Over 500 UK Pubs Closed For Good In 2023 Equating To 6,000 Job Losses Says BBPA
A staggering 509 pubs closed their doors for good across the UK, according to new figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). The…
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NTIA Says Government Must Cut VAT For All Businesses To Save The Night Time Economy From Collapse
The Night Time Economy, a crucial sector in the UK, is facing an urgent crisis and requires immediate support from the government. In the upcoming…
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Young & Co.’S Brewery Report Strong Christmas Trading
Young’s brewery, operator of pubs and bedrooms in London and the South of England, announces a trading update for Q3 FY24. The positive trading momentum…
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Market Activity In The Pub Sector Became Increasingly Polarised In 2023
Property specialists Fleurets have released the latest Survey of Pub Prices report, revealing the pub sector market activity in 2023 The key features of the…
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Calls For Increased Business Rates Support And Reform
UKHospitality Cymru is urging the Welsh Government to increase its business rates relief from 40% to 75%, using allocated funds from the UK Government. Current…
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Pub Operator Wetherspoon Named As Top Employer
Wetherspoon has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer United Kingdom 2024 It is the 19th time that Wetherspoon has been…
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‘Endless’ Sector Business Cost Rises Risk Inflationary Spike
The annual rate of inflation has risen, official figures show. The rate of inflation rose to 4%, according to the Office for National Statistics, an…
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Michelin Star Pub Mason Arms Up for Sale
Mark and Sarah Dodson, joint owners of the Michelin-starred Masons Arms in Exmoor, have put the restaurant up for sale as they head into retirement…
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Rigatoni’s Opens Four Locations Across Manchester
Rigatoni’s has added to Manchester’s culinary scene with the opening of its flagship first pasta kitchen in Ancoats. Rigatoni’s comes from the Manchester-born brothers who…
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Fears 650 Stonegate Pubs at Risk Over ‘Refinance’ £2.6bn Debt Union Warns
More than 650 Stonegate pubs across the South East, Dorset and Wiltshire could be at risk as private equity parent company TDR capital seeks to…
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BII Calls For Vital Investment in Pubs at the Heart of Every Community
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has today written to the Chancellor calling for vital investment in pubs at the budget on the 6th of…
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2 AA Rosette The Purefoy Arms to Close
Award-winning Hampshire pub The Purefoy Arms will is to close under its current owner, following the sale of the freehold. The pub under head chef/landlord…
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Red Oak Taverns Acquires Four Pubs from Marston’s
Pub company Red Oak Taverns has further expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of four new pubs from the Marstons Pub Company. The pubs are…
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Revolution to Close Eight Sites Despite Strong Festive Trading
Revolution Bars Group is to close eight sites across England as it warned that its younger customers are still feeling a “disproportionate” strain from rapid…
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Purity Brewing and Purecraft Bar Acquired by Breal Capital
The joint administrators to Purity Brewing Company Ltd and Pure Craft Bars Ltd (“Purity, Purecraft, the Companies”) have announced the sale of the businesses to…
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