’s Green, which is number 10 on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, has won the Good Food Guide's Best Pub Restaurant at this year’s Editor’s Awards.
Spirits goliath Pernod Ricard UK (PRUK) has launched a tool to help pubs create bespoke high-design menus in a bid boost spirits sales in the on-trade.
Food suppliers to the pub trade have been implicated in the Fipronil egg scandal after it was discovered stock held by several businesses had been made using contaminated eggs.
A critical review of a pub on TripAdvisor has been removed in double-quick time, appearing to fly in the face of the typical experience of many licensees who struggle to get reviews removed.
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted proposals from Heineken to address concerns that its purchase of 1,900 Punch Taverns would undermine competition in certain areas.
Strawberry Hells Forever, Camden Town Brewery’s summer version of its Hells lager, will be available in Camden Brewery-supplied bars across London, and via Ocado and independent retailers.
Over 55s are more likely to drink at home instead of going to a traditional British pub, new YouGov research has claimed in its Getting in-home drinkers to go out report.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, all pubs needed to do to entertain their punters was have a dartboard, a pool table and perhaps a fruit machine tucked away in the corner with some ballads playing in the background.
