
Pubs face £13m business rates hike
The pub sector could face a rise in business rates of £12.77m thanks to a 1.7% uprating for inflation, real estate experts have warned.

The pub sector could face a rise in business rates of £12.77m thanks to a 1.7% uprating for inflation, real estate experts have warned.

Community pubs have bucked national trends of pub closures and are booming, according to a report published by the Plunkett Foundation.

Pernod Ricard UK is set to host three ‘bartender dinners’ and to partner with a charity and pubco with the aim of bringing people together for the festive period.

Loungers’ ‘broad, value-for-money proposition across multiple occasions’ has yielded year-on-year increases in both revenue and like-for-like sales according to its latest trading update.