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Cider
Cider makers are set to launch new products during the coming weeks in a bid to make a successful play of the, hopefully, warm and dry weather this summer. In the meantime, we look back on seven of the top cider trends that snatched our attention over...
Late night sector
Hackney-based club and bar Dance Tunnel has announced it will close for good in August, blaming the ‘impossible’ licensing climate in the borough.
My shout
For the tenanted and leased sector, the annual MCA Tenant Track survey provides an excellent independent benchmark, widely recognised as the most comprehensive and accurate assessment of licensee opinion.
awards
The finalists for the BII Licensee of the Year awards, sponsored by BT Sport, have been selected - including the reigning champion of the Publican's Morning Advertiser's Great British Pub of the Year, the Shibden Mill Inn.
Sports
The Government announced last week that pubs will be permitted to sell alcohol on the evenings of Friday 10 and Saturday 11 June until 1am the following morning.
Entertainment
A licensee has defended a decision to ban a regular pub quiz team, after the group’s dominance led to a drastic decline in the event’s popularity.
Beer
Self-styled ‘punk’ craft brewer BrewDog says it has nailed its colours to the mast by amending its articles of association to rule out a takeover by any ‘monolithic purveyor of bland industrial beer.’