Registration is now open for deli, farm shop, café and garden centre owners, along with publicans, hoteliers and restaurateurs, to visit the Guild of Fine Food’s Harrogate Fine Food Show, which returns to the Yorkshire Event Centre on Sunday 21 June from 11am – 4pm and Monday 22 June from 9:30am – 4pm. This trade-only event attracts more than 1,000 trade visitors each year, … [Read more...]
Salutation Hotel wins Green Can Award for recycling
The Salutation Hotel in Perth has been recognised for going the extra mile when it comes to drink can recycling, in the first ever ‘Green Can Awards’ initiative, introduced by leading drinks can recycling programme Every Can Counts in 2014. The ‘Green Can Award’ winning hotel, was shortlisted by a panel of experts against key performance indicators, with an onus on going … [Read more...]
Travelodge to be sold?
The Times reports that Travelodge may be lined up for sale in the near future, at a price of around £1 billion. The news comes only 3 years after the near collapse of Travelodge, but at a time of very positive interest and investment in the hotel sector, of which owners Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital and Golden Tree Asset management will be well aware. Apparently, the … [Read more...]
Stonegate strengthens Operations Team
Following the recent appointment of Tim Cullum as Managing Director for Stonegate’s Branded Bars and Venues business, Stonegate has made a number of senior appointments. Nick Andrews Nick Andrews is appointed Managing Director for the Traditional Pubs business. Andrews joins the business on 3 June from Mitchells & Butlers, where he is currently Brand Operations … [Read more...]
Fuller’s celebrates 170 years with Anniversary Ale
Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., the London brewer and premium pub company, has brought out a new, limited edition brew to commemorate its 170th year in brewing. Fuller’s 170th Anniversary Celebration Ale is a seven per cent bottle-conditioned beer. Orange peel is added towards the end of the brewing process, to complement the citrus notes from Fuller’s trademark … [Read more...]