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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 ...

Entries were officially opened for the Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2019 last night [Monday 10 September] with over 100 Sussex food and drink business leaders gathering at a superb launch event held at South Lodge Hotel in Lower Beeding, ...

Even highly acclaimed chefs got together yesterday at Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire to raise over £54,000 for Hospitality Action. Rugby legends Phil Vickery MBE DL and Matt Powell were in attendance alongside many well-known industry figures including Harry Murray ...

Young’s pubs have announced a new giveaway to celebrate their 187 anniversary and is treating customers to a free drink between September 20-23 From Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd September, customers are invited to raise a free pint of Young’s ...

Leading independent hotel group Elite Hotels has been celebrating the long service milestones of 273 employees, at a summer garden party ceremony held at Ashdown Park Hotel. The Elite Hotel Group operates four luxury four-star and five-star hotels: Ashdown Park ...

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 ...

UKHospitality has called on the Government to support the hospitality industry by increasing the threshold of employer National Insurance Contributions from £6,000 to £12,000 to “stimulate greater recruitment and cut business costs” as part of a nine-point plan to safeguard ...

Coaching Inn Group, which operates 15 bespoke freehold market town venues, has reported “successful continued growth “ with a 17% increase in turnover in its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2018 – up to £20m from £17.1m ...

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 ...

Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa in Hampshire picked up the Best UK Spa Hotel 2018 at the Condé Nast Traveller 21st annual Readers’ Travel Awards. Andrew Stembridge, executive director of Iconic Luxury Hotels, said: “We were thrilled last year to ...