Greene King Donates A Further £50,000 To Lgbtq+ Charity Switchboard
Greene King has presented Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline with £50,000 at the City of Quebec, London’s oldest LGBTQ+ pub. This is the third year that the…
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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.
BII Insight Shows Despite Strong Sales For Many Pubs, Only 50% Are Profitable Due To Exceptional Trading Pressures
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has today revealed trading insight from their members which highlights the severe impact of exceptional costs on their businesses…
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Pub Closure Rate Increasing with London Hardest Hit
Almost as many pubs shut across the UK in the first six months of 2023 than did across the entirety of last year, according to…
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Wetherspoons Reports Like-for-Like Sales Increase of 13%
JD Wetherspoon has reported a pre-tax profit of £42.6m having seen like-for-like sales rise 12.7% in the 12 months to July 2023. During the period…
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Craft Union Pub Company raises over £6,500 for Motor Neurone Disease Association
Team members from the award-winning Craft Union Pub Company have recently taken part in ‘Craft Union on Tour’, a 100km bike ride in West Yorkshire…
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Fuller’s and Cotswold Inns & Hotels Achieve Green Tourism Bronze Award
Fuller’s are celebrating after seven Cotswold Inns & Hotels sites, plus five Fuller’s hotels, have received Green Tourism Bronze Awards. Green Tourism is an internationally…
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Community-Owned Pubs Have Increased by 63% Research Reveals
Research from Co-Operatives UK has revealed that the number of community-owned pubs has increased by 62.6% over the last five years. Community pubs involve people…
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BII Calls For Business Rates Campaign Support
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has been running its #MyPub campaign through the summer, calling on pubs across the UK to write to their MPs, and…
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The Landlord Of Edinburgh’s Famous LGBTQ+ Pub, Celebrates 20 Years At The Helm
The Landlord of Edinburgh’s famous LGBTQ+ real ale pub, Alan Nicholls, has celebrated 20 years at the helm. The Regent, with its comfortable sofas, quirky…
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Urban Pubs & Bars Take Their First Venture Into Station Pubs In London’s Iconic Waterloo Station
Urban Pubs & Bars Urban founded in 2014 by Nick Pring and Malcolm Heap, will be opening their first train station pub this month in…
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Slug & Lettuce Deansgate Reopens Following £680,000 Renovation
Slug & Lettuce has reopened its flagship venue in Deansgate, Manchester this week following a £680,000 investment. All elements of the new scheme have been…
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Make ‘Agent Of Change’ Legal Obligation For Developers
UKHospitality is calling for a legal strengthening of the ‘agent of change’ principle, to make it mandatory for developers to mitigate any noise issues from…
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Take A Look Inside New Telford Pub Following £250,000 Makeover
The Bridge Inn on Wombridge Road in Telford has re-opened following a major investment of £250,000! The pub is part of the Proper Pubs division…
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Punch Pubs & Co Announces Their Lifetime Achievement Winner At Their National Publican Of The Year Awards
Photo credit Ian Hodgkinson and Alex Cantrill-Jones of PictureIt Media A much-loved Publican from Surrey has become Punch Pubs & Co’s Lifetime Achievement winner at…
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£800,000 Refurbishment For West End Pub With Boxing Heritage
Shepherd Neame has unveiled a “knockout transformation” of its West End pub, the Tom Cribb. Just off Leicester Square in central London, the 18th century…
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