Tuesday 7/4/15
Propelinfonews.com: Carvery Heaven set to grow to 15 sites, opens first US-themed concept: Carvery Heaven, the East Midlands multiple led by Mike Perry, is to open two more sites, taking its estate to 15, with its first US-themed offer set to open. The Fairway in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire re-opened this week as The Pear Tree following a £250,000 refurbishment in partnership with landlord Star Pubs & Bars. The pub is the 14th site for Carvery Heaven, 11 of which are with Star Pubs & Bars and is the first time Carvery Heaven has ventured into an American-themed food offer. A twelfth Star Pubs & Bars site, The Chequers Inn in Cropwell Bishop, also a few miles from Nottingham, will re-open following a £300,000 investment a month later.
Morningadvertiser.co.uk: More pubs fined for Premier League copyright breaches
By Mike Berry, 02-Apr-2015
Seven more pubs have been fined for showing unauthorised foreign broadcasts of Premier League football.
Propelinfonews.com: Lincoln Green Brewing Company to take second Everards’ pub: Nottingham-based Lincoln Green Brewing Company is expanding into its second Everards’ pub in Nottingham, The Sir John Borlase Warren, after it opened the award-winning Robin Hood and Little John in Arnold last August. Brewery founder Anthony Hughes said: “We’ve got some fantastic plans that will bring some of the heritage back to the place. On top of our own range of traditional and seasonal ales, we’re also planning on introducing 44 types of unusual whiskies and gins – for example we will have whiskies from countries like Sweden, India and Japan.
Wednesday 8/4/15
Propelinfonews.com: Nine out of ten diners want more frequent menu changes: The vast majority of diners – 86% – would like to see more frequent menu changes when they eat out, research by the guest experience management company HospitalityGEM has found. Two thirds of those surveyed by HospitalityGEM said they would expect at least quarterly seasonal menu changes in restaurants and pubs. Independent restaurants are under even more scrutiny, with 50% of diners surveyed expecting multiple changes to the menu every month.
Golf Club Management: Illegal teeth whitening took place at golf club: Golf clubs are being warned that if any dental work takes place at their venues such as teeth whitening they should make sure that the technicians are legally allowed to carry it out. This strange warning comes as a woman has pleaded guilty to offering illegal teeth whitening at a golf and country club in Lancashire. Read More
Propelinfnews.com: Innovation Pub Management adds to estate with opening of Cleethorpes venue: Innovation Pub Management, headed by Paul Weeks, has expanded its North East Lincolnshire estate with the opening of Status Party Rooms in Cleethorpes. The outlet was formerly known as The Dolphin and has been closed since Christmas.
Morningadvertiser.co.uk: Greene King defends IPA cost rise after Budget duty cuts
By Helen GilbertHelen Gilbert, 08-Apr-2015
Greene King has defended its decision to increase the cost per barrel of its IPA at the same time as passing on beer duty cuts.
Propelinfonews.com: Cinema and restaurants scheme passed in Ely: A scheme that would see two drive-through restaurants and up to eight other food outlets, plus a multiple-screen cinema, have been backed by the planning committee in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Negotiations are taking place with McDonald’s and KFC over the drive-through venues, councillors were told. The developer, Turnstone, said that 280 jobs could be created as part of the development, in Downham Road, next to the Ely Outdoor Sports Association, with the cinema potentially open by the summer of 2016. Because of the scale of the plans, the final say still rests with the Secretary of State, who will decide whether the plans should be called in for further scrutiny.
Thursday 9/4/15
Propelinfonews.com: Operators warned of danger of hidden gluten: Research has revealed that nearly three out of five people do not realise that not all chips are gluten-free, meaning operators could be inadvertently serving gluten to coeliacs. With seven out of ten people opting for chips as their preferred gluten-free side out-of-home, the food brand Aviko is urging caterers to take a second look at their potato sides and the gluten that could potentially be hiding in the 4.6 million daily servings.
Pitchcare.com: Greenkeepers Training Committee received Government approval The GTC has received Government approval for a programme of education, training and assessments to meet the recently accredited GOLF GREENKEEPER Apprenticeship Standard. As a Government Trailblazer organisation the GTC, has, with the full support of England Golf and British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association worked with small and large employers and the leading Sports Turf colleges to review the current Greenkeeping Apprenticeship. Read More
Propelinfonews.com: Asset Match undertakes latest British Country Inns auction: Asset Match, the platform that provides liquidity in private company shares, has undertaken its latest auction in British Country Inns shares. British Country Inns was admitted to trading on Asset Match on 1 October 2014 at a price of 30p per share. The current lowest offer is 45p per share. British Country Inns is part of a larger British Country Inns group of four companies comprising a total of 19 pubs across the south, east and west of England and Wales.
Golf Club Management: One of England’s premier golf clubs, Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, has entered administration. The shock news comes just a year after the golf club announced it was spending nearly half a million pounds on buying a new fleet of golf buggies and greenkeeping machinery, refurbishing its changing room facilities and redecorating its restaurant. Also in the last 18 months the club has formed a partnership with Tottenham Hotspur and appointed model Jodie Kidd to develop its ladies’ golf section. Read More
Propelinfonews.com: McManus opens pub number 18: McManus Pub Company has opened its 18th venue, the Wharf Inn by the canal in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, which closed just before Christmas. Paul McManus, co-owner of the Northampton-based McManus chain, said the company had fitted new furniture, lighting and wallpaper as part of a £50,000 refurbishment. He said: “We are really happy with the pub and we are there for the long term.”
Propeinfonews.com: Batemans names its top licensees: Batemans, the family brewer based in Lincolnshire, named Sarah and Chris Sorrell, tenants of The Dog and Bone, based in Lincoln, as its Publican of the Year. The Dog and Bone received CAMRA’s Pub of the Year award for Lincoln last month, for the second year in a row. In 2014, it was also named as CAMRA’s Pub of the Year for Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Stuart Bateman, managing director of Batemans Brewery, said: “Sarah and Chris have achieved so much over the last two years, we felt they had to be the winners of our Publican of the Year Award. Since taking over the pub, they’ve increased trade by 40%, which is a considerable accomplishment, and made it a real hub of the community, hosting ‘Stich ‘n’ Bitch’ craft and chat mornings, cookery competitions and film nights, among other activities. The CAMRA awards were also an incredible result – the first time one of our pubs has won such prestigious accolades.”
Friday 10/4/15
Morningadvertiser.co.uk: CAMRA crowns top 200 local pubs
By Mike Berry, 09-Apr-2015
CAMRA has revealed its list of more than 200 local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month.
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Drinks/Beer/CAMRA-crowns-top-200-local-pubs
Telegraph.co.uk: Majestic Wine ‘buys’ a new boss with acquisition of Naked Wine: High street wine retailer acquires online rival and appoints its founder as their new chief executive of the combined group. The chairman of Majestic Wine says the retailer has “got lucky” after buying online rival Naked Wines for £70m and naming its founder as the new chief executive of the enlarged group. Phil Wrigley denied that making Rowan Gormley, founder of Naked Wines, the new chief executive of Majestic had been a condition of the online retailer agreeing to the takeover. Instead, Mr Wrigley said that during the takeover talks it “became apparent to me that Rowan would be a brilliant hire”. The management team of Naked Wines could bag £25m in cash and shares of the result of the deal, with Mr Gormley receiving a stake of more than 5pc in Majestic. Read More
Coventry Telegraph: New restaurants and bars planned by Wasps at Ricoh Arena after 50 per cent increase in turnover: Stadium reports 50 per cent increase in conference and exhibition turnover since rugby club’s ACL takeover. Wasps have announced a series of changes to the Ricoh Arena after a successful first four months running the business.The Premiership rugby side has revealed that the Hilton franchise will take over operation of the site’s 121-bedroom hotel from DeVere.Wasps also plan to upgrade the venue’s existing bars and restaurants and, when finished, the Ricoh Arena will offer five bars, three restaurants and more than 20 other food and drink outlets.Wasps have also announced a 50 per cent increase in the Ricoh Arena’s conference and exhibition turnover in the four months since the rugby club took over operation of the site.Hilton Worldwide have agreed terms for the conversion of the Ricoh Arena Hotel into a DoubleTree by Hilton. Read More