Ye Old Sun

CHRISTMAS

Christmas food offers: our guide to festive feasts

09-Nov-2016 By Alison Baker

With summer now a distant memory, planning for the festive season is well under way for many licensees. 

Trends

Healthy food options: what's coming in 2016?

04-Jan-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

As more people decide they know what’s best for their own health, Alison Baker looks at how pubs can offer food and drink to meet requirements

Time for a fresh industry attitude

20-Jan-2014 By Ashley McCarthy

A New Year, same old story? Come on — let’s blow the cobwebs away and make 2014 a year to remember for our industry, argues BII Licensee of the Year Ashley McCarthy.

The Big Interview: Ashley & Kelly McCarthy

01-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Ashley and Kelly McCarthy tell Ellie Bothwell how an early setback in their careers allowed them to focus on building business at Ye Old Sun Inn in Colton, North Yorkshire, where success led them to the star prize of BII Licensees of the Year.

Experiencing growing pains at the MA300

03-Oct-2013 By Rob Willock

The MA300 — our business club for multiple operators — met in Leeds last week for a conference and study tour of some of the latest pub and bar innovations and concepts, writes Rob Willock.

BII Licensees of the Year back changes planned by chief executive Tim Hulme

21-May-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

The newly-crowned BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) Licensees of the Year have pledged to help bring the organisation “back to the hospitality industry” after scooping the award at a gala lunch in London last week.

Licensees weather storm to serve school dinners

30-Nov-2010

Award winning licensees Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, of Ye Old Sun Inn, in Colton Yorkshire, stepped in to provide lunch for more than 50 school...

The Publican Awards 2010: Winners brochure, photos and reaction

23-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Winners in the 19 categories included Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, licensees at Ye Old Sun Inn in Colton, North Yorkshire, who were named Publicans of...

Local Food Pub of the Year 2009: Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, North Yorkshire

18-Nov-2009

Ye Old Sun Inn is a village pub just outside York. Ashley McCarthy has just bought the pub from Enterprise Inns, having leased it from the company...

Closed pub gets new look after two years

23-Oct-2009

A pub which had been shuttered for two years has re-opened this week with a brand-new look after being taken over by two award-winning licensees....

Award-winning licensees to open second pub

11-Sep-2009

Yorkshire licensees Ashley and Kelly McCarthy have taken on a second pub - on the same day as they bought the freehold of their existing business, Ye...

Chef of the Year 2008: Ashley McCarthy, Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, Yorkshire

28-Nov-2008

Ashley McCarthy, winner of the Chef of the Year title, is no stranger to working flat out in a commercial kitchen. After all, he has been cooking...

Shopping basket challenge

01-Sep-2006

Where: Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, Tadcaster, Yorkshire How it works: Ye Old Sun Inn at Colton hosts monthly cookery demonstrations throughout the year,...