£9 pints out of plastic cups? Nah, you’re alright Forget Wembley. Forget hospitality. Forget paying £9 for a lukewarm lager. Nearly half of England fans (49 per cent) say they’d rather watch a major tournament match in the pub than inside the stadium itself (33 per cent), according to new research from Stonegate Group. The […]

3 days ago

A playful, tongue-in-cheek reference The UK will soon have its first-ever Lidl pub, and now shoppers know exactly what it’ll be called. The supermarket chain has begun construction at a site in Northern Ireland, following an unusual turn of events caused by the region’s strict licensing laws. After failing to secure a standard off-sales licence for […]

2 weeks ago

Here’s how many customers it will accommodate The UK will soon have its first ever Lidl pub, as the supermarket chain has begun building it at a Northern Ireland site. As the chain was unable to get a standard off-sales licence for its shop in Dundonald in east Belfast, this development is an unusual consequence […]

2 months ago

It said it was “mistaken for a creche” A landlord of a pub has said that he has now banned children from his pub, as a result of parents’ behaviour. Egil Johansen, who for the past 17 years has run the east London pub The Kenton in Hackney, said that “entitled parents” now have a […]

3 months ago

How about that for a response A pub has begun giving beers away, after it was told that selling a pint of beer for 25p during a promotion was “irresponsible” and a breach of its licence. Whitelocks started serving in 1715 and is the oldest continuously running pub in Leeds. The city centre pub offered […]

3 months ago

All branches will be closed today  As a sale hangs in the balance, on Monday a major UK pub is to shut all branches. BrewDog will close all bars and pubs due to licensing laws, while the bosses confirmed to staff that it will hold a series of “all-hands” meetings Monday. The closures were confirmed […]

3 months ago