Shepherd Neame Sponsors Contemporary Kent Artists Series
Shepherd Neame is to be the principal sponsor for the inaugural Contemporary Kent Artists (CKA) exhibition series in Whitstable, which runs from October 8 to…
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All the latest pub news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Star Pubs Launches Celebrity Social Media Campaign To Attract A New Generation Of Licensees
Star Pubs is launching a year-long social media campaign featuring celebrities with the aim of attracting the next generation of licensees to the leased &…
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Admiral Taverns Celebrates 100th Meet The Pro’ Pool Evening
Admiral Taverns has celebrated its 100th ‘Meet the Pro’ pool event at The Falcon in Hull on Thursday 25th September. The event provided local pool teams with…
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Greene King Celebrates Pub Franchisees With Dedicated Franchise Awards
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise business unit of Greene King, has celebrated the success of its franchisees with an awards ceremony…
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Fullers Announce Return of “Only in the Pub” Celebration of Cask Ale
Fuller’s has announced the return of Only in the Pub – its campaign celebrating cask ale. Following last year’s successful campaign, which put cask ale…
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Wirral Pub Owner Renames Venue in Digital ID Protest
A New Brighton publican has rebranded his establishment in opposition to government proposals for digital identification, drawing parallels with George Orwell’s surveillance-themed novel 1984. Dan…
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BII Survey Reveals, Further Tax Pressures Will Result In 35% Of Pub Operators Having To Close Their Doors
The BII has revealed the results of its summer survey of members, with a shocking 35% saying if the Government doesn’t reduce the tax burden…
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Sales Warm Up For Pub Groups In August But Restaurants Fade In The Heat
Warm weather helped Britain’s leading managed pub groups to solid sales growth in August, the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals. Pubs’ like-for-like sales…
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Flags, Alcohol, And The Law: Navigating Operator Duties In Politically Charged Situations
By Julie Gowland, Partner and Head of Licensing at Birketts LLP (www.birketts.co.uk/people/julie-gowland/) The recent controversy surrounding the Manor Farm pub in Birmingham, where a group…
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Shepherd Neame’s White Horse And Bower Re-Opens Following £950K Transformation
The White Horse and Bower may have originally opened as a pub back in 1816, but its new General Manager, Aura Bodian, believes she has…
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Communities To Seize Control Over High Streets And Restore Pride
Local communities will be handed new powers to revitalise their high streets and restore pride in their towns. People will be given the power to…
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Dedication On Tap: 30 Years Of The Walkley-Pratt Family With Arkell’s Brewery
Arkell’s Brewery is celebrating a remarkable milestone with long-standing licensees Jo and Keith Walkley-Pratt, who this year mark 30 years of running pubs with Arkell’s….
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Bakery Chain Greggs Ventures into Licensed Trade with Newcastle Pop-Up
High street bakery chain Greggs is set to make its debut in the licensed trade this weekend, launching a five-month pop-up pub concept in Newcastle…
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2p Switch from National Insurance to Income Tax Could Raise £6 billion While Protecting Workers’ Pay Packets
The Chancellor should protect workers’ pay packets and level the playing field on how different forms of income are taxed – including a 2p cut…
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The Source Trade Show Returns for 2026 – Celebrating 21 Years of Connecting South West Hospitality
The Source trade show, the South West’s leading food, drink, and hospitality event, is back for its coming of age 21st year on the 3rd…
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