Northamptonshire

Today’s news in brief – 15/12/23

Some 61% of hospitality leaders plan to adopt new tech solutions in the coming year, CGA and Fourth have found. The study highlighted staff scheduling as a top benefit, recognized by 55% of leaders, followed by payroll and onboarding support. This investment is seen to enhance productivity (81%) and boost…

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McManus Pub Company sells four pubs to Valiant Pub Co

McManus Pub Company has announced that it has sold four pubs in Northampton to Valiant Pub Co. The properties sold include The Lord Byron, The Fox and Hounds, The Golden Horse and The Foundrymans Arms. McManus has taken this decision to “reduce its liabilities and establish more solid foundations for…

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Greedy Gordons Pub Group opens third site 

Greedy Gordons Pub Group has opened its third site in Northamptonshire, The Snooty Fox at Lowick, near Thrapston.  The site is a private leasehold which has been opened by owners Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey following a £500,000 refurbishment. It was initially due to open in April 2020 but was…

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Notts restaurant owner fined £5,000 for breaching Covid rules

The director of a restaurant in Kettering has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs after admitting to flouting Covid regulations by hosting a wedding in May 2021. Wanda Trela-Pyzalska, director of The Tavern and Restaurant Ltd in Bath Road, Kettering pleaded guilty to the charge during a hearing…

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Whittlebury Park restaurant appoints new manager

Whittlebury Park luxury hotel and spa has announced Davide Occhiuzzi as the new restaurant manager for its award-winning three-AA Rosette Murrays restaurant. Occhiuzzi began his career in his native Italy, gaining experience in a variety of chef de rang roles. He then relocated to Paris, Dubai and later London, where…

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Knightley Arms opens community café for local residents

The Knightley Arms, a Northamptonshire pub, has opened a community café to act as a social hub for local residents. Jen Rees, who took over the then closed venue in October 2020, intends to re-establish the site as “the heart of the village” of Yelvertoft. In order to diversify from…

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Greedy Gordons to open two Northamptonshire pubs

Greedy Gordons, a Northamptonshire pub and retail company, has announced plans to open two pubs in the county. Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey, co-owners of the group, have run The Red Lion at Cranford for the past four years, and aim to create 60 new jobs with this new venture.  …

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Northampton pub operators acquire first Oxfordshire site

Northamptonshire pub operators Mark and Melissa Lynch have taken the lease of The Bell at Banbury with Star Pubs & Bars. The pair will commence work on a £320,000 refurbishment which will see the pub modernised with a “distinctive” craft beer and cask ale offering along with pizza served from…

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Glamping business opens first cafe

A Northamptonshire glamping company has completed its next phase of expansion as it opens the doors to a new onsite café. After launching the business, named Country Bumpkin in Great Oxendon in June 2017, childhood friends and owners Jenny Lyon and Lara Collis opened the new cafe last month to…

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Carlsberg pollution leads to restorative charity donations

Carlsberg has paid £120,000 to environmental charities as part of an Enforcement Undertaking (EU), following two pollution incidents in the River Nene, in Northampton. The EU was offered to the Environment Agency after the company admitted causing two similar diesel pollution incidents in the River Nene in July and October…

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