Skill, creativity and festive flare was put to the test as Buzzworks Executive Head Chefs went head to head in their annual X-Mas Factor culinary competition. The three Executive Head Chefs from Buzzworks, Craig Hogarth (Scotts), Laurent Labede (Elliots & ...

Campaigners in Kent have been put on the map after winning CAMRA’s prestigious Pub Saving Award, which recognises communities that save their beloved local pub from closure. Judges were particularly impressed by how the residents of Stockbury, Kent came together ...

Significant cuts in US beer duty will save British beer exporters £7.2 million, and have been welcomed by the BBPA. Taxes are being reduced by $2 per US barrel for all brewers exporting to the US from the UK. The ...

  Latest edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals ongoing pub closures but resilience among casual dining groups Britain’s number of licensed premises has stayed level in the last year despite mounting cost pressures, patchy confidence ...

  Purchasing company Beacon recently discovered that 44% of Brits are now drinking less when going out than this time last year. Furthermore, according to CGA Strategy, January is the worst performing month in terms of on-trade sales, with two ...

  Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa has announced East Anglia Children’s Hospice (EACH) as its chari ty of the year for 2018. EACH supports families, and cares for children and young people, with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and ...

  The UK’s leading food waste recycler, ReFood, has launched its campaign for a third consecutive year, to tackle two issues which are brought into sharp focus during the festive period, the increase in food  waste, and the plight of ...

Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has criticised Ian Wright, director general of the Food and Drink Federation, for giving inaccurate information to MPs, and therefore the public, about food prices, should the UK leave the EU without a ‘deal’. Wright was ...

Brand new research from Britvic reveals that almost half of consumers (45%) are set to buy more soft drinks at Christmas as figures show that over a fifth (21%) plan to drink less alcohol.  With 37% also planning to spend ...

The introduction of a “tourist tax” is to be discussed by the London Assembly. Over 40 million overnight visitors are expected to visit the capital a year by 2025 – an increase of 30% on the 2016 numbers. Supporters believe ...