Monday 12th Jan 2015
PropelInfonews.com: The Prince’s Countryside Fund allows Pub is The Hub’s move into the Scottish Borders: The Prince’s Countryside Fund has announced a £25,000 grant for Pub is The Hub as part of a £650,000 investment in rural initiatives for 2015. The funding will create a new pilot project for 12 months in the Scottish Borders to identify priority areas and rural service needs with the aim to work with at least eight rural pubs.
PropelInfonews.com: Sustainable Restaurant Awards introduce consumer choice category: For the first time in their four-year history, diners will have their say at next month’s Sustainable Restaurant Awards. The People’s Favourite Award, sponsored by Bookatable and being run in partnership with The Independent on Sunday, is a new category at the awards, which will be presented at a gala lunch at Oval Space in East London.
PropelInfonews.com: Handmade Burger Co gets go-ahead to convert Peterborough pub closed since 2009: Handmade Burger Co has been granted planning permission for the conversion of The Old Still pub, at the heart of the Queensgate Centre, Peterborough, which shut in 2009. An opening date has not yet been confirmed but is expected to be in March or April.
Tuesday 13th Jan 2015
Eating out sector returns to growth but uncertainties remain, says Horizons
Tuesday 13/1/15
By Noli DinkovskiNoli Dinkovski, 12-Jan-2015
Trading in the eating out sector is back in growth but remains a long way off peak 2008 levels, foodservice consultancy Horizons has found.
Hospitalityandcateringnews.com: Punch Taverns markets 21 pubs with Fleurets
Wednesday 14th Jan 2015
PropelInfonews.com: Glasgow pub ordered to pay £70,000 for illegal Sky use, biggest fine ever: Sara McIntosh and Avalon Bar Ltd have been ordered to pay over £70,000 in fines, damages and legal costs for showing Sky Sports illegally in their pub – the largest award ever made against a pub in actions of this kind.
PropelInfonews.com: Greene King shareholders back Spirit bid: More than 99% of Greene King shareholders has voted in favour of its bid for Spirit Pub Company a general meeting of the company held yesterday.
Thursday 15th Jan 2015
PropelInfonews.com: Coffer Peach – Christmas like-for-likes up 2.8%, restaurant chains up 4.7%: Pub and restaurant groups had a Christmas season to celebrate with collective like-for-like sales up 2.8% on the same period last year. Latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker also showed that London had more to cheer than the rest of the country with like-for-like sales up 4.4%, compared to 2.3% for outside the M25 over the six weeks, including New Year, up to 3 January. Total sales, which include the effect of new openings, were up 6.6% on 2013 among the 30 leading groups that make up the Tracker sample
PropelInfonews.com: Actor Neil Morrissey launches new pub company with Punch site: Actor Neil Morrissey is launching a new pub company, MSW Pub Company, with a £400,000 refurbishment of a Punch Taverns site, the Plume of Feathers in Barlaston, Staffordshire. The move comes after Morrissey set up Neil Morrissey Real Ale Company in partnership with businessman Richard Slingsby last year. The company supplies Crystal Palace Football Club among others, producing three ales under licence – a fourth ale is to be produced to mark the re-opening of the Plume of Feathers
Bighospitality.co.uk: Employers raise concerns over Government direct apprenticeship funding plans
By Noli DinkovskiNoli Dinkovski, 14-Jan-2015
The Government has conceded “further design work” is necessary in its bid to give employers direct control of apprenticeship funding after a public consultation raised concerns over cost and extra paperwork.
Morningadvertiser.co.uk: Pub retention at highest for 5 years, Fleurets figures reveal
By Mike BerryMike Berry, 14-Jan-2015
The number of freehold pubs remaining as pubs after being sold has reached its highest point for five years, according to new figures.
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Property-News/Fleurets-pub-sales-survey-2014
Friday 16th Jan 2015
Morningadvertiser.co.uk: Brewers defend wholesale price increases
By Ellie BothwellEllie Bothwell, 15-Jan-2015
Brewers have defended their position in regards to wholesale price increases and claimed they strive to “keep costs competitive”, after licensees slammed the move that will see rises of up to 5p per pint in some instances.
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Brewers-defend-wholesale-price-increases
PropelInfonews.com: Restaurant chains ‘will fight’ for new Lincoln waterfront site: A new restaurant proposed for the waterfront in Lincoln will have top chains “fighting it out”, according to a report on the development. The two-storey restaurant and bar would sit opposite Chimichanga in Brayford Wharf North and just a few yards from a 100-seater Wagamama that opened in 2012. Neil Murray, a Lincoln councillor responsible for economic development at the city council and a director of Investors in Lincoln, said: “This is the final building we want to put up along there. This new restaurant will make the area even more attractive, bring in more footfall and give people more choice.” The plan is to offer a long lease to a restaurant to get funds to clear Brayford Pool, Murray told the Lincolnshire Echo. The development would replace the existing viewing platform, currently closed because it is unsafe.
PropelInfonews.com: Bill’s to open in Peterborough next month: Bill’s is to open its new restaurant in Peterborough city centre on 9 February. The restaurant replaces the Lakeland store in Church Street. Founder Bill Collison said: “ We are very much looking forward to opening our restaurant in Peterborough. With plenty of cosy booths and larger sharing tables for gatherings and celebrations, we are hoping we will be a hit.
PropelInfonews.com: Chatime to launch tenth Bubble Tea Store in Cambridge: Chatime, the Taiwanese bubble tea specialist, will open its tenth UK store in Cambridge on 26 January. The new outlet, at 85 Regent Street in Cambridge city centre, will offer customers eight different styles of bubble tea, with a 63 varieties and eight different topping options