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Our Weekly Roundup of Licensed Trade News – 21st-25th July

Our Weekly Roundup of Licensed Trade News – 21st-25th July

Monday

Propelinfonews.com: TV presenter Kate Humble opens cafe at her farm: The television presenter Kate Humble, who fronts BBC series such as Springwatch and Lambing Live, has opened a cafe and shop at her Monmouthshire farm. Humble said the outlet would provide a showcase for food producers in and around Monmouthshire.

Propelinfonews.com: Brasserie Blanc branch offers breast-feeding mothers free cup of tea: The Brasserie Blanc restaurant in Cheltenham, Gloucester has made headlines by offering breast-feeding mothers a free cup of tea. The restaurant hung a chalkboard on an umbrella outside its establishment which read: “Breastfeeding mums – pop in & have a free cup of tea if you need a pit stop … no need to eat, no need to ask – please relax :)” A picture of the signboard was posted to the parenting Facebook page RefreshMe, and was promptly shared almost 8,000 times and liked 11,500.

Propelinfonews.com: St Peter’s seeks tenants: The St Peter’s Brewery is looking for tenants for St Peter’s Hall, the venue it runs near Bungay, Suffolk. Colin Cordy, the company’s managing director, said the half-moated medieval Hall, dating from 1280, the brewery’s home, “has always been run as a bar, restaurant and wedding venue.

Hawthorn Leisure launches buying club with Pelican

By John Harrington, 21-Jul-2014

Hawthorn Leisure, the newly established pub group, has entered a procurement deal with Pelican to form a buyers’ club for its 350 pub tenants.

Warning after CAMRA website is hacked

By James Wallin, 18-Jul-2014

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) members have been warned to vigilant after the consumer group’s website was hacked.

Warning over employment checks as government doubles fines for illegal workers

By Carina Perkins+, 22-Jul-2014

As the government cracks down on illegal workers, hospitality employers have been urged to carry out stringent right-to-work checks on potential staff.

Supermarkets ‘just giving away’ alcohol, says peer

By Ruth Williams, 22-Jul-2014

Supermarkets that offer low price alcohol in promotions were dubbed irresponsible in a debate at The House of Lords earlier this week relating to changes to be made to the mandatory licensing conditions.

Sterlingstockauditors.co.uk: Greene King’s latest Leisure Spend Tracker Report has been released this week. The report covers the month of June and it showed

Friday

Propelinfonews.com: Irish restaurateur calls for VAT cut after seeing difference 9% rate makes in Dublin: The owner of an Irish restaurant chain is leading calls for a VAT cut for tourism in the UK after an alarming slump in visitors from the south, The Belfast Telegraph has reported. After only months of running a new restaurant in Dublin, Bob McCoubrey said the difference in his Vat return, based on the Republic’s 9% rate for hospitality firms, against the UK’s 20% rate, was “amazing” compared to his established eateries in Belfast and Dundrum, Co Down.

Propelinfonews.com: Camra hires planner to help save pubs: The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has appointed a planner to fill a new post to try to help safeguard the country’s pubs. Planning adviser Matt Brown, who joins from the London Borough of Brent where he was a planning officer, told Planning magazine: “Around 28 pubs are closing every week.

Propelinfonews.com: Pub chain to open fourth site thanks to peer-to-business lender: A growing East London pub chain is set to open its fourth pub after receiving a £43,000 refurbishment loan from the peer-to-business lender rebuildingsociety. Electric Star, which operates The Star of Bethnal Green, The Star of Kings and The Star by Hackney Downs, is opening the doors of The Jackdaw and Star in Homerton later this summer, after a bespoke refurbishment. Rebuildingsociety works by allowing hundreds of individual lenders to pledge varying amounts towards a loan request posted on its website.

Underage drinking falls to record low, Government stats reveal

By Noli Dinkovski, 24-Jul-2014

The rate of underage drinking has fallen to its lowest level since records began more than a quarter of a century ago, according to official government figures.

Liverpool to consult on late-night levy while Islington announces implementation date

By James Wallin, 24-Jul-2014

Liverpool City Council’s licensing committee has granted a consultation on implementing a late-night levy.

 

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