The hospitality sector has made a “significant contribution” to the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures that showed that the UK economy grew by 4.8% in Q2 2021 as coronavirus restrictions were lifted.
Freedom Day has provided a much-needed boost to the pubs, restaurants and nightclubs in many cities, the latest data from Centre for Cities’ High Streets Recovery Tracker has revealed.
The threat of a beer drought later this month (August) increased as about 1,000 draymen, who deliver brands including Heineken, voted for industrial action over a ‘paltry’ pay offer.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has again called for current licensing laws need to be updated to include an objective of public health, alongside wider safety and crime issues.
A new initiative has been launched which claims to be creating an Amazon-style service for free-of-tie pubs and aims to disrupt the traditional wholesale sector.
Barkby Group, the pub gastro pub operator and diversified business group, said despite the fact its pubs were materially impacted by Covid-19 and national lockdown, it has traded ahead of expectations between 17 May and 30 June 2021, when restrictions...
Pre-existing recruitment challenges - particularly in the hospitality market - have been worsened by Brexit, new research from the Lumina Intelligence Top of Mind Business Leaders Survey has revealed.
Pubs are continuing to gain market share accounting for 15% of total eating out occasions across the four weeks to week ending 11 July 2021 (v four weeks w/e 13 June 2021).
Star Brewing Co, Twinings new foodservice range, new craft beer from Fauna Brewing, relaunch of Lion Brewery Co. and Texas Pot Still Bourbon have all been launched recently.
The way the on-trade has adapted and been resilient against the coronavirus pandemic has been a huge learning, one drinks business boss has highlighted.
The recently rebranded MA Leaders Club will be hosting its first event, and the first face to face event for the club in a year and a half, later this year.
After an extremely difficult and challenging eighteen months for pubs and bars, Britons have now been welcomed back with no restrictions on social distancing or capacity.
The industry has responded to accusations the industry needs to review the payment of the minimum wage, highlighting the impact of the pandemic and loss of non-British workers.
Since the reopening of the hospitality industry, there has been a rise in the entertainment offered within premises as they look to innovate in their offering to attract the return of customers.
Business investment in the hospitality industry halved in Q1 on an annual basis, analysis of the latest Office of National Statistics data by business tax relief specialists Catax has revealed.
Arc Inspirations, the 17-strong premium bar operator, is set to expand with two new openings – Box in Deansgate, Manchester and its first ever site in the Midlands with Manahatta, Birmingham.
The latest property round-up includes the news that Igniting Hospitality is launching its first pub, the reopening of the Bald Faced Stag and the chance to run the pub from TV series Doc Martin.
Those of us within the hospitality industry are well aware that we face a staff crisis; there is no disputing that we are experiencing rising worker shortages, with job vacancies at higher-than-ever levels.
Pub group JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has pumped €27.4m into developing a site in Dublin, alongside a further €6m on the purchase of the pub – totalling the equivalent of about £28m.
Licensee Paul Monk of the Bowling Green Inn on Brook Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, has received a prestigious award to mark his 35th anniversary at the pub.
Star Pubs & Bars has revealed that it has negotiated new supplier savings for its licensees as they focus on cost-cutting in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Six in 10 hospitality firms have had staff off work after being ‘pinged’ resulting in 267,000 – the equivalent of 13% of the industry’s workforce having recently been or are currently self-isolating, according to a trade survey.
While premiumisation has taken longer to catch on in the cider category versus the likes of beer, wine and spirits, a lesser spotted symptom of Covid-19 has seen quality pours become the apple of many a pubgoer’s eye.
As pubs continue to bounce back from Covid-19 and operators shake-up their drinks offers, The Morning Advertiser takes a closer look at which category bubbles have burst and which should be in the on-trade mix.
The latest new product launches include a low-alcohol mead from Bemuse, a Harlot English sparkling wine, revived beer brand Allsopp’s, non-alcoholic flavoured vodka STRYKK and Long Shot hard seltzer on draught.
More than 200 pubs in Scotland could reopen for the first time on 9 August, if restrictions are lifted enabling pubs to trade viably again, the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has said.