All news articles for February 2018

Top tips: advice for publicans wanting to add home deliveries and takeaways to their offering.

Top tips: the key to takeaways

By Poppleston Allen

With the rise of third-party home delivery services in recent years we are receiving more queries from operators seeking to add home deliveries and takeaways to their offering.

Significant change: Poppleston Allen looks at the agent-of-change principle

Agent-of-change principle could hit the right note

By Poppleston Allen

There have been numerous press reports over the years regarding the closure of live music venues and the impact upon not only local communities, but also the British music industry itself.

Advertising drive: Diet Coke has been rebranded

Coke launches three new products in the UK

By Nicholas Robinson

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola will launch three new drinks in the UK, backed by a multimillion-pound marketing campaign, in a bid to become what it calls a “total beverage company”.

Useful information: the Food Standards Agency has explained the differences between use-by and best-before dates on food products

What you need to know about use-by dates

By Nikkie Sutton

Food labelling has hit the headlines of late and The Morning Advertiser has taken a look at the rules around use-by and best-before dates.

'Unfair taxation system': Hawkes chief cider maker Roberto Basilico (left) and founder Simon Wright

UK cider taxation system ‘harming industry growth’

By James Beeson

London-based cider maker Hawkes has attacked the current UK cider taxation system, and accused the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM) of failing to represent the interests of smaller producers.

Food hygiene: pubs have been slapped with fines for failings in their hygiene

Pub food hygiene troubles so far this year

By Nikkie Sutton

Food hygiene can cost pubs thousands if errors are made. The Morning Advertiser takes a look at issues operators have had with hygiene so far this year.

Top posts: some of the best dishes from social media

12 irresistible #FoodPorn dishes

By Nicholas Robinson

If you're not hungry now, you will be after seeing what dishes social media is serving up to eat today. Here we're offering up some of the most scrumptious food we can find.

Decadent: The Marble Arch's signature twist on the British classic are ‘Canadian Fries’, served topped with smoked cheddar and Marble Ale gravy

The biggest trends in chips

By James Beeson

Previously the preserve of takeaway restaurants and fast-food joints, the humble chip has evolved into a pub classic. But what makes it such a staple, and what are the latest trends within the sector?

Light Brigade: Bruce Dickinson presents the new Trooper beer

Robinsons launches new beer under Trooper brand

By Nicholas Robinson

Family brewer Robinsons has launched Light Brigade, the fifth beer in the brewer’s Iron Maiden Trooper portfolio, which has been developed in support of the UK’s armed forces.

The pubs code was arguably meant to provide an easy way out of tied deals with the big pubcos, but it could cost more than you think.

MRO: can you afford it?

By Stuart Stone

The hoops pub tied tenants need to jump through to access MRO are also steeped in costs. While going free-of-tie can be ultimately rewarding, the question to consider is whether you are prepared for the cost?

Pub pay: a fair wage for pub staff?

Pub salaries – who gets paid the most?

By Nicholas Robinson

Employment in pubs is at a five-year high, with staff on average paid more than the national living wage. However, the trade still struggles to fill vacancies and some workers can feel short-changed when it comes to salaries

Music and food: Tom Kerridge's Pub in the Park festival expands

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park – who’s there?

By Nicholas Robinson

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park food and drink festival has expanded to four locations and features some of the UK’s finest gastropubs and restaurants, but who will be starring at each event?

Highly rated: NWTC has placed 7th in The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies To Work For

Pubcos named on The Sunday Times top 100 list

By Georgina Townshend

A number of pub companies, including the New World Trading Company, Oakman Inns, BrewDog and the Alchemist have made 2018's The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies To Work For.

Make a change: a petition has been set up demanding people are charged 5p per plastic straw

Pubs 'should charge 5p for straws'

By Georgina Townshend

A petition that has received almost 10,000 signatures wants the Government to introduce a 5p charge for plastic straws, similar to plastic carrier bags in shops, in the hope it would "force servers to only provide straws upon request and dramatically...