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Discover how Tommy Higgs and Mike Dove transformed the Three Horseshoes into a thriving community pub in Witney, earning the BII’s 2025 Licensee of the Year award. Learn their secrets to success, ...
Discover why Norwich - home to Alan Partridge, Colman’s Mustard, and more than 10 pubs per square mile - is the next destination for the MA Leaders Club. Explore its rich history, vibrant nightlife, ...
Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Brewery teams up with Butcombe Group to swap beers across pubs this summer. The Farmer’s Dog will serve Butcombe Original Ale, while Hawkstone Premium Lager hits select ...
Spending at UK bars, pubs, and clubs dropped 0.4% in July, with transactions down 2.1%, according to Barclays. While restaurants and entertainment saw modest gains, consumer confidence in the economy ...
CAMRA’s survey shows 61% believe the Government isn’t doing enough to protect pubs, urging Budget reforms amid industry celebration at the Great British Beer Festival.
The Pilot Inn in Dungeness suffered major damage after a car crash, taking a third of its trading space out of action. Co-owner Niko Miaoulis pledges to “take the bull by the horns” and reopen swiftly ...
Almost three quarters (70%) of Scotland’s pubs, bars and hospitality venues are in decline or considering closure, new figures from the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has revealed.
Gastropub the Bridge Arms, formerly run by Dan and Natasha Smith, has closed in its current form. The venue will relaunch under Elliot Hewitt and David Gadd, promising a fresh, casual dining ...
The Bank of England’s interest rate cut to 4% offers some relief, but trade body UKHospitality warned it’s not enough to drive growth.
This ultimately led to the onset of “financial distress and liquidity issues”, an administrators’ report into Oakman’s collapse reveals. Founded in 2005, Oakman Inns and Restaurants Limited (OIRL) – ...
Simmons Bars has been sold to its founder-director and private equity backer for £6.05m in a pre-pack administration deal.
The organisation has called on the Chancellor to use the autumn budget to support the pub sector by cutting costs such as national insurance contributions and VAT. CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins ...