Salford

Hydes brewery appoints new laboratory manager

Leading North West brewery and pub retailer Hydes has appointed family member and brewery employee Tom Allkins to laboratory manager Hydes brewery premises in Salford. Allkins, who is the nephew of Adam Hyde, the longest serving employee and family member in the business as company secretary, had recently passed his…

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Hydes Brewery to open new £3.6m pub restaurant

North West brewery and pub retailer Hydes is set to launch its new £3.6m pub restaurant, The Harry Beswick, in Heswall. The opening of The Harry Beswick has created 55 full and part-time jobs in the Heswall area, ranging from management and front of house team to chefs, bar supervisors…

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Hydes posts ‘record’ £34.1m turnover in FY23

Salford-based brewer and pub operator, Hydes, has announced a record turnover of £34.1m for the year ending 2 April, an increase of £5.8m on last year’s total of £28.3m.  The company has partially attributed its performance to decisions made in previous years to fix energy costs until 2024, having entered…

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The Stanton House in Chirk reopens following pub refurb

Hydes Brewery has reopened The Stanton House in Chirk, Wrexham, following a complete interior refurbishment. The transformation of the village pub, part of the Hydes tenanted estate, includes a complete interior redecoration with new furniture throughout and a newly configured bar areas, together with a “full refresh” of the exterior.…

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Hydes brewery invests £3.6m in new Wirral site

Hydes, a leading North West brewery and pub retailer has acquired premises in Heswall, on the Wirral, Merseyside, and is set to open a new pub restaurant that will create at least 35 jobs. Salford-based Hydes brewery has acquired the building on Telegraph Road, which will see the conversion of…

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Sodexo gifts £2m of apprenticeship levy

Sodexo has gifted £2m of its apprenticeship levy to support a number of small companies and not-for-profit organisations across the UK.  The food services and facilities management business first took the decision to “gift with purpose” a portion of the apprenticeship levy it pays in 2019. In August 2021, it…

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20 Stories appoints Mike Jennings as executive head chef

Michelin-trained Chef, Mike Jennings, has been announced as the new executive head chef at Manchester’s 20 Stories restaurant. The restaurant said Jennings will bring a different take on the “iconic” 20 Stories menu introducing his Grilled Mackerel and Beetroot Salad, Whole Dover Sole with Brown Shrimp Butter and Burnt Lemon,…

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Historic Manchester pub secures conversion funding

Accountancy firm, Cowgills has announced it has secured funding for the conversion of historic Manchester pub, the Cross Keys in Eccles. The building has now been acquired by specialist social care property provider Annesley Property Group, in a deal worth £1.25m. The pub was developed by Annesley Living to provide…

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Manchester restaurant creates ‘human-sized advent calendar’ to feed homeless

The Oast House in Manchester is inviting members of the public to open the doors of its human-sized advent calendar, as it aims to donate 50 meals per day from 1 to 24 December. Every time the door is opened on the 15 ft squared calendar at the Spinningfields-based bar…

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Restaurants ‘getting away with fish fraud’ experts claim

Restaurants have been “getting away” with passing off catfish as cod due to the seafood testing being intelligence-led, experts have claimed. The term “fish fraud” describes the passing off or mislabelling of seafood products as a more expensive type to boost margins. In 2017, seven of 91 samples sent to…

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