Publican Awards

PUBLICAN AWARDS 2023

Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (501+ sites) winner, sponsored by CMBC: Greene King

11-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Under new ownership, new leadership and emerging from the long shadow of the pandemic, Greene King put themselves in pole position to take the title of large Tenanted & Leased Pub Company of the Year, and take it they did.

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Best Pub Operations Team: Barons Pub Company

06-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The energy, dedication and attention to detail on staff welfare shown by the operations team at Barons was hugely impressive.

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Best Pub Employer (up to 500 employees) winner: Barons Pub Company

06-Apr-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Exuding passion for people, Barons impressed judges with the scale and variety of training opportunities in place at all levels of the business.

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Best Premium Food Offer, sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I: Anglian Country Inns

05-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

East Anglia-based pubco Anglian Country Inns, which delivers food of the highest quality across all sites, took home the Best Premium Food Offer accolade at last week’s Publican Awards.

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Best Managed Pub Company, sponsored by Molson Coors: Urban Pubs & Bars

05-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The pace at which Urban Pubs & Bars is growing was second to none, culminating in it being crowned Best Managed Pub Company at this year’s Publican Awards.

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Best Pub Brand/Concept, sponsored by Moet Hennessy: BrewDog

05-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog continues to push the boundaries and has demonstrated its strength with huge site openings in London Waterloo and Las Vegas despite economic headwinds battering the sector.

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Best New Site winner, sponsored by Heineken: BrewDog Waterloo

04-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

BrewDog Waterloo is a unique, innovative and eclectic site with something for everyone.

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Best Drinks Offer winner, sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners: The Alchemist

04-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Drinks are at the centre of The Alchemist’s offer and therefore key to winning this category.

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Best Community Pub Operator winner, sponsored by Britvic: Urban Village Inns

03-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Urban Village Pubs is an eight-strong pub group that is bringing innovation to the urban community pub sector.

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Best Brewing Pub Company winner: Brewhouse & Kitchen

03-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

In less than a decade Brewhouse & Kitchen has established a sound business across not one but 22 breweries in pubs around the southern half of England.

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Best Accommodation Operator winner: Grosvenor Pubs

03-Apr-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The judges were blown away by the energy and passion of owner Jason Myers and his team in creating a package that sets new standards for modern pub accommodation.

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What did winners say about the Publican Awards 2023?

31-Mar-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Publican Awards 2023 champions described winning as "absolutely fantastic" and having made all their hard-work seem "worthwhile".

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Four companies secure double-win at the Publican Awards 2023

31-Mar-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Four companies took home multiple awards earlier this week at the 2023 Publican Awards.

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Publican party pics: were you spotted?

30-Mar-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

Operators from across the nation gathered in Evolution London this week (Wednesday 29 March) to celebrate the 2023 Publican Awards.

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The worthy winners of the Publican Awards 2023

30-Mar-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Here is a photo gallery of the winners from the Publican Awards 2023.

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2023 Publican Awards happening tonight

29-Mar-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

This year’s Publican Awards is taking place tonight (Wednesday 29 March) at Evolution London in Battersea.

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Meet the finalists: Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (501+ sites) sponsored by CMBC

24-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

For many in the pub trade, the innovation and flair comes from the tenanted and leased market, and the pubcos that help to foster that are the ones that lead the field.

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Meet the finalists: Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (up to 500 sites)

24-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The tenanted and leased sector continues to evolve and the family brewers are not resting on their laurels. Three strong finalists in this category represent the best in the business and are delivering real innovation and powering their partners to succeed.

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Meet the finalists: Best Sustainable Pub Company sponsored by Sky

24-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Finalists in this year’s Best Sustainable Pub Company category have been impressing the judges with their significant and concerted effort to reduce waste

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Employer (501+ employees) sponsored by Matthew Clark

23-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

This year's finalists for the Best Employer (501+ employees) have been demonstrating how they support their teams, providing an excellent working environment for employees.

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Operations Team

23-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The award for Best Pub Operations Team will be presented to the team that demonstrates its effectiveness in innovation, leadership and business success best.

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Meet the finalists: Best Managed Pub Company sponsored by Molson Coors

22-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The finalists for Best Managed Pub Company have been demonstrating strong innovation and business success across a highly successful managed estate.

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Meet the finalists: Best Premium Food Offer sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

22-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The 2023 winner of the Best Premium Food Offer will have impressed judges with a high-quality menu in a business that delivers a successful food offer across its estate.

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Meet the finalists: Best New Site sponsored by Heineken UK

22-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Meet the businesses in the running for the Best New Site Award at the 2023 Publican Awards, sponsored by Heineken UK.

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Meet the finalists: Best Pub Brand/Concept sponsored by Moet Hennessy

22-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Pub Brand/Concept category will be a business that has originality and an ethos to give its customers much more than a normal pub could do.

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Meet the finalists: Best Food Offer

21-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Judges for the Best Food Offer category were looking for the finalists to demonstrate food as a key part of the business’s total sales.

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Meet the finalists: Best Late Night Operator sponsored by Kopparberg

21-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Late Night Operator award will be presented to a company with late licences whose core offer is built around the late-night sector.

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Meet the finalists: Best Drinks offer sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

21-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Drinks Offer category will be a business that has a great range of drinks and excellent standards throughout the customer journey.

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Meet the finalists: Best Community Pub Operator sponsored by Britvic

20-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Community Pub Operator category will have a successful pub estate of community-focused pubs.

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Meet the finalists: Best Brewing Pub Company

20-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The award for Best Brewing Pub Company recognises businesses that operate a successful brewery and pub estate.

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Meet the finalists: Best Accommodation Operator

20-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

The title of Best Accommodation Operator will be awarded to the business that demonstrates bedrooms as a key part of its offer best.

Opinion

January trade - win or loss?

06-Feb-2023 By Ed Bedington

Against a backdrop of rocketing price rises, rampant inflation, and closures and sales, it’s been interesting being on the road for the Publican Awards judging this week.

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Finalists unveiled for Publican Awards 2023

05-Jan-2023 By Ed Bedington

The finalists have been announced in the race to see who will be declared the best in the trade in the Publican Awards 2023.

Final Publican Awards deadline just days away

14-Dec-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

The final deadline to enter the 2023 Publican Awards looms with just days left to get entries in for the competition.

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Extra time for Publican Awards

02-Dec-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

As the competition enters into the closing stages for entry, companies are being given an extra two weeks to finalise their entries into the hospitality sector's biggest awards.

Still time to enter the Publican

21-Nov-2022 By Ed Bedington

There’s still time to be in with a chance of being named one of the best businesses in the hospitality sector.

Entries open for the Publican Awards 2023

31-Oct-2022 By Ed Bedington

Now is the time to stand up and by counted as one of the best operators in the business as the Publican Awards 2023 get underway.

Exclusive

North eyes London and Birmingham openings

12-Apr-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Leeds-based operator and brewery North Bar/North Brew Co is looking to open sites in London and Birmingham, one of the co-founders told The Morning Advertiser.

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Outstanding Industry Contribution – Kate Nicholls

08-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s award for Outstanding Industry Contribution was presented to UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls.

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Business Leader of the Year sponsored by Poppleston Allen – Peter Borg-Neal

08-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

A leading figure for the trade throughout the last few years, Oakman’s Peter Borg-Neal has continued to drive his business forward, with some key acquisitions to increase his portfolio, along with some impressive fundraising initiatives to support the...

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Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (501+ sites) sponsored by LTC – Punch Pubs & Co

08-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Taking the title of Tenanted & Leased for the second time in recent years, Punch Pubs & Co continue to build on the momentum generated by the business' newer management team.

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Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (up to 500 sites) sponsored by Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company - Hall & Woodhouse

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

In a very close category, with three very strong finalists, Hall & Woodhouse impressed the judges with its honest and transparent approach to the relationships with its 100-plus business partners.

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Best Sustainable Pub Company sponsored by Sky - Peach Pubs

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Since the day it was launched 20 years ago, Peach has taken a leading role in driving sustainability initiatives in pubs.

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Best Pub Operations Team sponsored by Stint - Arc Inspirations

07-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The judges found the entry from the Leeds-based bar group to be the most compelling of the four finalists in a diverse category

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Best Managed Pub Company (51+ sites) sponsored by Diageo - Liberation Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The Liberation Group is excellently run and well-invested pub business that delivers brilliant consumer experiences across food, drink and their accommodation offer.

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Best Premium Food Offer sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I - Liberation Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The success of Liberation Group’s food offer in the past year, underpinned by its continuing developments and innovation across all key areas of the business, including its strong people focus, impressed the judges.

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Best Pub Brand/Concept sponsored by Lumina – Chestnut Group

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Faced with the enforced closure of its pubs during the pandemic, Chestnut Group could have battened down the hatches and simply hoped to sail through to the other side.

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Best New Site sponsored by Heineken – Cahoots Ticket Hall & Control Room

06-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Inception Group’s unique 1940s theme bar the Ticket Hall, and downstairs event space the Control Room, near Oxford Circus, impressed judges with its authentic storytelling, with this new bar linking well with the story of the original Cahoots Underground...

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Best Food Offer sponsored by Guinness – Provenance Inns

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

North Yorkshire company Provenance has a passion for high-quality, locally-sourced fresh food in pubs at the heart of the community.

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Best Drinks Offer sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners – Albion & East

05-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The judges were all so impressed by the level of detail the team went into on every single element of their drinks offer and wider business, meaning they had rationale and passion behind every answer to the judges’ questions, no matter how searching.