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Nightcap launches new sports bar concept

Nightcap Group, the owner of Piano Works and The Cocktail Club, is launching a new sports bar concept called The Side Hustle...

Punch buys another five pubs from RedCat

Punch Pubs & Co has completed the acquisition of a further five pubs from RedCat Hospitality. The purchase follows a recent eight-pa...

Andrew Wong to move into pub industry

Andrew Wong of the two-Michelin-starred A.Wong is teaming up with Amar Radia, co-founder of Dishoom, to launch a pub in Shoreditch. Kong will...

Industry research and PR companies join forces

Fleet Street Communications, the communications and PR business, has acquired a minority stake in KAM Insight, the research and insight consulta...

Butcombe full-year EBITDA up 9.1%

Brewer and pub operator Butcombe Group has revealed its financial results for the year ending 31 January 2026, revealing a strong period fo...

Industry seeks 1m signatures on VAT reduction

Hospitality businesses, teams and organisations are being urged to sign a new petition calling for government to cut hospitality VAT to 10%. ...

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Features

Interview: Sam Hagger, Beautiful Pubs Collective

P&B: Hi Sam. Can you start off with telling us a little bit about Beautiful Pubs Collective? SH: It’s an interesting business, becaus...

Pub review: The Lamb, Hindon

I knew the name Hindon rang a bell, but I couldn’t recall why. When the team from Young’s got in touch about their One More Sleep of...

Interview: Adam Mayers, Hydes Brewery

P&B: Thanks for talking with us, Adam. Let’s kick things off with a broad question – how’s business? AM: Our financial ye...

Operator profile: Electric Star Pubs

Eight years ago, Rob Star, founder of Electric Star Pubs, was looking up and down Bethnal Green Road, telling me that “east London sure ha...

Operator profile: Daniel Thwaites

In his chairman’s statement in the latest Daniel Thwaites interim report, which was released in November 2025, Richard Bailey summarised t...

Feature: The hotel pub

If you were to look at one of the big operational trends of the post-Covid era, then pub businesses adding rooms to their offer would certainly ...

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People

Andrew Wong to move into pub industry

Andrew Wong of the two-Michelin-starred A.Wong is teaming up with Amar Radia, co-founder of Dishoom, to launch a pub in Shoreditch. Kong will...

Shepherd Neame crowns internal award winners

The Spitfire at Kings Hill, Tonbridge, has been named Shepherd Neame's Pub of the Year, after the brewer and pub operator held its annual aw...

Drinks Buyers Awards winners revealed

The winners of London Wine Fair’s 2026 Drinks Buyers Awards have been announced. On-Trade Wine Buyer Award (Single Venue) went Tom...

Interview: Sam Hagger, Beautiful Pubs Collective

P&B: Hi Sam. Can you start off with telling us a little bit about Beautiful Pubs Collective? SH: It’s an interesting business, becaus...

BII announces its 2026 LOYA finalists

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced its six finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year Award (LOYA). Since the ...

Fordwich Arms team to launch in Whitstable

Dan Smith, the chef owner of the Michelin-starred Fordwich Arms pub in Canterbury, is set to open a new wine bar and restaurant in Whitstab...

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Venues

Nightcap launches new sports bar concept

Nightcap Group, the owner of Piano Works and The Cocktail Club, is launching a new sports bar concept called The Side Hustle...

Andrew Wong to move into pub industry

Andrew Wong of the two-Michelin-starred A.Wong is teaming up with Amar Radia, co-founder of Dishoom, to launch a pub in Shoreditch. Kong will...

Inn Collection readies Lake District landmark

Bookings are now open for The Wordsworth, as the Lake District pub prepares to reopen following a full refurbishment. Located in Grasmer...

Wetherspoon to open on Shaftesbury Avenue

J D Wetherspoon has announced it will open its first pub in London's theatreland, partnering with real estate business Criterion Capital. ...

Historic Highlands pub reopens on North Coast 500

One of the most historic and northerly pubs in Scotland has reopened in Tongue on the North Coast 500. Highland Coast Hotels has unveile...

Yummy Collection to open Canary Wharf pub

The team behind The Somers Town Coffee House pub in Euston will open a new venue in Canary Wharf this summer. The Yummy Collection, whic...

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