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Seeking 2020 pub vision

05-Mar-2015 By Rob Willock

The pioneering car maker Henry Ford was reported once to have said: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

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Tom Kerridge: 'Food-led pubs with personality the future'

04-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

“The future of pubs will be food-led,” claims Tom Kerridge, owner of three-time Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs winning pub the Hand & Flowers, in Marlow.

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Dry bar founder tells operators alcohol-free trend 'is here to stay'

03-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Peoples’ relationship with alcohol has changed and the pub operators of the future will need to adapt their businesses to cater for it, according to Catherine Salway, founder of dry ‘gastro-bar’ concept Redemption.

Customers look for pubs to provide more 'food occasions'

13-Mar-2014 By John Harrington

More than half (54%) of pub customers would visit a pub more often if it provided additional food occasions, and 20% would stay longer, new research from him! suggests.

Pubs become more web savvy but resistance remains

11-Mar-2014 By John Harrington

Pub operators are becoming increasingly web savvy but are “resistant” to new payment method technology, according to new research.

Stellar speaker line-up revealed for Future Pub 2014 conference

29-Jan-2014 By Rob Willock

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Alistair Darby and Simon Emeny, CEO of Fuller’s, will outline their visions for the pub of the future at a must-attend conference on Monday 3 March.