CVS - the UK’s leading business rates specialist - advises that there are 5890 business rates appeals for pubs outstanding for the 2010 Ratings List, and that there will be others on the 2005 Ratings List which are not included in this total. If so many pubs are appealing, how much greater is the figure when hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and other hospitality businesses … [Read more...]
Pub salad sales remain low
Research undertaken as part of food and drink consultancy firm CGA Strategy’s Trading Index and Food Price Monitor programmes shows that the consumption of salads in pubs remains lower than favourites such as burgers, roasts and even scampi – despite the ongoing fat tax debate. Pubs now sell an average of 26 salads per week at an average price of £7.63. Burgers outsell … [Read more...]
Costs: purchasing market forecast
The impact of changing costs on hospitality businesses of all kinds is critical: profit margins can be eroded or disappear very quickly through inattention. H & C News is therefore very pleased to introduce the first in a quarterly series where we work with Lynx Purchasing and their Purchasing Market Forecast to identify and present for readers a summary of the … [Read more...]
The Buffalo Bourbon Empire Pops Up in the West End
The Buffalo Bourbon Empire pop-up bar proved to be one of the big draws of this year’s London Cocktail Week, serving more than 7,000 drinks to over 3,500 customers. The prohibition-inspired bar was a collaboration between Buffalo Trace Bourbon, distributed by Hi-Spirits, and bar consultants The Cocktail Service. The Buffalo Bourbon Empire opened on Tavistock Street, in the … [Read more...]
Pubcrawler: bringing ‘life’ to Oxford pubs
Cardigan Games was founded in 2012 by a group of friends living in Oxford. Away from home they soaked up the history and culture ... and of course a pint or two! Whether it was punting along the river, meandering across meadows to kick back in a beer garden, or tucked up in front of an open fire, they loved exploring and learning about the famous pubs and people of … [Read more...]