The Inspiration for Pub Success Since 1794
This is a great year for sport. The Euro 2012 football tournament has begun, Australia and South Africa are coming to test our cricketers (the West Indies are already here), and of course, the crowning glory is the Olympic Games.
It can appear to be a bleak period for Britain’s pub industry; falling consumer spending, changing drinking habits and a lack of bank funding have all contributed unnerving pub closure figures from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
The Government has recognised the need to exclude proof-of-age schemes in the industry from a motion to ban age discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
A remote 500-year-old inn that faced closure due to crippling energy costs has installed wind turbines in a bid to remain open.
Henry Chevallier Guild was two days old when he arrived at Aspall Hall, the 15th-century moated house in Debenham, Suffolk occupied by his family since 1702.