Cheshire

‘Unprecedented increases’ force Tatton Brewery to shut

27-Feb-2024 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A Cheshire-based brewery has been forced to cease trading due to “unprecedented increases”, leaving its owner “truly saddened”.

What makes the Cholmondeley Arms the best pub in the country?

03-Nov-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Morning Advertiser caught up with the Cholmondeley Arms’ owner after the pub was crowned the best pub in the country at the Great British Pub Awards 2023.

GBPA 2023

Meet the winner of the Best Country/Rural Pub 2023 sponsored by Everard Cole

25-Sep-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The Cholmondeley Arms is one of England's most unique rural pubs. The building, situated on Lord Cholmondeley's estate in South Cheshire, is an old Victorian schoolhouse that boasts a real wow factor for customers.

‘I'm doing better than I ever have done’

14-Dec-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Business is better than ever at the Saddle Inn, Chester, Cheshire, but there’s more to running a pub than “dripping in gold” according to its licensee.

Would you boycott the World Cup at your pub?

14-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Liverpool Arms and the Commercial Hotel & Bar in Chester, Cheshire, will boycott the upcoming World Cup due to worries over LGBTQ+ rights in Qatar where being gay is illegal.

Pubs boycott World Cup over LGBTQ+ rights in Qatar

11-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Liverpool Arms and the Commercial Hotel & Bar in Chester, Cheshire will boycott the upcoming World Cup due to worries over LGBTQ+ rights in Qatar where being gay is illegal.

Gary Usher smashes £200k target to launch 1st pub

08-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Celebrity chef Gary Usher has crowdfunded more than £222,000 in a week to reopen the White Horse in Churton, Cheshire as Elite Bistros’ first pub.

Rent hike pushes licensees to leave pub after 30 years

02-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A couple has called time after 30 years behind the bar, with a rent increase by Star Pubs & Bars hammering in “the final nail in the coffin”.

GBPA 2022

Meet the finalists for Best Pub for Entertainment

26-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

We've taken a deeper look into the pubs that have made it to the finals in the Best Pub for Entertainment category for the Great British Pub Awards.

Diageo invests more than £40m into Guinness production sites

04-Apr-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Diageo has planned a £40.5m investment to expand capacity at its packaging facilities in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Runcorn, Cheshire to support the growth of Guinness Draught and Guinness Zero.

Greene King pub in Cheshire relaunches after £250,000 investment

18-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King Pub Partners has relaunched the Red Lion pub in Parkgate, Cheshire, following a £250,000 investment into its renovation from the pub operator and the sites new tenants.

Brunning and Price eyes 80 sites

18-Nov-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple pub operator Brunning and Price has acquired two new sites, taking its total estate to 79, with plans for an eightieth in the pipeline.

Wages driven up by staff shortages

22-Jun-2021 By MCA

The average wages of pub and restaurant workers have risen by as much as 14%, driven by a shortage of staff in the hospitality sector.

Regulars raise £3.5k for flooded pub

21-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A pub operator has thanked her regulars for coming to the rescue with a crowdfunding effort after a flood forced the pub to shut for weeks.

Ego Restaurants agree second site with Ei Group

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A free-of-tie lease for a Cheshire pub was agreed between Ei Group’s Commercial Properties business and Ego Restaurants.

Chester Zoo manor house converted to pub in £3m transformation

26-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

The Victorian country home of the founder of Chester Zoo has been transformed into a gastropub.

Shepherd's pie is the nation's favourite

09-Mar-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

While it is not a 'traditional' pie with a pastry lid, a study has found that shepherd's pie is the UK's favourite pie.

JW Lees 'hungry' for acquisitions in the north-west

03-Oct-2017 By Michelle Perrett

JW Lees, the brewer and pub operator, has reported record turnover of £67.7m for the year to 31 March 2017 and said it is hungry for acquisitions in the north-west.

Carrwood Catering closes Kelsall site

20-Apr-2017 By Liam Coleman

Carrwood Catering has closed the doors at its Lord Binning pub in Kelsall, Cheshire, after six years running the site.

licensing

Liverpool signs off late-night levy plans

11-Nov-2016 By James Evison

Plans for a late-night levy (LNL) have been introduced by Liverpool City Council (LCC) following deferral of a decision in March.

Licensing

Industry slams Liverpool late-night levy decision

11-Nov-2016 By James Evison

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers and British Beer & Pub Association have described the move by Liverpool City Council to implement a late-night levy as "disappointing" and questioned if the local authority has the powers to...

Licensing

Cheshire East Council turns down late-night levy

09-Nov-2016 By James Evison

A council has turned down the opportunity to consult on a late-night levy (LNL) and early morning restriction order (EMRO). 

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New World Trading Company's York site set to create 60 jobs

03-Nov-2016 By James Evison

The New World Trading Company's new site in York is set to create up to 60 jobs as it opens its doors this November.

Gin

Gin festival attracts thousands

28-Jul-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A Cheshire pub hosted the county’s biggest gin festival and saw more than 2,500 in attendance. 

Joule’s to rethink craft beer concept

28-Jan-2015 By Mike Berry

Steve Nuttall, managing director of Shropshire brewer and pub operator Joule’s has revealed the company is re-evaluating its Craft Beer Bars concept after mixed results at two trial sites.

Make Some Noise: 'We cancelled an event but residents still complained'

09-Oct-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

An employee of a Cheshire pub has hit out at the local council tightening his licence conditions, after residents complained about noise from an event that never actually happened.

Licensee plans to roll out pizza concept across Chester

07-Jul-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

Ian Wade, host of Trust Inns site the Ring O Bells in Christleton, Chester, is opening a pizza restaurant in the city.

Fat Cat Cafe Bars attract interest

06-Jun-2013 By John Harrington

Strong interest has been shown in the package of six Fat Cat Café Bars placed on the market last month, with all but one currently in legals.

Six Fat Cat bars up for sale

22-Apr-2013

The majority of the Fat Cat Café Bars, the Derby-based pub company led by Matt Saunders, have been placed on the market.

Rise in canalside and riverside pubs coming to the market

05-Sep-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Licensed property agents have seen a surge in canalside and riverside pubs coming to the market in the past six months, blaming the poor weather.

Pesto seeks funds to expand pub format

20-Jun-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Pesto, the north-west-based pub and restaurant chain owned by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is in talks about raising new funds as it looks to open four more sites under its Pesto in a Pub format before the end of the year.

Pub landlord slams council over "unfair competition" from Artisan market

02-May-2012 By Helen Gilbert

A Cheshire licensee has slammed a council for failing to protect his bar from “unfair” competition that he claims has left his business up to £17,000 out of pocket.

Top-end bar cocktail operator eyes expansion plan

12-Sep-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

A fledgling top-end cocktail-bar operator, which offers “platinum” members a chauffeur-driven Bentley to drive them home for £1,300 a year, plans to expand to five sites within five years.

Millstone is top JW Lees tenanted pub

15-Jun-2011 By Adam Pescod

A Manchester licensee has credited "good standards" after he was named Tenant of the Year at JW Lees' Pub of the Year awards on 7 June. Gerard Ford,...

Robinson's seeks tenants at four pubs

15-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Frederic Robinson's, the Stockport-based family brewer, has appointed Christie + Co to find tenants for four of its pubs in Cheshire.

Bacon to unveil new businesses this year

03-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Living Ventures' Tim Bacon will open four new businesses in 2011, including a coffee deli concept in Manchester.

Orchid dishes out Halo Awards to pubs

24-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Orchid Group's first Halo Awards took place last week at the Pacific Oriental in London where eight awards were presented. More than 500...

Robinson turnover and profits up

27-May-2010 By The PMA Team

Stockport brewer and retailer Frederic Robinson has unveiled a 52% increase in pre-tax profits to £3.2m in the year to 31 December 2009. The...

Thwaites pub goes to Swiss chef

27-May-2010 By The PMA Team

Swiss chef Michael Riemenschneider has taken over a Thwaites-owned pub in Cheshire and relaunched it as a restaurant under the same name.

Plans for US-type community bars

26-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team

Tim Bacon, the founder of Living Room bar and restaurant chain, is to launch a new concept in the West Kirby district of Wirral next month, called...

Beer and food matching: Nigel Crane's menu

05-May-2009

Nigel Crane, a former sous chef under Anton Mosimann at The Dorchester, started Essential Cuisine in 1996. Based in Cheshire, the business is focused...

Hook Norton chairman dies

26-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead

The chairman of Oxfordshire's Hook Norton Brewery, Richard Gilchrist, has been killed in a riding accident during a hunt meeting in South Cheshire....

Ten year pub ban for violent thug

18-Mar-2008

Licensees have welcomed a court's decision to ban a violent thug from pubs in Chesire for 10 years.Chester magistrates slapped the landmark...

BarTalk

08-Mar-2007

What kind of a licensee do you think Jose Mourhino would make? Peter Gatling Merry Harriers Clayhidon Devon I think he would make a terrific...

Pubwatch licensee banned from local pubs for six months

12-May-2005

A pubwatch in Cheshire has slapped one of its own members with a six-month pub ban and discluded her from the organisation following a complaint....

More bogus letters demand money from pubs

06-Oct-2004

Pressure is building for the government to protect licensees from bogus companies sending letters asking for money to meet new legislation. Following...

Hydes sees benefits of £5m Heritage Inns investment

08-Sep-2004

Family brewer Hydes is expanding its Heritage Inns 'premium pub' concept.The opening newly-opened John Millington in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, is the...