Stella Artois Cidre is bringing a new Raspberry variant to UK consumers from this month. Available across both on and off trade, new Stella Artois Cidre Raspberry will be available in 500ml and 330ml bottles. Sophisticated fruit cider for growing category The new Stella Artois Cidre Raspberry has been carefully crafted according to a unique Belgian recipe, which uses … [Read more...]
Imbibe Live appoints Mark Dorber as Beer & Cider Brand Ambassador
Imbibe Live has announced that Mark Dorber is to be its 2014 Beer & Cider Ambassador. Mark, in association with Imbibe, has developed a programme of world-class educational features aimed at on-trade buyers and pourers keen to enhance their knowledge of beer and cider as a category, and ready to make the most of the opportunities this growing category has to … [Read more...]
Next opening for Vapiano
Vapiano, the Italian fresh casual dining restaurant group that operates 141 restaurants in 28 countries, is set to open its new London restaurant on Monday 23June on the site of a former nightclub and restaurant in Wardour Street, Soho, London. Vapiano is spending £2.1 million on the new restaurant, which will have a customer area of 7,000 square foot and capacity for up to … [Read more...]
Marston’s: good first half, strong trading
Marston's has released its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 5 April 2014 with Ralph Findlay, Chief Executive, commenting: "The first half year was good and current trading is strong. We are creating a higher quality pub estate which is delivering positive trading momentum and meets the expectations of today's customers. We opened 11 new pub-restaurants in the first … [Read more...]
The 2014 VisitEngland Awards winners
This year, there are a total of 18 categories covering tourist, event and hospitality providers of all sizes and types. Below we list some of the hospitality category winners – for the full list of all categories and winners, click on the VisitEngland link at the foot. Large Hotel of the Year Gold Burleigh Court Loughborough, Leicestershire Silver hope street … [Read more...]