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Good morning all The picture below shows a sign outside my local Bargain Booze where they run a "Happy Hour"...

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Good morning This week, I spoke at a retail conference in Scotland. One of the focus points of my presentation...

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Hello and welcome I mentioned last week KAM Media are also speaking to publicans as part of our exciting new...

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Hello! I went into a pub this week (not a surprise), I asked for a glass of prosecco (as before)...

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Good morning and welcome This week there was outcry over York council's plan to ban A-Boards from the streets of...

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Hello and welcome The Co-operative have this week announced a new membership scheme that will reward customers who buy their...

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Good morning It seems only last week that we were talking about Summer products (it was) and then this week,...

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Good morning After the influx of NEW summer products that we have seen pop up in c-stores over the last...

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Hello and welcome This week I visited Prague on an on-trade (we also run research projects in the licensed sector...

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Good morning one and all Believe it or not, it's summer. What does summer mean to you? Evening walks in...

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Morning all This week's news that Waitrose has opened it's first cashless store got me thinking about the "shop of...

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Good morning one and all Recently we have taken the kids out to eat a fair bit, I guess the...

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A look at employee wellbeing in the Hospitality industry and how we can improve the experience.

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The UK’s Largest Hospitality Salary Survey 2025

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This annual survey is based on feedback hospitality employees and aims to provide a benchmark of current salaries and benefits available as well as what is important to these employees.

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The Pub Roadmap | Creating Pub Superfans

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In partnership with the BII and supported by Brakes, this research report at how venues can grow customer loyalty and create pub superfans.

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The Mid-Strength Opportunity

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KAM have joined forces with Club Soda and The Mid-Strength Collective to explore why mid-strength alcohol is gaining traction and what steps businesses can take to capitalise on this untapped potential.

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State of Social | Benchmarking Hospitality brands

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State of Social is the first industry-wide benchmarking report dedicated to social media metrics, in partnership with Kitch.

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Raising the Bar | The current state of alcohol-free

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A look at the accessibility, visibility and credibility of alcohol-free drinks in hospitality venues, in partnership with Everleaf

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