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Katie Churchard, who is a lecturer in catering and patisserie at Cambridge Regional College, recently took part in the third series of Bake Off: The Professionals and was broadcast into the homes of millions. Previously known as Bake Off: Crème ...

R H Hall are celebrating 40 years and to mark this momentous occasion a very special 40th Anniversary edition of ‘Update’ – the quarterly R H Hall newsletter – has been published. This bumper 12 page edition looks back at the ...

A restaurateur and publican is set to embark on a 2,000-mile charity bike ride to Syracuse in Sicily. The Swansong ride, which will start from Rye town hall in Sussex on Saturday 1 September, is the initiative of Simon Aylett, ...

Greene King has announced it will introduce compostable PLA straws across its entire UK estate of 1,750 pubs, as part of its pledge to send zero waste to landfill by 2020. This will remove over 30 million plastic straws from ...

Tim Martin, chairman of pub company Wetherspoon, has criticised the response of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) to the government’s ‘technical notices’ on Brexit issued on 23 August. The notices provide information on ...

68 per cent of alcohol industry revenue in England comes from consumers drinking at risky levels If all drinkers complied with the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended guideline levels, alcohol sales would decline by £13 billion The average price of a ...

Independent Scottish craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog has released its half year trading update for 2018, with total revenue up 55% versus the same time last year, at £78m. Revenue of the brewery’s bar division is up by 92%, ...

Four hotels within the Classic Lodges group have been shortlisted in the North of England Wedding Awards 2018: The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate for Best Venue (City); Solberge Hall Hotel in Thirsk; Bagden Hall Hotel in Denby Dale; and ...

Responding to the publication by the Government of the first set of no-deal Brexit technical notices, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said: “A no-deal Brexit would cause serious problems for many UK businesses, not least of all the hospitality sector. ...

On the back of a record-breaking warm and dry summer, the August bank holiday weekend looks set to see bumper tourism figures, as Brits across the country embrace the UK staycation. With temperatures more fitting of the Mediterranean, summer 2018 ...