Inn

BBC's The One Show calls for pubs to appear on upcoming show

19-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

BBC’s The One Show is on the hunt for licensees and community groups who are fighting to save their local pub to appear on an upcoming programme.

Pubs code

British Pub Confederation: 'strong grounds' for legal review of adjudicator

15-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

British Pub Confederation chair and Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has threatened to seek a judicial review of Paul Newby’s appointment as pub code adjudicator if he refuses step down from the role.

Enterprise opens first managed tenancy pub in Cornwall as project expands

30-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

Enterprise Inns has opened its first pub in its managed tenancy model in Cornwall as part of its pledge to grow its Beacon portfolio by 30 pubs this year.

Publican Awards 2016: Best community pub operator

14-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

A North-west operator is celebrating success after being named Best Community Pub Operator, sponsored by Britvic Soft Drinks, at the industry’s Oscars, the Publican Awards in London.

Publican Awards 2016: Best managed pub company (2-50 sites)

14-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

The New World Trading Company was celebrating double success at the Publican Awards in London after accepting the award for Best Managed Pub Company (2-50 sites), sponsored by Molson Coors.

Devastated licensee warns rates reform "too late" as scrapped retail relief & living wage pushes pubs to brink

09-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Long promised reform to business rates cannot come soon enough for one licensee, who warned the double whammy of higher rates bills and the national living wage is pushing many pubs to the brink.

Pictures

Pub openings gallery - February 2016

03-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

The Publican's Morning Advertiser takes a look at the pubs which were opened, renovated and reopened in February 2016.

Events

Exciting new trade show - The Bar & Pub Show - launches

02-Mar-2016 By Mike Berry

A new event dedicated to the bar and pub sector will run alongside this year's Restaurant Show at Olympia bringing together the best suppliers in the business with top operators that are transforming the UK’s on-trade.

Pub history

21 need to know things about pub signs

25-Feb-2016 By BT Sport

The Romans might have given us sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health (thank you, Monty Python) - but arguably their greatest gift to our fair and pleasant land was the humble pub...

Pubco 'favouritism'

'Surviving by the skin of my teeth' thanks to rivals from own pubco

24-Feb-2016 By Oli Gross

Licensees have hit out against the behaviour of their pubcos, claiming their actions are putting pubs at risk.

Star Pubs & Bars pumps a further £75,000 in chef training

18-Feb-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Star Pubs & Bars will pump £75,000 into its food chef consultancy programme, rolling it out to 100 licensees, following its success in 36 pubs in 2015.

Jeff Galvin: Blurred lines between pubs and restaurants

27-Jan-2016 By Liam Garrahan

The line that has been drawn between pubs and restaurants is blurring as restaurateurs are being priced out of London and pushed into pub operations, according to Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and pub operator, Jeff Galvin.

Food

Great Sausage Roll Off competitors announced

21-Jan-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Seven pubs chefs as well as several chefs from high profile restaurants and food businesses have been announced as finalists for the upcoming Great Sausage Roll Off competition.

Property

Christie report shows pub values rise but predicts pubco sell-off

20-Jan-2016 By Mike Berry

The average price of pubs grew 10.1% in 2015, according to the latest Business Outlook report from Christie & Co.

Awards

AA rosette pubs: North Yorks pub gets coveted four rosette rating

15-Jan-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A North Yorkshire pub has been awarded a coveted four-rosette rating for culinary excellence by the AA.

Slow growth fears for UK pubs and restaurants

06-Jan-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Overcapacity in the eating-out sector could lead to slow growth for operators and pressurise like-for-like sales in 2016, analysts warn.

2015 review: the year in pub food

21-Dec-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

As 2015 draws to a close, Daniel Woolfson takes a look back at some of the events and trends that shaped the sector throughout the year.

gastropubs

Closure: Great British Menu winner to shut award-winning Hampshire gastropub

15-Dec-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Acclaimed chef James Durrant has announced he plans to close his Hampshire gastropub the Plough Inn, Longparish.

Would you ban scruffy customers? Licensees split after Camden pub criticised for turning away tradesman

27-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The issue of scruffy customers has divided licensees after a Camden pub attracted criticism for refusing to serve a painter and decorator.

City News

Greene King will reduce brands, analyst claims

02-Nov-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Leading analyst Jamie Rollo, of Morgan Stanley, has said he believes Greene King will look to achieve synergies from the integration of Spirit Pub Company through simplification and improvement of brands.

VIDEO

Inside the Star at Harome, Yorkshire

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The Star Inn at Harome, Yorkshire, was one of the first British pubs to win a coveted Michelin star.

City digest: Thwaites, Pierre White and bakeries

22-Oct-2015 By MC Allegra FS

This week's city digest includes two Pierre White pubs being sold, Thwaites acquisitions, bar and bakery concepts and all-day craft beer.

AA announces Britain’s top 3 food pubs

06-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

The AA announced its top three British food pubs at the AA Hospitality Awards in London last night (5 October).

Food-focused pub accommodation booking site launches

28-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

A new website has been launched to showcase and arrange bookings for food-led pubs with rooms.

Wet-led and community pubs decline as whole pub sector contracts 2.6%

21-Sep-2015 By Oli Gross

The past year has seen a 4.4% decline in wet-led pubs and bars– including a 5.1% fall in community pubs - according to the new Market Growth Monitor from AlixPartners and CGA Peach.

Christmas

Pub should embrace restaurant status to steal back Christmas party bookings

16-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Pubs need to embrace marketing themselves as restaurants to steal Christmas party bookings back from the traditional restaurant sector, according to Steven Pike, managing director of HospitalityGEM.

Christmas

Pubs losing out to restaurants in the battle for Christmas bookings

15-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Pubs are losing out on the battle to win Christmas party bookings according to new research from HospitalityGEM.

Great British Pub Awards 2015: Winners crowned

10-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

The Shibden Mill Inn in Halifax, West Yorkshire has been crowned the Sky Great British Pub of the Year 2015.

Freemasons at Wiswell tops Good Food Guide’s Top 50 Pubs 2016

26-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire, has come top of the Good Food Guide's Top 50 Pubs for the second year in a row.

Man who moved into local pub ordered out by council

18-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A businessman who moved into the village pub has been ordered out by the local council.

Why more chefs are heading to the pub

05-Aug-2015 By Joe Lutrario

A new wave of chefs are moving into the pub sector as restaurant sites – particularly those in central London – become both prohibitively expensive and difficult to get hold of, writes Joe Lutrario in the August issue of Restaurant magazine.

Analysis

What consumers really want from a community pub

04-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

There’s good news for the trade from the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker, which takes a monthly look at household spend on leisure activities, including eating and drinking out.

Glendola Leisure purchases Saltire Taverns

03-Aug-2015 By James Evison

Glendola Leisure have announced the purchase of Saltire Taverns in Edinburgh from local operator Billy Lowe.

Charity

Team Margot: Operators join forces for #LiveYourLife day

28-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

A number of operators across the hospitality industry will be joining forces on Thursday (30 July) to raise funds for Live Your Life Day, a new charity initiative.

Sawday’s Pub Awards 2015: the winners

27-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The latest edition of Sawday’s Special Places: Pubs & Inns will hit bookshelves on August 3, featuring a comprehensive guide to over 1,000 of the country’s pubs as well as the winners of Sawday’s Pub Awards 2015/16.

Four pub finalists in Sussex Food & Drink Awards

14-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Four pubs are competing as finalists in this year’s annual Sussex Food & Drink Awards.

Distinctive Inns opens third site in first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars

10-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Distinctive Inns has opened its third site in its first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

Galvin: ‘It’s no wonder pubs are closing down with food like this’

01-Jul-2015 By James Wallin, MC Allegra FS

Successful restaurateur Chris Galvin has said standards of cooking across pubs are not meeting customers’ expectations.

Charnwood pubco on market for just under £5m

22-Jun-2015 By Mark Wingett, MC Allegra FS

Charnwood Pub Company, the Albion Ventures-backed, seven-strong chain, has been placed on the market with a combined price of just under £5m.

Enterprise Inns launches 'pubs in bloom' competition

02-Jun-2015 By PMA

Enterprise has announced the start of its 2015 pubs in bloom competition, which will be rolled out across the company’s whole estate.

Business booster

Money maker: Spring and cider menu

21-May-2015 By PubFood

Making cash off a four course spring menu paired with British ciders.

Business Booster

Bring your own vinyl and barbecue parties at the Ladywell Tavern

15-May-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Marco Pierre White's Norfolk pubs for sale

29-Apr-2015 By Mark Wingett

Marco Pierre White’s group of four pubs in Norfolk have been placed on the market for sale individually or as a group acquisition.

operator news

Winner of Enterprise Inns' Pub Idol competition announced

23-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

A 20-year-old nail technician was celebrating after winning Enterprise Inns talent show Pub Idol on behalf of her local, the Centre Spot pub in Base Green, Sheffield.

MA300

TLC Inns plans Grand Central expansion and ops director appointment

15-Apr-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Steve Haslam, managing director of TLC Inns, has told the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report that the lack of good quality pub sites on the market has led the company to focus on its Grand Central concept, which could...

Enterprise Inns to reveal strategy

14-Apr-2015 By M&C Report

Enterprise Inns has said it will reveal details of its strategy to grow its managed and commercial property estates in response to the demands of the pubs code.

Former pub tenant joins Admiral Taverns recruitment team

08-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

A former tenant has joined the Admiral Taverns recruitment team with responsibility for helping the pubco find the best licensees for its pubs.

Ex-Gordon Ramsay head chef to open Kent Pub

13-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett

Mark Sargeant, Gordon Ramsay’s former right hand man and former Head Chef of Claridge’s, is to open his first pub, M&C Report understands.

UK pub & restaurant sales up 5.8% year-on-year

12-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

UK pub and restaurant groups saw their 23rd consecutive month of like-for-like sales growth, continuing a trend of consistent post-recession growth.

London pub named UK’s most sustainable

24-Feb-2015 By Jo Bruce

The Truscott Arms in London’s Maida Vale has been named Sustainable Pub of the Year.