Award - Hospitality

Great British Pub Awards

Inventiveness key to success, says GBPA winner

03-Nov-2022 By Ed Bedington

Standing still is not an option for the pub trade, adaption and inventiveness will be key according to the winner of the Great British Pub of the Year Awards.

The Great British Pub Awards 2022

Are you running the Great British Pub of the Year?

11-Apr-2022 By Ed Bedington

The hunt is on for the UK’s best pub with the launch of the leading pub competition in the sector.

72-year-old pub owner wins award after 40 years of service

23-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A 72-year-old pub owner has been granted a prestigious award since retiring following 30 years of service at the Dynevor Arms, in Groes-faen, Wales.

New Bib Gourmands awarded this year

16-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Two pubs have scored Bib Gourmand awards, which are dished out by the Michelin Guide to recognise restaurants that “will leave you with a sense of satisfaction, at having eaten so well at a reasonable price”.

GBPA Best for Dogs: The Flying Childers Inn

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

A Peak District pub is celebrating after being named the Best for Dogs at the Great British Pub Awards 2021

GBPA Community Hero: The Last Post & Remembrance Bar

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

Community operations have really come to the fore during the coronavirus crisis and one pub certainly stood out, taking home the title of Community Hero in the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

GBPA Best Pub to Watch Sport: The Famous Three Kings

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

One of the UK's leading sports pub was celebrating after scooping the title of Best Pub to Watch sport, making it a four time winner at the Great British Pub Awards in recent times.

GBPA Best Pub for Families: The Onslow Arms

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

A West Sussex pub that offers a little something for everyone was celebrating after being names the Best Pub for Families at the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

GBPA Best Young Chef: Samuel McClurkin, the Dog at Wingham

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Best Young Chef title for this year’s Great British Pub Awards was awarded to Samuel McClurkin, head chef of the Dog at Wingham in Kent

GBPA Best Pub for Late Night: The Phoenix Arts Club

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

Emerging from the ashes of the pandemic, the Phoenix Arts Club is celebrating after taking home a much deserved win in the Great British Pub Awards 2021, being declared the Best Pub for Late Night.

GBPA Stonegate Pub of the Year: The Myrtle Tavern

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

Nestled in one of the leafier suburbs of Leeds, the Myrtle Tavern occupies a higgledy-piggledy building with many tempting corners to sit and sup a pint, and the site is now celebrating after being named Stonegate Pub of the Year in the Great British...

GBPA Best Pub for Food: The Unruly Pig

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Unruly Pig is proudly a pub that also happens to serve some of the best food there is to have in the UK, netting it the title of Best for Food in the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

GBPA Greene King Pub of the Year: The Rose and Crown

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

A Surrey-based pub was celebrating after being named the Greene King Pub of the Year fighting off competition from across the country.

GBPA Hawthorn Pub of the Year: The Robin Hood

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

The coronavirus crisis has revealed how important community pubs are to the people that depend on them, and they don’t come more special than the Robin Hood in Overseal.

GBPA Admiral Pub of the Year: The Red Lion

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

An eclectic pub, the Red Lion in Chobham is set to put itself on the map after being declared a winner in the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

GBPA Punch Pub of the Year: The Wise Man Inn

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

Set in stunning surroundings, the Wise Man Inn was celebrating after taking home the title of Punch Pub of the Year in the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

GBPA Best Pub Garden: The Brisley Bell

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

There’s been a lot of change at The Bell in the north west Norfolk village of Brisley since co-owners Amelia Nicholson and Marcus Seaman came on board, and that has netted them the title of Best Pub Garden in the Great British Pub Awards.

GBPA Best Pub for Rooms: The Knife & Cleaver

29-Sep-2021 By Ed Bedington

Recent investment by Copper Birch Inns to transform the Knife & Cleaver has seen a struggling site more than triple its turnover and net it the title of Best Pub for Rooms in the Great British Pub Awards 2021.

250-year-old family gem wins CAMRA's pub of the year

12-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

A heritage pub that has stood at the heart of a family for 250 years has been named the best in the country in Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Pub of the Year competition for the second time.

Pub hits 25th year in the Good Beer Guide

06-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

A pub in Hawkesbury Upton has received an honourable plaque from Dursley & District Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) to mark its 25th consecutive year in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide.

Award-winning micropub raises £20k for sea charity

04-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

A CAMRA award-winning micropub in Queenborough, Kent, has raised £20,000 for a charity that ‘saves lives at sea’ – the RNLI.

Stonegate chairman scores Industry Icon award

22-Nov-2019 By Alice Leader

Stonegate Pub Company chairman Ian Payne has scooped the CGA Peach Industry Icon at the 2019 Hero and Icon Awards for his lasting and positive contribution to the sector.

UKHospitality award winners announced

09-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

UKHospitality has announced the winners of its Operations Managers Awards 2019.

Pub groups recognised at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards

09-Mar-2018 By James Wallin, MCA

Cutting edge pub groups were recognised at this year’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards, now in their 20th year and organised by MCA, the Morning Advertiser’s sister title, at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday night.

Plymouth scheme scoops top honours at Best Bar None awards

06-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

The longest-running scheme nominated at the 2017 Best Bar None awards won the prize for Best Overall Scheme at a ceremony hosted by Lord Smith of Hindhead CBE at the House of Lords on 5 February.

Ei Publican Partnerships names its Cellar Keeper of the Year

18-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Publican Peter Clements, from the British Oak, Blackheath, south London, took the award which "recognises the people responsible for the pub’s best kept and quality beer cellars".

Ei Group launches revamped national awards scheme

04-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

The pub company behind 4,600 sites across the UK is launching a revitalised awards programme in order to recognise the work of outstanding publicans in its estate, operational excellence and pubs that are the focal point of their communities.

Pub groups taste success at Restaurant magazine R200 Awards

07-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub groups the Alchemist and ETM Group were among the winners at Restaurant magazine’s R200 Awards, held yesterday (6 November) at Hawker House in Canada Water, south London.

MA’s Beeson takes home coveted beer award

30-Nov-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

The Morning Advertiser’s (MA) food and drink reporter James Beeson was awarded the prestigious title of Young Beer Writer of the Year at last night’s British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards.

Great British Pub Awards 2017

Video: John Smith's Great British Pub Award winners

11-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

John Smith's Great British Pub Award winners have spoken to The Morning Advertiser on what their awards mean to them, and their pub.

GBPA: Winners discuss 'boost to business' following 2016 awards

15-May-2017 By MA Editorial

With less than a week to go until the Great British Pub Awards entry deadline on 19 May, The Morning Advertiser has spoken to more of last year's winners about how they are benefiting from their success over the past year.

Awards

BII National Innovation in Training Award winners revealed

23-Nov-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced its winners of its relaunched National Innovation in Training Awards (NITAs).

Publican Awards

Publican Awards winner's story - St Austell - Best new site

21-Oct-2016 By Helen Gilbert

The Samuel Jones Ale & Smokehouse, a stunning waterside development in a Victorian warehouse in Exeter, was a new concept for St Austell Brewery so they were naturally excited to see how well it would be received when it opened last year. The answer...

Hospitality Awards

Brakspear’s ‘top tenants’ rewarded for their ‘excellence’ at Hospitality Awards

10-Oct-2016 By Sara Hussein

Henley-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear rewarded its ‘top tenants’ at the company’s annual Hospitality Awards last week.

BEST ROAST DINNER 2016

Welsh pub wins Best Roast Dinner award 2016

05-Oct-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A Pontypridd pub has been named as serving the best roast dinner in the country.

GBPA - where (literally) is the award now?

02-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

We spoke with the winners of last year’s awards to find out how they positioned their award in the pub following their success.

Top 50 Gastropubs winner crowned Best Pub at GQ awards

27-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The Sportsman has been named Best Pub at the annual GQ Food & Drink Awards.

Publican Awards 2016: Best food offer (51+ sites)

14-Mar-2016 By James Evison

London-based pub company Young’s is celebrating a hard-fought victory after being named Best Food Operator (51+ sites), in association with MCA, at the Publican Awards in London.

TOP 50 GASTROPUBS

VIDEO: The Staith House's John Calton talks Top 50 Gastropubs

15-Feb-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

John Calton, chef patron of North Shields gastropub the Staith House, was named Gastropub Chef of the Year at the Top 50 Gastropubs awards last month.

Technology

Stonegate wins award for use of digital media

05-Feb-2016 By James Evison

Stonegate has won an HR award for its use of digital and social media - the third year in a row it has been honoured.

Top 50 Gastropubs

Double whammy for Freemasons at Top 50 Gastropubs

27-Jan-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Front-of-house manager Agnieszka Tyczka of the Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe, Lancashire, brought home the gastropub’s first award of the day at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.

Events

Don't miss out: enter the Publican Awards now

05-Nov-2015 By PMA

There’s still an opportunity for award winning pub companies to test their mettle following a week’s extension to the Publican Awards 2016 entry deadline.

Awards

Late Night Awards announced: Ministry of Sound wins Icon

28-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

Ministry of Sound was recognised with an Icon award at this year’s 2015 Late Night Awards.

Merrett to judge Pub Chef Awards

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Paul Merrett, the owner of three top London food pubs, will judge the British Beer and Pub Association’s (BBPA) Pub Chef of the Year Award, with the help of a panel of industry experts.

Events

Add to your silverware at the Publican Awards 2016

19-Oct-2015 By PMA

With the search now on for the industry’s best pub companies in the 25th Publican Awards, the PMA looks at why you don’t want to miss out on being part of it.