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Greene King Pub Partners Night of Excellence awards winners revealed

25-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Suffolk-based pubco Greene King has announced the winners of its Night of Excellence awards for its Pub Partners licensees.

St Patrick’s Day helps managed on-trade sales rise 7% versus 2019

25-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

St Patrick’s Day celebrations helped lift out-of-home drinks sales by 7% last week versus pre-pandemic levels, according to insights expert CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists – Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (501+ sites)

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This accolade will be given to the business that has a highly successful tenanted or leased retail estate with 501 or more sites.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists – Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company (up to 500 sites) sponsored by Carlsberg Marstons Brewing Company

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This award will be presented to a highly successful tenanted or leased retail estate with between one and 500 sites.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists: Best Sustainable Pub Company sponsored by Sky

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The winner of the Best Sustainable Pub Company will have demonstrated a significant and concerted effort to reduce its waste.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists: Best Pub Operations Team sponsored by Stint

25-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The award for Best Pub Operations Team will be presented to the business that best demonstrates its effectiveness in innovation, leadership and business success in its ops team.

More time to negotiate MRO under new pubs code rules

24-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Changes to the pubs code, including allowing more time for market-rent-only (MRO) option negotiations, will come into effect from Friday 1 April.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists: Best Pub Employer sponsored by CPL Learning

24-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The accolade of Best Pub Employer will be awarded to the business that provides an excellent working environment including comprehensive training, strong staff motivation and benefits alongside a meaningful career path and development structure for employees.

spring statement march 2022

More cash in pockets of sector staff as NI threshold raised by £3k

23-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has increased the threshold before workers start paying national insurance contributions by £3,000 in Wednesday’s Spring Statement meaning staff in the sector will keep more of the money they have earned.

Revolution Bars Group no longer a minimum wage employer

23-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Revolution Bars Group, the operator of bars including Revolución de Cuba, Playhouse, and Founders & Co, has invested £2m in raising wages over minimum wage, as part of the ‘fair day’s pay for hard day’s work’ pledge.

Publican Awards 2022

Meet the finalists: Best Brewing Pub Company sponsored by Food Alert

21-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s award for Best Brewing Pub Company will be given to the business based on its strength in combining brewing operations and its pub estate together.

Marston’s increases pint prices, Joule’s holds fire

21-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Brewer and pub operator Marston’s has raised it pint prices by between 20p and 45p as economic headwinds hit the sector.

Star warns licensees to start Jubilee weekend preparations early

21-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars has warned licensees to get ready well ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations in early June by launching a support package for its licensees.

Food trends feature

FEATURE: What’s hot in food trends?

21-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Most of us would like to see the end of the colder months as we, hopefully, usher in the post-peak-Covid world.

The MA's Review of the Week

‘We’re going to see the biggest division in wealthiest and poorest’

18-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The MA’s Gary Lloyd caught up with night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord to get his views on the two-year anniversary of when Boris Johnson told people not to go to pubs before closing them, the upcoming Spring Statement, cost of...

Retain Six Nations footfall by screening women’s tournament

18-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The Six Nations rugby tournament has boosted footfall to pubs during the past month or so but operators have been warned not to miss out on retaining that custom by showing the upcoming women’s version.

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Making the most of 2022 with Guinness

17-Mar-2022 By Diageo

The number one stout in GB[1], Guinness is synonymous with quality. A strong reputation among consumers, Guinness is a trusted and reliable brand, and one that many customers will expect to see on the bar.

UKH celebrates recovering, yet warns of challenges ahead

17-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Office of National Statistics’ latest labour market overview, which showed industries continuing to recover from the pandemic, was “positive news” for hospitality, yet the sector was still fragile, according to UKHospitality (UKH).

BBPA calls for financial support ahead of Budget

17-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to ask for financial help for pubs ahead of the Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March.

Admiral Taverns appoints software firm to integrate Hawthorn estate

16-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Pub operator Admiral Taverns has appointed Ocean Dynamics to implement new software that will integrate the Hawthorn pub estate it acquired in July 2021.

Red Oak Taverns raises ‘significant capital for growth’

16-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple operator Red Oak Taverns has recapitalised the business, giving it additional capital to help enable its acquisition programme.

JDW hikes pint prices by 10p

15-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has increased the cost of pints across its UK pubs, as rising prices and supply chain issues suffocate the sector.

Red Oak Taverns completes first purchase of 2022

11-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple operator Red Oak Taverns has made its first pub acquisition of this year with the purchase of the Vine in Worthing, West Sussex.

Opinion

How flexible apprenticeships could benefit your pub

10-Mar-2022 By Jill Whittaker, managing director at HIT Training

As National Careers Week draws to a close, here is how using apprenticeships to attract and then retain talent in the pub sector is well worth the effort.

The Inn Collection Group given go ahead for major redevelopment

10-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multi-site pub operator The Inn Collection Group has had plans approved to redevelop two of its existing sites in Lancashire.

Nightclub reopens as sports bar after £370k revamp

10-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

A former nightclub has been transformed into a sports bar after a £370,000 investment from Admiral Taverns and the site’s licensees.

Auditor of Revolution Bars Group fined £875k

09-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Accountancy firm KPMG has been fined £875,000 for failures in its auditing of bar operator Revolution Bars Group, “which persisted for two years”.

Property round-up

Metropolitan rebrands site, big pub revamps in Leicestershire and Suffolk

08-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Among the property news this week, Metropolitan Pub Company has renamed a Wimbledon site and there are huge revamps of two pubs with £650k and £250k respectively.

International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro

The talented women operating hospitality sites

08-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Female talent is flourishing when it comes to operators of hospitality businesses. Here are some of the best in the sector with their thoughts on the importance of women’s contributions and how they would like to see further progression to celebrate International...

International Women's Day 2022 - sponsored by Peroni Nastro Azzurro

New releases to celebrate International Women’s Day

07-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

A variety of new products have been launched to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on Tuesday 8 March.

UKH board member appointed as Marston’s non-executive director

07-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Marston’s has appointed UKHospitality board member Nick Varney as a non-executive director to the board, with effect from 1 July 2022.

NWTC to open Botanist site in Edinburgh

02-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Bar-restaurant operator New World Trading Company (NWTC) will open a Botanist site in the St James Quarter area of Edinburgh later this year.

Property round-up

£121k revamp of Herts GK pub and boutique pub with rooms opens in Newbury

01-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The latest property news includes Greene King Pub Partners’ renovation of a village pub in Hertfordshire, Red Lion Holdings’ restoration of a site with boutique pub and rooms in Berkshire, a new Punch Pubs site and London Fields Brewery site placed on...

Gin producer smashes fundraising target

01-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Ethical gin producer One Gin has smashed its fundraising target as it seeks to expand its sales team to reach more on-trade business, develop a vodka and non-alcoholic spirit, ramp up marketing and launch a new sustainable bottle while helping to fund...

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Sky Connect – powering pubs, clubs and bars with superfast unlimited business broadband

28-Feb-2022 By Sky Business

The past two years have seen us all adapt and adopt an increasingly digital world and fast-track technology into our businesses. Pubs especially have had to increase their use of tech to power their back-of-house technology including online booking systems,...

Black Sheep Brewery campaign to entice younger people into cask ale

25-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Black Sheep Brewery has launched a campaign to encourage younger drinkers to enjoy cask ale as the category goes through a difficult period.

MA Leaders Club

Standard of food key as consumers return to the pub

25-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Consumers admit Covid has altered the way they visit pubs but it is the expected standard of food that has proved the biggest talking point.

MA Leaders Club

Pubco and operator partnerships: good operators will get noticed

24-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

If you are a good operator, your business will get noticed and that’s when opportunities for growth can appear, according to Big Smoke Brew Co co-founder Richard Craig.

72-year-old pub owner wins award after 40 years of service

23-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A 72-year-old pub owner has been granted a prestigious award since retiring following 30 years of service at the Dynevor Arms, in Groes-faen, Wales.

Heineken relaunches Buying Club in bid to save operators £5k per year

23-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Brewer Heineken UK has relaunched its Buying Club that it says offers pub operators exclusive deals that could help the on-trade save £1m this year.

UKH demands new tax rate for sector

23-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

A new hospitality tax rate must be introduced to aid the recovery of the sector while a sales tax must be introduced for online businesses, according to UKHospitality (UKH).

Property round-up

Beartown breaks ground on brewery, first Bounce site in seven years

22-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The latest property news includes Beartown Brewery’s investment plans, a new Bounce site from State of Play, a pub purchase by Greene King, BrewDog to open in Cheltenham, Star Pubs & Bars to double managed estate in Scotland, Inn Collection Group's...

Get your nose out in front with horse racing

22-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Football, rugby and cricket have proven great draws for pub operators in increasing footfall at their sites but Sky Sports Racing host Alex Hammond says horse racing appeals to a multitude of age groups too.

Tech feature

Tech feature – Is tech still important post-Covid?

21-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The use of technology has been seen as something to fear according to plenty of Hollywood movies.

Village pub reopening inspired by community

16-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Community power has seen a popular Cambridgeshire village pub reopen thanks to new licensees and Admiral Taverns.

Property round-up

Alchemist to reopen after £550k revamp, Inn Collection Group is sold

16-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Among this week’s property news is the reopening of The Alchemist in Spinningfields, Inn Collection expands as it is sold and Salt Beer Factory to open its sixth taproom this week.

The Inn Collection Group sold in a deal estimated at £300m-plus

14-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

North of England-based pub operator The Inn Collection Group has been acquired by a new company backed by The Harris Family Trusts together with Kings Park Capital in a deal believed to be worth in excess of £300m.

JW Lees to open first new-build site in 10 years

11-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Manchester brewer and pub operator JW Lees is set to open three sites including its first new-build pub in more than 10 years at the end of the month – and is targeting more acquisitions.

Young’s to acquire almost all Lucky Onion sites

10-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

London-based pub operator Young’s is set to take ownership of six of the Lucky Onion group’s seven sites.

Star boss optimistic about consumer confidence returning

09-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Confidence is steadily growing week by week as the pub trade emerges from the pandemic, a leading pubco boss claimed.