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Free Festival Toolkit Launched to Help Pubs Capitalise on Soaring Demand for Event-Led Trading

With more consumers actively seeking out events in hospitality venues, HEINEKEN UK has launched a new Beerfest Manager’s Guide and supporting marketing resources to help and encourage more operators to tap into the beer festival opportunity…

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Hospitality Job Cuts Continue Despite Services Sector Growth

The UK’s services sector reported renewed growth last month, but employment across hospitality and other consumer-facing industries kept falling — extending a jobs slump that…

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Greene King’s Annual Charity Event Raises an Estimated £350,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

Greene King brought together more than 140 supplier partners from across the hospitality industry at its fifth annual Macmillan Charity Day and Gala dinner, raising…

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Hospitality Outlets Flat in Second Quarter After Rapid Churn of Closures and Openings

The number of UK licensed premises held steady in the second quarter of 2026 following a fast turnover of closures and openings, NIQ’s latest Hospitality…

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SLTA Calls for Reform of Business Rates and VAT Reduction in Scotland

The (SLTA) Scottish Licensed Trade Association has welcomed new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge to cut business rates by 20% for some pubs, social clubs…

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