
What is operating in Norwich like?
Three top Norwich-based operators revealed what the city is like to trade in at the most recent MA Leaders Club event.

Three top Norwich-based operators revealed what the city is like to trade in at the most recent MA Leaders Club event.

After shifting its focus away from brewing, Laine Pub Company is set to inject around £3m into its estate next year, with the Gen Z market firmly in its sights, managing director Russ Danks told The Morning Advertiser (The MA).
Robinsons Brewery will continue to invest across its pub and brewing operations despite mounting cost pressures, with capital spend focused on refurbishments, small extensions and efficiency-driven technology.

Former Gilpin Lodge head chef Mike Shaw has been appointed chef patron at top Lancashire gastropub The Freemasons at Wiswell.

The UK Spirits Alliance (UKSA) has demanded excise duty be frozen in the next Budget because “duty on spirits is a direct driver of inflation” and pubgoers are being punished.

The number of licensed venues fell by 0.6% in the past year, new data has found.

The Government has confirmed key details of the upcoming business rates reform for the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) sectors, which will take effect from 1 April 2026 to coincide with the next revaluation.

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