Ale and Beer

Spirit Leased reveals online ordering for licensees

Spirit Leased has launched an online ordering system for licensees across its estate.

Source:Spirit Leased reveals online ordering for licensees

Licensees could face £1,000 fines over TV licences

Licensees are being warned they could face fines of up to £1,000 if they do not have separate TV licences for their pub premises and private accommodation.

Source:Licensees could face £1,000 fines over TV licences

Hospitality Guild reveals campaign to raise awareness of apprenticeships

The Hospitality Guild has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of apprenticeships.

Source:Hospitality Guild reveals campaign to raise awareness of apprenticeships

The National Chef of the Year 2013 competition is open for entries

The Craft Guild of Chefs is encouraging chefs to enter the National Chef of the Year 2013 competition.

Source:The National Chef of the Year 2013 competition is open for entries

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage to open cookery school for chefs

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage in Dorset is opening a cookery school for professional and aspiring chefs.

Source:Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage to open cookery school for chefs

Licensees to have their say on cutting planning red tape

Businesses are being asked for their views on how the Government could make the planning process more efficient and accessible.

Source:Licensees to have their say on cutting planning red tape

Living Ventures receives amazing response to fundraising bid

Living Ventures managing director Tim Bacon has given details of his “community fundraising” scheme for the group’s upcoming fine-dining venture Manchester House Restaurant and Lounge Bar, and revealed plans to grow its pub estate.

Source:Living Ventures receives amazing response to fundraising bid

The Big Interview: Steve Benger, WaverleyTBS

Steve Benger is probably using a degree of understatement when he describes the recent period around WaverleyTBS’s demise as “fraught”.Few business collapses in this industry have had such a impact, and affected so many people so quickly, as that of Waverley.

Source:The Big Interview: Steve Benger, WaverleyTBS

Enterprise Inns to invest in its pubs' "kerb appeal"

Around 800 Enterprise Inns pubs are to receive investments in their external areas to improve their “kerb appeal”, chief executive Ted Tuppen has said.

Source:Enterprise Inns to invest in its pubs' "kerb appeal"

Preston Park Tavern in Brighton named Sustainable Pub of the Year

The Preston Park Tavern in Brighton has been named Sustainable Pub of the Year at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards 2013 in London.

Source:Preston Park Tavern in Brighton named Sustainable Pub of the Year