Craft Beer
Coverage highlights how restaurants, pubs, and bars across the UK are sourcing, promoting, and profiting from craft beer, including brewery partnerships, range curation, pricing strategy, taproom innovation, and consumer demand trends. Reporting offers insights for operators navigating category fragmentation, premiumisation, and the role of craft within broader drinks and experience-led propositions
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Dec- 2025 -2 DecemberPubs and Bars
Leith pub the Harp and Castle placed on the market
The Harp and Castle, a long-established pub on Leith Walk in Edinburgh, has been put up for sale with offers over £800,000. The venue, first opened as the Tommy Younger Bar in honour of the former Hibernian and Liverpool goalkeeper, has been operated for more than 26 years by current…
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Jun- 2025 -24 JuneFood and Drink
SSP signs 14-year F&B contract with Leeds Bradford Airport
SSP Group has signed a 14-year contract to expand and refresh food and beverage outlets at Leeds Bradford Airport, as part of the airport’s £100m terminal redevelopment. The new agreement will see SSP operate a wider range of brands in the airport’s extended main terminal, including its first AMT Coffee…
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May- 2025 -19 MayRestaurants
Five new F&B concepts to open in Soho
Five new F&B concepts – Alta, Heard, Marjorie’s, Panadera and Breadstall Pizza – are set to open new sites in Soho, London. The five deals include a new flagship signing to Kingly Court, while a further two are on Foubert’s Place as well as two on Berwick Street, with each…
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Mar- 2025 -11 MarchPeople
Brewdog appoints new chief executive officer
Brewdog has announced the promotion of its chief financial officer (CFO) James Taylor to the role of CEO, effective immediately. The announcement follows the resignation of current chief executive James Arrow due to personal reasons. Alongside Taylor, Lauren Carrol has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) moving up from…
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Oct- 2024 -14 OctoberBusiness
Revolution Bars officially rebrands to The Revel Collective
Revolution Bars has announced that its name has officially changed to ‘The Revel Collective’ from today (14 October), as the board decided that it would “better reflect the make-up of the group”. According to the group, its shareholders have been unaffected by the change of name and existing share certificates…
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Jul- 2024 -8 JulyNews
Bohem Brewery opens second London bar
London’s Bohem Brewery has opened its second venue after taking on the lease of the Nicholas Nickleby pub in Finsbury Park. The pub has reopened after an extensive refurbishment, serving a range of beers brewed in “authentic Czech style” at the Bohem Brewery in Tottenham. Beer dispensing at the Nicholas…
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May- 2024 -22 MayNews
Food and Beverage M&A activity reaches highest deal volume since 2016
M&A in the UK food and beverage sector reached its highest deal volume since T1 2016 according to the new UK Food and Beverage Sector M&A report by Oghma Partners. For the first four months of 2024, there has been an increase by 30.3% in the volume of deals (43…
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Apr- 2024 -25 AprilBreweries and Distilleries
Hogs Back owner saves Mondo brewery in pre-pack deal
Brewing industry veteran Rupert Thompson has agreed an investment deal with London craft brewer Mondo, which secures the future of the Mondo brands, as well as its brewery and taproom in Battersea. Following a pre-pack administration, the deal will see brewing continue at Mondo’s Battersea site. As well as delivering…
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Oct- 2023 -16 OctoberNews
Morgan Pub Collective takes on The Gardener’s Arms in Oxford
The Morgan Pub Collective has taken on its sixth pub with Greene King Pub partners, The Gardener’s Arms in Oxford. The pub, located on North Parade, Jericho, has been completely transformed inside and outside by owner Greene King Pub Partners thanks to a £270k investment, giving it a whole new…
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Jun- 2023 -27 JuneRestaurants
Four Hundred Rabbits to open new site in Battersea Rise
South London sourdough pizzeria chain, Four Hundred Rabbits, will be opening its latest 55-cover branch in Battersea Rise sometime in mid-July. The brand, which is known for its neighbourhood restaurants and “award-winning” pizzas, will offer ‘hutch-made’ seasonal gelato and sorbets at the new Battersea Rise site, alongside craft beer from…
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