Pubs need to improve service standards for international visitors warns VisitEngland chief
Licensees need to do more to improve service in pubs to accommodate international visitors — that’s according to VisitEngland chief executive James Beresford.
Archives for July 18, 2012
Refresh your pub staff with some legal training
Hopefully summer will arrive one day and with it more customers to our bars. Like us, some pubs will be looking at taking on extra staff over the summer period and training up the newly recruited members.
Mitchells and Butlers like-for-likes hit by bad weather
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has reported like-for-like sales growth of 0.4% in the 14 weeks to 14 July, with sales hit by the poor weather and Euro 2012 but mitigated by a strong performance over the Jubilee.
Hot dogs predicted to become next food craze for pubs
A top Young’s manager has predicted that hot dogs will be the next craze to sweep through the British dining scene.
Alcohol industry must do more to act responsibly says Health Committee Report
The alcohol industry must do more to reduce alcohol harm or it “risks being seen as paying only lip service”, a group of MPs has said in a report released today.
Why 'nothing out the ordinary' isn't good enough for pubs
What do publicans and equine dentists have in common? They both look gift horses in the mouth. Or so it would seem if you believe some of the statistics that have been bandied about in the past week.
Woo Hoo! Duff Beer now available in UK pubs and bars
You can’t get enough of that wonderful Duff, said Homer Simpson — but now you can as a German company has launched the brand into UK pubs and bars.