Ale and Beer

Food and drink spend on dates rises

A combined study by dating website match.com and the Centre for Economic Business Research (CEBR) found that dating contributes about £3.6bn every year to the UK economy and that this has increased by £200m so far this year, compared with 2011.

Source:Food and drink spend on dates rises

Good Pub Guide: The Olive Branch in Clipsham, Rutland, is Pub of the Year

An East Midlands licensee has praised the motivation of his staff as testament to his pub winning the Good Pub Guide’s Pub of the Year 2014.

Source:Good Pub Guide: The Olive Branch in Clipsham, Rutland, is Pub of the Year

Good Pub Guide: Pubs 'stuck in the 1980s' will close

Thousands of pubs will rightly go out of business over the next year because they are “stuck in the 1980s” – that’s according to the Good Pub Guide 2014, which is out today.

Source:Good Pub Guide: Pubs 'stuck in the 1980s' will close

Newcastle licensee ordered to pay over £9,500 for illegal Sky use

Trevor Gould of the Dolly Peel in South Shields was fined following a prosecution by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).

Source:Newcastle licensee ordered to pay over £9,500 for illegal Sky use

Picture gallery: The week's news in pictures

Scroll through our picture gallery to see our pick of the week’s news for w/c 26 August.

Source:Picture gallery: The week's news in pictures

Good Pub Guide: top licensees share advice on running a successful pub

Identifying your pub’s market and adapting to changing pressures are among the top tips for a pub’s success according to the country’s best licensees.

Source:Good Pub Guide: top licensees share advice on running a successful pub

Star Pubs & Bars to roll out technology to improve AWP revenue

Star Pubs & Bars is to roll out new technology across its estate that will help increase revenue for Amusement with Prizes machines.

Source:Star Pubs & Bars to roll out technology to improve AWP revenue

Unite in talks over Kuehne + Nagel pub strike

Talks to avoid disruption to the deliveries of Fosters, Heineken, Kronenbourg, John Smith’s, Strongbow and Britvic soft drinks are set to take place today.

Source:Unite in talks over Kuehne + Nagel pub strike

Brighton to be first site for Dirty Blonde chain

Eclectic Clubs & Bars, the Avanti Capital-backed operator, is to convert a Brighton site into the first venue for its Dirty Blonde cocktail bar and restaurant brand, chief executive Reuben Harley has said.

Source:Brighton to be first site for Dirty Blonde chain

Good Pub Guide: editors urge pubs to add chef names to menus

The editors of The Good Pub Guide have called on publicans to name their chefs on their menus and websites.

Source:Good Pub Guide: editors urge pubs to add chef names to menus