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Hamish Smith

Hamish Smith

The best cognacs from the BBAs 2021
The Bartenders' Brand Awards, now in its fourth year, is CLASS’ annual product testing - by bartenders, for bartenders. Here we unveil the results for cognac.
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15 April, 2021
american whiskey

Hamish Smith

The best American Whiskies from the BBAs 2021
The Bartenders' Brand Awards, now in its fourth year, is CLASS’ annual product testing - by bartenders, for bartenders. Next up in our results, is a key category for some of the most popular classic cocktails: American Whiskey.
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14 April, 2021
Bacardi Legacy

Hamish Smith

Bacardi Legacy returns after pandemic break
Bacardi Legacy will take place in June, the rum company has announced.
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13 April, 2021

Hamish Smith

The best rums from the BBAs 2021
The Bartenders' Brand Awards, now in its fourth year, is CLASS’ annual product testing - by bartenders, for bartenders. In our next instalment of results, the top scorers in the rum category.
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12 April, 2021
Schofield's Bar

Hamish Smith

Schofield’s Bar: the exclusive story of 2021’s biggest opening
Schofield’s Bar – the long and globally anticipated debut venue of bartender brothers Joe and Daniel Schofield - will open for service on Wednesday 14 April.
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09 April, 2021

Hamish Smith

Registration opens for CLASSROOM ft. Edrington-Beam Suntory
CLASS is now taking registrations for its next digital tasting event: CLASSROOM in association with Edrington-Beam Suntory.
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08 April, 2021

Hamish Smith

The best liqueurs from the BBAs 2021
The Bartenders' Brand Awards, now in its fourth year, is CLASS’ annual product testing - by bartenders, for bartenders. In the fourth article of our serialised results, we reveal which liqueurs fared best.
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08 April, 2021

Hamish Smith

The best brandies from the BBAs 2021
The Bartenders' Brand Awards, now in its fourth year, is our annual product testing - by bartenders, for bartenders. In the third of our serialised results, we look at brandy. 
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08 April, 2021
debt

Hamish Smith

The government to consult hospitality on rent debt
The government has called for evidence on commercial rent debts, signalling a step forward in addressing arrears accumulated by hospitality tenants during the pandemic.
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07 April, 2021
cheers

Hamish Smith

Welsh hospitality poised for May indoor reopening
Hospitality in Wales could reopen indoors in May if Covid cases remain low, its government has said.
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01 April, 2021

Hamish Smith

Firms urged to turn down "derisory" pandemic pay outs
Hospitality business owners have been urged not to accept “derisory” initial offers from insurers who previously denied them pandemic pay outs.
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01 April, 2021
Rain

Hamish Smith

Poll: Londoners more likely to brave bad-weather socialising
Londoners may be about to debunk their ‘Southern Softies’ moniker, with a recent poll suggesting inhabitants of the capital are the most likely Britons to socialise outdoors in bad weather.
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31 March, 2021

Hamish Smith

Imbibe Live 2021 to go ahead – and not virtually
Imbibe Live 2021 will go ahead from 13-14 September at Olympia London, organiser Reed Exhibitions has announced.
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30 March, 2021

Hamish Smith

UKBG's first female president eyes revolution
The UKBG, the world’s oldest surviving bar guild, has appointed a female president for the first time in its 87-year history.
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25 March, 2021
Parliament debate

Hamish Smith

Parliament to debate further support for hospitality

Image: Parliamentlive.tvMPs will debate the issue of ‘Support for the Hospitality Industry during Covid-19’ tomorrow (March 24) in the House of Commons.
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23 March, 2021

Hamish Smith

Midlands trade calls for staff background checks
The Midlands trade has called for compulsory DBS checks for staff of family-oriented hospitality venues in the wake of the sentencing of a Leicester bar owner for sex offences.
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22 March, 2021
Sacha Lord

Hamish Smith

Sacha Lord to begin legal action over hospitality lockdown
Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, has started legal action against the Government over the lockdown of hospitality.
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18 March, 2021
Equal Measures

Hamish Smith

Mentors and sponsors announced for Equal Measures programme
Equal Measures and The Mixing Class have secured funding for the first round of their jointly organised Education and Mentorship Programme.
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16 March, 2021
Celebrate Her

Hamish Smith

Celebrate Her calls for industry safeguarding measures for women
Celebrate Her has called on the hospitality industry to do more to ensure the safety of female staff, following a poll that revealed 91% of women in hospitality feel unsafe travelling home from work.
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15 March, 2021
Rod Eslamieh, Ellie Eslamieh,

Hamish Smith

Rod Eslamieh on the lockdown gains that funded a new venue
The pandemic was catastrophic for the hospitality industry, but between the cracks, there have been pockets of success. London Bridge’s Chapter 72 was one such triumph, enabling husband-and-wife owners Rod and Ellie Eslamieh to launch a second venue next week. Hamish Smith speaks to Rod Eslamieh about how it all happened. 
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11 March, 2021
Gibson Vintage Cocktails

Hamish Smith

The bottled cocktails that are probably older than you are
The Gibson owner Marian Beke has launched a bottled cocktail range using spirits which date back 50-100 years.
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10 March, 2021

Hamish Smith

UKHospitality welcomes bounce-back grants
UKHospitality has welcomed a £5bn Government package of grants aimed at helping the high street reopen.
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01 March, 2021

Hamish Smith

Diageo completes Chase Distillery deal
Diageo has completed the acquisition of Herefordshire-based craft spirits firm Chase Distillery for an undisclosed fee.
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01 March, 2021
bartender

Hamish Smith

Hospitality bosses hopeful of long-term growth
Hospitality leaders are optimistic about the long-term future of the on-trade and its role in driving the UK’s economic recovery, if further support is provided ahead of reopening, a survey has found.
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25 February, 2021

Hamish Smith

Take part: New poll on bars reopening in England
Classbarmag.com is undertaking a new poll of the bar industry to gain a clearer idea of when bars in England plan to reopen. 
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25 February, 2021

Hamish Smith

Bar owners react to England's 'Hospitality Liberation Day'
Following yesterday’s government announcement that bars could open from May 17 (outdoors from April 12), CLASS gauges industry reaction to the timetable for reopening, the support required to get them there and their outlook for 2021.
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23 February, 2021
Kate Nicholls

Hamish Smith

UKHospitality demands support after Spring reopening announced for England
UKHospitality has called on a “major package of support” for hospitality following the UK government’s roadmap for releasing England from lockdown.
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22 February, 2021
bar opening

Hamish Smith

PM announces reopening dates for bars in England
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the earliest dates England’s hospitality industry may reopen following its forced closure.
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22 February, 2021

Hamish Smith

The reappearance of Chris Moore
A leading light of London’s bar scene, in a puff Chris Moore disappeared. Hamish Smith finds him in plain sight.
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17 February, 2021
Terroir in whiskey

Hamish Smith

Terroir in whisk(e)y: New research reveals compelling evidence
New research has found evidence that the influence of soil, microclimate and topography on barley has an impact on the flavour of whisk(e)y.  
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17 February, 2021