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2,000 people sign the Beer Duty escalator petition in a day
17th May, 2012
A total of 2,000 people signed the e-petition calling for an end to the beer duty escalator in a single day. The total number of signatures has topped 45,000 – almost halfway to the 100,000 that could prompt a parliamentary ...more
Manchester pubs and restaurants receive £4m boost
17th May, 2012
Pubs and restaurants are estimated to have received a £4m boost after tens of thousands of fans and visitors flocked into the city twice this week. Fans watched the two Manchester game in pubs and bars and then flocked into ...more
Bad weather hit sales in April
17th May, 2012
Poor weather hit sales across the eating and drinking-out market in April, according to latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker data – with pub and restaurant groups seeing collective like-for-like sales down 2 per cent for the month. Pubs, and in ...more
Free Report
16th May, 2012
Paul Charity has written a report on menu trends, the drivers of US dining occasions, the franchise business model and other key areas of the US foodservice market and their significance to the UK market. The report, based on a ...more
