Listed Building

Keeping tradition: campaigners left disappointed after listing application is rejected

Fight to keep Victorian heritage lost

By Alice Leader

Concerns have been raised after a Victorian pub was denied listed status to protect its heritage and deter developers who wanted to convert the site into flats.

Pub Awards: Best Newcomer finalist - The Artisan, Frome, Somerset

Pub Awards: Best Newcomer finalist - The Artisan, Frome, Somerset

By MA

As a former head of events for the Marketing Society, running 80 events a year, Siobhan Cook knows how to throw a party – and she looks on her operation at the Artisan in the Somerset town of Frome as the opportunity to organise one big shindig.

Loungers Alex Reilley new sites

Loungers profits up with more new sites in the pipeline

By John Harrington

Loungers, the Bristol-based café/bar group led by Alex Reilley and Jake Bishop, has reported a 41% rise in EBITDA before central overheads to £4.42m in the year to 30 April as it opened nine sites in the period.

Danson Stables: refurbed and reopen

Stonegate reopens the Danson Stables

By Lesley Foottit

Stonegate Pub Company has reopened a Kent pub has following an extensive £150,000 refurbishment. The Danson Stables in Danson Park, Bexleyheath,...

The Hub: Grace and Slater

Historic site for gastropub

By Jo Bruce

Restaurant operators Mark Friend and Steve Slater have opened a new gastropub inside one of Liverpool's most famous buildings. The duo, who own...

Licensee's smoking marquee must go

Licensee's smoking marquee must go

By John Harrington

A struggling licensee has been ordered to take down his £1,200 smoking shelter because he didn't have planning permission. Kevin Greenacre said he...

Property briefs

Property briefs

Ascot Inns, the Berkshire-based pub company, has opened its third A Bar 2 Far in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The company purchased the former Bar 54,...