All the latest pub news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
HEINEKEN UK has released its comprehensive 2026 Beer Report: Elevating Experiences to Unlock Growth, revealing that despite a challenging economic landscape, the UK beer category in the on-trade has grown to a record £14bn value, now accounting for nearly half (45%) of total wet sales in pubs, bars and restaurants.
Read more...Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has declined to endorse calls for a permanent reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector, despite growing industry support for a campaign seeking lower tax rates for pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses.
Read more...Popular community pub, The Rose Inn, Redwick, reopened recently following a combined investment of £320,000 from experienced licensees Richard Humphries and Richard Battye and Admiral Taverns.
Read more...The Pubs Code Adjudicator has published the findings of the 2026 Tied Tenant Survey, providing an overview of the experiences and views of tied pub tenants across the six regulated pub companies in England and Wales: Admiral, Greene King, Marston’s, Punch Pubs, Star Pubs and Stonegate.
Read more...As the FIFA World Cup gets underway with Mexico taking on South Africa in the opening fixture, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is forecasting a significant boost for Britain’s night time economy…
Read more...Shares of Fuller, Smith & Turner rose in early Wednesday trading after the long-established pub operator reported annual results that exceeded market expectations and highlighted positive momentum at the start of its new financial year.
Read more...A much-loved local licensee, Malcolm Aspinall is being recognised after celebrating an extraordinary milestone — 50 years behind the bar of his family-run pub, which is owned by Admiral Taverns.
Read more...Popular community pub, The Samson & Lion on Brierley Hill Road, recently reopened, following a combined investment of £190,000 from experienced licensees, Nicola Griffiths and Mat Carey, and Admiral Taverns.
Read more...A much loved Chapel Ash pub in the heart of Wolverhampton marked a major milestone last weekend, (June 6) as The Royal Oak celebrated its 120-year anniversary with a city wide charity challenge in support of the Midland Freewheelers Blood Bikers.
Read more...The Black Horse in Reigate has officially reopened its doors following a transformative refurbishment, as part of Heartwood Collection’s recently announced £1.5 million investment across five of its much-loved pubs.
Read more...Private equity firm Terra Firma Capital is understood to be preparing a bid of approximately £300 million for a portfolio of several hundred of Stonegate Group’s highest-performing pubs, CLH News can reveal.
Read more...Pubs could be set for a £275 million additional “revenue bounce”, should England make it to the final, with pubs benefitting from the Home Office’s…
Read more...Butcombe Group has announced strategic changes to its Pubs and Inns leadership structure, with Alice Bowyer appointed as Managing Director of its Managed House Division.
Read more...Multiple operators Simon Jukes and Charlotte Summers have taken on their third leased pub and have plans to acquire more in the future.
Read more...Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has put the licensed on-trade at the centre of his political ambitions, vowing to slash business rates for pubs by…
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