Wirral Peninsula

TV chef Simon Rimmer's gastropub burgled just days after opening

29-Jun-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Celebrity chef Simon Rimmer’s new pub the Viking has been burgled just a few days after opening its doors to the public. 

Hydes Brewery

Hydes Brewery buys Chester pubco as platform for food-led business

25-Sep-2015 By M&C Allegra

Hydes Brewery has acquired the Chester-based Woodward & Falconer Pub Co, which it said would provide a platform for further acquisitions of food-led businesses.

Loungers confirms locations of north-west openings

04-Sep-2012

Loungers, the fast-growing café/bar/restaurant company, has confirmed the location of its first four planned openings in the north-west — in Liverpool, the Wirral, and two in Greater Manchester.

Thwaites' 'value' division

30-Apr-2009 By Tony Halstead

Northern brewer Daniel Thwaites has launched an experimental pubs division aimed at boosting business in some of the lowest volume sites across its...

Thwaites wins landmark ruling

06-May-2008 By Tony Halstead

Ruling could limit ability of local residents to oppose extended hours

Opening hours dispute goes to the High Court

06-Mar-2008

A landmark legal challenge to overturn a decision to cut a pub's opening hours will be heard in the High Court this week.In what is believed to be...

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