by Darren | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Like-for-like sales at Mitchells & Butlers for the 11-week period to July 28 grew by 0.9%, with very strong performances in the wet-led estate. This was offset against more challenging conditions in food-led businesses, the company says today, reflecting the...
by Darren | Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | PUBS AND BARS
J D Wetherspoon says it will be supporting Tax Equality Day on September 13 by discounting food and drink by 7.5% for 24 hours. The day is aimed at highlighting the benefit of a VAT reduction in the hospitality industry and is being backed by UK Hospitality and the...
by Darren | Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | PUBS AND BARS
The team at The Kings Arms in Bexleyheath, London, are celebrating reaching the final of the prestigious Great British Pub Awards 2018. The pub recently re-opened following an extensive refurbishment project, which saw the venue transformed with modernised amenities...
by Darren | Monday, July 30, 2018 | PUBS AND BARS
Heads down: competitors at The Crown, in Radnage, Buckinghamshire The World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, organised by PubAid in March this year, has raised an estimated £190,000 for around 500 charities, including over £80,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, the event’s...
by Darren | Saturday, July 28, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS, PUBS AND BARS
Wandsworth pub The Pig & Whistle is teaming up with Namibian beer brand Windhoek Lager for the annual charity Piggy Race Night on August 3. Proceeds raised from a pre-race charity pig auction are being donated in aid of the African brewery’s campaign to raise...
by Darren | Thursday, July 26, 2018 | BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
BrewDog is launching its latest UK bar — its 37th in this country and 70th worldwide — on Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes. To celebrate the opening, the Scottish brewer will enter the first 100 beer-loving locals through the bar’s doors into a raffle, on its...
by Darren | Thursday, July 26, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The World Cup saw Marston’s wet-led pubs benefit significantly, despite a dip in premises where food dominates, the company said in a trading update. Total managed and franchised pub sales were up 5.2% in the 42 weeks to July 21, including like-for-like sales...
by Darren | Thursday, July 26, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Anthony Pender is to stand down as chair of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) after four years in the role. Working with chief executive Mike Clist, he has has restructured both the membership programme and the underpinning organisational structure. The BII is...
by Darren | Thursday, July 26, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Stonegate Pub Company has acquired the Be At One group of specialist cocktail bars for an undisclosed sum. Stonegate plans to operate Be At One as a standalone, eighth format within its wider portfolio of some 700 predominantly high street pubs and bars. In addition,...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, CAMPAIGNS, PUBS AND BARS
An industry campaign has been launched to highlight the vital contribution pubs make to the British way of life and the threat they face from a range of tax pressures. It comes with a focused call to sign a petition and write to MPs to ask for a cut in beer duty. The...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the appointment of a new panel of experts to diagnose the issues currently affecting the health of the UK’s high streets. The panel will also advise on the best measures to help high streets thrive both now and...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Charles Wells has acquired a second site in Oxford as part of an expansion programme for its Pizza, Pots & Pints managed pub concept. Following a successful launch at The Oxford Blue in June, The Holly Bush in West Oxford will be number seven in the portfolio,...
