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BII Licensee of the Year Award launches for 2026

Entries are now open for the 2026 BII Licensee of the Year Award (LOYA), in partnership with Sky Business. LOYA features a rigorous fou...

Urban Pubs & Bars buys four Brunning & Price pubs

Urban Pubs & Bars has acquired five more London pubs, including four from The Restaurant Group's Brunning & Price business. The a...

Pub & Bar partners with London Wine Fair’s Drinks Buyers Awards

Pub & Bar is partnering with London Wine Fair’s 2026 Drinks Buyers Awards. Now in their fifth year, the awards – previously name...

Star Pins to open in Liverpool this Jan

Competitive socialising business Professionals at Play is bringing its Star Pins brand to Liverpool this month, opening on School Lane. ...

Copper Pubs reopens The Chequers at Berrick Salome

The Chequers at Berrick Salome reopened under new management at the end of last year, following a major refurbishment of its interior spaces.&nb...

Belhaven invests close to £5m in Scottish pubs

Belhaven has confirmed it invested almost £5m in its Scottish pubs in 2025, spanning 22 managed, tenanted and franchised sites. ...

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Features

Feature: The hotel pub

If you were to look at one of the big operational trends of the post-Covid era, then pub businesses adding rooms to their offer would certainly ...

Lee Kum Kee products Road Test

What a pleasure it is to bring you the latest in the H2O Road Test series. Developed by Pub & Bar’s parent company H2O Publishing, the...

Legal: Are you prepared for holiday trading?

With the festive season round the corner, hospitality businesses will be looking to maximise their trading hours over the busy Christmas and New...

Feature: Turning a Profit, Chestnut Group

Hi Philip. Can you give us a brief overview of the Chestnut business? Chestnut opened for business in 2013, following the acquisition of The ...

Operator profile: NEOS Hospitality

I feel like I’m immediately going to upset this issue’s lead interviewee through the introductory stance of this piece. When chattin...

Legal: streamlining on-trade alcohol licensing

In August of this year, the government published the Licensing Policy Sprint: Joint industry and HM Government taskforce report – a b...

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People

Sally Abé leaves Public House Group's The Bull

Chef Sally Abé has left her post at gastropub The Bull in Charlbury, after less than a year in post. During her time workin...

New managing director for Coaching Inn Group

The Coaching Inn Group, the pubs-with-rooms business that forms part of RedCat Hospitality, has promoted chief operating officer Adam Chari...

Nigella Lawson helps open specialist learning pub

A groundbreaking pub designed to prepare young people with learning disabilities and autism for employment has opened in Brighton. TV chef an...

Claridge’s chef joins The Killingworth Castle pub

The Killingworth Castle in Oxfordshire has brought in an ex-Claridge's chef to lead its gastropub kitchen. New head chef Edward Dutton jo...

F1 Arcade announces Peters as new CEO

F1 experiential hospitality brand F1 Arcade has announced that Jonathan Peters has been appointed as its chief executive officer. He was&nb...

Publicans call on government ahead of Budget

Publicans across the south west are calling on the government to take positive action and ease mounting financial pressures on pubs ahead of thi...

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Venues

Star Pins to open in Liverpool this Jan

Competitive socialising business Professionals at Play is bringing its Star Pins brand to Liverpool this month, opening on School Lane. ...

Copper Pubs reopens The Chequers at Berrick Salome

The Chequers at Berrick Salome reopened under new management at the end of last year, following a major refurbishment of its interior spaces.&nb...

Young's readies The Stag in Hampstead for reopening

Hampstead local The Stag will reopen its doors on 22 January, following a refurbishment from owner Young's Pubs. New...

M&B invests in three All Bar One transport sites

Mitchells & Butlers has announced the refurbishment and extension of three of its All Bar One transport sites. Part of a combined &p...

Bart & Taylor to open Cato bar in Covent Garden

A new bar called Cato will open in Covent Garden in January, coming from the operator behind Fern, Trickle and the Adam and Eve. Hospitality ...

Wells & Co. reopens The Playwright in Nottingham

Pub operator and brewer Wells & Co. has announced the reopening of The Playwright, a Nottingham pub in its managed estate. Having reopene...

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Urban Pubs & Bars buys four Brunning & Price pubs

BII Licensee of the Year Award launches for 2026

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Pub & Bar partners with London Wine Fair’s Drinks Buyers Awards

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Copper Pubs reopens The Chequers at Berrick Salome

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Belhaven invests close to £5m in Scottish pubs

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Government expected to address business rates issue

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Sally Abé leaves Public House Group's The Bull

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Malhotra Group to support Children’s Cancer North

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Young's readies The Stag in Hampstead for reopening

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Dwell time key to Christmas sales in pubs and bars

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NEOS takes Tiger Tiger for first ever London site

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Stonegate to invest £42m in L&T division

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JW Lees maintains steady profits despite challenges

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Inception Group rolls out Dry January drinks

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Entries open for 2026 National Pub & Bar Awards

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