The MFDF Awards are the highest profile in the region – hotly anticipated by the industry, and the best-known and regarded amongst a consumer audience – they continue to provide a benchmark of excellence and quality. The MFDF Award Shortlists … Read More
The Manchester Food & Drink Festival will be held in the city from 29th September – 10th October 2016. MFDF 2016 is Manchester’s 19th celebration of eating and drinking and a full programme will be announced in the next couple of … Read More
All-you-can-eat Brazilian-brand Viva Brazil opens in Bennetts Hill, Birmingham this month. A long standing GS client, Viva Brazil’s founder and managing director Andy Aldrich has invested £1.2m in the grill and bar which will have a capacity for 200 covers and … Read More
A memorial service for Tim Bacon, the popular boss of the Living Ventures bars and restaurants group, will take place at The Albert Hall on Peter Street in Manchester on Monday, 16 May at 1pm – with an open invitation … Read More
Looking for a good craft ale and beer in Manchester’s Northern Quarter? The MEN published a guide to the 11 of the area’s finest drinking establishments, including GS customers Common and Ply, the latter is the current Manchester Food and Drink … Read More
GS Systems managing director Niels Nielsen will be joining his peers in the USA this month for the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) 2016 Chicago Study Tour, which takes place between Thursday, 19 May and Monday, 23 May 2016. The busy schedule … Read More
Following the publication of Local Alcohol profiles, the ALMR has welcomed the encouraging decreases in alcohol-related hospital admissions and praised the work of the on-trade in helping support healthy drinking practices. Alcohol-related hospital admissions for under-18s have fallen 50% for … Read More
The publication today of the BBPA’s beer barometer industry beer statistics shows a period of stability for the sector, with the stabilisation of the beer market being welcomed by the ALMR. The figures show the slowest rate of decline in … Read More
The Great British Pub Awards, run by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, sees pubs from across Britain enter in the hope of winning one of the industry’s most sought after accolades. Deadline for entries for the awards is Friday 3 June. Finalists … Read More
Responding to the launch of the Government’s consultation on tips earlier today, Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive ALMR, the trade body representing pubs and restaurants said: “Tips and gratuities are an optional reward in recognition of excellent service and they do … Read More