Dan Vorlage, executive director of the Steel Keg Association, talks about the challenges facing the on-trade and how reusable steel kegs and casks can play a meaningful role to speed the recovery.
May has the potential to be a “historic” month with “huge uplifts” for the sector with hospitality at the heart of a variety of events, UKHospitality (UKH) chief executive Kate Nicholls has said.
Free drinks app DUSK has partnered with live music marketplace GigPig, connecting customers, local venues and independent artists in a bid to support hospitality.
To celebrate the King’s coronation, which takes place on Saturday 6 May, plenty of drinks producers are launching products to tie in with the festivities – here are some that could help you boost trade.
Since Covid, a late-night Renaissance has dawned on New York City. We caught up with the city’s night czar, as she rounds off her term, on how New Yorkers are fuelling post-pandemic recovery with fresh zeal.
Sarah Willingham was “blown away” after she won big at The Publican Awards, scooping both the Business Leader of the Year title and Best Late Night Operator award for her business Nightcap.
Keeping balance amid “off the scale” challenges is “crucial” to being a good pub employer, according to Barons Pub Company managing director Clive Price.
Eight Arch Brewing Co and Yonder Brewing have taken home the two Overall Champion awards in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South-West Independent Beer Awards, which took place last night (Thursday 20 April) at the MaltingsFest beer festival...
The south-west of England will be home to a giant beer festival featuring 300 cask ales, craft beers, lagers and ciders from Thursday 20 April until Saturday 22 April.
Organisers of the Pedalling for Pubs charity bike ride have launched a UK edition to get more fundraisers involved and raise more money for the sector’s good causes.
A north Wales pub has diversified its community garden and allotment to encourage residents to “get together” and help ease “loneliness and isolation”.
Fewer than one in 10 (8%) of consumers are planning to spend money on drinks out in pubs and bars during the coronation bank holiday weekend, new research has revealed.
With great scale comes great responsibility and as the UK’s second largest pub operator, with 1,660 sites, Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) size is both its biggest strength and greatest challenge when it comes to reducing its impact on the planet.
Under new ownership, new leadership and emerging from the long shadow of the pandemic, Greene King put themselves in pole position to take the title of large Tenanted & Leased Pub Company of the Year, and take it they did.
Independent businesses have reported needing to “go the extra mile” ahead of the Easter bank holiday, as declining consumer confidence continues to further dependence on calendar dates and event.
Putting its teams at the fore is something Greene King prides itself on and rightly so. A recent refocus on company culture has resulted in higher engagement and stronger retention.
East Anglia-based pubco Anglian Country Inns, which delivers food of the highest quality across all sites, took home the Best Premium Food Offer accolade at last week’s Publican Awards.
The pace at which Urban Pubs & Bars is growing was second to none, culminating in it being crowned Best Managed Pub Company at this year’s Publican Awards.
Craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog continues to push the boundaries and has demonstrated its strength with huge site openings in London Waterloo and Las Vegas despite economic headwinds battering the sector.
The judges were blown away by Nightcap’s commitment to creativity: it’s a company shaking things up in the late night sector, one that’s daring to do things differently.
In less than a decade Brewhouse & Kitchen has established a sound business across not one but 22 breweries in pubs around the southern half of England.
The judges were blown away by the energy and passion of owner Jason Myers and his team in creating a package that sets new standards for modern pub accommodation.
Licensees who have a Sky Sports subscription are in with a chance of driving a Formula 1 car or watching a day of Ashes cricket and will be able to drive footfall with increased summer sporting content.
The hospitality sector came together to celebrate the UK's best pub & bar groups at The Publican Awards at a stand-out ceremony in Battersea, south London yesterday (Wednesday 29 March).
