Snow

‘Number one priority is to restore the business’

26-Apr-2021 By Stuart Stone

Sharing a heartland with Covid-19’s ‘Kent variant’ has seen the vast majority of Shepherd Neame’s 300-odd sites shuttered for more than five months. As such, CEO Jonathan Neame is looking forward to what he believes will be a ‘very good summer’.

Customers turn up in ‘ski jackets and hats’ to back pub

12-Apr-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Pubgoers have not been deterred by cold weather and snow showers, according to one operator who reopened this morning.

Pub puts up over 100 snow-trapped travellers in makeshift beds

01-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

A Cornwall pub came to the rescue of more than 100 people yesterday (Thursday 31 January) by taking in travellers trapped by heavy snow – an act that undeniably shows the true spirit of the great British pub.

Britain’s highest pub features in Waitrose’s Christmas TV advert

13-Nov-2017 By Stuart Stone

Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale, Yorkshire, provides the remote setting for this year’s Christmas advert from Waitrose.

Ice ball machine launched to create more theatre around serve

14-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A machine producing balls of ice instead of cubes has been launched to create more theatre for serves in pubs and bars.

Pub saves the (wedding) day

28-Jan-2013

As if proof were ever needed that pubs are the savior of everything, two Bedfordshire licensees did the industry proud last weekend by providing a last-minute wedding reception venue to a stricken couple.

'New Year revellers stuck in the pub for three nights thanks to the heavy snow'

04-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

They set out on New Year's Eve to toast the start of 2010 with a pint with some friends in their local pub. But for revellers at the Tan Hill Inn in...

Mark Daniels: Pubs represent better value than you think...

09-Feb-2009

It's been a strange week: snow brought Britain to a standstill and silenced the Global Warmists, at least for a few minutes; a couple of BBC...