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PMA500 club
The Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s (PMA) business club for multiple operators landed in Nottingham last month with a fresh new look — the PMA500. Operators from across the country enjoyed a day of presentations from top industry experts and suppliers,...
New World Trading Company bar chain The Botanist entered the record books last week for the world’s biggest gin tasting across multiple venues.
TOP 50 GASTROPUBS
John Calton, chef patron of North Shields gastropub the Staith House, was named Gastropub Chef of the Year at the Top 50 Gastropubs awards last month.
Refusing to serve salt and lemon alongside shots of Tequila due to ‘health and safety’ has been branded a myth by the Health and Safety Executive.
City news
The number of micropubs in the UK has doubled in the last year and is expected to reach 800 by 2018, according the Micropub Association.
Hungry Horse
Greene King pubs have cancelled children’s events planned for the half term break after being threatened with legal action from TV channel Nickelodeon.
A Norwich pub that received an “unprecedented” level of support when it was facing closure is celebrating after finding a new home.
A pub has insisted its policy is to always welcome breastfeeding mothers after a group of parents claimed they were discriminated against when they visited with their babies.
Food
Home-grown pork could disappear from UK pub menus if the trade, as well as the wider food sector, doesn’t stop buying imports, pig big wigs have warned.
Overcoming the logistical and bureaucratic nightmare of opening a commercial distillery, the Fat Pig in Exeter has created a unique proposition. Ben Winstanley discovers how more publicans can follow suit and create a new breed of distilling pubs
Content sponsored by the authentic Italian cheese firm Galbani.
Pizzas are an easy-to-make and great-tasting option for your menu, and you can capitalise on the recent boom for the Italian food. Nicholas Robinson reports
Health
Pub chains must “spell out” calorific content clearly to consumers, policy makers have been urged ahead of the Government’s upcoming childhood obesity strategy.