Occupancy Softens In London’s Hotels In Q4 2019
Hotels in London saw RevPAR growth of 0.9% in Q4 2019, to £135.25 compared with the previous year, according to the latest UK Hotel Market…
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Brothers Benefits From Growing Popularity Of Cider At Festivals And Markets With 37% Uplift In Sales
Brothers Drinks Co. has reported an increase of more than 37% in like-for-like cider sales – across 93 UK festivals and markets in 2019 –…
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Calling All Restaurateurs And Business Owners Nisha Katona Announces Date For Business Q&A Masterclass
Cobra Beer has announced the date for the second Cobra Collective masterclass with Restaurateur Nisha Katona MBE. The Q&A style event – “How to create…
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Wetherspoon Named A Top Employer
Wetherspoon has been officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer 2020. It is one of only 82 organisations across the UK…
Read more...New Figures Show A Record October For Inbound Tourism Spending
New figures released today show that it was a record October for inbound tourism spending in the UK. Visitors spent £2.3 billion in the UK…
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Local Licensees Celebrate 30 Years With Brakspear
The landlord and landlady at a local pub are celebrating 30 years of working with Henley pub operator and brewer Brakspear. Graham ‘Curly’ Chandler and…
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Six Nations Presents “Great” Opportunity To Increase Footfall In Pubs
This year’s Six Nations Championship kicks off on 1st February, marking the end of Dry January and attracting hordes of sports fans into pubs and…
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Future Immigration System Must Work For Entire Economy
Industry trade bodies have given a cautious welcome to the migration advisory committees (M AC) report suggesting that Downing Street should introduce a points-based system…
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GMB Backs Trade Bodies Call To End Whisky Tariffs
GMB, the union for whisky-makers, has backed calls by the Scotch Whisky Association and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (Discus) remove the 25%…
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£7.473 Billion Reasons Wales’ Food And Drink Industry Must Continue To Thrive Post-Brexit
As Wales and the UK leaves the EU this week, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has insisted Wales’ thriving food…
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Nearly 60% Of People Trying Lower Alcohol Substitutes
The latest survey from the alcohol social responsibility body the Portman Group shows that over half of alcohol drinkers (59%) have at least tried a…
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Roseacre Pub Company Takes On Fourth Star Pubs & Bars Pub
Midlands based Roseacre Pub Company has taken on its fourth Star Pubs & Bars pub1, the Beacon Hotel in Burton on Trent, bringing their food…
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Cut Immigration Salary Threshold By £4,400, Says Committee
The government should reduce the salary threshold for immigrants by more than £4,000, a committee has advised. Skilled migrants from outside the EU are currently…
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Birmingham Gears Up For The Great British Beer Festival Winter
Members of the press are invited to join us on Tuesday 4 February for the trade day, which will run between 1300 and 1600 and…
Read more...One In Three People Working In Hospitality Stay In Their Jobs Longer Because Of Friendships At Work
As job applications on the first working Monday of the New Year spiked by 89%, compared to the average Monday in December*, many businesses across the…
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