Following an extensive £450,000 refurbishment, Pitcher & Piano Nottingham has re-opened. Housed inside a deconsecrated Unitarian church in the Lace Market and spread across two levels, Concorde BGW was tasked to overhaul the iconic site whilst being sympathetic to the Grade II-listed surroundings. Managing Director of Pitcher & Piano, Colin Sadler, says: “The … [Read more...]
Enterprise Inns: encouraging trading; Adam Fowle joins Board
Enterprise Inns plc (ETI) has published its Interim Management Statement for the 18 weeks to 1 February 2014, reporting encouraging trading, in line with expectations, and with like-for-like net income across the whole estate for the year to date up 1.0% on the prior year, continuing the growth momentum achieved in the final quarter of the prior financial year. Estate … [Read more...]
SoLoMo marketing requires permissions and strong customer relationships
New research on Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) marketing by customer insight company GI Insight reveals that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission for the company sending the communications to contact them. Consumers want a relationship before receiving messages The study, … [Read more...]
VAT Club attracts wine support
Three wine companies have joined the VAT Club JB - backing the campaign for a reduction on the level of VAT in the hospitality sector to five per cent on drink and food. The companies are all connected via Hatch Mansfield the importer, Villa Maria Estate and Grant Burges Wines being key suppliers to Hatch Mansfield. It takes the number of companies aligned to the campaign … [Read more...]
Little expected of cheap booze ban
The Government has announced that it will be banning the sale of alcohol in England and Wales for less than the tax paid on it from 6 April this year. In practice, this means that a 750ml bottle of vodka cannot be sold for less than £10.16, whilst a 440ml can of 5% beer will cost at least £0.50, and a bottle of 12.5% wine will exceed £2.41. The Home Office reckons that the ban … [Read more...]