Horizons survey
YouGov poll shows customers ate out more but spent less this Christmas
The number of people eating out over Christmas rose marginally this year but average spend dropped, a poll by YouGov and Horizons has revealed.
Archives for January 27, 2016
Pub chefs face off in parliamentary award finals
Pub chef finalists in the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group’s Parliamentary Pub Chef awards faced off in a tense cook-off.
Jeff Galvin: Blurred lines between pubs and restaurants
The line that has been drawn between pubs and restaurants is blurring as restaurateurs are being priced out of London and pushed into pub operations, according to Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and pub operator, Jeff Galvin.
Top 50 Gastropubs
Double whammy for Freemasons at Top 50 Gastropubs
Front-of-house manager Agnieszka Tyczka of the Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe, Lancashire, brought home the gastropub’s first award of the day at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.
Top 50 Gastropubs
'Ready Steady Cook' chef takes gastropubs newcomer of year award
Celebrity chef brothers Chris and James Tanner have swiped the title of Newcomer of the Year at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 for their Kent-based pub the Kentish Hare.
VIDEO: Do you have the balls for whale testicle beer?
Whale testicle beer maker, Icelandic company Stedji microbrewery, has released a video detailing the process of making its controversial brew.
Property
Is it a pub or a post office? The rise of the multi-purpose community hub
With the number of village shops and post offices dwindling across the country, communities are in danger of losing their local amenities. Is it time that pubs took over the mantle? Ben Winstanley talks to forerunning licensees about their multi-purpose pubs
Licensing
'Sinister' cocaine-stuffed Kinder Eggs push pub close to licence loss
A pub has been ordered to tighten security or risk losing its licence after police found cocaine-stuffed Kinder Eggs hidden in bins, bricks and down a man's trousers near the pub during a raid.
Technology
TripAdvisor launches Windows app
TripAdvisor has launched an app that will assist potential customers to browse reviews and book visits while out and about on their smartphones.