Coffee Gourmet was developed to design a coffee filter that would deliver a new high quality coffee drinking experience – and their latest design claims to do so by filtering coffee without limiting but by heightening the quality of its taste, adding greater clarity and definition to the flavour than any other filter system. It’s an interesting and well-presented project … [Read more...]
Taxation and red tape kill over 6,000 pubs
Taxation, regulation and declining real wages as a result of the recession have been responsible for the closure of more than 6,000 pubs in the past eight years. The last forty years have been characterised by a drastic decline in the pub industry with, since 2006, the number of pubs plummeting from just over 58,000 to 48,000, a drop of nearly 20%. In a new report from … [Read more...]
Launch of ‘Drop the Duty’ campaign
A 2% cut in duty on wine and spirits would give Chancellor George Osborne a £1.5 billion boost to the public finances in 2015, new industry analysis by EY has today revealed. The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) and Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) will launch on 15 December their ‘Drop the Duty!’ campaign, calling for a 2% cut in alcohol duty at the next UK Budget in … [Read more...]
Hare & Hounds adds creative flare
One of Clayton Le Moors’ most popular country pubs has undergone a major revamp courtesy of architecture and interior design firm DV8 Designs. Appointed by the Thwaites pub company, the Warrington-based practise was responsible for the complete creative overhaul of the Hare & Hounds. In order to transform the property into the modern day - whilst still holding onto … [Read more...]
John Keeling receives CAMRA’s John Young Memorial Award
John Keeling, Head Brewer at Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., the London brewer and premium pub company, has received the prestigious John Young Memorial award from the London branch of CAMRA. The award was first presented in 2007 in memory of the former chairman of Young’s brewery and has recently been regularly presented by Torquil Sligo-Young, a Young’s executive … [Read more...]