Heineken Unveils £39m Programme To Upgrade And Reopen Pubs
HEINEKEN UK is investing £39m in upgrading and reopening pubs in its Star Pubs’ estate in 2024 – demonstrating its confidence in the resilience of…
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Spending On Restaurants Slows In April But Consumer Confidence In Finances Reaches 28-Month High
Consumer card spending slowed to 1.6 per cent growth in April, down from 1.9 per cent in both March and February, and below the latest…
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Hydes Reopens Popular Chester Pub Following Investment In Refurbishment
Hydes Brewery has relaunched popular Chester pub The Mount Inn in Boughton, with a new look following a full exterior and interior refurbishment. Timed to…
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Wetherspoon To Invest £5 Million At The Mile Castle, Newcastle
Pub operator J D Wetherspoon is to invest more than £5 million developing a new 26 bedroom hotel and refurbishing The Mile Castle pub in…
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Drinks Sales Dip In Soggy End To April
Inflation as measured by the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI) fell below 10% in March for the first time in two years. The welcome…
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Yr Eagles Provides a Safe Space to Help Local Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing
Yr Eagles in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, is supporting the activities of community groups as part of its approach to tackle social isolation and support the wellbeing…
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Labour Needs to Come Clean on Its Business Rates Strategy Says Colliers
The Labour party has recently announced to “breathe new life” into high streets, unveiling a five-point plan including reforming business rates and tougher laws on…
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Will The Weather Play Ball For The Trade This Early May Bank Holiday Weekend?
The hospitality sector is hoping for a repeat of 2023 is bank holiday uplift in sales. Last year the weather didn’t quite behave as we’d…
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St Austell Brewery And Cape Cornwall Pilot Gig Club Co-Fund Newlyn Defibrillator
St Austell Brewery and Cape Cornwall Pilot Gig Club have joined forces to co-fund a new defibrillator at the Fisherman’s Arms in Newlyn. St Austell…
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Dj Fatboy Slim Visits Brighton’s Caxton Arms To Add Final Touch To A Mural To Brighton Fc
DJ Fatboy Slim popped into Shepherd Neame’s Caxton Arms in Brighton last week to add the final touch to a mural honouring Brighton and Hove…
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Welsh Rural Pubs Invited To Apply For Free Craft Boxes To Help Locals Get Creative
Pub is The Hub and Creative Lives are offering rural pubs in Wales the opportunity to get a free creative community box, full of art…
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Wrexham Couple Celebrate Two Decades Of Running Popular Community Pub
A husband and wife team are toasting success after running the local community pub for over two decades. Mark Jones has operated the Stanton House…
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NTIA Reports Doubling Of Hospitality And NTE Businesses Going Into Administration
A recent report produced by Shakespeare Martineau for the Night Time Industries Association has shown that the hospitality and night time economy sectors in the…
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Punch Pubs & Co Expands Its Portfolio With Acquisition Of 24 Pubs
Punch Pubs & Co has completed the acquisition of the Milton 3 portfolio, adding 24 fantastic pubs to the Burton-based, independent pub company’s 1,300-strong portfolio….
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Arkell’s Expands Its Pub Portfolio And Backs The Next Generation Of Pub Landlords
Arkell’s Brewery has added another venue to their ever-expanding list of pubs, this time another in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The Wiltshire brewer purchased The Sudeley Arms,…
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