Pubs, Bars & Clubs News
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NewsJW Lees achieves strong retail sales growth in year to date
The seventh-generation family brewer and pub operator achieved a +10.8% increase in retail sales in the 38 weeks from April 2025, on the back of this year’s hot summer.
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NewsAll Bar One invests £2.3m to refurbish transport hub sites
The Mitchells & Butlers owned bar brand is overhauling sites in Birmingham and Edinburgh with design-led upgrades tailored to cater for the high-footfall locations
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NewsHospitality urges FCA to extend business insurance claims window by two years
Law firm Stewarts warns that thousands of hospitality businesses remain significantly out of pocket more than five years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced venues across the country to close
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NewsLeadenhall Market looking to become leading dining destination
The City of London Corporation is looking to position the 14th century market as a seven-day a week destination in order to drive footfall and sales, with F&B a key part of the tenant mix.
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NewsMichael Kill: ‘The Treasury have got the modelling completely wrong for revaluations’
The NTIA is questioning what checks on business rates the government carried out before the budget with its CEO telling MCA he believes the matter of revaluations will be readdressed
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NewsCoaching Inn Group promotes Adam Charity to MD
Charity, who originally joined the pubs-with-rooms business in 2008, has served as COO since last year and now takes on the managing director role
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NewsMark Crowther joins Walcot Group
The experienced pub leader joins the Bath-based hospitality operator as chairman to support its next phase of growth
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NewsGreene King loyalty programme hits one million customers
Three months after launching a new and evolved app, the pub company has achieved the one million milestone while making wider investments in digital growth
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NewsPublicans pushed to brink by Chancellor’s tax raid
The number of publicans facing eviction has hit record levels as more struggle to maintain their livelihoods after Labour’s latest tax raid on the sector, This is Money reports
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NewsGlobal Brands founder joins publicans in banning Labour MPs from premises
Steve Perez, who also operates pubs and hotels in the Midlands, said the prime minister “lied to his face” about business rates
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, including new sites from Loungers, Mulligans, Honest Greens, and more
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NewsNick Mackenzie: ‘This isn’t the relief or reform we were promised’
Many publicans are questioning how they will stay in the business over the coming years, the Greene King CEO has said
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NewsDiageo gears up to open London’s Guinness Open Gate Brewery
The £73m, 54,000ft space opens in Covent Garden tomorrow, encompassing a microbrewery - albeit the Guinness will continue to be brewed in Dublin
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NewsTimothy Taylor appoints Patrick Dardis as NED
The former Young’s CEO joins the Yorkshire family brewer to help champion the cask ale category and develop its premium pub estate
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NewsNTIA: ‘Youth unemployment scheme risks missing the point entirely’
The trade body has warned the government’s plan to offer young people on benefits job opportunities in hospitality is pointless if the sector is ‘priced out of existence’
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Rates rises to wipe out more than half of Small Business Saturday benefit’
New analysis reveals small hospitality venues will see business rates bills rise by £318m over three years, more than half the £634m annual spend on Small Business Saturday
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NewsConsultation opens for extra time at the pub during 2026 Men’s World Cup
Pubs in England and Wales could trade until 1am if a home nation reaches the latter stages of the competition, which will be hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico
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NewsUKHospitality Cymru warns business rates in Wales to increase by 80%
The trade body says the Welsh government’s decision to exclude hospitality from business rates reform will hit the sector with £131m in additional cost over three years
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NewsBII survey: 1 in 10 pubs profitable after Budget
A flash survey of members found 90% will need to increase drinks prices, 80% will cut staff hours, and 71% will increase food prices due to the impact of tax rises
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NewsJKS pubs business acquired by US private investor
An investment round led by founder and managing director Dominic Jacobs will see the three-strong gastropub business rebrand as Ardent Pub Group