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My Pub: The Botanist, Newcastle

07-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

New World Trading Company’s Newcastle Botanist site is a prime example of a bar that encourages innovation, creativity and well-trained staff. General manager Andrew Shiel-Redfern explains what it takes to run a site that ticks all the boxes.

Chefs

Michelin-starred pub Pipe & Glass snags top award at ‘Chef Oscars’

05-Jun-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

One Michelin-starred chef-patron James Mackenzie, of the second-best UK gastropub the Pipe & Glass Inn, in South Dalton, Beverley, East Yorkshire, snagged the Pub Restaurant Chef of the Year Award at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards last week.

Award-winning Hampshire publican launches private catering service

09-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Lucy Townsend, chef and owner of Michelin Pub of the Year 2014 the Greyhound on the Test, in Stockbridge, Hampshire, has announced the launch of Wilds, a new company catering to private parties and events.

The Big Interview: Simon Emeny, Fuller's

03-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Fuller’s may be defined by its beers, but it is its food that is increasingly attracting customers to its pubs and spurring the company to set the pace for change in an industry that is currently shaking off the shackles of financial stagnation. Mike...

Mark Daniels: TENs - It's time to cut the red tape

28-Mar-2011

The call that came through last Thursday had the potential to be quite exciting. Frankie Martin, of the Great British Pub Tour, is raising money for...

Pub refurb: one man's junk is another man's treasure

10-Aug-2010 By Rachel Barnes

Getting creative with your interiors — even on a budget — could be just the thing to make customers take note, reports Rachel Barnes.

Can pubs learn from cinema's revival to keep their doors open?

21-Aug-2008

Going to the cinema in 1984 was pretty rubbish. Years of neglect had left many auditoriums dank and rundown with seats so uncomfortable they could...