An award-winning bar and restaurant group has announced it is set to expand further across the UK with the opening of its first site in West Yorkshire.
The co-owner of the Best Pub of the Year, the Brisley Bell, gave top tips for running an award-winning pub, including creating a “warm” atmosphere and making the most of the surrounding setting.
Running a pub is like “putting on a show every day”, where consistency is key and hard-won reputations are lost on a single visit, said senior staff at Surrey-based Greene King pub, the Rose and Crown.
The late-night sector, which is “still in recovery mode” from lockdown, is treated with “contempt” and a “lack of support” from Government and local councils, said the co-owner of the Soho-based Phoenix Arts Club.
Nightcap, the parent company of cocktail bar groups London Cocktail Club and Tonight Josephine, has reported a 68% increase in net sales for a 13-week period versus the same, pre-Covid, equivalent in 2019.
The North Yorkshire-based Last Post Remembrance Bar and Museum, proves itself the community’s “heartbeat” through food donations, mental health advice, Covid-concerts and tributes to war veterans.
Licensees were left with no option but to inject personal loans in excess of £2000,000 into their businesses last year as high street banks tightened lending criteria.
The need to train business development managers properly and prompt resolutions to outstanding rent reviews are two factors that must be improved if the codes of practice for pubcos with fewer than 500 pubs is to maintain its high standards of compliance.
The plight of the hospitality industry in the pandemic has been well documented and, sadly, stories of insolvency and premises closures are currently all too common. It has, therefore, never been more important for licensees to safeguard their premises...
By Mark Bentley, on-trade category controller, Molson Coors
Anyone reading the trade press or listening to various data & insight experts would be forgiven for thinking that everyone is now drinking premium drinks and that familiar favourites such as core standard lager brands have had their day.
An e-learning Alcohol Vulnerability Awareness course, which will help staff identify alcohol related vulnerability, spot harassment, and prevent harm, was co-launched by National Pubwatch (NPW) and Drinkaware today (Tuesday 2 November).
As Monty Python famously recorded: “Though there was trouble at the mill they didn’t expect ‘The Spanish Inquisition’.” There is trouble in the pub sector mill and there needs to be an inquisition into the behaviour and transparency of pub-owning companies.
By Gav Young, the Plough and Barleycorn, Isle of Wight
So the red tops are awash with pictures of Boris and Rishi holding pints aloft as they declare not only a duty freeze but a 3p reduction, of course there is much small print including the cut not coming into force until 2023 or, indeed, on kegs under...
There are many ways publicans can protect their business, staff and reputation against violence, including CCTV, no drugs policies, stay up to date with health and safety regulations, provide extra staff training, use plastic bottles where appropriate,...
The late-night sector has been “vilified” in the recent spiking epidemic, despite operators doing “everything and more” to keep customers safe, said senior industry staff.
By Julie Cleijne, founder of Sustainable Kitchen Consultants
Sustainable menu expert Julie Cleijne, founder of Sustainable Kitchen Consultants and creator of a new plant-based toolkit for operators, Flex Up Your Menu, in partnership with Garden Gourmet, offers tips for pub caterers for World Vegan Month, which...
