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IDEAS FROM YOUR PEERS

London Fashion week at The May Fair and Trendy Cocktails at The Fifth Floor Bar

17-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars including The May Fair, The Fifth Floor Bar, The Mulroy and Jurys Inn tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract new customers.

Pubs and restaurants experience unusually busy January

14-Feb-2012 By Emma Eversham

Traditionally a quiet month for the hospitality industry, January is the time when many businesses plan for the year ahead or recover after the busy festive season, but evidence has shown that many restaurants and pubs have been experiencing an unusual...

Bridge End Inn named Camra’s National Pub of the Year

10-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The Bridge End Inn has become the first ever Welsh pub to be unveiled as the best pub in Britain by the campaign for Real Ale (Camra).

Business Profile: Peach Pub Company

09-Feb-2012 By Joe Lutrario

Nick Clegg's vision of a 'John Lewis economy' has caused much discussion of employee ownership in the wider media. It stands to reason that those with a stake in the business will put more in, and in the hospitality sector, where a venue...

Enterprise Inns announces new chairman and slight trading boost

09-Feb-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Enterprise Inns has announced the appointment of Robert Walker as chairman and released its interim management statement ahead of an AGM with figures revealing a slight boost in trade as like-for-like income per pub rose by 1 per cent in the 18 weeks...

IDEAS FROM YOUR PEERS

Scottish Steak Club at Macdonald Burlington and Singaporean Dinner at Pollen Street Social

03-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants, pubs and hotels, including Macdonald Burlington, Pollen Street Social, Barracuda and Best Western tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.

Fuller’s acquires 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns in £23m deal

03-Feb-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Fuller’s, the brewer and pub operator, has announced they are to acquire 15 freehold, tied and tenanted pubs from the pubco Enterprise Inns in a deal costing the London-based company £22.9m.

Camra to launch Community Pubs Month

01-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

In April, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is to launch a new national pubs campaign, Community Pubs Month, to champion local pubs which are at the heart of communities across Britain.

Fuller's reports sales growth ahead of busy 2012

27-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Fuller's, the brewer and pub operator, has reported like for like sales growth of 4.1% for the 42 weeks up to 21 January 2012 ahead of a busy year of sport and acquisition openings for the London-based company.

Aviko launches Superlong Fries to give homemade feel

25-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Aviko Foodservice is launching two variants of its new Superlong Fries – Original Superlongs and Skin On Superlongs.

Camra urges Government to save Britain’s suburban pubs

24-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has today urged the Government to take action to save Britain’s historic pub culture in the light of new research which reveals that 16 pubs now close across the country every week.

IDEAS FROM YOUR PEERS

Seaside Sleepover at Barceló Imperial and Brew Your own Ale at The Draft House

20-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants, pubs and hotels - including Barceló Imperial, The Draft House, Prism Brasserie and Gilpin Hotel - tell BigHospitality about new products, special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.

Pubs and restaurants see major sales boost after snowless December

17-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Britain’s pubs and restaurants saw a major sales boost over the Christmas and New Year period, with like-for-like sales for December up 9.9 per cent from 2010.

Peach pub company end 2011 with strong trading, plan 2012 openings

16-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Independent pub company Peach reported a like-for-like sales increase of 9 per cent last December in what was one of the most productive months of 2011 for the operator.

Delight and disappointment: Parliament unanimously passes ‘Fair Deal for Pubs’ motion

12-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Following a lively debate on the floor of the House of Commons today, MPs have unanimously passed a motion requiring the Government to commission an independent adjudicator to manage the relationship between pubcos and tenants this autumn.

Punch Taverns pub co-investors form Distinctive Inns

06-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Distinctive Inns has been formed in the East Midlands by James Bull and Ross Tunaley who opened the Riverside Pub and Kitchen near Newark in a co-investment deal with Punch Taverns last year.

Community pub landlady gets surprise visit from Noel Edmonds and Jean-Christophe Novelli

03-Jan-2012 By Emma Eversham

Pub landlady Di Bradley received a surprise visit from TV presenter Noel Edmonds and chef Jean-Christophe Novelli after her daughter nominated her for a special Christmas present in recognition for her tireless work with her local community.

Admiral Taverns continues to sell pubs as group releases financial results

20-Dec-2011 By Peter Ruddick

Executive chairman Jonathan Paveley revealed reducing the Admiral Taverns estate to a 'quality core' and becoming the UK leading operator of community pubs was the priority for the group who sold more than 450 sites in the most recent financial...

Travelodge: 2011 review and 2012 outlook

20-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Following a year which saw Travelodge develop its Metrolodge strategy as well as securing deals with pubs and supermarkets, the budget hotel chain has added a further 146 new UK locations to its target requirements list for 2012.

Pub and restaurant sales rise for sixth consecutive month

19-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Sales at pubs and restaurants run by the biggest operators, such as Whitbread, Mitchells & Butlers and Tragus, continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in November as consumers refused to give up an 'affordable treat'.

Camra’s National Pub of the Year 2011: Finalists revealed

16-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has announced the four finalists of its National Pub of the Year competition for 2011.

Smartphone pub tour app backed by Northern Ireland Tourist Board to boost Belfast pubs

15-Dec-2011 By Peter Ruddick

An iPhone and Android app designed to increase hospitality trade for Belfast pubs in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year is being backed by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the professional body, Pubs in Ulster.

GMB urges Government to act over ‘under-filling’ of pints in pubs

12-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

GMB, the union for tied pub tenants, is urging the Government to act over the under-filling of pints by cash-stripped pub landlords.

Nelson Hotels buys The Fishpool Inn with plans for £1m gastropub transformation

07-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Nelson Hotels, the family-owned, Cheshire-based hotel group has bought The Fishpool Inn in Delamere, with plans for a £1m refurbishment of the property to transform it into a gastropub.

Pink, girly beer won’t tempt women, says master beer sommelier

06-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

As Molson Coors launches a sampling campaign for Animée, its new low-calorie beer range designed for women, master beer sommelier Mark Stroobandt believes many brewers and pub operators are ‘getting it wrong’ when it comes to attracting the female beer-drinking...

Gastropub chef Craig Minto opens third venture after acquiring The Fleece in Addingham

05-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Gastropub chef Craig Minto has re-opened former Punch Taverns pub The Fleece in Addingham, West Yorkshire as a pub, deli and cook school.

Heineken buys entire RBS Galaxy pub estate for £412m

02-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Royal bank of Scotland (RBS) has sold its entire Galaxy estate, a portfolio consisting of 918 pubs, to Heineken in a deal worth £412m.

SIBA Locals pub scheme reaches 100 members

01-Dec-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has reached 100 members for its SIBA Locals scheme, which launched this summer in a bid to help licensees capitalise on growing demand for locally-sourced food and drink in pubs.

Travelodge begins aggressive expansion with pub and supermarket deals

29-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Travelodge has announced plans to develop seven new hotels alongside supermarket developments and pub companies as part of an ‘aggressive growth strategy.’

Robert Cook: What the restaurant and pub industries can learn from the hotel sector

25-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chief executive Robert Cook has claimed that restaurants and pubs should be applying similar business approaches and sales techniques to those used in his hotels if they want to increase profits.

No statutory code for pubs as BBPA agrees legally binding reforms

24-Nov-2011 By Rachel Parkes

The British pub industry is to adopt legally-binding reforms to how they manage the relationship between pub companies and tenants, avoiding the government’s threat of statutory regulation.

Amber Taverns plans 30 new pubs in “unfashionable” community sector

21-Nov-2011 By Rachel Parkes

Community pub operator Amber Taverns is to expand after it secured £5 million in additional funding, the company announced today.

Number of UK bars falling into administration doubles

04-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The number of UK bars appointing administrators has more than doubled between quarters two and three, reflecting the deep-set, challenging trading conditions.

Yorkshire pub named Michelin Pub of the Year

03-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The Pipe and Glass Inn, in South Dalton near Beverly, has been named the 2012 Michelin Pub of the Year.

Fuller’s acquires five new pubs from rival pubco Marston’s

24-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Fuller’s, the London brewer and pub operator, is set to acquire five new pubs from Marston’s in a deal worth £16m.

VisitEngland & BBPA launch online access statement tool for pubs

24-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

VisitEngland and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have partnered to create a new Access Statement online tool, aimed at helping UK pubs cater for visitors with access needs.

Pub companies ‘behaving like bankers’

21-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Pub companies are ‘stifling’ the UK pub market by behaving in an irresponsible manner not dissimilar to that of country’s banks in the lead up to the recession.

Peach Pubs to open 15th site in Hertfordshire next week

20-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

Peach Pubs will open its 15th site next week at the Brookmans pub in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire.

Former Leon duo launch consultancy, Deliverance and Akkeron Hotels already on-board

19-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Two former senior members of the award-winning healthy fast food chain Leon have revealed that they have set up Public House, a new consultancy for the restaurant, bar, pub and hotel sector.

Galvin brothers voted Chefs' Chefs 2011 at AA Hospitality Awards

27-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

Galvin brothers Chris and Jeff picked up the prestigious Chefs' Chef award at the AA Hospitality Awards last night.

Food dubbed 'lifeline' for pubs despite higher operating costs

27-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

Food is being dubbed a 'lifeline' for many pubs, despite the operating costs involved in serving food being 7 per cent higher than they are in wet-led pubs, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) reports.

Holdsworth secures £3.5m contract to supply McMullen brewery group

23-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Food service distributor Holdsworth has secured a deal to supply the retail estate of 84 pubs and bars in the McMullen & sons brewery group.

New figures reveal two UK pubs close every day

16-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

New figures from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) show that pubs are closing at a startling rate of two every day across Britain.

Camra reveals Britain's top 16 pubs

15-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has named the 16 best real ale pubs in Britain in its yearly guide released today.

More ex-Tchenguiz pubs go on sale

13-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

Property agent Christie & Co is selling off another 37 pubs that were part of property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz’s former pub estate.

IDEAS FROM YOUR PEERS

Michelin-starred sailing with Richard Corrigan and darts legends tour at Orchid

12-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants, pubs and hotels including Richard Corrigan and Orchid tell us what promotions they’re running to attract customers.

Northumberland’s Feathers Inn named 2011 Great British Pub of the Year

09-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin

The Feathers Inn in Hedley-on-the-Hill, Northumberland, has been named the Great British Pub of the Year 2011 after winning the awards’ Best Gastropub category.

Wetherspoon sales break £1bn barrier but profit dips

09-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin

JD Wetherspoon has seen total annual sales break the £1bn barrier for the first time, although the managed pub operator blames higher interest charges for a reduced profit before tax and exceptional items of 5.9 per cent.

Pub visits fall 19% in a year

01-Sep-2011 By Emma Eversham

The number of visits made to pubs in the past year has fallen 19 per cent to 4.3 per month as cash-strapped consumers are forced to cut their leisure budget.

Redefining the gastropub: Definition 4 - the craft pub

31-Aug-2011

The fifth and final part of our feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, looks at whether a pub serving restaurant-quality food alongside a vast selection of beers would be better described as a 'craft pub' rather than 'food-led'...