The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) will return to London Olympia from 2 to 6 August 2022 following a 2-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Operators need to increase pay, advertise roles better and have clear paths for career development to entice young people into the industry, advised hospitality apprentices.
Some 16.1m pubgoers plan to watch some of this year’s Men’s FIFA World Cup in a pub or bar while 8.8m want to watch a 2022 Women’s Football European Championship game, according to a report by research consultancy KAM and sports match-finding app Fanzo...
St Patrick’s Day celebrations helped lift out-of-home drinks sales by 7% last week versus pre-pandemic levels, according to insights expert CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker.
The award for Best Pub Operations Team will be presented to the business that best demonstrates its effectiveness in innovation, leadership and business success in its ops team.
The accolade of Best Pub Employer will be awarded to the business that provides an excellent working environment including comprehensive training, strong staff motivation and benefits alongside a meaningful career path and development structure for employees.
The award for Best Pub Brand/Concept will be presented to the firm that demonstrates business success, clear strategies and a strong focus on marketing the brand via all channels.
The 2022 winner of the Best Premium Food offer will have impressed judges with a high-quality menu in a business that delivers a successful food offer across its estate.
The business crowned the Best Managed Pub Company for 51+ sites will have a highly successful managed retail estate, which has shown strong innovation and business performance in the past year.
The 2022 Best New Site award will be presented to the business that has opened in the past 24 months, has been trading for a minimum of six months and have demonstrated how effectively trade has been built at the site.
This year’s Best Managed Pub Company (2 to 50 sites) champion will have a highly successful managed retail estate, which has shown strong innovation and business performance in the past year.
This year's Best Food Offer winner at the 2022 Publican Awards will be awarded to the company that delivers a successful food offer across their estate, with food a key part of the firm's total sales.
This year’s award for Best Late Night Operator will be given to the business based on its commitment to the providing a high-quality offer to a night-time crowd.
This years award for Best Drinks offer will be given to the business that demonstrates a strong, broad and diverse offer when it comes to it's drinks range.
Businesses in the brewing and pub industry are responding to the ongoing war in Ukraine with donations, fundraising appeals and offers of employment and accommodation.
MatchPint – the fan engagement platform for venues, brands and sports fans – has announced a global rebrand after 10 years of operation and is now called Fanzo.
This year’s award for Best Brewing Pub Company will be given to the business based on its strength in combining brewing operations and its pub estate together.
The pub company who really puts community at the heart of their business will be awarded the Best Community Operator award at the 2022 Publican Awards.
The Six Nations rugby tournament has boosted footfall to pubs during the past month or so but operators have been warned not to miss out on retaining that custom by showing the upcoming women’s version.
The Harlequin pub in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, will start creating beers at a local microbrewery next month (April), with the profits being donated to organisations supporting women and girls.
Almost four out of five (79%) of operators have increased pay rates for staff to improve recruitment and retention, with 91% expecting to hire more staff in 2022, the latest UKHospitality (UKH) and CGA Future Shock Report has revealed.
Following being named finalists at last year’s Great British Pub Awards in the Best Community Pub category, we’ve revealed how a number of the pubs spent funding provided to them to support local causes.
Sustainability continues to be front of mind, and with four out of five* UK consumers changing their purchasing preferences based on the environmental impact, it’s vital for pubs to put sustainability at the heart of their operations.
A team of intrepid riders from across the pub sector are going from Dead to Red, cycling over 335kms across Jordan in aid of two great causes, Only a Pavement Away and the Licensed Trade Charity. We'll be charting their progress here, day by day...
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has estimated 24.5m pints could be sold in UK pubs during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship this weekend (Friday 11 and Saturday 12 March 2022), according to the BBPA’s beer sales volume survey alongside...
By Jill Whittaker, managing director at HIT Training
As National Careers Week draws to a close, here is how using apprenticeships to attract and then retain talent in the pub sector is well worth the effort.
Hospitality needs to promote more inclusive recruitment to break bias in the industry and help the recruitment crisis, but positive changes are happening according to workers across the trade.
International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro
To celebrate International Women's Day 2022 on Tuesday 8 March, the Morning Advertiser spoke to some of the leading women in the drinks industry to discover how the sector can #BreaktheBias.
International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro
The Morning Advertiser has collated advice and life stories from some of the key voices in the sector, in celebration of this year's International Women's Day.
International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Female talent is flourishing when it comes to operators of hospitality businesses. Here are some of the best in the sector with their thoughts on the importance of women’s contributions and how they would like to see further progression to celebrate International...
International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro
When asked by The Morning Advertiser to write an opinion piece about “what does the sector need to do to enable women to reach senior level?” for International Women’s Day my initial response was deflation, are we still chasing the answer to this old...
International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has announced the launch of its showcase of the women working across the sector to celebrate International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8 March), with the aim of recruiting more women to the sector.
UKHospitality (UKH) is working alongside the Government to offer aid and support to those affected by the crisis in Ukraine, as conflict reaches its 12th day.
More than 500 pubs have signed up to the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, running from 9 to 15 May, with organiser PubAid confident this year’s event would hit an all-time high in pub participation, and money raised for charity.
‘Yield’ is often one of the pieces of data which is not understood but can have a big impact on pubs’ bottom lines, according to Venners operations manager Andrea McCarthy.
The SIBA Business Awards 2022 finalists have been revealed, showcasing the UK’s best breweries, taprooms, retailers, pubs and beer industry businesses.
The past two years have seen us all adapt and adopt an increasingly digital world and fast-track technology into our businesses. Pubs especially have had to increase their use of tech to power their back-of-house technology including online booking systems,...
Football, rugby and cricket have proven great draws for pub operators in increasing footfall at their sites but Sky Sports Racing host Alex Hammond says horse racing appeals to a multitude of age groups too.
The MA's Ed Bedington catches up with Glendola's Alexander Salussolia to get his views on the current market, inflationary pressures, financial considerations and what the future holds for hospitality operators.
