Brakspear has published the ‘Best of Brakspear’, a guide to its finest pubs, in a bid to encourage customers to visit more sites across the estate. The pocket-size guide includes all the pubs which scored 75% or higher in Brakspear’s twice-yearly mystery customer visits. Each pub is given a dedicated page with an image and description including opening hours, food style and … [Read more...]
Spirit launches state of the art online ordering system
Spirit Leased has launched its own online ordering system ‘Spirit Direct’ to all its leased and tenanted pubs. The state of the art new system has been developed with Micros and will be rolled out throughout the estate over the next two months. Speaking about the online ordering system, managing director of Spirit Leased, Chris Welham said: “We wanted to develop an … [Read more...]
Restaurant and pub groups: January sales fall 2.4% in flat market
Bad weather took its toll on the eating and drinking out market in January, with leading pub and restaurant groups collectively seeing a 2.4% drop in like-for-like sales against last year, according to latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker figures. The backdrop to the fall is that of a steadily tightening market: total sales for the 25 companies in the Tracker sample, which … [Read more...]
The Baum, Rochdale is CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year
The Baum, Rochdale, Lancashire has been crowned the best pub in Britain by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale in its National Pub of the Year Competition which recognises all the criteria that make a great pub, including atmosphere, decor, welcome, service, value for money, customer mix, and - most importantly - the quality of the beer. CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year … [Read more...]
Chris Evans’ pub seeks new owner
Sadly, the genuine support and involvement of a ‘personality’ is no guarantee of long-term success in the hospitality business even in good times – still less in the present economy. Radio and TV star Chris Evans bought the 15th century Lickfold Inn back in 2007, but was forced to close it back in 2010. The Chief Executive of Evans Pubs – he has two others – was … [Read more...]