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June was a better month for eating and drinking out across Britain – although pub and restaurant operators experienced widely contrasting fortunes, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Collective like-for-like sales across the combined managed pub ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group has named Jodie Kidd, the licensee of the Half Moon in Kirdford, Sussex as its “Beer Drinker of the Year” for 2019.  Jodie stared as a model when she was 15 and developed an amazingly ...

James Staughton Chief Executive of St Austell Brewery has been awarded the prestigious Trelawny Plate at a special Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration on July 2nd at Pelynt Church, near Looe. The Trelawny Plate Award is presented every two years ...

The Angostura® Global Cocktail Challenge is a hotly contested and highly anticipated event in the international professional bar industry. The UK heat will be held on the 17th of October and the competition is now open for submissions. The winning ...

Tory leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been invited for a pint at their favourite pub for a chat with CAMRA about the benefits Britain’s beloved locals bring to communities and the threats they face. As the leadership ...

The World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, organised by PubAid in March this year, has raised more than £230,000* for hundreds of charities, including over £94,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, the event’s official charity partner. This is the first time that money ...

71 breweries are in the running for the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain Award, taking place on the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival (6 August). Ranging from Swannay Brewery’s farmhouse brews hailing from the windswept tip of ...

Oakman Inns and Restaurants has reported strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to 30 June 2019. The Like-for-Like sales for the quarter were up 4.8%. Total sales were £10,775,947, which represents a 28.8% growth over the same period last ...

With international and domestic visitation to Amsterdam growing by nearly 7% a year over the past 10 years, hotels in the Dutch capital have experienced robust growth with RevPAR [rooms revenue per available room] up 4% in 2018. This strong ...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has welcomed today’s launch of the Pubs Code Adjudicator’s (PCA’s) first investigation, but are questioning why it has taken so long to do so. The case, which is investigating the suspected use of unreasonable ...