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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#432903

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#27281

Food and Drink/Restaurants and Delivery

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Stonegate sees boom in low and no alcohol beers and cider sales

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

The pubco revealed more than 271,000 units were sold across its 4,500 pubs and bars, compared to the same period in 2024, demonstrating a shift in consumer preferences. It revealed that London saw the most demand for alcohol free beers and ciders, accounting for more than a quarter of sales (27%) across the UK this year – with 25 to 34-year-olds driving most demand. This was followed by the North West (11%), South East (11%) and Yorkshire and Humber (11%).
Jeremy Clarkson: Owning a pub is ‘more stressful’ than running a farm

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

The TV presenter and journalist admitted there was a lot of things he has discovered about the industry since opening and running his pub, The Farmer’s Dog, near Burford in Oxfordshire. According to The Telegraph Clarkson revealed that in comparison to the daily running of Diddly Squat, his farm in the Cotswolds, operating his new pub had been worse for the nerves.
Consumer spending in pubs, bars and clubs reaches 16-month high

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

In addition, the number of transactions increased by 3.9%, the latest Barclays Consumer Spend report revealed. The report also revealed that the overall hospitality and leisure sector grew by 6.7% – the highest increase since 2023. Restaurants, cafes and bakeries also saw a boost in April with spend up by 8.1% and transactions up by 3.9%. Takeaways and fast food didn’t fare as well but did see spend up by 4.5% but transactions down by -1.8%.
Marston's installs solar at 120 pubs to secure energy prices

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

The company has partnered with renewable energy solutions provider Two Blues Solar and installer Nuvolt to deploy solar across the venues. The rollout started in January, with installation teams working across multiple sites to complete 10 systems per month. Each installation takes two to three weeks and it is expected that this initial rollout of 120 pubs will be completed by Q2 2026.
The Morning Advertiser Lock In Podcast episode 96

4 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Ed Bedington

Food is a major part of many pub operators’ operations and we spoke with a number of experts to look at the changing face of the pub food scene. Public House Group’s Phil Wisner and Greg Watts of the Bat & Ball in Breamore, in Hampshire food and sustainability discuss what they’re doing to improve their environmental impact on their food offer.
Norfolk operator ditches food and boosts business

4 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Ed Bedington

Chris Samuels, who runs the Wellington in Feltwell, turned his back on an award-winning gastro offer to go entirely wet-led and has seen impressive results. “We bought the pub in 2013, it was a sawdust and spittoon style of venue, good for cocaine and fight, but not somewhere you’d take your mother in law,” he told The Morning Advertiser.
Summer Streets Fund aims to boost London hospitality scene

4 days ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Georgi Gyton

The Summer Streets Fund has been launched following the Government announcement that it will give the Mayor new licensing powers, which will allow him to ‘call in’ blocked licensing applications in nightlife hotspots. Councils will be able to apply for a share of the money which can be put towards the creation of new outdoor eating and drinking areas, the enabling businesses to extend the al fresco footprint, or to extend their opening hours.
Greene King and Uiltje Brewing Company cask beer collaboration

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

Partnering with Netherlands-based Uiltje Brewing Company, the collaboration will see the Dutch beer Bird of Prey recreated as a seasonal cask aleBird of Prey is a 5.2% ABV fruity, hoppy IPA, said to be “full of citrus and tropical flavours”. The project began in 2024 when the two brewers discussed how they could adapt the beer as a cask edition.
Brits estimated to drink 1.7m pints in pubs on FA Cup match day

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

On Saturday 17 May at Wembley Crystal Palace and Manchester City will go head-to-head for the top football accolade. Payments provider takepayments conducted the research by analysing data, including the average price of a pint in the UK, average beer consumption and the viewership of the final in 2024, to calculate their estimations. Sport has always been recognised as a great football driver for pubs.
Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street must have ‘hospitality at its heart’

1 week ago | morningadvertiser.co.uk | Rebecca Weller

In September last year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced the plans to pedestrianise the city’s famous Oxford Street. A consultation period on the proposals was then launched in February this year, closing at the start of this month. Work is expected to begin within the next two years. UKH shared its support for the proposed development, but said hospitality business would play a crucial role in bringing the new area to life, adding the sector must be “at the heart” of the plans.