City Hoteliers Back Bristol Balloon Fiesta
City hoteliers are practicing what they have preached by backing this year’s Bristol Balloon Fiesta through providing free accommodation for the crew and balloon teams….
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All the latest business news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade.
Punch Pubs & CO achieves Gold in Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Awards
Punch Pubs & Co has secured Gold in the 2023/24 Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index Awards for the second consecutive year. Mind surveyed almost 19,000 employees…
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Hertfordshire Pub Company Looks To Double In Size As It Takes Third Pub With Star
Hertfordshire-based pub operator Fishermann Pub Group has taken a five-year lease on its fourth pub in the county and says it has the capacity to…
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Euros and Sunshine Heat Up Drinks Sales 14%
The Euro 2024 final and some long overdue warm weather gave drinks sales a 14% boost in Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants last week. The…
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Arkell’s Renews Sponsorship of Swindon Town FC
Arkell’s Brewery has renewed its long-standing association with Swindon Town Football Club, signing a record agreement with the club for the next three years, once…
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Pubs Code Adjudicator Reveals Results of Annual Tied Tenants Survey
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) has issued the results of this year’s Annual Tied Tenants Survey, which highlight tenant sentiment towards, and their relationships with,…
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Hospitality Sector Insolvencies Suffers Most Insolvencies Amidst Sector Struggles
In the last 12 months, company insolvencies have increased in the hospitality sector more than in any other sector, according to the latest insolvency figures…
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Sector Responds to Kings Speech
The Labour government’s first King’s Speech has been broadly welcomed by the hospitality sector for introducing measures aimed at achieving a 6% annual growth potential….
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Welsh Government Urged To Reduce Hospitality’s Business Rates Burden
The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill passed in the Senedd today introduces measures that can more easily allow much-needed reform of business rates. This includes:…
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How Does A Combi Oven Save Energy?
How Does A Combi Oven Save Energy? With energy costs still high, managers continue to look for ways to reduce their commercial kitchen bills without…
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UK Pub And Restaurant Transactional Market Activity Improved In H1 2024 Report Reveals
Investor confidence has returned following an uplift in mergers & acquisitions according to the latest Pubs & Restaurants 2024 Mid-Year Market Insight report by Christie…
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Antic Pubs Falls Into Administration
Pob operator Antic Pubs with a 13-strong pub estate across London has been placed into administration. Steve Absolom and Will Wright from Interpath Advisory were…
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Drinks Sales Beat Inflation for Third Week Thanks to Euros
England’s progress in the Euro 2024 to defeat in the final has helped the On Premise deliver a third successive week of above-inflation growth in…
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Lancashire Multiple Operator Adds 12th Pub to Portfolio
Lancashire multiple operator, Open Brewers, has added the Queens Arms, Kirkham its sixth Star Pubs’ leasehold, to its pub estate, which now consists of 12…
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NTIA Says England Success in Euros has Not Only lifted a Nation but has Saved Businesses
The England football team’s progression in the Euros has “inadvertently saved our sector”, night-time industry leader Micheal Kill has said following the squad’s Euro 2024…
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