Management

Distribution

New global drinks distributor launched for UK on-trade

12-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

International drinks distributor and retailer Interbev Limited has launched a new UK arm of its business – Interbev Brands – aimed at providing the on-trade with exclusive access to overseas brands.

Video: What you missed at the 2016 Publican Awards

29-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

The best pub companies in the business were crowned earlier this month at the Publican Awards, at a an exciting new venue to mark the event's 25th anniversary.

Operators

Multi-site advice from Greene King

24-Mar-2016 By Mike Berry

A new training package aimed at licensees wanting to move into multi-site operations has been launched.

Publican Awards 2016: Best pub ops team

14-Mar-2016 By James Evison

Late night operator Deltic capped off a hugely successful evening at the 25th anniversary of the Publican Awards by winning Best Pub Operations Team, sponsored by CGA Strategy. 

Publican Awards 2016: Business leader of the year

14-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

Greene King’s Rooney Anand has been named Business Leader of the Year, in association with Poppleston Allen, at the 25th anniversary of the Publican Awards, held at Battersea Evolution in London.

My Shout

BII Chairman Pender: "While the leadership is changing, the BII aim remains the same"

04-Mar-2016 By Anthony Pender, BII chairman and co-founder, Yummy Pub Co

As I’m sure the majority of you will have noticed, there are big changes afoot at the British Institute of Innkeeping.

Suppliers

Bidvest Foodservice reveals growth plans and biggest competitors

01-Mar-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Bidvest Foodservice will continue to acquire businesses and launch new sites to grow its customer reach, chief executive officer Andrew Selley has told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA).

Longshot close to snapping up three more sites for the Bel & The Dragon

22-Feb-2016 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra

Longshot is close to securing three new sites for its Bel & The Dragon vehicle and is planning one opening for the brand every quarter for the next three years, according to the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Allegra.

BII

BII names former Fuller's ops director Mike Clist as MD

01-Feb-2016 By Oli Gross

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced Mike Clist, formerly of Fuller’s, as managing director from 1 April 2016.

Technology

Zonal reports record sales and profit growth

29-Jan-2016 By MC Allegra FS

Zonal, the Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) provider to the hospitality industry, has reported record sales and profit growth for the year to 30 June.

Food

Bidvest relaunches own brand after name change

21-Jan-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Foodservice giant Bidvest has relaunched its own brand portfolio of food, drink and non-food products, less than a year after the hospitality supplier changed its name.

People News

Heineken appoints new MD of Star Pubs & Bars

19-Jan-2016 By Mike Berry

Star Pubs & Bars has appointed a new managing director to directly represent the c.1000-strong tenanted and leased pub business on the board of parent company Heineken UK.

Food

Revolution Bars Group to strengthen food offer

22-Dec-2015 By M&C Allegra Foodservice

Revolution Bars Group, the premium bar and dining operator, has announced the creation of three new group management positions in its catering team.

Winners of the 2015 ALMR Operations Managers Awards revealed

17-Dec-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The winners of the 2015 ALMR Operations Managers Awards, the yearly search for the best and brightest in licensed hospitality, have been announced at the ALMR’s annual Christmas Lunch.

MA300

Draft House set out three year growth plans

02-Dec-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept led by Charlie McVeigh and backed by Luke Johnson, has set out its growth plans for the next three years.

ALMR reveals Ops Managers Awards finalists

26-Nov-2015 By Mike Berry

The ALMR has announced the finalists for the 2015 Operations Managers Awards.

City news

Urban Leisure Group plans major London expansion

02-Nov-2015 By James Wallin, MC Allegra FS

Adrian Hartley, the newly appointed managing director of London-based Urban Leisure Group, has told M&C Allegra Report that the group will open five sites in six months — with a sixth planned for the end of 2016.

Training

Candidates chosen for female mentoring scheme

16-Oct-2015 By Mike Berry

A pan-industry scheme that aims to boost the number of women working at senior level in the trade has revealed the candidates set to benefit.

Shepherd Neame launches new chef training programme

12-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Shepherd Neame has rolled out a new training programme for chefs at its managed sites.

Top 17 tips to retain pub chefs

12-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Financial rewards, opportunities for promotion and the ability to contribute to the business’s success are three of the 17 ways managers can keep hold of their chefs and kitchen staff, a leading consultant has claimed.

Training

Find a new leader within your ranks

04-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Teething problems are part and parcel of adding new sites to a business. But by building a good team at established sites, which is strong enough to drive growth, multiple-site operators can focus their energy on getting new sites off the ground.

Training

'50 shades of data': Yummy's Ed Harper shares his advice for managing staff costs

20-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

What has been the biggest challenges you've faced when it comes to managing staff costs?

Training

'You've got to live it, it's not just a job, it's a way of life' - Fuller's head of ops on working in the industry

20-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

The head of operations at 100 Fuller’s pubs offers advice to ambitious workers in the industry and explains how she rose through the ranks.

Legal advice

CCTV: Big brother is watching...but not recording

03-Aug-2015 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A includes issues around CCTV and service of a noise abatement notice.

City news

Directors exit as Geronimo Inns restructures

28-Jul-2015 By Ruth Williams, MC Allegra FS

Stalwart Ed Turner leaves along with ops director Mark Ashley.

Property

Use the seasons to your advantage

27-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Seasonal businesses are a difficult task to take on. While the prospect of an almost guaranteed busy on-season is attractive, the trials of a slow off-season can challenge even experienced publicans.

Pubcos

Punch aims to strengthen food offer

21-Jul-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Punch Taverns is seeking to strengthen its food offer with the appointment of a head of food, PMA sister publication, M&C understands.

Fuller's appoints head of operations

06-Jul-2015 By M&C Report

Fuller’s has announced that Fred Turner will be its new Head of Operations – Tenanted Division.

New trade mentoring scheme calls for female applicants

26-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

A new scheme aiming to boost the number of women in the trade in senior roles is on the hunt for applicants.

How to run a successful seasonal business

22-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Seasonal businesses are a difficult task to take on. While the prospect of an almost guaranteed busy on season is attractive, the trails of a slow off season can challenge even experienced publicans. Laurie MacDonald takes an in depth look at how to make...

Day of celebration for UK's kitchen porters

15-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The day aims to celebrate kitchen porters who may not usually receive the same amount of recognition for their work as other kitchen staff.

New name and structure for Bidvest 3663

01-Jun-2015 By Jo Bruce

Foodservice provider Bidvest 3663 is changing its name and is entering a "new era of development" for the business.

Awards

Hook Norton crowns pub winners

08-May-2015 By Helen Gilbert

A Warwickshire pub has triumphed in an annual awards ceremony run by Hook Norton Brewery.

Technology

Zonal announces liveRes deal

05-May-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Zonal Retail Data Systems has announced the acquisition of online bookings company liveRES, a deal it said would create the UK’s “most sophisticated and innovative online booking and table management system”.

legal news

Licensing review threatens long-running beer festival

28-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A long-running beer festival is under threat due to a licensing review by Stratford-upon-Avon district council.

Product news

M&B wins Best Sirloin Steak award

23-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

Pubco giants Mitchells & Butlers were celebrating after taking the foodservice title for England’s Best Sirloin Steak.

SIBA Business Awards winners revealed

20-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Hawkshead Brewery has been named Brewery Business of the Year at the Society of Independent of Independent Brewers’ BeerX event in Sheffield.

Advice: When did you last review your business plan?

17-Feb-2015 By Paul Pavli

When did you last take time to step away from the ‘day to day’ and review your business plan?

Allergen laws: Food businesses concern over staff misinformation

12-Feb-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Operators are fearful of members of staff passing on the wrong allergen information to customers and keeping on top of daily allergen information to communicate to diners in food and beverage outlets.

Smeg UK announces new regional sales team

07-Jan-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Domestic appliance and equipment manufacturer Smeg UK has announced the appointment of a new commercial foodservice regional sales team.

Kate Nicholls to chair new night-time economy board

19-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), will chair a new Night-Time Economy Board for the Mayor of London and Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Winners of the ALMR Operations Managers Awards revealed

18-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Menesh Modhwadia of New Inventive Pub Company and Darren King of Greene King Pub Partners have been named Area Manager and Business Development Manager of the Year respectively, in the ALMR’s Operations Managers Awards.

Pubs offered free mentor advice at Hospitality Show 2015

15-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Pubs are being invited to take up free mentoring sessions with some of the most respected players in hospitality at a leading industry exhibition next month.

Star introduces new BDM training schemes

04-Dec-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Star Pubs & Bars is launching a new training schemes for its BDMs based around the “latest best practice and thinking in areas critical to pub retailing”.

BII launches search for industry’s best licensee

24-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The search has begun to find the UK’s best licensee with the launch of the British Institute of Innkeeping’s (BII) Licensee of the Year Award 2015 today.

Spirit launches apprenticeship team

19-Nov-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Spirit Pub Company has appointed a new team to deliver its award-winning apprenticeship scheme.

Mediatheme strengthens management team

12-Nov-2014 By James Evison

Mediatheme, a provider of touch screen entertainment, has strengthened its management team. The new team is led by managing director, Steve Evans, who has experience in finance and business development, having spent over 35 years at Barclays and Yorkshire...

Cider maker Thatchers to open managed pub

06-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

Somerset-based cider maker Thatchers is to make its first foray into the managed pub sector by directly running the Railway Inn, adjacent to its farm in Sandford, north Somerset.

INSIGHT

Tips on becoming a multiple operator

30-Oct-2014 By Chris Jowsey

You’ve run a pub for a few years, business is better than ever and you start thinking about taking on a second site. But when is the right time to go multiple? Chris Jowsey, trading director at Star Pubs & Bars, shares his tips on how to make the...

Separate categories for pubs and restaurants on TripAdvisor ‘is coming’

20-Oct-2014 By James Wallin

The long-awaited separation of pubs and restaurants on TripAdvisor is “on its way”, a senior figure in the company has promised.