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Today’s news in brief – 07/04/25

Hospitality venues will be released from red tape which stifles business as the government “backs the British night out”, after revealing its new Plan for Change initiative. Action includes moves to improve the application of licensing laws and strengthen businesses’ competitiveness, giving diners, pub and party-goers more time and more…

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Wells and Co revenues rise 5.6% to £65.8m in FY24

The operator of pubs and breweries, Wells and Co, has revealed that revenues rose by 5.6% to £65.8m in the year to 30 September 2024, despite tough trading conditions.  As well as a revenue uplift, group EBITDA rose by 4.2% to £9.9m during the period. In the UK, EBITDA for…

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Today’s news in brief – 20/03/25

UKH have called for packaging supplied to venues to be exempt from the EPR. The likes of Azzurri Group, Burger King UK, Fuller’s, Marston’s, Punch Pubs, St Austell Brewery, Stonegate Group and Wells & Co have signed the letter to Steve Reed, the Defra Secretary of State, that states that…

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Hospitality businesses claim new packaging rules will ‘cost millions’

Pub and hospitality businesses have joined with UKHospitality to write to Steve Reed, the Defra Secretary of State, to call for packaging supplied to hospitality businesses to be exempt from the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The likes of the Azzurri Group, Burger King UK, Fuller’s, Marston’s, Punch Pubs and Co,…

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Shepherd Neame’s The White Horse at Boughton-under-Blean reopens

Shepherd Neame’s 600-year-old country inn The White Horse at Boughton-under-Blean has officially reopened its doors after experienced licensees, the Thompson family, restored and refurbished the property. With more than 40 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Sharon and Gordon Thompson, along with all their grown-up children, already run They run…

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Award-winning licensee takes on second Shepherd Neame pub

Award-winning licensee Amy Glenie has just taken on her second Shepherd Neame pub, The Royal Sovereign in Bexhill-on-Sea. Glenie, 40, took on The Blue Anchor in Crowborough with the Faversham-based independent family brewer and pub company in 2018. It was her first time as a licensee, after managing a pub…

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Consumer interest in healthy deliveries up in 2024, report finds

Salads now make up 30% of the top 10 global delivery dishes – up from just 10% in 2023 – beating burgers out of the top 10 for the first time, according to Deliveroo’s annual 100 Report. The report shows there has been a shift towards health-focused food options, as…

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Two Magpies Bakery launches Mini Magpies site

Two Magpies Bakery has launched its fourth Mini Magpies site, consolidating its restaurant in Holt to meet the rising demand from customers looking to eat on-the-go. The bakery and cafe group, which has six bakery and cafe sites across Suffolk and Norfolk, along with three Mini Magpies outlets in Southwold,…

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Two Magpies’ bakery and cafe opens in Framlingham

Two Magpies is today (5 April) officially opening its latest bakery and cafe in Framlingham.  The new bakery, the tenth in the Two Magpies Group, is housed in the old Barclays Bank on Market Square. The new addition to the town will support local commerce and create new jobs in…

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14 free of tie public house investments brought to market

Savills, on behalf of a private client, has launched the sale of 14 freehold public houses across the UK. The properties are located throughout England across popular locations such as London, Bristol, York, Sheffield and Tunbridge Wells and are being offered for sale individually or in small packages. The pubs…

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