Sports
This coverage explores how major sporting events and trends influence the UK hospitality and foodservice trade, with updates on pub screenings, event-led menu offers, and operational planning during peak fixtures. Hospitality professionals can follow insights into staffing requirements, consumer spending patterns, and partnerships between operators, venues, and brands. Coverage also examines the commercial opportunities and challenges for pubs, bars, restaurants, and caterers during sporting seasons and tournaments.
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Oct- 2025 -16 OctoberCatering Companies
Levy appoints chair to drive European expansion
Levy UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Richard Thompson as chair in a newly created role aimed at supporting the company’s next phase of growth and expansion across Europe. The business, which provides food and hospitality services at sports and entertainment venues and is part of Compass Group,…
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15 OctoberFood and Drink
Pins Social Club reveals new Manchester location
Pins Social Club has confirmed plans to open a new venue in Manchester in late spring 2026. The company has submitted a planning application for the major new, multi-million-pound site in the newly refurbished Sunlight House building on Quay Street. The new venue will be located in the basement of…
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2 OctoberPubs and Bars
Yorkshire pub operators to relaunch Upton Arms after £200k revamp
Yorkshire pub operators Simon Woodcock and Richard Hepplestone are expanding their estate to 10 sites by taking the lease on The Upton Arms in Upton near Pontefract with Star Pubs. The pair will reopen the venue following a £200,000 refurbishment aimed at positioning it as a “family-friendly” local focused on…
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Sep- 2025 -10 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge to open flagship Cardiff venue
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge is set to open its doors in Cardiff this September on St Mary’s Street. The venue, which will accommodate more than 700 guests, will combine live music, screenings of major sporting events, interactive darts, basketball and a year-round beer garden featuring what the company says…
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Aug- 2025 -28 AugustPeople
German Doner Kebab appoints new chief marketing officer
German Doner Kebab has announced the appointment of Chris Waters as its new chief marketing officer, effective 1 September. Waters, who is currently European brand director at JD Sports, will take up the role as the kebab restaurant chain continues its growth in the UK and international markets. He brings…
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13 AugustPubs and Bars
Somerset’s Red Post Inn reduces asking price
The Red Post Inn in the village of Peasedown Saint John in North Somerset, has been made available for a reduced price of £550,000. The large wet-led pub offers a sports bar and a lounge bar, with a large beer garden. It also offers a private function room with capacity…
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Jul- 2025 -7 JulyPubs and Bars
North-west multiple operators take on third Star Pubs lease
North-west multiple operators Julie Panaro and George Catterall have taken on a lease for the Feilden’s Arms in Mellor Brook, Blackburn – their third pub with Star Pubs. The couple already run the Butler’s Arms in Pleasington and the Hospital Inn in Bamber Bridge. Panaro and Catterall, in partnership with…
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