Best Family Pub

My Pub: the UK's most dog-friendly pub, the Fox and Hounds, Reading

29-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Managers Jayne Tilsley and Miles Teece know a thing or two about keeping families and their four-legged friends happy. After winning multiple awards for keeping our canine companions content, Tilsley talks about what makes the UK’s most dog-friendly pub...

My Pub: The Boot, Sarratt

23-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Zoe Eliasson’s parents met at the Boot, which dates from 1739, and she worked there as a teenager. Since taking over in 2010, she and her chef partner Nick Idle have invested heavily in the pub, which won a Great British Pub Award for Best Family Pub last...

Those pesky kids: how pubs can improve their offer for families

06-May-2016 By Emily Sutherland

At the next PMA500 business club, Carrie Longton, co-founder of Mumsnet, now the biggest network for parents in the UK, will be speaking to operators about how they can improve their offer for families.

Spaghetti bollock-naise anyone? Pubs embrace 'I'm A Celebrity' spirit

17-Nov-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Licensees are getting into the jungle spirit with bushtucker trials following the launch of ITV's latest season of the long-running reality show, 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'.

North London pub to host mental health drop-in centre

29-Oct-2014 By Mike Berry

A north London licensee has teamed up with a mental health charity to host a drop-in centre in the pub for local youngsters.

Pub Chef: Why entering awards is good for business

26-Oct-2012 By Tim Abbott

If months were drinks September would have been a bottle of Bollinger for the Pigs as we won two awards — one local Eastern Daily Press Adnams Norfolk Food & Drink accolade and a Publican’s Morning Advertiser award for Best Family Pub at the Great...

Great British Pub Awards: Entry deadline extended

25-May-2012

The deadline for entering the Great British Pub Awards 2012 has been extended to Friday 8 June.