Derbyshire

Real Brewing Pub Company enters administration

01-Nov-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Real Brewing Pub Company, the pub operation arm of Derby Brewing Company, has entered administration due to Covid debts and soaring costs.

KLM Pubco snaps up biggest site yet

13-Sep-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

KLM Pubco has taken on the Marquis of Ormonde in Ripley, Derbyshire, which is its biggest site to date.

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Meet the finalists for Marston's Pub of the Year

29-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

With the Great British Pub Awards taking place next week, we've delved into each of the Marston's Pub of the Year finalists.

Teaching an old dog new tricks: Britain’s best pub for dogs reveals secrets to success

26-Oct-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Dog beer and handmade peanut butter treats are just a few of the dog-related delicacies that won Derbyshire’s the Flying Childers Inn the title Best Pub for Dogs at this year’s Great British Pub Awards.

Added fraud checks for Restart Grants stall reopening plans

15-Apr-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Fraud checks are delaying the payments of Government Restart Grants, leaving operators frustrated and helpless.

16,436 pubs under tier two and three restrictions

21-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 43.69% of all pubs in England are currently under ‘high’ or ‘very high’ restrictions including closures.

1 in 7 English pubs hit with ‘death knell’ tier two restrictions

15-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 5,090 of England’s 37,616 pubs will be affected by the Government’s decision to move eight regions into the ‘high’ tier of its local Covid alert system.

More areas including London moved into 'high' Covid tier

15-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Reports the capital is moving from 'medium' risk tier one to the 'high' tier two have been confirmed by health secretary Matt Hancock.

Pub determined to reopen soon after flooding

13-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A riverside pub beleaguered by flooding will reopen this week with its operator determined throw a celebration for regulars.

Pub customers of Whaley Bridge 'will feel the pinch'

13-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A publican in the Derbyshire town evacuated amid fears a flood-damaged dam could collapse, has said he fears it will be a while before trading returns to normal.

‘Waiting game’ for Whaley Bridge publican

06-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A publican in Whaley Bridge has said he is desperate to get back behind his bar after the town was evacuated amid flooding fears.

Lincoln Green increases portfolio to six pubs

02-Apr-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Lincoln Green Brewing Company has added a sixth site to its expanding pub portfolio, with a pub in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.

Summer drink-driving campaign targets beer-garden drinkers

10-Jun-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

Afternoon drinkers in pub beer gardens are being targeted in a nationwide drink driving campaign running until the end of the month.

Shadow pubs minister Toby Perkins MP slams 'test-purchase trickery'

22-Nov-2012 By Gurjit Degun

The shadow pubs minister Toby Perkins MP has waded into the test-purchase operations debate, accusing a local council of deliberately trying to trick licensees.

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...

Sainsbury's guilty of underage sales

20-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has been slapped with a bill for nearly £45,000 after being found guilty of selling alcohol to under-18s. It was...

Police: Check your licence conditions or face closure

09-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Licensees in Derbyshire are being urged to check the conditions of their licence carefully after two pubs were issued with closure notices. Police...

Derbyshire coppers breathalyse youths

27-Mar-2008

Police in Derbyshire have started breath-testing teenagers as part of an operation to tackle underage drinking.For the last two months officers in...

Wainwrights wins CaskForce

22-Feb-2007

Wainwrights, a Lake District pub serving seven different cask ales, has won one month's free beer in Marston's CaskForce February draw. The pub in...

Best pub sandwich ­ born and bred in Derbyshire

12-May-2005

A sandwich capturing a taste of Derbyshire has been named the best sandwich in Britain. Michael Thompson, head chef at the Druid Inn in Birchover,...

Councils accuse pubs of underage cigarette sales

14-Oct-2004

Licensees have rejected accusations that children are being allowed to buy cigarettes from vending machines in pubs.Derbyshire County Council is...