The MA500 business club hit Liverpool this month (Thursday 18 May) and included top tips from operators inside and outside the trade before an evening of networking at some of the city's finest venues.
After its inception in 1998, Be At One now has more than 30 bars across the country. After opening its Liverpool site just six months ago, operations director Andrew Stones outlines why operators should consider the thriving city and what it has to offer...
Ahead of the next MA500 club meeting in Birmingham, The Morning Advertiser looks at why operators should consider opening a site in this thriving city.
Since opening on the top floor of Monument Mall in Newcastle town centre, New World Trading Company’s the Botanist has gone from strength to strength, taking upwards of £6m in its first year and delivering up to 3,000 covers a week.
Nottingham’s eating and drinking out scene is starting to outshine some of its better-known rivals, building a steady reputation for its vibrant nightlife and diverse range of venues.
Despite the belief surburban towns are outgunning their big brothers, cities are embracing a positive change in property use, says Paul Davey, managing director at Davey Co
David Mooney, co-founder of New Moon Company, said the group’s choice of a pub to start the firm had been primarily a matter of availability and resource.
Eclectic, the listed bar group, would look at groups for acquisitions as it sees the potential for consolidation in the late-night market, chief executive Reuben Harley has said.
Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool are starting to rival London for the rate of new pub openings, as cities continue to dominate new openings at the expense of towns and suburbs.
City of York Council is set to meet with the licensed trade in the New Year to feed into its campaign striving for a “safe and successful” night-time economy.
Brighton & Hove City Council has been urged not to consider imposing a late-night levy or early morning restriction order (EMRO) on pubs, bars and clubs.
Money raised by local councils through the late-night levy could end up being spent in other council districts, according to the Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM).
VisitEngland and the Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM) have issued guidelines to help tourism industry make the most of the night time economy.
Early-morning restriction orders (EMROs) could “close down town centres” if they are implemented by local councils next year. That is the view of new Best Bar None chairman and leading licensing lawyer, Philip Kolvin QC, speaking to the Publican’s Morning...
Black Dog Ballroom, the Manchester-based bar and nightclub operator, has secured its third site as it looks to expand out of the city and develop a new bowling and pool offer.
A Cumbrian MP has called for the council to provide grants to pubs and, in return, ensure the site houses community services such as a Post Office or the local village shop.
Greene King has launched a range of interactive online 'Ale Trails', which will offer virtual and real-life trips around some of London's best pubs....
Punters drinking outside a city centre pub will now have to sit down to sup - but smokers can stand up. Furious licensee Phil Cutter has branded the...
JD Wetherspoon is to open 250 pubs in the next five years — creating 10,000 new jobs in the process. The managed operator today announced plans to invest £250m on opening new outlets.
A chronic shortage of affordable rural housing is helping to fuel the closure of hundreds of of country pubs and village shops. The National Housing...
Twenty bars in Derby have been given free hand-held metal detectors in a crackdown on weapons in venues. Doorstaff will check customers on entry and...
As one brewer suggested to me last week, there is a long line of people wanting to give Alistair Darling "a hefty kick in the privates" following his...
One of Liverpool's original gin palaces and now a landmark city centre pub has re-opened following a major refurbishment. Despite the trend for pubs...
Liverpool licensees have been urged to embrace the city's European Capital of Culture year by joining a drive-for-excellence campaign. Pubs and bars...
In 2020, the community bought the White House in Bladon. This historic, 17th century pub, is on the edge of the Blenheim Place estate, and is reputed to be the place...
