The Morning Advertiser

Morning Advertiser is a UK-based weekly publication focused on the pub industry, boasting a circulation of 32,500 copies. In 2011, William Reed Business Media acquired The Publican from United Business Media and combined it with Morning Advertiser to create The Publican's Morning Advertiser, which includes both a print magazine and a news website. Additionally, it organizes several prestigious events, including The Great British Pub Awards, The Great British Pub Food Awards, and the Top 50 Gastropubs awards. This merger reinstated the original name of the publication as Morning Advertiser.

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English

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#596017

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#42751

Food and Drink/Restaurants and Delivery

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Cask beers from Greene King, Hydes and Wye Valley Brewery

4 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd

Greene King is launching a new seasonal cask beer next month (July) called Peach Cooler, which the Bury St Edmunds brewer said is “something different for the bar this summer and appeals to fruity beer enthusiasts”. Peach Cooler is a 3.4% ABV session ale that is said to have hints of honey, combined with stone fruit and peach characters, which is balanced by a light malt base.
Oak Taverns opens 17th site, another on track for July

5 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd

The business, formed in 1991 by Ian Collinson and led by managing director Simon Collinson, has acquired the Rose & Crown in the village of Charlbury, north-west of Oxford, from the Page family, which ran the wet-led pub for four decades. Simon Collinson told The Morning Advertiser: “Under Tom Ford, it’s always been a very much a beer pub and really focused on cask beer in the past 15 to 20 years at the heart of the village – winning various awards.
Financial experts talk about the pub sector at MA Leaders Club

5 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd

At the event, which was held at Rooftop Social Club in Chester last week, Piper associate partner Yasha Estraikh, Barclays relationship director Bob Silk and OakNorth director of debt finance Stuart Haworth, met host Ed Bedington to talk about finding funds.
Star Pubs invests in pub gardens and kerb appeal

5 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett

The investment will see 88 pubs benefit from improved gardens, with a quarter of these being themed to Heineken brands. In addition, 83 pub buildings will be revamped on the outside to boost their kerb appeal. The pub company said the expenditure was part of Star’s overall £40m investment in upgrading its pubs in 2025.
Blind Tiger, Chickpea and Punch experts give pub expansion advice

6 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd

Chickpea managing director Ethan Davids told delegates his nine-strong business is opening a new site in July, another deal lined up for completion in September and is looking to get into the pub-accommodation market. Davids told host Ed Bedington, plus fellow panellists Blind Tiger Inns CEO Chris Tulloch and Punch Pubs group property director Stephen Allen: “We love growing and our central team is just totally and utterly motivated by growth.
‘We’re suffering at the hands of some fairly irritating Government decisions’

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Ed Bedington

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Operator urges more pubcos to consider turnover-based rent models

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett

Ted Docherty, originally from South Africa, has just opened the Little Angel in Remenham, Berkshire, his third pub with Henley-based pub operator Brakspear. Docherty told The Morning Advertiser (The MA) he felt turnover-based models work for both operator and pub company. Under the terms of the model rent payments can fluctuate for the licensee with their business performance, and they avoid paying high fixed rents during slower trading periods.
Club Soda reports shows low & no not a niche sector

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd

The finding comes from the Club Soda Drinks For Everyone 2025 report, which also discovered 37% of 18 to 34-year-olds drink alcohol-free drinks weekly, which is four times the rate for over-55s (9%) while more than half of respondents to its survey (56%) want to see alcohol-free drinks more widely promoted as alternatives to alcohol.
Whitbread reports falling F&B sales

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett

The company, which runs the Premier Inn hotel chain as well as pub chains Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, said this was in line with expectations. It added the impact of its accelerating growth plan would optimise its F&B offer at a number of sites and unlock 3,500 new extension rooms.
Old Mout launches multi-fount for flavoured cider range

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett

Three variants of the Heineken-owned cider brand - Berries & Cherries, Pineapple & Raspberry, and Kiwi & Lime - are available on tap for the new fount. The Flavourwave has been created to offer operators an opportunity to tap into the momentum of growing cider sales, while maximising returns, in time for the peak cider summer period. Research has shown 64% of consumers feel warm weather draws them to cider at the pub, according to the KAM Heineken Summer Cider report from May 2023.