This week is Dementia Action Week and action is never more needed in venues like pubs where people come together! If every pub company and family brewer in the UK encouraged 50 of their people to be trained as Dementia Friends, there would be over 2,000 more people who...

You know I love pubs.  They are, after all, a pretty big part of my home and working life; I spend a lot of time in them socially and I also get to work in them.  Not behind the bar or in the kitchen like the real people but most days I use a pub as my office....

It’s International Women’s Day and we need to stay focused! Yes, let’s celebrate women got the vote 100 years ago, that in this country we receive equal educational opportunities and we are seeing more and more women taking senior executive positions.  But there is sti...

Or to us Brits, I love beer! I’ve worked with beer for years so I understand the fanatical love we have for our British tipple.  Now its popularity has filtered out further afield and there is a big and exciting new market evolving.  Something our regional and micro br...

I really love the outdoors; for me there is nothing better than a chilled glass of wine or beer outside a pub in the summer.  As a keen walker and occasional cyclist the routes I choose are always combined with a visit to a country pub with a garden.  The outside of a...

I love my mum and with working in the hospitality and pub sector and an obvious pub lover, I like to take her out for a meal or a lunch when we are together.  I’ve taken it for granted for so long, something that’s so easy and natural, but now I’m not sure how long tha...

On May 19th it will be nearly two years since Britain made a decision that changed it beyond all recognition.  And Brexit and its aftermath are set to continue as we progress into further uncertainty.  With that, one thing the public wants, is even desperate for, is an...

Anyone who knows me, knows I love food. In fact, I adore food; everything about it; all the flavours, the look, the variety; just everything.  

Working away from home for the last few years has given me plenty of chances to get my food fix by eating out and trying diffe...

I can honestly say that one of the best pleasures in my life is eating a great pie! I literally love pies.  I don’t know why.  It could be from my childhood; my mum was a real big pie maker with my dad taking a full meat pie for his “bait” as he worked in the shipyards...

For those that know me, you know, I love pubs.  In fact, I bloody love pubs and even loved pubs well before I started working in the sector.  I always choose where I live based on the pub;  where I stay based on the pub and where I walk and where I meet,  all based on...