Pub group Marston’s performs ahead of expectations

Marston’s performs ahead of expectations after reopening its venues indoors in May amid a boost from staycations and Euro 2020 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 17:26 EDT, 28 July 2021 Marston’s has said it performed ahead of expectations after reopening its venues indoors in May … Read more

Wetherspoons boss warns its pub food prices will rise if VAT goes up 

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns food prices at its pubs will rise if VAT goes up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin said prices for pub food will rise if VAT goes up Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin … Read more

Ed Sheeran gains more control of his £26m pub and property empire after signing on as a director

Ed Sheeran gains more control of his £26m pub and property empire after signing on as a director as he reveals he will be releasing a new single ‘in a few weeks’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 21:32 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 9 June 2021 Ed Sheeran has taken on … Read more

Ed Sheeran gains more control of his £26m pub and property empire after signing on as a director

Ed Sheeran gains more control of his £26m pub and property empire after signing on as a director as he reveals he will be releasing a new single ‘in a few weeks’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 21:32 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 21:32 BST, 9 June 2021 Ed Sheeran has taken on … Read more

Stu Laundy insists there is no rivalry between him and fellow pub baron Justin Hemmes

Stu Laundy and Justin Hemmes are two of Australia’s biggest names in the pub game.  But despite their fierce rivalry when it comes to securing sales, Stu, 47, says he and Justin, 48, are pals.    ‘There’s a bit of a beat-up around a rivalry around Justin and I but when we see each other we’re friends … Read more

Somerset pub owner discovers 50-year-old time capsule buried in building’s walls 

A pub owner has discovered a 50-year-old time capsule containing a price list, ha-penny coins and a £1-an-hour wage slip buried in the 200-year-old building’s walls. Toby Brett, the current owner of Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen in Radstock, Somerset, said finding the small haul of items from 1973 was a ‘pleasant surprise’.  The package contained … Read more

Liam Gallagher ‘has become hooked on frozen margaritas after ordering eight litres to his local pub’

Liam Gallagher ‘has become hooked on frozen margaritas after ordering eight litres to his local pub’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 08:52 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 08:53 BST, 2 June 2021 Liam Gallagher has reportedly become hooked on frozen margaritas over lockdown. The Oasis star, 48, is known for downing beers but … Read more

Australian grandfather who moved to UK and spent his life savings buying pub faces DEPORTATION

An Australian landlord who sank his life savings into saving a 200-year-old British pub from closure is now facing deportation from the UK for taking a pay cut to save the failing business. Russell Young, 62, and his wife Tracie, 56, bought the Sun Inn in Failsworth, Greater Manchester in 2018 for £250,000 and paid … Read more

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 roles

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 vacancies amid fears many people will lose the will to work Businesses say they are struggling to find staff needed while furlough continues  Fears are rising workers on the job retention scheme will lose their will to work  Across … Read more