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Urban Pubs & Bars delivers strongest Christmas to date

Urban Pubs & Bars has delivered its strongest Christmas trading performance on record, capping off an active 2025 for the group. ...

St Austell Brewery’s beer festival raises £18,000

Thousands of beer lovers and pub goers have helped raise £18,000 for charity after attending St Austell Brewery’s Cel...

JW Lees reports record-breaking festive season

JW Lees has reported a record trading month for December 2026. Managed Houses within the William Lees-Jones business led the charge, with Chr...

Mitchells & Butlers reveals first quarter trading

Mitchells & Butlers has released its trading statement covering the 15 weeks ended 10 January 2026. The business says it traded very...

Discover the Essence of Sri Lankan Coconuts with MAGGI® Coconut Milk Powder Mix

Elevate your culinary creations with the authentic flavour of Sri Lankan coconuts using MAGGI® Coconut Milk Powder. Simply add water or inco...

Young's offers two-for-one overnight stays

Pub goers looking to book rooms this winter are being offered a free night's stay by Young's Pubs. As part of the operator's One ...

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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

RedCat latest voice added to rates row

Richard Lewis, CEO of RedCat Hospitality, is the latest on-trade operator to add his voice to the ongoing rates row with Westminster. L...

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...

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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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