Surrey

What’s on the Bar with the Red Lion, Shepperton

27-Nov-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

The latest episode of What’s on the Bar showed what the award-winning Surrey pub, the Red Lion in Shepperton offers.

The secrets behind the Victoria, Oxshott

13-Jun-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

Described as a quintessential British experience, the Victoria Oxshott is a neighbourhood gastropub, set in the heart of its Surrey community, with a stellar food and drink offer.

How was trade at your pub over the festive period?

05-Jan-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Trade at gastropubs picked up in the Christmas ‘party period’ following a dire early December, but operators are now buckling down for tough months of trade.

New Dawn opens 5th site

01-Dec-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

South east-based multiple operator New Dawn Pubs (NDP) is opening its fifth site, following a seven-figure investment into the property and its refurbishment.

GBPA 2022

Meet the winner: Star Pubs & Bars Pub of the Year – the Red Lion, Shepperton, Surrey

14-Oct-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Not many pubs are able to boast a riverside location, and fewer still when that river is the Thames, but the Red Lion in Shepperton has embraced the opportunity to create an innovative offer.

GBPA 2022

Meet the winner: Punch Pub of the Year - the Red Lion, Shamley Green, Surrey

13-Oct-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

If you’re looking for the quintessential English village pub, in the quintessential English village, you should look no further than the Red Lion in Shamley Green.

Yummy rebrands and sells 'iconic' site

05-Oct-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multi-site operator Yummy Pubs has sold lakeside site the Wiremill, near Lingfield in Surrey to brewer and pub company Hall & Woodhouse for an undisclosed sum.

gbpa 2022

Meet the finalists for Punch Pub of the Year

29-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

With the Great British Pub Awards just days away from announcing and celebrating some of the best bars in the business, we take a look at some of the finalist that are in the running to take home some silver. Today it’s the turn of the bars that are competing...

Prior Hungry Horse pub opens after six-figure refurb

20-Jun-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Surrey-based pub, Cornerstone, Kingston-Upon-Thames, has reopened for the first time since 2020 after a six-figure investment.

MC Harvey and Ascot Brewery collaborate to make So Solid Brew

07-Jun-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Beer is a “powerful phenomenon” and a part of British culture which brings people of all different backgrounds and ages together, according to Ascot Brewery.

Dorking pub named overall winner at the 2021 Griffin Trophy Awards

02-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

The Queen’s Head in Dorking has been named the winner of the overall winner of this year’s Fullers Griffin Trophy as well as winning in the Best Town/Local category.

Running pub is like ‘putting on a show every day’ say Best Greene King Pub staff

03-Nov-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Running a pub is like “putting on a show every day”, where consistency is key and hard-won reputations are lost on a single visit, said senior staff at Surrey-based Greene King pub, the Rose and Crown.

Punch and Big Smoke announce craft beer and food pub joint venture

24-May-2021 By Stuart Stone

Independent pub company Punch and Big Smoke Brew Co have joined forces to launch a collection of craft beer and food pubs across the southeast of England.

Customers implored to 'wrap up warm' before complaining about heaters

06-May-2021 By Emily Hawkins

The Morning Advertiser (MA) asked operators how they had adapted to trading at the mercy of a cold British spring.

Hogs Back Brewery offers up space for drive-through vaccine centre

11-Jan-2021 By Stuart Stone

Hogs Back Brewery has joined the likes of BrewDog, Oakman Inns and Loungers in offering the UK's vaccination effort a shot in the arm by suggesting that the NHS use its facilities to store and distribute Covid-19 jabs.

Thousands more pubs plunged into tier 3

17-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Many more pubs will be forced to close for Christmas, with the exception of offering takeaways, as eight more regions are moved into tier three.

Red Lion claims TripAdvisor 2020 diner’s choice award

02-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Red Lion in Chobham, Surrey, has been recognised among the best places to eat around the world in TripAdvisor’s 2020 Diner’s choice awards.

Tenth site for Red Mist Leisure

10-Jan-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Up and coming pub company Red Mist Leisure has purchased its tenth site, which will open its doors in Farnham, Surrey next month.

Barons Pub Co acquires £2.5m pub

09-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Barons Pub Company is the new owner of a freehold destination pub in Surrey, which gives the group a larger portfolio of pubs in the region.

Fuller's reopens Surrey racecourse pub

14-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

The Albert Arms in Esher, Surrey, has reopened following substantial renovations.

Residents blast planning application that could 'protect pub's future'

26-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

A property developer that has submitted a planning application to build five homes in a pub's beer garden say it will "help protect the future of the pub" but nearby residents aren't so convinced.

Stonegate invests more than £300k in former JD Wetherspoon site

26-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Stonegate Pub Company has completed a £325,000 investment at the Regent in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, seven months after it bought the pub from JD Wetherspoon.

Openings

Gallery: Whiting and Hammond's newest site

26-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Whiting and Hammond have opened their eighth site, the Blue Ball in Walton on the Hill.

Make Some Noise: Surrey licensee urges councils to communicate better over noise disputes

30-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A licensee, whose venue has survived two reviews, has called for local councils to be more proactive in mediating disputes between residents and premises to reduce the number taken to hearings.

NEW PRODUCT

'Deli-pub' pioneers roll-out condiments range via new online shop

25-Sep-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

The pioneers of the ‘deli-pub’ concept have launched a range of handmade condiments.

Controversial 'free bar' Innsatiable applies for premises licence

26-Jun-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Licensees have hit out at Innsatiable, the controversial Surrey “furniture shop” that gives away beer, after its owner said he was applying for a premises licence.

Unlicensed 'free bar' Innsatiable forced to close

12-Jun-2014 By John Harrington

Innsatiable, the controversial Surrey “furniture shop” that gave away beer, has been closed for breaches of licensing laws.

Multiple operator hits out at ‘crazy’ business rates system after 15K hike

05-Dec-2013 By Michelle Perrett

A multiple operator has accused the business rates system of being “flawed” and “crazy” after facing a hike of almost £15,000 a year in business rates at just one site.

Innsatiable: controversial "free bar" in Surrey applies for premises licence

03-Oct-2012 By Adam Pescod

The owner of controversial Surrey “furniture shop” Innsatiable “is in the process of applying for a premises licence”, the PMA can exclusively reveal.

Innsatiable: Unlicensed bar operator Simon Atkins lashes out at the Publican's Morning Advertiser

07-Sep-2012 By Adam Pescod

Under-fire unlicensed bar operator Simon Atkins has lashed out at the Publican’s Morning Advertiser following the news that health secretary Jeremy Hunt is calling for action to be taken against his business.

Red Mist Leisure plans to open fourth pub

06-Jun-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Red Mist Leisure, the Surrey-based multiple pub operator, is to open its fourth site, a private leasehold with an option to buy the freehold at a later date.

Bottomless chips at Beefeater

25-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Whitbread’s Beefeater brand has introduced ‘bottomless chips’ on the menu across all sites.

Surrey pub hit with fine over rat-infested kitchen

27-May-2011 By Adam Pescod

The owner of a pub in Surrey has been hit with a £4,515 fine after failing to deal with a rat infestation in his kitchen. Kevin Healy, owner of...

Barons acquire fourth pub

25-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Surrey multiple operator Barons Pubs has added a fourth site to its estate — the Horseshoe at Warlingham. Barons reopened the Punch leasehold...

Fuller's to sell off six pubs

17-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Fuller's is conducting a tail-trimming exercise of its pub estate, selling six properties from its tenanted division.

Red Mist Leisure buys three Punch pubs

17-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team

Red Mist Leisure, the Surrey-based group, has bought three pubs it leased from Punch Taverns for an undisclosed sum. Christie + Co's Winchester...

Gerry Price blog

16-Apr-2009 By Gerry Price

Gerry Price, Enterprise leaseholder, The Inn, West End, Surrey. Welcome to my blog. Follow my blog posts below: • 19 June: rent review shockers •...

South East pubs most likely to defy the crunch

26-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore

Pubs in the South East of England will prove to be the most resilient to the credit crunch, according to new research. Romford, in Essex, appears the...

Business boosters

29-May-2008

Ideas for driving food sales at your pub School dinners evening Where: Inn @ West End, West End, Surrey www.the-inn.co.uk The idea: Customers...

£1m turnover pub for sale

04-Oct-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk

A Surrey gastropub with a turnover in excess of £1m has come on to the market. The Percy Arms is located in the village of Chilworth, three miles...

Foot and Mouth concern for pubs

15-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney

The industry remains on tenterhooks over the possibility that foot and mouth has spread outside of the exclusion zones in Surrey. Defra officials are...

Foot-and-mouth fear returns to haunt trade

09-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk

Trade holds its breath following the announcement that foot and mouth has been discovered in the Surrey area The trade is facing an anxious wait to...

Young's acquires 16 pub sites for £20m

14-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team

London brewer and retailer Young's has spent approximately £20m on 16 new pub acquisitions in the past couple of months. The move to acquire pubs...

Smoke free Surrey town?

10-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Campaigners are aiming to turn a Surrey town completely smoke-free ahead of next year's smoke ban. Smoke Free Guildford has been launched in...

Drink-spike drugs stolen from hospital

18-Mar-2004

by John Harrington Surrey police are urging licensees in the county to be extra vigilant after drugs that could be used for drink spiking were stolen...