Tanya and Alex Williams of the Polgooth Inn in St Austell, Cornwall, have won the 2018 Licensee of the Year award – sponsored by Sky – at the British Institute of Innkeeping’s (BII) summer event.
For licensees looking to make extra cash to keep the business rates wolves from the door, subcontracting your space to groups can be a low-maintenance way of bringing in extra revenue while creating goodwill.
There are less than 24 hours to go to get your entries in for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards 2018. And this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever before.
Ahead of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding on 19 May, Portman Group analysis of UK alcohol trends shows how the nation’s relationship with booze has changed since Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles tied the knot in 1981.
More than 50m pints of beer are expected to be sold this Saturday as the FA Cup final and royal wedding combine to deliver the busiest trading day of 2018 so far.
Based in the north Essex countryside, the Compasses has undergone a significant transformation in its business since winning at the Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).
Battlesteads in Wark-on-Tyne was the brightest shining star among a host of others when it won the 2010 Great British Pub Awards, and literally the most knowledgeable about star quality.
