Barclays Reveals 2025’s Top 10 Consumer Spending Trends, as Card Spend Declines -0.2%
Consumer card spending declined -0.2 per cent year-on-year in 2025, after growing 1.6 per cent in 2024 and 4.1 per cent in 2023. In…
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Pub News
All the latest pub news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
No and Low-Alcohol Beer Sales Set to Surpass 200 Million Pints Mark in UK
British consumers are expected to purchase over 200 million pints of non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer during 2025, representing substantial growth in the category and highlighting…
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Independent Breweries Join Call for Pub Relief on Business Rates to Stop Community Pubs Closing
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has joined growing industry calls for urgent pub specific relief on Business Rates which has led to…
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Over 1,000 Pubs Join Labour MP Ban Protest as Industry Calls for Dialogue
More than 1,000 licensed premises have pledged to refuse service to Labour MPs as the protest against Budget tax increases escalates, whilst industry leaders urge…
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Hospitality Sector Welcomes Inheritance Tax Changes
UKHospitality has welcomed the Government increasing the threshold for Business Property Relief (BPR) from £1m to £2.5m, when it is introduced in April 2026. Yesterday,…
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Famous Windsor Pub, Two Brewers, Celebrates Visit of Prince William with a Plaque
Popular Windsor pub, Two Brewers, has commemorated a recent royal visit with a plaque at the table where Prince William sat and enjoyed a pint…
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Historic Edinburgh Pub Set For Major Investment In The New Year
A much-loved Belhaven pub in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town is set to ring in the New Year in style with a brand-new look…
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Bloxwich Pub Reopens Following A £390,000 Makeover
The Spotted Cow on Wolverhampton Road in Bloxwich reopened on Friday 19th December following a phenomenal investment of more than £390,000. The pub is part…
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Greene King Champions The Spirit Of Christmas Supporting Communities This Festive Season
Greene King is rolling out the Christmas spirit, by offering more than 4,000 free meals to community heroes, volunteers and those spending Christmas by themselves….
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Ahead Of Dry January, Gen Z Interest In Monthlong Abstinence Stalls
Monthlong abstinence is becoming less popular among Gen Z legal drinking age (LDA+) drinkers in several key markets around the world, according to the latest…
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Hospitality Venues Hit With Average £32k Business Rates Increase
The shocking figures reveal the scale of cost increases facing hospitality businesses across the country. Even when factoring in a lower multiplier – or tax…
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Cheers to a Milestone as Croeso Pubs Serves One Millionth Pint
Croeso Pubs is celebrating a major milestone after serving its one millionth pint of the year – that’s enough to fill the equivalent of approximately…
Read more...Flat November Sales Deepen Hospitality’s Challenges After Budget Blows
Britain’s leading managed hospitality groups enter the crucial Christmas period on the back of flat sales in November, the latest NIQ RSM Hospitality Business Tracker…
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Half of Night Time Venues Face 50%+ Business Rate Rises as 2026 Operating Costs Become Unsustainable
Britain’s nightclubs, live music venues, and late-night entertainment spaces are warning that 2026 will bring unsustainable operating costs, with nearly half of venues expecting business rates to…
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PM Faces Criticism Over Impact of Budget on Hospitality Sector
The hospitality sector’s concerns over rising business costs took centre stage in the final Prime Minister’s Questions before the Christmas recess, as Conservative leader Kemi…
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