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Orchid Group has reported a 5.4% fall in EBITDAR in 2011, although turnover grew 3.7% to £179.6m, as the firm announced a three-year, £20m capex programme that will see wet-led sites become food-led.
Local support for pubs and brewing is essential if the coalition is to be remembered as a “pro-pub government”, according to All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group chairman, Greg Mulholland MP.
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its 10 year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and civilisations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Two pubs have been awarded their first stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2013.
Nottinghamshire Police Authority is keen to see a late-night levy introduced on licensed premises in Nottingham, claiming too many crimes involving alcohol take place in the city during the early hours.
There is nothing more annoying than stopping off at a pub for a bite to eat, only to find that the kitchen is closed. Potential customers can be put off for good and pubs miss out on custom.
Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator, has announced that it is to work with recruitment and training firm Acorn to help recruit tenants to its pubs.
I am filing this column from the departure lounge of Toronto airport after helping to celebrate Toronto Beer Week (last night’s ten-course beer and food-matching dinner was a particularly memorable highlight), on my way to visit the celebrated ice cider...
Cask ale volumes grew in 2011 for the first time in 20 years, and the category has now overtaken keg as the most popular form of draught ale, according to the Cask Report 2012-13, published today.
After the merger of the Publican and the Morning Advertiser last year, the Publican Awards was relaunched as the blue-riband event for pubcos — and by far the biggest night in the industry’s calendar.