Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has successfully acquired Spirit Pub Company for £774 million in the most high profile deal in the pub sector since Punch Taverns acquired the original Spirit Pub Company. The deal allows Greene King to further realise its ambition to create a clear industry leader and grow its share of the UK eating and drinking out … [Read more...]
Search for best beer writing begins
Entries are now open for the British Guild of Beer Writers’ Awards 2015, with a total prize fund of £10,500 and a stellar line up of judges from the worlds of television, radio and print journalism. Writers, broadcasters, bloggers, photographers and filmmakers are invited to submit their work by 4 September into any of the competition’s eight categories. Entries will be … [Read more...]
New ‘If Carlsberg did’ advertising alongside grooming products
Carlsberg will be back on screens this week with the latest instalment of its ‘If Carlsberg Did…’ campaign, with ‘If Carlsberg Did Haircuts’, featuring its new range of grooming products. ‘If Carlsberg did Haircuts’ is the second film in the new run of the “If Carlsberg did” series which was re-launched this year, backed by a £12m investment. It went live globally on 22 … [Read more...]
Greater disposable income nets UK leisure operators £8.3bn/month
Consumer financial confidence is at a nine-year high with the average Brit allocating an estimated 15% of their monthly budget to living life to the full, according to new research by VoucherCodes.co.uk. The research reveals Brits with disposable income spend an average of £200 each per month on leisure activities, including eating and drinking out and holidays, totalling … [Read more...]
UK diners turn to mobile technology – and tip more!
Restaurant booking platform Bookatable.co.uk has released its Quarterly Dining Trends report based on 12 months of British booking and dining data. The research, which delves deeper into Bookatable’s growing mobile market, reveals a 141 per cent increase in mobile bookings from June 2014 to June 2015. Thinking about the future of dining, Bookatable.co.uk also polled 2,000 … [Read more...]