LICENSING HUB: LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN
Digital IDs: What we know so far
Last month Keir Starmer confirmed plans for a new digital ID scheme for citizens to prove their right to live and work in the UK.
Archives for October 3, 2025
GREAT BRITISH PUB AWARDS 2025
GBPA winners praise awards as trade booms
GBPA winners have reported significant boosts in trade since the awards, with one pub already hiring new staff to cope with demand.
Matcha’s growing popularity in UK’s pub scene
With health-conscious consumers driving demand for functional drinks and operators already experimenting with lattes, cocktails and food, Matcha is fast making its way onto pub menus.
Licensed Trade Charity winners revealed
An evening of celebration has seen the winners of the annual Licensed Trade Charity revealed from across the sector.
OPINION
OPINION: Pints and purpose: how pubs can secure their future
What is the role of the pub of the future? Do pubs, and hospitality, need to re-invent themselves to remain relevant and viable in our ever-changing world?
Review of the Week
‘This is the last chance saloon for the Chancellor’
The MA’s Ed Bedington caught up with Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame for his take on the week’s headlines.
GREAT BRITISH PUB AWARDS 2025
GBPA 2025: Were you papped?
Revellers partied the night away at Great British Pub Awards last week, were you papped?
BrewDog announces sale of Lost Forest
Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has announced the sale of its Lost Forest.
Martin warns cost pressures threaten sector as sales rise at JDW
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has reported robust preliminary results for the financial year ending July 2025, with like-for-like sales up 5.1% compared to the previous year.
GBPA 2025: Find out about the winner of the Best Beer Pub, sponsored by SIBA - Blind Jack’s
Run by Christian and Alice Ogley for eight years, Blind Jack’s has hit new levels of trade in the past 12 months following a refurbishment over two floors that brings out the best in a characterful 400-year-old building on Knaresborough’s market square,...
GBPA 2025: Find out about the winner of the Punch Pub of the Year - the Anglesey Arms
The Anglesey Arms is a hidden gem in the picturesque village of Halnaker, near Chichester.
GBPA 2025: Find out about the winner of Best Sustainable Pub, sponsored by CCEP - the George
Publicans John and Vicky Judson have become waste warriors at the George in Castleton, in the heart of the Peak District, since taking over seven years ago.
Wet-led focused multi operators expand to 10 sites
Community pub operators Simon Woodcock and Richard Hepplestone have hit 10 sites after taking on a lease with Star on a pub near Pontefract, West Yorkshire.