Pubs and Bars

The latest news and updates on pubs and bars, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.

Aug- 2018 -

15 August

Pergola to open new 500-cover Kensington bar

London bar chain Pergola has announced it is to open a new bar on the roof of Kensington Olympia as part of a £700m investment in the exhibition centre. The new site will be the bar operator’s first all year-round bar, following previous sites Pergola Paddington, Pergola On The Roof,…
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14 August

Rick Astley to open London bar

Rick Astley is to open a London bar alongside Danish brewery Mikkeller, the bar will represent Astley’s first foray into the catering industry. Mikkeller Bar, based in Shoreditch, will serve drinks inspired by the pop star including a craft beer with a red tint in reference to Astley’s hair. The…
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14 August

London Cocktail Club opens new site in Bristol

London Cocktail Club (LCC), the cocktail bar group founded by world-renowned bartender JJ Goodman and investor James ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, has launched its first venue outside London. The new site is on the Triangle district in Bristol, returning to the city where Goodman and Hopkins filmed the BBC television series ‘The…
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14 August

Carlsberg launches ‘waterfall powered’ pub

Carlsberg UK has launched a ‘Carlsberg Cabin’ pub which was built using only sustainable materials and is powered with hydro and solar technology. The pub follows the rejuvenation of firm’s Carlsberg Export brand and its Danish Way campaign, which taps into the ‘hygge’ trend celebrating nature, work-life balance and cosiness.…
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13 August

Star Pubs & Bars hires Greene King’s Paul Hunter as soft drinks buyer

Star Pubs and Bars has appointed Paul Hunter as its first dedicated soft drinks buyer as the group works to boost its soft drinks category support. To take advantage of the growing popularity of soft drinks, the group is also making Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) its official category partner, installing…
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10 August

Stonegate Pub Company invests £205,000 in pub garden

Stonegate Pub Company has announced it has invested £205,000 in the pub garden at its Minories pub in London’s Tower Hill. The refurbishment has seen the garden double in size with the new area able to seat 200 people. The land the garden has expanded into was previously out of…
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9 August

Meatliquor to open new Battersea restaurant

Meatliquor has announced it will be opening a new restaurant on Northcote Road in Battersea. Battersea residents have previously been able to order the chain’s food through a Deliveroo Editions ‘dark kitchen’ in the area. Meatliquor said it saw good sales on its well-known menu items such as the Dead…
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9 August

Be At One pub criticised over white faces on historic photo

A Soho Be At One pub has been forced to remove a photograph from its walls after patrons objected to an edited image which superimposed the faces of exclusively white investors over those of black drinkers in the original. The original historic photo, which has hung in the pub for…
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8 August

BTA urges restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public

The British Toilet Association (BTA) has urged restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public after the number of public facilities in the country slumped from 3,955 in 2000 to 2,414 this year. Pubs and restaurants are being asked by the association to join a Community Toilet Scheme…
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8 August

Wetherspoon launches Brexit beer mats

Pub group Wetherspoon will introduce beer mats in favour of a no-deal Brexit, signed by its chairman Tim Martin, and outlining 10 points to the leaders of the three main political parties. The mats bear the headline ‘Free Trade (ie no deal) means lower prices’, and Martin said they will…
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