by Stuart Mills

NATIONAL PUB & BAR AWARDS 2024 OPEN FOR ENTRY

Entries are now open for the 2024 National Pub & Bar Awards, as the annual event returns to celebrate on-trade champions across the country.

The awards will once again be crowning the best venues within 94 counties across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, showcasing the UK’s finest pubs and bars on a national scale.

Operators can enter venues online at nationalpubandbarawards.co.uk. If you’re a multiple operator, there is no limit to the amount of sites you can enter. 

All of the 94 County Winners, announced at the end of March, will be invited to the National Pub & Bar Awards Grand Final, which will take place in London on Wednesday 26 June.

The closing date for entries is Friday 22 March. Enter online at nationalpubandbarawards.co.uk.

by Stuart Mills

The UK’s most dog friendly pub?

Here’s one happy customer. Ted the dog, who turned 11 at the weekend and celebrated his birthday down the pub with the team at the Britannia Inn in Guildford, Surrey.

Ted celebrating his 11th birthday at the Britannia

He belongs to one of the pub’s regulars and has been visiting since he was a puppy. He always goes on a little hunt for fallen snacks when he arrives, but didn’t need to for his birthday as he was treated to a specially made pie for the occasion.

We hope you’ll join us in wishing him many happy returns 🎉🐾

Find more Dog Friendly pubs.

by Stuart Mills

Going, going…gone!

It took just two hours for a pub selling Britain’s most popular Sunday roast to sell out for the whole of 2024.

The Bank Tavern in Bristol is renowned for being the most difficult pub in the country to get a reservation.

They opened reservations for tables at 10am on New Year’s Day and by midday, all tables were taken.

Good luck for 2025, people!

by Stuart Mills

Dec sings in the New Year down his local

Footage is emerging of Declan Donnelly using his very own local, the Badger in Ponteland, on New Year’s Eve, where he sang a rendition of Billy Joel’s Piano Man, in front of stunned local.

We’ll leave you to decide whether or not he peaked with Let’s Get ready to Rhumble, or not..

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12919733/declan-donnelly-new-years-eve-pub-billy-joel-song-mother-house.html

Nice one, Dec!