UK spirits marketing and distribution specialist Hi-Spirits has reported 9.3% turnover growth to 16.5m, 12.4% gross profit growth to £3.72m and 166% operating profit growth to £417k for the year to 31 March 2015. The company, which distributes brands such as Antica Sambuca, Buffalo Trace bourbon, and Brokers Gin, has also reported sales for the first two months of the … [Read more...]
The case for championing the Night Time Economy
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has released ‘Forward into the Night’, a report by Professor Frank Furedi on the changing landscape of Britain’s cultural and economic life. The report makes it very clear that the Night Time Economy (NTE) now makes a major contribution to the UK economy – not just in London – that needs to be more widely recognized and … [Read more...]
EU Commission confirms non-intervention in alcohol policy
The ALMR has welcomed the clear statement by the European Commission that public health and alcohol policy is a matter for national governments, ruling out harmonization of rules across Europe. The Commission was responding to a House of Lords report on the EU Alcohol Strategy published earlier this year which called for greater European intervention, with new regulations on … [Read more...]
Flat Cap Hotels launches with The Vicarage
Flat Cap Hotels is a new countryside boutique 4* brand which will be rolled out throughout Cheshire & the North West, and in 2016 into the South. The Vicarage Freehouse & Rooms (pictured above) is the first under the brand umbrella. New assets are being acquired during 2015 - the plan is to have 5 properties by 2018 – and the progress of Flat cap is sure to be … [Read more...]
The Old Blind School in Liverpool returns to its former glory
One of Cheshire’s leading names in the bar and pub industry, New Moon Company, teamed up with Warrington based DV8 Designs to transform The Old Blind School in Liverpool into a contemporary gastro-pub. The eatery and bar has recently opened its doors to the public following an impressive creative overhaul carried out by MD of DV8 Designs Lee Birchall and his specialist team … [Read more...]