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Food safety
Food safety and hygiene experts are set to reveal a nationally recognised guide to legal hygiene practices, days after a woman died of suspected food poisoning linked to eating at a pub carvery.
TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor reviewers can be infuriatingly harsh in their assessments of pubs, and none more so than a customer who branded his experience ‘terrible’ based purely on the price of a pint.
Cask Marque has announced plans to upgrade its Caskfinder app with new pump clip recognition technology.
Pub food pop-ups
Clapham pub the King & Co got a touch of Barcelona cuisine when prominent pop-up chef team Tiberi set up shop earlier this week to serve traditional tapas with a twist.
Breweries
Brewery-operator Wadworth has outlined plans to invest £500,000 into pubs within Devizes in Wiltshire, where the company is based.
Spirits
Diageo-backed Distill Ventures is to invest in the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirit made by Seedlip, which is expected to be added to the spirit giant’s alcohol-free drinks portfolio.
BII chairman, Anthony Pender, has called for unity across the pub industry to ensure the sector gets the best deal when the new apprenticeship levy is introduced.
On the market
North London pub, the Old Red Lion, which has attracted stars such as Jude Law and John Hurt in its 600-year history, has been bought to the market on a leasehold basis by Christie & Co.