Steve Alton

BII Licensee of the Year semi-finalists named

12-Apr-2024 By Gary Lloyd

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced its 12 semi-finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year Awards.

BII Licensee of the Year 2024 quarter-finalists named

18-Mar-2024 By Gary Lloyd

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced its quarter-finalists list for this year’s Licensee of the Year Award (LOYA) – and 53 pub operators are vying are for the title.

BII demands Gov support for pubs in Budget

12-Jan-2024 By Gary Lloyd

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has demanded Government investment in pubs in the upcoming Budget as more than six out of 10 pubs reported revenues losses or flat trade in 2023.

New Year 2024

Industry hopes and fears: Part one

20-Dec-2023 By Ed Bedington

With 2024 looming, we spoke to a number of leading industry figures to get their thoughts on what the year ahead will hold.

Call for pubs to step up on rates campaigning

29-Sep-2023 By Ed Bedington

With many pubs struggling to break even, operators are being urged to increase pressure through their local MPs around business rates relief as the Government Autumn Statement approaches.

Review of the Week

Reasons to be cheerful

16-Jun-2023 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with the BII's Steve Alton to take a look at the week's events, from epic cycle rides to positive news on business rates and beyond.

‘Rocketing energy bills killing pubs’

11-Aug-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Rapidly escalating energy bills are topping the list of headwinds facing pubs with operators seeing costs quadruple.

‘Viable businesses will be lost from communities’

13-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Government’s latest announcement including asking people to work from home to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant could mean viable businesses will be lost, one sector leader has said.

BII reveals Licensee of the Year 2021 finalists

13-Oct-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The final six of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII)’s Licensee of the Year 2021 competition have been unveiled.

Restriction easing delay 'to cost pubs £400m'

15-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The four-week postponement of lockdown easing from Monday 21 June to Monday 19 July will cost the trade £100m per week, one trade body has estimated.

1 in 10 operators will fail if restrictions not removed on 21 June

08-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 11% of licensees predicted their businesses will fail if the Government does not continue with its roadmap as planned and remove all restrictions later this month, research has found.

Opinion

Destroying our nation's heritage

05-Nov-2020 By Steve Alton

We are a nation of pub lovers. To us they represent more than just places to eat and drink, they are the places that we connect as people.