CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) expects approximately 8,000 pubs to participate in its Community Pubs Month campaign in April 2013. With 18 pubs closing every week, this national event encourages all British pubs to sign-up to the campaign and organise a number of events throughout the month to try and entice more trade. Each pub will receive a free promotional pack … [Read more...]

Spirit Leased Licensees are being given access to the company’s managed trainers to improve the retail offer in their sports and community pubs. The one day blitz training takes place in the Licensee’s own pub with his team and includes an initial three hour training session, followed by individual coaching sessions with the team members.  The pub is then merchandised … [Read more...]

The latest figures released by the Data Service, an independently managed organisation established and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and supported by the Skills Funding Agency, have shown Spirit Pub Company’s apprenticeship programme continues to achieve excellent results, following last year’s Good Ofsted grading. 27% higher than … [Read more...]

Orchid Group’s Free House Dining pubs are taking the British love affair with chips to a whole new level during National Chip Week (to 24 February) by showcasing the perfect chip and creating a sharing platter paying homage to the mighty spud. So for the week-long celebration of the nation’s passion for potatoes, Free House Dining pubs have a special new dish on the menu: … [Read more...]

Admiral Taverns has become the first pub company to enable prospective licensees to sit the Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) exam at their regional open days, providing a cheaper, faster and more convenient way into the industry. The pioneering partnership between Admiral Taverns and Red Lion Training, which offers e-learning for the licensed trade, means that … [Read more...]