With just weeks to go until the publication of new rateable values for pubs, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is urging licensees to check their valuations when they appear on 30th September, and has published an online guide to help pubs navigate the process. The BBPA is stressing the need for licensees to plan ahead, and make sure they have made the necessary … [Read more...]
ALMR urges Apprenticeship Levy rethink
The ALMR has called on the Government to delay the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, warning that it will place severe burdens on employers in the licensed hospitality sector at a time of economic uncertainty post-Brexit and may harm investment as a result. The Chancellor first announced the levy last year but the Government has only now published details of how it … [Read more...]
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong to welcome bar high five pop-up at Mo bar
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong will open a new pop-up bar this autumn, BAR HIGH FIVE HK. Following the success of its first pop-up bar, PDT (Please Don’t Tell) earlier this year, the hotel and its partners, Attire House and Peroni, will host a temporary recreation of legendry Tokyo bar, BAR HIGH FIVE, which achieved third place in Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2016. With … [Read more...]
The Rise of Real Cider
More ciders and perries than ever before are available to drinkers visiting CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival. The festival is again dedicating two bars to cider and perry as the demand for both traditional drinks continues to grow within the beer festival community. This year one of the cider bars, B1, is named after the current National Cider Pub of The Year, the … [Read more...]
Enterprise Inns plc – Maintaining positive trading performance with strategic plan on track
Enterprise Inns plc (ETI) reports an encouraging trading performance with like-for-like net income in its leased and tenanted business up 1.9% in the 44 weeks to 30 July 2016 and all aspects of the strategic plan on track. The trading performance and expansion of our managed house operations is progressing well and we expect to have in excess of 100 managed houses … [Read more...]