BigHospitality Pub News

Free BII membership for new Admiral Taverns licensees

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:27:41 +0100

New Admiral Taverns licensees will have a membership of the British Insitiute of Innkeeping (BII) for the lifetime of their agreement funded by the Chester-based pubco, following a similar announcement from Fuller's last year.

BigHospitality at Hotelympia 2012

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:15:06 +0100

Hotelympia kicks off on Sunday at the ExCel centre for five days (26 February-1 March) of awards, product launches, chef demonstrations and more. As a media partner, BigHospitality will be there reporting on all the news as well as providing exclusive interviews, videos and audio.

Portsmouth landlady wins High Court battle with the Premier League

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:28:57 +0100

Karen Murphy, the Portsmouth landlady who was convicted in 2006 for showing foreign TV coverage of English Premier League matches in her pub using a decoder, has had her conviction quashed by the High Court.

Young's to sell 14 freehold pubs

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:49:42 +0100

London-based brewer and pub operator Young's is selling off 14 freehold pubs from its estate to free up cash for investment in its managed estate.

Reviews site Qype removes thousands of misleading posts

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:09:01 +0100

The consumer reviews website Qype has removed over two thousand ‘fake’ posts in the last month, just weeks after an Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ban on TripAdvisor from suggesting its reviews were ‘honest, real or trusted’.

Oldham council considers plans for hospitality training academy

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:14:40 +0100

Oldham council is planning to build a hotel and hospitality training academy in the town which it believes could become a blueprint for more academies across the UK in the future.

Beer tax hikes threaten jobs of 300,000 young people, says BBPA

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:29:45 +0100

A new report commissioned by the British Beer& Pub Association (BBPA) shows that 300,000 young people are directly employed in the beer and pub industry, fuelling concerns that plans for huge beer tax hikes in next month’s budget will put more young people out of work.

JD Wetherspoon founder among speakers at the 20th anniversary ALMR conference

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:10:02 +0100

Tim Martin, the founder of JD Wetherspoon, is among the pub and bar industry personalities headlining the annual Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) conference in May celebrating the organisation’s 20th anniversary.

Kent pub chips named the best in the UK

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:08 +0100

Chips served in The Three Tuns pub in Sittingbourne, Kent have clinched the title of 'Best/PubRestaurant Chips' in the UK in an award voted for by the public to celebrate National Chip Week.

Hot Talent 2012: finalists revealed

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:29:16 +0100

Six talented members of the hospitality industry under 30 have made the final of Hot Talent, the competition run by Hotelympia and supported by BigHospitality and Restaurant magazine.

Kitchen Equipment: Top chefs reveal their must-have kitchen kit

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:28:44 +0100

In the latest instalment of our Kitchen Equipment Special Feature we asked chefs working in pub, restaurant and hotel kitchens to tell us the one bit of kit they couldn't live without and we filmed three of them showing us exactly what made the equipment special.

Kitchen Equipment: When its time to replace or invest in key items

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:22:23 +0100

Installing a completely new kitchen is great if you have the funds and the time to do it, but for many, a dream kitchen can remain just that.

BII 2012 Licensee of the Year: Semi-finalists revealed

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:13:29 +0100

The British Institute of Innkeeping has revealed the 21 semi-finalists for its 2012 Licensee of the Year Awards.

AFWS UK Sommelier of the Year competition open for entries

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:57:24 +0100

The Acadamy of Food and Wine service (AFWS) has this week launched its 2012 UK Sommelier of the Year competition and is calling for sommeliers and wine waiters nationwide to test their knowledge and skills by entering.

‘We were a great pub’: The Devonshire Arms in Chiswick closes in first year

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:14:06 +0100

The Devonshire Arms – Gordon Ramsay’s failed pub in Chiswick, London – has closed with immediate effect having only re-opened under new ownership in July last year.

Les Routiers reveals Restaurant, Hotel and Pub of the Year winners

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:02:54 +0100

Ten hotels, restaurants, pubs and inns have been awarded by guide Les Routiers UK for demonstrating ‘exceptional service, hospitality and quality of food’ throughout the year.

Pesto plans three more Pesto in the Pub openings

Peter.Ruddick@wrbm.com (Peter Ruddick) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:17:17 +0100

Pesto, the Italian restaurant chain founded by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to open three more sites under the Pesto in the Pub concept in the next six months after the first under the brand was successfully opened at a Punch Taverns site in Cheshire last year.

People on the Move in Hospitality: February 2012

Luke.Nicholls@wrbm.com (Luke Nicholls) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:10:54 +0100

BigHospitality rounds up the latest appointments in the hospitality industry. This month sees key appointments at hotels, restaurants and pubs including The Doyle Collection, Eighty-Six and Fuller's.

Kitchen Equipment: When it's time to refurbish

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:16 +0100

Replacing a kitchen is not something you consider every day. When margins are being squeezed in every area of the business it can be hard to see how spending a five or six-figure-sum on new kit will have an immediate effect on your profit margins.

How to keep your hospitality business free of pests

Emma.Eversham@wrbm.com (Emma Eversham) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:18:50 +0100

Savvas Othon, technical director at Rentokil Pest Control, advises hospitality businesses on how to keep pests at bay during busy times.