Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall joined Kirsten and Julian Webb at The Bell Inn at Purleigh in Essex this week to view their community room and cinema. Pub is The Hub-inspired scheme The Royal couple arrived at lunchtime to meet staff and regulars from the 14th century village pub. They were there to see the Pub is The Hub-inspired … [Read more...]
Cameron orders re-think on World Cup pub opening hours
I have ordered a rethink on pub opening times for England's World Cup games - will consult with pub trade, police and councils. @David_Cameron Prime Minister David Cameron has tweeted as above that there is to be a re-think about the proposal that pubs nationwide should be able to stay open until 1am to screen England matches without needing to apply for a special licence … [Read more...]
M&B reports strong festive trading and 2.6% sales growth
M&B has reported interim trading figures with like-for-like sales up by 2.6% and like-for-like food volumes up by 1.3%, and selling 6.9m meals. Trading on Christmas Day was particularly strong, with like-for-like sales growth of 7.5% and 193,000 meals sold. Alistair Darby, Chief Executive, commented: "We have delivered a strong trading performance over our busiest … [Read more...]
Business Innovation Award for Whiting & Hammond
Whiting & Hammond, the West Kent based pub company, has won the Business Innovation of the Year Award of the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastro Pubs 2014. Based in Chiddingstone Causeway, Whiting & Hammond operates seven, soon to be eight, pubs in the South East of England. The award, organised by leading pub industry magazine The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, recognised … [Read more...]
High demand: Newcastle Restaurant Week becomes Two Weeks
Only two days into NE1’s Newcastle Restaurant Week (Tuesday 28 January) and NE1’s getintonewcastle website has recorded its largest number of visitors ever with over 100,000 logging on so far this month to take advantage of the restaurant offers, a staggering 68% increase on the same period last year. The 100k visitors would suggest that over a 1/3 of all Geordies are taking … [Read more...]