Diageo’s profits tumble after rocky year
Diageo’s profits fell almost 30% last year as the world’s largest spirits maker suffered at the hands of changing drinking habits and global tariffs.
Archives for August 5, 2025
Greene King Pub Partners on track to invest £27m into estate
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has announced its biggest annual investment in recent years.
BIG INTERVIEW
BIG INTERVIEW: The busiest year ever for Wye Valley Brewery
Having taken on the role of leading Wye Valley Brewery’s beer production when it moved away from the back of a pub, Vernon Amor has overseen continual growth for the business that also operates seven pubs.
Online ‘toast’ marks two year anniversary of Crooked House destruction
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and #ToastToTheCrookedHouse campaign have called for people across the world to toast the Crooked House and ‘break the internet’.
UKH: ‘Sector in survival mode’
Hospitality firms are in “survival mode” one trade body has said after figures showed two venues a day closed during the first six months of the year.
Excellent weather drives sector drinks sales
Great weather helped boost on-trade drinks sales back into growth in the first week of July.
Operators urged to ensure staff are trained on ‘Ask for Angela’
Operators are being urged to ensure staff are fully trained on the Ask for Angela initiative to protect vulnerable people in the late-night economy.
Top 50 Gastropubs site closes as summer footfall drops
A Top 50 Gastropubs site in Bristol has permanently closed its doors due to a reduction in summer footfall.
Independents and food-led business bear brunt of closures
Independent venues and food-led business have borne the brunt of closures so far in 2025, the new Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners has shown.