One week to go to enter the Harpers Awards 2015

The clock is ticking but there is still time to get your entries in for the Harpers Awards 2015.

Monkey Shoulder sets off in search of the Ultimate Bartender

Scotch whisky brand, Monkey Shoulder, is launching a new competition to find the "Ulitmate Bartender" in the UK with a series of regional trials with the overall winner getting the chance to run their own pop up bar during London Cocktail Week.

Pernod Ricard shakes up Havana Club rum's look and recipe

Vinoteca's Kings Cross site to open in March

Vinoteca's fifth site, this time at the One Pancras Square development in Kings Cross, is getting ready to open its doors as head chef Kieren Steinborn joins the team.

Bibendum sets aggressive integration target, but postpones move

Bibendum PLB has been working towards an aggressive six month integration target, but has decided to postpone plans to move to a new London location at least for the short term.

Irish whiskey Tullamore DEW launches busking campaign

William Grant owned Irish whiskey Tullamore DEW is looking to build awareness of the brand through a campaign involving street buskers.

London's premium on-trade wine market growing 18% per year

The market for top wines is growing at a rate of 18.4% by value in London restaurants, against a backdrop of declining wine sales in the on-trade overall, down 9.3% by value for the year to July 2014.

Cold weather fails to dampen eating out sales in January

Restaurants and managed pubs saw like-for-like sales grow 1.4% in January, despite the snow and cold weather.

BrewDog continues expansion with opening of first Spanish bar

Scotland's largest independent brewery BrewDog is continuing with its expansion plans with the opening of its 26th bar and its first in Spain with its new Barcelona outpost.

Stevens Garnier rebrands to Sogrape and ups on-trade focus

Wine supplier Stevens Garnier is ditching its old name in favour of Sogrape, that of its Portuguese parent company, and has vowed to hone in on the UK's on-trade in 2015.

Q&A: Agustin Trapero, sommelier, Almeida

Fiona Griffiths talks to Agustin Trapero, sommelier at Almeida in Islington, about swapping the restaurant's printed wine list for a 'wine wall' and tasting table

Drinks producers and retailers 'get personal' for Valentine's Day

Wine and spirits retailers and producers are looking to cash in on love this Valentine's Day with a host of personalised and quirky products alongside the more straightforward deals.  

Q&A: Andy and Claire Kitching, Friends of Ham

How do a construction manager and a City headhunter end up running a bar that has been voted the best place to drink in Britain? Nigel Huddleston meets Andy Kitching, half of the team behind Leeds' award-winning Friends of Ham

Profile: Frescobaldi - stepping into the unknown

Italy's Frescobaldi family may be world famous for its wines, but can it succeed in the highly competitive restaurant world? Douglas Blyde goes behind the scenes at its first standalone restaurant off London's Regent Street

AG Barr buys cocktail mixer firm Funkin

Scottish soft drinks group AG Barr, the maker of Irn Bru, has bought cocktail mixer firm Funkin for up to £21 million.

Regional recovery in dining out market strengthens

Consumers in Wales and the north and east of England ate out more frequently than Londoners over Christmas, strengthening views that a regional recovery is happening.

D&D celebrates Valentine's with wine and film events across its restaurants

London's innovative restaurant group, D&D, has come up with an imaginative way to help celebrate wine in its outlets in the build up to Valentine's Day with a special Love Wine and Film promotion.

Mitchells & Butlers offers "so-so" festive trading update

All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers had a "good" festive season with sales up 4.8% in the two weeks of Christmas and New Year, but margins weakened over the period.

Restaurant review: Douglas Blyde beats the critics to Berkshire's Oakley Court

Douglas Blyde: from horror to hedonism at Oakley Court

Matthew Clark ramps up 'quirky' wine tasting

On-trade supplier Matthew Clark is set to further revamp its annual wine tasting to encourage visitors to step outside their wine comfort zone.