Pub operator and brewer Brakspear is targeting the nation’s growing band of dog lovers with a new ‘Pooches in Pubs’ campaign, designed to make its pubs the first point of call for four-legged friends and their owners. Central to the campaign is a competition for dog owners, inviting them to submit a picture of their pooch in a Brakspear pub via social media, with winners … [Read more...]
Launch of ‘Airbnb’ for the mobility sector
An online service to help people with mobility difficulties or a disability find accessible holiday properties has been co-founded by Oxford MBA alumnus Srin Madipalli. With ambitions to be the next Expedia or Airbnb for the mobility sector, Accomable provides a platform to connect travellers with suitable properties worldwide. Spinal Muscular Atrophy has not prevented Srin … [Read more...]
Work hard and play smart at Reserve Bar Stock Exchange
A new kind of bar experience has launched in the Square Mile with the opening of Reserve Bar Stock Exchange on Gresham Street, EC2. Capturing the excitement of the money markets, the bar has three floors of music, food and dance combined with new technology to bring the venue to life. Live market prices for drinks The venue is The City’s first real time stock market for … [Read more...]
London’s Best Beer, Pubs & Bars highlighted in new guide
A new edition of (The CAMRA Guide to) ‘London’s Best Beer Pubs & Bars’ has been published, following the huge growth in the number of Microbreweries and renewed interest in real ale in the capital. From railway arches, to the back of pizza restaurants, it seems that London has got the craft beer bug, and new breweries are springing up across the capital at an alarming … [Read more...]
Heineken invests up to £30m in Star Pubs & Bars
Heineken is on target to invest up to £30 million in upgrading its Star Pubs & Bars estate by the end of 2015, a 60% increase on 2014 and a demonstration of the company’s long-term commitment to the leased pub sector. In the first six months of 2015, Heineken has spent the same on Star Pubs & Bars as it did in the whole of 2014, and by the end of 2015 Star will have … [Read more...]