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Stonegate pub fined £53k after mouse infestation found

20-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

A London pub has been hit with a fine of more than £53,000 after a large mouse infestation was discovered.

JD Wetherspoon makes switch to Fairtrade sugar

18-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced it will only sell Fairtrade sugar across its entire pub estate.

The MA Podcast – Ep 4

Fuller's boss Simon Emeny on the future of the pubco

13-Feb-2020 By MA Podcast

In the fourth episode of The MA Podcast, Ed Bedington talks to Fuller's boss Simon Emeny about the pubco's future, threats to the trade and why we should be celebrating success.

B&K boss to sue council over ‘agony’ roadworks

12-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

Brewhouse & Kitchen is set to sue a council after it claimed roadworks that lasted more than a year outside one of its sites saw the business make a ‘material loss in trade’.

Pub ordered to pay £140k for food hygiene failures

05-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has faced total costs of more than £140,000 after its owners pleaded guilty to a series of food hygiene offences, including having no hot water and dirty equipment.

AA to charge for Rosette scheme

05-Feb-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubs and restaurants wanting to appear in the the AA's annual guidebook and be eligible for a Rosette will have to pay a yearly fee of £150, plus VAT.

Top 50 Gastropubs

New number 1 for Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs

28-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Harwood Arms in Fulham, west London, has topped the 2020 Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list for the first time.

Great Sausage Roll Off returns for 2020

24-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The iconic Great Sausage Roll Off competition is back for the eighth year in a row, held by licensees Claire Morgan and Angus McKean, at Fuller’s pub the Red Lion in Barnes, Greater London.

Greene King vegan sales up 265%

17-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Greene King has said it will be expanding its plant-based food offer after its total sales of vegan dishes saw a year-on-year increase of 265% in the past financial year.

Business rates relief to keep Welsh pubs ‘alive and thriving’

09-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has welcomed the Welsh government’s announcement that it will be extending help for high street businesses but has called for further support to help pubs burdened by business rates.

The MA podcast

Tanner brothers open to new pubs / JW Lees boss on the trade

03-Jan-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

JW Lees managing director William Lees-Jones gives his view on issues in the pub trade and confirms there are no plans to sell the brewery, following similar sales in the trade this year.

Birmingham is cheapest place for a pub roast dinner

19-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Birmingham has topped the list for the ‘most affordable’ average cost of a Sunday roast dinner, research has found.

Pub numbers ‘rise for first time in 10 years’

11-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

It’s nothing new that many UK pubs and bars have struggled and have been forced to shut their doors over the years, but for the first time in a decade, the number of licensed premises is on the rise.

Nick Parkinson ‘not leaving the trade’ after putting pub on market

10-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Nick Parkinson, licensee of the Royal Oak Paley Street in Berkshire has told The Morning Advertiser he won’t be leaving hospitality, following his decision to put the pub up for sale.

Food-led pubs feel the pressure as eating-out spend drops

09-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Pubs that specialise in food sales are feeling the heat as like-for-like dry sales slip by 0.2% in November.