The Morning Advertiser’s Ed Bedington spoke with Phil Thorley of Thorley Taverns to discuss the most recent on-trade news - including the latest on vaccine passports.
Ben Gardner, CEO of Navitas Safety, a single destination for digital food safety, explains what the food and hospitality industries can do to reduce food waste and promote a circular food economy.
The most recent batch of new drinks launches includes a seven-figure transformation for Helles style lager Korev, a debut for Wembeerly IPA and the exclusive UK release of Havana Club Cuban Spiced rum.
Two new initiatives supported by Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), Net Zero Now and the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) have been launched across the UK on-trade.
The pub sector has been once more left without clarity after a minister updated MPs on the review into vaccine passports, one trade organisation has said.
Late night sector event pilots will help prove that large participation events can return safely, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has said.
Pub operators are facing challenges with staffing and recruitment as restrictions ease up with a number describing being left in the lurch by sudden resignations.
Plant-based food options and sustainable choices need to continue to be high on the agenda for operators as we start to navigate our way out of the pandemic, one leading supplier has said.
The past week has seen Risk Capital Partners make senior hires at Curious Brewery, while City Pub Group has acquired more shares in the Galaxy, Pioneer and Sovereign City Pub Companies.
As the industry starts to reopen, the Lock In team take a sideways look to see what trends are starting to emerge in food, drink, operations and consumer behaviour. The achingly hip Heath Ball and his sidekick James Cuthbertson share their insights into...
Clamour for pints amid the on-trade reopening for outdoor trading has exceeded predictions, but a number of the big brewers have stated they are keeping up.
In addition to the announcement BrewDog has signed a lease on a ‘carbon negative’ Las Vegas venue, mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor and London mayoral candidate Laurence Fox have made on-trade moves.
Multiple operator Peach has seen record-breaking sales figures since reopening for outside trading this month (April) and is looking to add a number of new sites to its existing portfolio over the next nine months.
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has called on the Scottish Government to slash the 8pm curfew if positive progress with tackling the pandemic continues.
Star Pubs & Bars has said it will continue its rent reductions for its sites in Scotland, as the sector braces for the first week of trade after lockdown.
By Jill Whittaker, managing director, HIT Training
The hospitality sector hasn’t been able to perform to its fullest potential for over a year now, and as we begin our transition out of the lockdown phases, we’re going to see a huge surge in demand.
A group of hospitality operators and property agents are calling on the Government to implement the same rent relief scheme as has been adopted in Australia, according to reports by MCA Insight.
Sharing a heartland with Covid-19’s ‘Kent variant’ has seen the vast majority of Shepherd Neame’s 300-odd sites shuttered for more than five months. As such, CEO Jonathan Neame is looking forward to what he believes will be a ‘very good summer’.
An update from the Pub Governing Body Scotland has stressed that its services to operators will not be affected by the implementation of the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill.
There is a vast amount of customer experience data available to operators nowadays, and it is expected to increase exponentially in the future, as technology advances.
Over the course of the pandemic the hospitality sector has shown a remarkable ability to adapt and innovate to continue supporting local communities as well as adapting to changing consumer behaviours through delivery, click and collect and hospitality...
In addition to new figures from the Office for National Statistics and the Living Wage Foundation, the past week has yielded updates from BrewDog, Inn Collection Group and Access Group.
The Lock In team tackle the first week or so of trade, how to handle freezing customers, and speak to special guests Brendan Padfield of the Unruly Pig, and Elaine Wrigley of Atlas Bar to hear their experiences of reopening to date. We also tackle some...
The Access Group has acquired learning and development partner for the hospitality and retail sectors, CPL Learning, to strengthen its customer proposition.
