Pubs

ONE of County Durham’s most unique venues is celebrating more than just its birthday, after scooping a top hospitality honour.

The newly named Shephall Tavern in Stevenage, has received a joint investment of £200,000 by leading community pub group, Admiral Taverns, and licensees, Jason and Fiona.

The latest member insight report from the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) highlights the fragile state of our nations’ pubs.  Their recovery is being undermined by the combination of summer

According to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Pub & Bar Market Report 2021, the UK pub and bar market is set to grow +63% in 2021, to a value of £14.8bn. This follows a catastrophic 2020

Hawthorn, the Community Pub Company, has announced a partnership with Chasing the Stigma, a national mental health charity, to provide local communities access to mental health support

Publican Stephanie Young has opened a new library and digital hub at The Queens Head in West Chiltington, West Sussex, to reinforce the pub’s position at the heart of the village and support families and local residents. 

The Locks Inn in Geldeston, Norfolk has opened a new community café area to help create a social hub for local residents.

The UK is facing a severe shortage of CO2 gas which will significantly impact supplies of beer, carbonated drinks and meat, to the hospitality and licenced on trade sector according to reports.

Star Pubs & Bars is launching its biggest-ever event support package for its leased & tenanted pubs to meet pent-up demand from consumers wanting to celebrate key occasions that were restricted last year.

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to cut the price of all food and drink in its pubs by 7.5% on Thursday September 23, to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry.

Red Oak Taverns is to acquire nine Business Partnership (tenanted) pubs from Dorset family brewers, Hall & Woodhouse, making it Red Oak’s third pub package acquisition in 2021. 

1-in-5 UK adults, who celebrate Christmas, have already started planning for Christmas, according to a new consumer poll from research consultancy, KAM. With 7% stating that they’ve already

Arusha Group has taken a substantive lease on The Bear on the Barge at Uxbridge – its third site with Star – as it embarks on a joint £475,000 refurbishment with the pub company.