North West
Brewer returns to profit and eyes future growth
The sun is shining on Robinsons brewery (pictured) as it has announced a return to profit for its 254-pub estate as it continues to recover from the p...
Pub’s blooming partnership
Friendship has blossomed into a blooming partnership for licensee Lindsey Smethills with the opening of a florists in the beer garden of her Swinton p...
Service with a difference at Bolton pub
A Greater Manchester pub is holding Sunday morning church services in a ground-breaking move to help people connect with prayer and worship. The Mosle...
Mild Magic conjured up in North-West
CAMRA branches in North-West England are planning a major campaign to boost mild ale in April and May with a series of events called Mild Magic.
Derelict railway pub back on track
More than a decade ago, local lad Danny Horsley (pictured) would regularly drink in the Black Tom pub in Camerton, West Cumbria. He also served behind...
Fears for Jennings brewery
A Cumbrian brewery popular with tourists and locals has closed its shop and no longer offers tours. Jennings brewery in Cockermouth has been closed t...
Pub’s village shop initiative
Rebecca and Joseph Richards (pictured) have come to the rescue of local residents by opening a new village store at the Royal Oak Hotel in Beckermet,...
Robinsons to leave its historic site
Robinsons brewery has announced plans to relocate from its Stockport brewing site and head office of almost 200 years to its packaging centre in Bredb...
Brewery’s new Kampus flagship
Manchester brewery Cloudwater is the latest independent business to set its sights on the Kampus garden neighbourhood, with plans for a new flagship v...
Micropub is Oldham’s market leader
A microbar inside Tommyfield Market Hall has defied the problems of the pandemic and beaten the best pubs in the region to be judged Greater Mancheste...
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