All news articles for September 2024

Well-invested site: the Langton Arms in Leicestershire has received capex from operator RedCat

RedCat to invest £8m into its estate

By Gary Lloyd

RedCat Pub Company, founded and chaired by Rooney Anand, is rolling out an £8m capital investment programme across its estate during the upcoming six to 12 months.

The Morning Advertiser Lock In Podcast episode 81

The Lock In Podcast

New beginnings!

By Ed Bedington

With news focusing on the numbers of pub closures, the Lock In podcast takes a look at those opening sites and coming into the trade.

GBPA 2024: This year's winners in pictures (Credit for all images: Carl Sukonik)

GBPA 2024

In pictures: Great British Pub Awards 2024 winners

By Rebecca Weller

Operators from across the country gathered at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on Tuesday 17 September to celebrate the best in the industry at the 2024 Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

Future fears: Hamish Stoddart says it’s scary to have both climate change and the biodiversity crisis heading our way

OPINION

OPINION: The pub’s future through biodiversity

By Hamish Stoddart, founder of Peach Pubs and coach, strategic adviser and non-exec to other smaller businesses

I am no scientist. I am an enthusiast for leaving the planet in the same or better state than it is now.

Licensing hub: Poppleston Allen top tips for maintaining cleanliness standards (Credit:Getty/MachineHeadz)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

Maintaining cleanliness standards on your premises

By Paula Kioko, marketing associate, Poppleston Allen

Lately, we have been seeing more and more venues being fined under Food Safety Regulations due to cleanliness issues and mice infestations which it just goes to show how important it is to act quickly when a problem pops up.

What's in the news 20th September?

Review of the Week

'Hospitality needs to be taken seriously'

By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Great British Pub Award winner Joe Buckley of the Tollemache Arms to get his take on the week's events.

Greene King survey shows cask not for old men only

THE CASK PROJECT

Greene King: cask is not an ‘old man’s drink’

By Gary Lloyd

Research from Greene King has shown seven in 10 (72%) people’s perceptions of cask beer has improved over time – and half believe the idea of it being a drink for old men as a false image.

GBPA 2024: social media highlights

GBPA 2024

GBPA 2024 social media highlights

By Felicity Giles

Operators from across the sector shared their wins and excitement on social media after a night of celebrating at the Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) 2024.

GBPA 2024 party pictures

GBPA 2024

GBPA party pics: were you papped?

By Gary Lloyd

The best in the business when it comes to running a pub gathered at the O2 Victoria Warehouse on Tuesday (17 September) to celebrate at the Great British Pub Awards.

Cask Ale Week begins 19 September 2024 Cheshire Cat

THE CASK PROJECT

Cask Ale Week kicks off at Cheshire Cat

By Gary Lloyd

Pubs are beginning Cask Ale Week today (Thursday 19 September) and one that will certainly be at the forefront is the Fitzherbert Arms in Swynnerton, Staffordshire.

Salary breakdown: we've looked at wages in a range of different roles across the sector (Image: Getty/sturti)

Average salaries across sector revealed

By Felicity Giles

The Morning Advertiser looks at a breakdown of average salary status throughout the hospitality industry, with recent recorded wages per annum throughout 2023, and 2024 provided by Access hospitality, Indeed UK and Reed recruitment agency.

Top of her game: The Morning Advertiser opinion writer Ayesha Kalaji is vying to be best chef

Third annual BIH Awards finalists announced

By Gary Lloyd

Not-for-profit organisation Be Inclusive Hospitality has announced its BIH Spotlight Awards finalists that include four pubs vying for the best pub/bar title.

Hygiene standards: the Food Standards Agency has criteria to meet (image: Getty/The Good Brigade)

Pub slapped with zero-star hygiene rating

By Felicity Giles

The Highwayman Hotel, Kidlington, on Banbury Road in Oxfordshire, has received a zero-star hygiene rating, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Big Drop talks about adding a low & no draught line at a pub

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

Big Drop is meeting the challenge of low & no on draught

By Gary Lloyd

Alcohol-free-only brewer Big Drop has for many years offered its award-winning beers in bottle, can and keg but says the biggest challenge has been trying to get pubs to put a low & no draught line on.

Laine Pub Company CEO Gavin George steps down

Laine’s Gavin George stepping down as CEO

By Nikkie Thatcher

Chief executive officer of Laine Pub Company Gavin George is to step down from the role and will become non-executive director within the wider Punch Pubs & Co business.

What's in the news 13 September?

Review of the Week

'We pay suffocating levels of tax'

By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington met up with SIBA boss Andy Slee to get his take on the week's news, from budgetary requests through to brewery successes and failures.

Legal Q&A: potential smoking ban in pub gardens (Credit:Getty/SimpleImages)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

Legal Q&A: potential smoking ban in beer gardens

By Jonathan Smith, partner, Poppleston Allen

With the new Labour Government considering the introduction of a smoking ban in such places as beer gardens, outdoor shelters, parks etc, it would seem a sensible time to deal with commonly asked questions about the current position with customers smoking.

How wet-led pubs have changed post-pandemic

How wet-led pubs have evolved post-pandemic

By Rebecca Weller

Diversification within the pub sector post-Covid has hit wet-led pubs harder than food-led sites, The Morning Advertiser’s (MA) Top 100 Pubcos revealed.

Opportunities ahead: Harvey's Brewery beats pre-Covid sales record (Credit: Getty/Adermark Media)

Harvey's beats pre-Covid sales record

By MCA

Harvey and Son, the Sussex family brewer and pub operator, increased turnover by 8.3% to £24.m in 2023, exceeding pre-covid records.

The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, operator Brendan Padfield day in the life

A day in the life of a gastropub operator

By Brendan Padfield, the Unruly Pig

Operator of the nation's number one gastropub, the Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, Suffolk, Brendan Padfield has given us a little insight into a day in his life from earlier this month (Thursday 5 September) including various tastings, a visit to a local...