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Drinks
Pete Brown likes his cider and knows where to go to get the best hit of apples, but he has now discovered a new source and encourages others to test the produce from Northern Ireland.
Beer
Cask ale cannot be matched outside pubs. Nigel Huddleston finds out why stocking it will give you the edge.
AB InBev has announced it has reached agreement with the board of SABMiller over its £68bn takeover.
When Masterchef: the Professionals judge Monica Galetti told the Radio Times last week that ambitious female chefs would be wise to abandon thoughts of having a family - or even a boyfriend - in favour of their careers, it thrust the issue firmly into...
Food Safety
Pubs are lagging behind the rest of the food industry on food allergen labelling, experts have warned, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) latest local authority food law report.
Analysis
The government consultation on tipping is ending – and the responses from industry bodies such as the ALMR has come in. James Evison looks at the UK’s tipping situation.
Supplier profile
New Westons Cider commercial director Geoff Bradman talks to the PMA about the health of the cider category and how the company’s new strategy is paying off.
London bartenders Iain Griffiths (Dandelyan) and Santiago Michelis (Happiness Forgets) joined Leeds’ Oliver Pluck (The East Village) as the top three contestants at the UK final of the Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition.
There are some incredible parallels between the role pubs play and the reasons great brewers exist.
Legislation
Despite the Government’s U-turn on removing Parallel Rent Assessments from the pubs code, campaign groups are demanding the draft is scrapped and rewritten before consultation can begin as it faces conflicting criticisms.
BBPA data
Despite yet another drop in on-trade beer sales, there is cause for optimism as the 1.2% dip in Q3 is the smallest in two years for any quarter.