
The Government could act to cut further red tape on the industry by the end of the year, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.

The Government could act to cut further red tape on the industry by the end of the year, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.
NatWest is offering preferential borrowing rates to Greene King’s (GK’s) Meet & Eat pub franchisees under a deal to make the bank its official funding partner for the franchise brand.

Extreme figures on alcohol-related hospital admissions could be a thing of the past as the Government is to revise how it classifies such cases.

The social value of pubs is often overlooked by policymakers because official statistics only capture their financial benefits, according to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Pro-pubs MP Greg Mulholland has slammed the appointment of Rodger Vickers as chairman of the newly-formed Pub Independent Conciliation Advisory Service (PICAS).

International brewer Molson Coors plans to increase production at its William Worthington microbrewery almost four-fold in 2012 after reporting that it produced 1,600 barrels in its first year in operation.

Kornicis, the operator of the Jamie’s Bar and Henry J Beans brands, is the latest bar group to report an increase in trade over the festive period, with like-for-like sales up 15% in the five weeks to 31 December.

Inventive Leisure, the operator of the Revolution Vodka Bar chain, has appointed Kevin Norman, formerly of JD Wetherspoon (JDW), as its new head of acquisitions.