Ale and Beer

Novus to convert Jewel to Mabel’s

Novus Leisure, the Hutton Collins and LGV Capital-backed group, will launch its modern neighbourhood bar format on its Jewel site in Covent Garden next week, under the name Mabel’s, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser‘s sister title M&C Report understands.

Source:Novus to convert Jewel to Mabel’s

Publican Awards 2015: Winners' interviews

Interviews by features editor Jessica Mason with the winners of the Publican Awards 2015, including Seafood Pub Co, Oakman Inns, Fuller’s and Sky Business.

Source:Publican Awards 2015: Winners' interviews

Maclay Inns package placed on the market

C P Dempster and G D Yuill of Ernst and Young LLP, the joint administrators of Maclay Group PLC and Maclay Inns Limited, have appointed advisers to dispose of 15 pubs and hotels owned by Maclay Inns.

Source:Maclay Inns package placed on the market

Diageo to provide calories and alcohol content per typical serve

Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer owner, Diageo, will become the first drinks company to provide drinkers with information on both nutritional information and alcohol content per typical serve, it announced today (19 March 2015).

Source:Diageo to provide calories and alcohol content per typical serve

Running A Pub: Trading up

In the second of our series on the challenges of running a pub, Glynn Davis looks at the practicalities of taking those first steps in expanding your horizons by running a large premises or more than one outlet.

Source:Running A Pub: Trading up

Publican Awards 2015: The Winners

Source:Publican Awards 2015: The Winners

Budget 2015: Reaction from the pub trade

Industry figures and organisations have responded to George Osborne’s Budget, in which he announced a 1p per pint cut in beer duty
for the third year in a row.

Source:Budget 2015: Reaction from the pub trade

There's A Beer For That campaign appoints new marketing chief

Britain’s Beer Alliance, the organisation behind the pan-industry There’s A Beer For That campaign which aims to boost the beer category, has appointed Neil Gannon as Marketing Lead.

Source:There's A Beer For That campaign appoints new marketing chief

London Wine Fair increases its appeal to beer lovers and the on-trade

The London Wine Fair (LWF) is set to extend its beer tasting area at this year’s event (18 to 20 May), following the success of the initiative last year.

Source:London Wine Fair increases its appeal to beer lovers and the on-trade

Upham seeks £30m for expansion

Hampshire-based Upham Pub Company is seeking £30m of funding through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) over the next two years to take it to between 30 and 40 pubs, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser‘s sister title M&C Report understands.

Source:Upham seeks £30m for expansion