A HISTORIC Newcastle bar has become the first business in the city centre to tap into a Heritage Lottery Fund regeneration grant to help improve the face of one its most famous streets. Malhotra Group plc, which operates Pumphrey’s Bar ...

Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to increase its range of drinks from UK and non-EU producers across its 880 pubs from Wednesday September 26 in the run up to Brexit. And it says the move will result in lower prices ...

Britain has 3,116 fewer restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises than 12 months ago, according to the latest edition of the Market Growth Monitor, from CGA and AlixPartners. The exclusive report shows that there were 119,800 licensed sites across ...

Consumer spending rose 4.5 per cent year-on-year in August, maintaining the strong level seen in recent months as Brits struck a balance between covering the cost of essentials and enjoying the final stretch of summer. Entertainment and leisure remained strong ...

The World’s Biggest Pub Quiz is back for 2019 and set to be bigger and better than ever. Organisers PubAid are encouraging even more pubs and their customers to take part and raise money for charities, including official charity partner ...

WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON, Club Wembley is launching a brand-new exclusive experience at the Home of English Football. Opening ahead of the England v Spain fixture on 8th September, The Lioness pub is a new members-only gastropub at the heart of ...

Greene King has reported positive trading with like-for-like sales up 2.8% for the first 18 weeks of the year. The positive momentum in Pub Company continued through the summer with like-for-like (LFL) sales up 2.8% for the first 18 weeks ...

Keep it simple is the message as Britain’s pubs are urged to “ditch the fancy food” and stick to traditional “grub” such as ploughman’s lunches and bangers and mash. The Good Pub Guide 2019 said pretentious and inaccessible menus were a turn-off ...

Stonegate Pub Company has teamed up with Sky Business to clean up coastlines as the mission to reduce the scourge of plastics and waste destined for our oceans continues to gain momentum. Teams from pubs and bars joined Sky employees ...

Pub company Hawthorn Leisure has continued to showcase its charitable commitment, raising £17,843.14 for The Willow Foundation through a summer of sporting activity. Taking part in the Operator Managed pubs bike ride in July, team members rode from Gorton, Manchester, ...