St Austell Brewery CEO Warns of Budget Threat to Pub Industry
The head of a major regional brewery has raised serious concerns about government fiscal policy following last week’s Budget statement. Kevin Georgel, who leads St…
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Pubs
All the latest pub news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Pubs, Clubs and Venues in UK Cities Slammed by Hidden Business Rates Bombshell Says NTIA
Night-time economy businesses across the UK are facing a devastating financial blow from April 2026, as government business rates reforms quietly abolish the 40% Hospitality,…
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Drinks Sales Back In Marginal Growth As Christmas Trading Begins
Operators and suppliers have started the crucial festive season with modest growth in drinks sales in the first half of November. CGA by NIQ’s latest…
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Catastrophic Rates Rise In April Will Put Thousands Of Pubs Out Of Business
Publicans in England in Wales have reacted with fury and dismay at the realisation that far from receiving clearly promised help with their business rates,…
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Cracking Clubs! CAMRA Announces Top Four Social Clubs In The UK
The Club of the Year competition is heating up as CAMRA unveils the top four social clubs in the UK. Run in conjunction with Club…
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Industry Reacts with Dismay to Chancellors Budget
Industry leaders have expressed deep disappointment with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget delivered on Wednesday 26th November warning that the package of measures represents another…
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RedCat Hospitality Offloads Leased Estate to Admiral Taverns in Strategic Refocus
RedCat Hospitality is set to divest its entire leased and tenanted division, comprising 21 properties, to Admiral Taverns in a move that signals a strategic…
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Paddy Power, Sky Sports and the Professional Darts Corporation join forces to launch The Even Bigger 180 campaign with Prostate Cancer UK
Paddy Power, Sky Sports and the Professional Darts Corporation have launched The Even Bigger 180 – a landmark men’s health campaign starring the best darts…
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Ed Miliband MP Visits Marr Lodge
Doncaster North MP and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Rt Hon Ed Miliband, visited Marr Lodge recently to meet the team…
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Manor Farm Barn Unveils £60K Refurbishment
Independent family brewer and pub company Shepherd Neame has completed a £60,000 refurbishment of Manor Farm Barn in Southfleet. Originally an 18th-century threshing barn, it…
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South West Publicans Urge The Government To Support The Pub Industry
Publicans across the South West are calling on the government to take positive action and ease mounting financial pressures on pubs ahead of this week’s…
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Pontefract Community Pub Reopens Following £320,000 Makeover
The Travellers Rest in Featherstone, Pontefract has reopened following a transformational investment of nearly £320,000. Inside, The Travellers Rest has been completely refreshed to breathe…
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Britain’s Late-Night Economy Could Lose 10,000 More Businesses and 150,000 Jobs by 2028
Industry Leaders Warn That Without Intervention, Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs, Businesses and UK Cultural Identity Are at Risk Britain’s late-night economy is under severe…
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Pubs’ October Sales Solid As Restaurants And Bars Feel The Squeeze On Spending
Britain’s leading managed restaurant, pub and bar groups extended a run of flat trading with like-for-like sales growth of just 0.1% in October, the latest…
Read more...RedCat Hospitality Reports Strong Q2 Trading Performance
RedCat Hospitality has announced its trading figures for the second quarter of its current financial year, showing positive momentum across both its pub and hotel…
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