UK pub, bar and restaurant groups reported that sales grew by 2.5% over the six weeks of the festive season, compared to the same period in 2018, with spend increasing on both food and drink.
UK brewer and pub operator Greene King has installed an igloo with lickable frozen beer blocks in London's Southwark to celebrate the launch of its new pale ale called Ice Breaker.
CAMRA's Pub of the Year competition celebrates sites that ooze old school British drinking culture, with cask ales, open fires and oak beams all prominent features of the public houses.
A new survey has found that Londoners pay more than double the average amount spent on pints of beer in the pub over a lifetime, equating to £82,731.54, compared to the British average of £38,819.