Ale and Beer

'Hotel and tourism sectors most affected by insolvency'

The number of businesses on the verge of insolvency has risen 12% from three months ago, with the hotel and tourism sectors the most severely hit.

Source:'Hotel and tourism sectors most affected by insolvency'

'Two in three will watch Olympics in pub'

More than two thirds of British people plan to watch Olympic events from the pub if they don’t get tickets to the 2012 games themselves.

Source:'Two in three will watch Olympics in pub'

Over 1,000 beers to be exhibited at GBBF

Over 1,000 beers will be exhibited at this year’s Great British Beer Festival, which takes place at Earl’s Court from 2-6 August.

Source:Over 1,000 beers to be exhibited at GBBF

Thwaites to sell brewery to Sainsbury's

Lancashire brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has revealed plans to sell its Blackburn brewery to Sainsbury’s as it looks to build a “state of the art” site elsewhere in the region.

Source:Thwaites to sell brewery to Sainsbury's

Turn back the boozing clock

The drinking experience of yesteryear is becoming increasingly popular in the capital’s bars. Ben McFarland looks at the reasons for this retailing rewind, and adds some ideas of his own.

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Fox opens Bull as brewpub

Dan Fox, ex-general manager of Mitchells & Butler’s famous pub the White Horse in London’s Parsons Green, has secured his first site.

Source:Fox opens Bull as brewpub

Inn the Pub to expand hotel base

Lancashire based leisure company Inn the Pub is to focus on the expansion of its hotel operations over the next six months.

Source:Inn the Pub to expand hotel base

Keep heroes in mind when raising funds

Chairman of Quercus Pub Co, David Elliott, is urging licensees who have not yet adopted a charity for their business to consider supporting Help For Heroes.