Buoyed by the 2012 Olympics sailing events and a bar full of rum, licensee Brian McLaughlin has turned the tide at harbourside pub the Red Lion, in Weymouth, Dorset, and embraced the local RNLI station in the process.
Stonegate Pub Company has today (23 July) agreed the acquisition of Be At One alongside the purchase of 15 London venues from Novus Leisure – both for undisclosed sums.
To some, cider may seem like a simple world, however, in the depths of The Morning Advertiser’s guide to cider booklet, it is clear there is a lot going on. Get your free copy of the report now to stay ahead of the trends.
With the help of a £3,000 grant from Pub is the Hub, licensees Julie and Alastair Musgrave of the Greyhound Inn in Cotehill, Cumbria, were able to open a village shop on their premises after the previous one closed down.
Reality TV show Love Island has taken the nation by storm, with viewing figures peaking at close to 4m people in 2018 despite regular clashes with the World Cup.
The Welsh craft beer brewer has taken its first steps into the gin world with the launch of three new gins, created to complement its existing beer range.
After figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that London loses one pub per week, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the protection of those that remain.
Young chefs battled it out in an Oxfordshire kitchen earlier this month for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Young Chef of the Year at the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).
Global brewers competing against small independent producers will no longer be able to join the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), it has been announced.
Lettuce could be in short supply due to the heat wave currently being experienced across the nation - and if the hot weather continues prices of the salad ingredient could rise by up to 25%, according to purchasing company Beacon.
A campaign to raise awareness of the threats that pubs face from increasing financial pressures and tax rises has launched today, urging people to take action or risk losing their local.
A group of female stakeholders in the beer and pub industry have written to Brigid Simmonds asking her to issue a “strong public statement” condemning Andrew Griffiths MP and demanding he apologise to the two pub workers he sent explicit messages to.
Figures from software provider Fourth have highlighted pubs will be able to cope better than hotels and restaurants in their reliance on workers from the European Union (EU).
A Government-appointed panel of experts will investigate the challenges facing businesses on British high streets, the high streets minister has announced.
Beer presentation and bar staff engagement are two of the major barriers to growing craft beer’s market share, according to Matthew Clark category controller Justin Wylde.
Richard Harrington, Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has said he will consider calls for a review into the pubs code to begin at the start of 2019.
The publication of a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Entrepreneurship calling for reform of the UK’s tax system has been embraced by UKHospitality.
The cook-offs for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards Chef of the Year competition were held this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where five chefs battled it out for the title of the UK’s best chef.
Austin Whelan, the man behind the Irish pub chain Whelan’s, is to open a fourth Whelan’s pub in Croydon at the end of August – his sixth site in partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.
While many new craft brewers are seemingly chasing numbers and producing ever-stronger beers, there are a whole range of great lower-strength ales and lagers available for more mindful drinkers.
A service to quickly map the alcohol restrictions of more than 200 cumulative impact zones has been launched by the licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen.
The Morning Advertiser returned to The Beer & Cider Academy to take its advanced course in beer - the next step on the journey towards becoming a beer sommelier.
FIFA has announced that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will take place between 21 November and 18 December – a departure from previous tournaments that have been held during the months of May, June and July.
Vocal pub campaigner MP Andrew Griffiths has quit his post as small business minister after allegedly propositioning female bar staff in his constituency via social media.
The Black Lion pub in Llanfaethlu, near Holyhead in Anglesey, north Wales, will close for the ‘next few weeks’ after a car crashed into the Grade II-listed building’s façade.
