The Rugby World Cup has flopped in boosting pub and restaurant sales this October, with like-for-like sales across the bar and pub sector sinking 0.6%.
Stonegate Pub Company made half a million pounds by opening up early to show the British and Irish Lions tour, its chief executive has told The Morning Advertiser.
Pubs are looking forward to a bumper few months with the vast majority expecting a big sales boost from the Euro 2016 tournament, exclusive research has found.
Household spending on eating out in London declined at a steeper rate than the rest of the country with household spending in October down by 11% in the capital compared to 4% nationally.
Peroni is the poshest lager in the UK while Carlsberg and Carling have a lower proportion of upper-middle and middle-classed customers, new research has revealed.
Welsh pub shows dead rubber rather than Bosnia game
Welsh fans are outraged by a Cardiff pub which decided to show England’s dead rubber in the Rugby World Cup rather than Wales’ first successful qualification to a major football tournament for 57 years.
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, BT Sport commentator and host of football show Fletch & Sav Darren Fletcher considers what — if anything — football could learn from the sport.
The England rugby team’s early exit from the World Cup could spell disaster for pubs, with experts predicting that the defeat will cost the hospitality industry billions.
Licensees in England have been handed a double-blow this weekend –an early exit of the Rugby World Cup is a disappointment, and many predict it’ll be a financial hit for pubs due to less fans going out to watch the remaining matches.
More than a quarter of UK adults plan to increase their spend on Christmas this year and over half will match last year’s spending, according to the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker.
Josh Eggleton, chef patron of award-winning Somerset pub the Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, has partnered with Bristol Sport as its guest chef for the Rugby World Cup.
Managed pub and bar operator TCG is reporting a flying start to the Rugby World Cup – as it also attempted a beer drinking record attempt on Friday evening.
Hundreds of licensees are reaping the benefits of a Greene King deal for its tenants and lessees to receive a year’s free subscription to sports app ‘MatchPint’.
An extra 25 million pints will be sold at UK pubs during the Rugby World Cup, it has been predicted, with pubs taking a turnover of £86m from beer alone.
Excitement, patriotism and a little ‘tipple’, comes to the forefront once again as Twickenham and a dozen other UK venues play host to the 48 games of the Rugby World Cup 2015.
Food-serving pubs will make a bigger play of Rugby World Cup-themed dishes this year, after Deloittes reported the event would bring £2.1bn to the British economy, the majority of which would be spent in the hospitality sector.
Just days before the big World Cup kick-off, the BBPA has produced a new guidance booklet for pubs to help ensure that the matches are a success for licensees and rugby fans alike.
With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, now is a useful time to set out a few dos and don’ts when it comes to issuing Temporary Event Notices (TENs).
Pubs in Twickenham are celebrating after the council, police and tournament organisers agreed to a more flexible licensing approach during this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Draft House, the pub group operated by Charlie McVeigh, is pitting its three east London pubs against its four west London pubs to celebrate the Rugby World Cup.
You’re not paranoid if they actually are out to get you, and if you’re in the pub trade at the moment, you could be forgiven for being a little paranoid.
The PMA has been praised for its role in getting the trade to support Prostate Cancer UK’s new campaign which sees pubs converted into ‘Men United Arms’.
Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky
The Rugby World Cup is heading to England next month, and fans of the home nations are all optimistic of their team’s chances, and optimism among fans of any sport is usually good news for pubs
Young’s has this morning reported a 6.5% increase in like-for-like sales across its managed estate in the year leading up 30 March, with total revenue up 7.6%.
Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from JD Wetherspoon earlier this month that initially valued the estate of seven London sites at more than £17m.
Bar Holdings Ltd, the owner of the multi-award-winning Sports Bar & Grill restaurant group, has announced that all four of its restaurants with historical comparisons achieved record sales in 2014.
Licensees need to plan ahead to capitalise on this up-and-coming tantalising timetable of televised sport in pubs. As Noli Dinkovski discovers, there are plenty of ways to increase footfall and boost business.
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