St Austell Brewery appoints procurement director, becomes first UK brewer to invest in X-Flow filtration system Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery has appointed Andrew Holden (pictured) as procurement director to help the business gain best value from its supply chain. Holden joins after more than ten years in a similar role at the Eden Project, while… Read More »
Pub essential advice on, How to buy an Inn or Pub, Bar or Bistro. The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub “The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub” is available to buy as an Ebook through www.smashwords.com and their associated outlets worldwide, priced at $5.99 or UK currency equivalent about £3.78, the reason… Read More »
Punch agrees to £402.7m takeover offer: Thu 15th Dec 2016 Punch has agreed to a £402.7m takeover offer from private equity firm Patron Capital Advisers LLP and Dutch brewer Heineken. Patron and Emerald Investment Partners revealed rival offers for Punch on Wednesday (14 December), sending shares in the pub company surging by 40%. Punch is the second-largest… Read More »
Shares at Punch climb almost 40% following takeover bids: Shares at Punch have climbed almost 40% after it confirmed it had received two takeover bids. The company’s share price increased 48.5p to 177.00p on Wednesday afternoon (14 December) from the start of trading – up by 37.74%. It confirmed earlier in the day it had… Read More »
Friday Opinion – Hospitality What I’ve learnt about hospitality in the name of research by Victoria Searl In London, they say, you’re never more than three feet from a cool new restaurant or hipster cafe and, in the name of research, I’ve tested a load of them for you. Here are my findings: Restaurants aren’t… Read More »
ACVs – from an operator’s viewpoint by Mark Brown “Assets of Community Value (ACVs) are, without any exaggeration, one of the major causes of pub closure” was the reaction of the managing director of a family brewer and pub company, on the effects of the Localism Bill. This is of course the very opposite of… Read More »
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Latest Leisure Industry News, Brexit, Rates and others Brexit has critical implications for UK’s beverage sector, new Rabobank report states: Brexit will have critical implications for the beverage sector given the UK’s role as both a major importer of wine and a major supplier of scotch, according to a new report by Rabobank. The report… Read More »
Comments from the Sages, thoughts on the MRO and others An open letter to the Pubs Code adjudicator by Peter Holden It has to be said the Pubs Code etc regulations 2016 have had an unhappy start. Starting with the consultation over the winter, resulting in many changes and leading to the news on 6… Read More »
The weeks comments by the Sages of the Industry The eternal appeal of fish and chips by Glynn Davis While enjoying a trip to visit my family in Yorkshire recently we had what is a pretty rare meal for me – takeaway fish and chips. When I was younger growing up in the county this… Read More »