The Government has proposed new and tougher allergen rules to include listing all ingredients and allergens on all foods which are prepacked for direct sale. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency (FSA) have today ...
Read More »Fuller’s Sells Beer Business To Asahi Europe For £250m
Fuller’s have announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its entire beer business to Asahi Europe Ltd (“AEL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd (“Asahi”), for an enterprise value of £250 million ...
Read More »Licensees Celebrate 40 Years Behind The Bar With A Tea Party
January 2019 is a major milestone for licensees Michael and Marian Rouse who are celebrating 40 years behind the bar at Nag’s Head, Preston Village and nearly 50 years running pubs in the area. To mark the occasion, the couple ...
Read More »New Research Confirms That The Community Pub Sector Continues To Thrive
Local pubs owned as community businesses are continuing to thrive where private enterprise has failed, according to a report launched by the Plunkett Foundation. Community pubs are stronger than ever, with interest continuing to build within the thriving sector. A ...
Read More »Hotel 41 Voted Top Hotel In The UK For Third Consecutive Year
London’s Hotel 41 retained its title of ‘Top Hotel in the UK’ for a third consecutive year in the 2019 annual TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, which were announced today. This multi-award winning, luxury boutique hotel, part of the family-run Red ...
Read More »Cornish Pub Awarded £50,000 Coastal Revival Grant
A derelict Cornish Pub, reputed to be one of the oldest pubs in Cawsand, which was destroyed by fire six years ago, has just been awarded a government grant of £50,000 to help restore it to its former glory The ...
Read More »Hospitality Sector Urged To Support Hospitality Works
With under one month to go until the Hospitality Works 2019, UKHospitality is urging the sector to come together to promote careers in hospitality. Hospitality Works, led by UKHospitality, the Department for Work and Pensions, Jobcentre Plus, Springboard and the ...
Read More »Overseas Investment Drives London Hotel Volumes To Reach £2.6 Billion In 2018 – Savills
Hotels in London attracted £2.6 billion of investment in 2018, up 17% on 2017 according to international real estate advisor Savills. The capital represented a 39% portion of total UK hotel investment volumes which hit £6.6 billion last year. Deal ...
Read More »New Aberdeen Hotel Scoops Five Industry Awards
ABERDEEN’S newest hotel has been named City Hotel of the Year at a leading awards ceremony. Sandman Signature Hotel, at St Andrew Street, which opened less than six months ago, scooped five gongs in the regional heats of the Scottish ...
Read More »Valerie Patisserie Closes 71 Stores With Loss Of 920 Jobs
Patisserie Holding’s administrator has confirmed the closure of 71 stores with 920 people made redundant. The café chain, which opened in Soho in 1926 and had eight stores before entrepreneur Luke Johnson’s Risk Capital Partners bought a majority stake in ...
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