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Report
Affluent young families aged between 25 and 45 make up a 12% share of the UK’s on-trade wine market and almost half of those (47%) would choose wine as their first choice of alcoholic drink over spirits, beer or cider, according to new research from...
VIDEO
Last month the PMA held an exclusive round table debate on the chef shortage currently faced by the pub sector. Watch the highlights now...
Beer
If you think Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery is a one-beer plant, famous for its award-winning Deuchar’s IPA, think again.
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Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept led by Charlie McVeigh and backed by Luke Johnson, has set out its growth plans for the next three years.
Licensing restrictions
Restrictions to a pub’s opening hours can have huge consequences - shutting early to appease neighbours can devastate takings, and restricting garden hours can be off-putting for smokers or customers hoping to sit outside. But do councils strike a fair...
city news
Greene King expects to halve the number of brands and formats it operates across it estate through the integration of the Spirit Pub Company portfolio.
Legislation
The chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association has told PMA sister publication M&C that one year on from the change to drink driving laws the effect on the sector north of the border has been “a catastrophe”.
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Many pubs are experiencing a lack of quality and numbers in the kitchen. Nicholas Robinson finds out what sector experts believe the problem, and potential solutions, could be.
Operators
The latest survey from the Independent Family Brewers of Britain has revealed the number of customers looking to stay in pubs is on the rise and that the appetite for British beer is still strong.