Today, the Chancellor visited the historic Fuller’s brewery in advance of announcing the Q3 GDP results. Accompanying the Chancellor was the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) Chief Executive, Brigid Simmonds OBE and the Chief Executive of Fuller’s, Simon Emeny, ...

Oils, fats and fish continue to trade at prices over 25% higher than last year, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals. Recent falls in the hot beverages category have meanwhile corrected, while fruit prices continue to reduce from ...

BB Foodservice, the delivered arm of Bestway Wholesale, has joined forces with the UK’s market-leading plant-based brand Alpro to educate operators on the profit potential of dairy alternatives, with a new insight report – Plant-based profits. The plant-based category has ...

The number of distillery businesses in the UK has jumped 30% in just a year from 131 in 2016, to 170 in 2017, says UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group. UHY Hacker Young explains that entrepreneurs are looking to ...

Head chef of the 2 AA Rosette Murrays Restaurant at Whittlebury, Harvey Lockwood, has been named Chef of the Year at the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards 2018/19. The hotel’s fine-dining restaurant Murrays was also named runner up ...

The number of UK restaurant closures has reached a record high since 2010, according to research by accountancy firm Price Bailey, which has revealed that 1,123 restaurants across England, Wales and Scotland have closed so far this year, up by ...

One of Brighton’s most popular pubsDoctor Brighton’s, in King’s Road, following a decision by the landlords not to renew the lease after a huge hike in rent was imposed. Landlord Charles Child, 37, said: “I have been the landlord there ...

Taking place at the Business Design Centre, The Spirit Show is the must-attend event of the year for anyone involved in the purchase of premium spirits for bars, restaurants, hotels and retails outlets. The show will feature over 100 exhibitors, ...

Kelly Tolhurst Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood has taken on responsibility for the Pubs Code as part of her ministerial role, overseeing the relationship between large pub companies in England and Wales and their tenants, and takes over the ...

A combination of growth in online shopping, shift to in-home leisure, heightened restructuring activity and ongoing digitisation of services has seen the half-year net reduction in stores and leisure outlets on Britain’s high streets reach record levels, according to research ...