Gloucestershire

GBPA 2023

Meet the winner of the Best Sustainable Pub 2023 sponsored by Heineken UK

28-Sep-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Former environmental scientist Greg Pilley launched Stroud Brewery as one of the country’s few all-organic breweries in 2006, expanding in 2018 into its current site where, over three floors, the taproom and events spaces demonstrate not only a commitment...

What happened in the first episode of Tom Kerridge's Saving Britain's Pubs?

12-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The plight pubs face is no secret in the trade and this has been the subject of Tom Kerridge's latest programme - Saving Britain's Pubs.

Wadworth sells 21 pubs to Liberation Group

10-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Wiltshire-based multiple pub operator and brewer Wadworth has announced the sale of 21 pubs to Liberation Group for an undisclosed sum.

Council to buy 'derelict' pub after community campaign

29-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

The Forest of Dean District Council has voted to buy a derelict pub in order to secure the improvement of the well-being of a village community.

Technology

Pub where 'you can download a film quicker than pull a pint'

15-Dec-2015 By James Evison

A pub has been dubbed 'the best connected' pub in the UK as it takes longer to pull a pint of Guinness than download a full length HD film.

Pigs can fly? Orchard Pig cider launches unique drone delivery service

05-Nov-2015 By Ben Winstanley

Orchard Pig is set to launch an innovative cider delivery service that proves our porcine friends really can fly. 

MY PUB

My Pub: the Gloucester Old Spot, Bristol

17-Aug-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Amy Devenish had been running the Gloucester Old Spot in Bristol for less than a year when she won the top accolade at the Bristol Good Food Awards 2015 for Best Pub Food. Michelle Perrett reports.

South West pub market 'continues to show signs of positive growth'

29-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The South West pub market is continuing to show “positive signs of recovery”, with 34% of buyers new to the sector, latest research from Christie & Co has revealed.

Auctions see more pubs go under the hammer

13-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

More than 20 pubs are set to go under the hammer within the next three weeks in two separate auctions held by Savills and Sidney Phillips.

Would you Adam and Eve it? Two million pints, not out

12-Dec-2012

A Cheltenham landlady has decided to call last orders on her career at the ripe old age of 80, reliably informing Snifter that she is probably Britain’s oldest 'working' landlady.

Swan scoops Good Food Guide readers' award

08-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce

The Swan at Southrop, Gloucestershire, has received the top award in Good Food Guide 2011 Readers' Restaurant of the Year award. The private lease...

Pub left mystified over licence review

14-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

A Bristol publican has been left angry and confused after being told he faces a licence review over noise complaints from neighbours. Peter Olsen of...

Licensee blames babysitters' fees for quiet nights

07-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Babysitters' fees are keeping people away from pubs, according to a licensee with 50 years' experience in the trade. Liz Jackson, now 74 and a...

Licensee hosts Q&A session for MPs

09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit

A licensee is hosting a 'grilling' session for prospective MPs for his local area at his pub. All party candidates for the Forest of Dean...

Mercat Bar in Edinburgh is UK's Most Loved Pub

02-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit

The Mercat Bar in Edinburgh has been voted the UK's Most Loved Pub, following a two-week survey by TheBestOf. The survey also found the pub is also...

Taxi ban for pub

12-Jun-2008

Licensees are being warned that offering a free taxi service to customers could lead to prosecution.The warning has come after a Gloucestershire...

Licensee cleared over smoke ban breaches

22-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore

A former Gloucestershire licensee has been cleared of charges relating to breaches of the smoking ban. Andy Hemming, previously licensee of the Black...

Ex-host acquitted of smoke ban breach

22-Jan-2008

Former Gloucestershire licensee first to be acquitted of flouting the smoking ban

Recovery underway at flood-hit pubs

09-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

The pub trade is slowly getting back on its feet after floods caused devastation in large parts of the country. At the height of the flooding, two...

Licensee claims poker victory

09-Aug-2006 By James Wilmore

A Gloucestershire licensee is claiming victory in his fight to allow poker to be played in his pub - despite not having a local authority permit....

Cotswold pub escapes home-conversion plan

07-Apr-2005

by MA Reporter Fiona Davies ­ wife of the Asda, Next and M&S fashion guru George ­ has admitted defeat and dropped her controversial plan to...

Millionaire's wife wants to shut rural inn

17-Feb-2005

The wife of millionaire fashion guru George Davies has upset the drinkers in a Cotswoldvillage ­ by revealing plans to close the local pub and turn...