Olympic games - Hospitality

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More than a third to watch Olympics in the pub

20-Jul-2016 By Oli Gross

More than a third of people are planning to watch the Rio Olympics at the pub, this month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker revealed.

Customer service in hospitality not up to scratch

15-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Customer service skills are not up to the standard desired by employers in the hospitality industry, according to new research.

Poor weather hits Palmers' profits

06-Jan-2014 By John Harrington

Palmers, the Dorset-based brewer and pub operator, has reported a drop in profits and turnover in the year to 31 March 2013 as it suffered from poor weather and the Olympic “stay away factor”.

Heineken reports dip in on-trade beer volumes

02-Sep-2013 By John Harrington

Heineken UK says the poor summer weather and “challenging” consumer environment in 2012 led to a fall in consumption in the on-trade in the year, although its share of the beer market increased.

Pubs report positive trading after Olympics

01-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

One year on from the Olympics, licensees around the park area in Stratford, east London, have seen good trading, and say they are optimistic about the future.

Shepherd Neame reports slight drop in pre-tax profits

07-Mar-2013 By Mark Wingett

Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has reported a “solid performance” in the 26 weeks to 29 December 2012 despite a slight drop in pre-tax profit, with turnover up 2.6% to £69.2m.

London’s West End vacant space 'at an exceptionally low level', says property firm Shaftesbury

20-Feb-2013 By John Harrington

Shaftesbury, the owner of 500 properties in London’s West End, has said that the availability of vacant space is “at an exceptionally low level” in the area.

Stratford pubs report post-Olympics trade boost

21-Nov-2012 By Adam Pescod

The Olympic Games will have a positive long-term impact on pubs in Stratford, east London, where trading figures are higher than they were a year ago. That is the feeling of licensees who were visited by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser as part of its...

Leading UK pub and restaurant operators report like-for-like sales uplift in August

12-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

The UK’s leading pub and restaurant operators reported a sales boost in August with like-for-like sales up 2.1%, driven by a 5% increase in performance from operators inside the M25 against a more modest 1% climb in the regions, according to the latest...

Concerns raised about Community Pubs Minister role in Government reshuffle

05-Sep-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Bob Neill, the minister in charge of community pubs, has been dropped in the latest Government reshuffle and concerns have been raised about whether the role will remain.

Spirit Pub Co reports a slowdown in like for like sales growth

04-Sep-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Spirit Pub Company has reported a slowdown in like-for-like sales growth in its managed arm in the 12 weeks to 18 August, along with an acceleration of the decline in its leased estate, and announced that it has revised downwards the value of its property...

London 2012 Paralympics: Pubs hopeful of trading boost

28-Aug-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees are hoping that the London 2012 Paralympics will bring increased trading figures, but do not think they will match those of the Olympics.

Pubs could benefit from new £41m tourism marketing campaign

21-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs could be set to benefit from a £41m Government-backed marketing campaign launched by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) with contributions from VisitEngland and the private sector.

London 2012 Olympics: Pubs traded better during week two with 60% seeing an upturn in business

16-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has revealed that 60% of pubs saw an upturn in business during the second week of the Olympic Games.

Video: How pubs in Stratford traded during the London 2012 Olympics

15-Aug-2012

The Publican's Morning Advertiser, along with its sister title Big Hospitality, paid a visit to Stratford during the second week of the Games to see how pubs in the area had fared during the London 2012 Olympics, which took place on their doorstep.

London 2012 Olympics: Deliveries go to plan but volumes down

14-Aug-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Deliveries over the Olympics went to plan with little disruption, however some logistics teams have reported volumes down by up to 60%.

London 2012 Olympics: Final day of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

13-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, completes her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert

London 2012 Olympics: Trade suffered for pubs in the first week claims research

10-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Trade suffered in the first week of the Olympics says new research from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR).

London 2012 Olympics: Day 10 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

10-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert

Enterprise Inns reports improvement in like-for-like trading

09-Aug-2012 By John Harrington

Enterprise Inns, the tenanted and leased pub company, has reported an improvement in like-for-like trading in the 44 weeks to 4 August, with like-for-like income across its total estate down 1.2% against a fall of 5.1% in the same period last year and...

London 2012 Olympics: Day 9 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

09-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert

London 2012 Olympics: Day 8 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

08-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert

London 2012 Olympics: International visitors spent £450m on Visa cards during the first week

08-Aug-2012

International visitors to the UK spent more than £450m on Visa cards during the first week of the Olympic Games, up by 8% on the same time last year.

London 2012 Olympics: Day 7 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

07-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert.

London 2012 Olympics: Pub celebrates Ben Ainslee win with golden post box on premises

07-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Pandora Inn, Restronguet was celebrating Olympic fever after the post box, which is built into the wall of the 13th Century pub, has been painted gold in tribute to sailor Ben Ainslie.

London 2012 Olympics: Pubs near Olympic venues continue to trade strongly

07-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Podium Bar, Stratford, becomes favourite venue for Olympic medalists while Rendezvous in Weymouth continues booming sales due to Sailing Regatta.

London 2012 Olympics: Not quite the gold medal event Britain's pubs were hoping for

06-Aug-2012 By Mark Daniels

Imagine my horror when I discovered I was going to be spending a day at The Great British Beer Festival this week. Not, you understand, because I’ll be attending what is effectively the world’s biggest pub – I’m quite looking forward to spending Tuesday...

London 2012 Olympics: Day 6 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

06-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert .

London 2012 Olympics: Toast the Games with the best of British beer

03-Aug-2012 By Greg Mulholland

Well, here we are, the culmination of this quite remarkable summer of Jubilee, sport and rain — the London Olympics. Last Friday’s wonderful opening ceremony focused on much that is associated with London, England and the UK. Yet amid the sponsors’ logos,...

London 2012 Olympics: Plan for Olympic enforcement at your pub

03-Aug-2012

The greatest show on earth is here in London and you will be aware of the restrictions protecting the use, for example, of certain Olympic-related words, Olympic logos and even dedicated VIP Olympic traffic lanes.

London 2012 Olympics: Provincial pubs see little uplift in trade despite "feel good" factor

03-Aug-2012 By The Publican's Morning Advertiser

Pubs in the provinces are reporting little increase in trade despite the ‘feel good’ factor of the Olympics.

London 2012 Olympics: Day 5 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's Diary

03-Aug-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert.

London 2012 Olympics: Pubs in central London suffer as West End becomes "ghost town"

02-Aug-2012 By Adam Pescod

Pubs in central London have been hit by a significant drop in trade as the West End has turned into a “ghost town” since the start of the Olympics last Friday.

London 2012 Olympics: Olympic delivery chaos predictions like the "millennium bug"

01-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The delivery chaos predicted for the Olympics is like the “millennium bug” fears, the British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has stated.

London 2012 Olympics: Plan how you will maximise trade

31-Jul-2012 By Poppleston Allen

After an enormous build up, the Olympic Games offers the licensed trade a real chance to boost business, although there are one or two licensing hurdles that will have to be overcome.

London 2012 Olympics: Day 2 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary

31-Jul-2012

Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford , a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, begins her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her daily diary by signing up to our daily news alert.

London 2012 Olympics: Breweries report mixed sales but deliveries going well

31-Jul-2012 By The Publican's Morning Advertiser Team

Brewers have had mixed sales in the lead-up to the Olympics — although early indications were that there have been no problems with night-time deliveries.

London 2012 Olympics: BBPA issues accessibility guide for pubs in run-up to Paralympics

30-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

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London 2012 Olympics: Great British Beer Festival organisers 'gear up for a big week'

30-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

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Play by the Olympic rules at your pub

30-Jul-2012 By Clare Eames

Following swiftly on from the Diamond Jubilee and Euro 2012, the next couple of weeks represent a huge opportunity for the hospitality industry to capitalise on an influx of tourists and public interest by screening live coverage of the Olympics.

London 2012 Olympics: Pubs hopeful of a bumper fortnight

27-Jul-2012 By Adam Pescod

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London 2012 Olympics: Olympic Torch passes Absolute Pubs site on final leg

27-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Olympic Torch passed Absolute Pubs site, the King’s Arms at Hampton Court at 7.30 this morning on the final leg of its journey to the opening ceremony this evening.

London 2012 Olympics: Games set to cause 'major disruption' for pub deliveries

26-Jul-2012

Deliveries during the Olympics are going to be a “complete disruption” for pub delivery teams — that’s the view of Mike Bracey, chairman of the Brewery Logistics Group.

Elliott: MPs know very little about the pub industry

25-Jul-2012 By David Elliott

Confirmation that a private members’ bill from Cambridge Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert has passed its initial hurdle in the House of Commons, epitomises for me the complete lack of knowledge of our industry demonstrated by a large number of MPs.

Food Standards Agency urges attention to food safety over Olympic Games

24-Jul-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Three in four people take a chance with food safety when eating out, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Why 'nothing out the ordinary' isn't good enough for pubs

19-Jul-2012 By Rob Willock

What do publicans and equine dentists have in common? They both look gift horses in the mouth. Or so it would seem if you believe some of the statistics that have been bandied about in the past week.

Pubs need to improve service standards for international visitors warns VisitEngland chief

19-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees need to do more to improve service in pubs to accommodate international visitors — that’s according to VisitEngland chief executive James Beresford.

£1.25bn trade boost for pubs and restaurants from spring/summer events

05-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The combined impact of the Diamond Jubilee, Euro 2012 and the Olympics is set to increase trading in bars and restaurants by about £1.25bn, according to estimates from accountancy firm BDO.

O’Dwyer: Olympics is a time for your personal best

04-Jul-2012

As yet, there are no definitive numbers on the visitors expected during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But one thing is for sure, those visitors will not just descend on London, they’ll witness the magic everywhere, and it has already started.

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