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‘Overheads have gone up’: Britain’s hospitality sector faces tough time this summer

Pubs and restaurants report rising costs including food price inflation, labour and NICs while employing fewer seasonal staff

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025

Chairman of pub and brewery firm The Liberation Group to step down

The Jersey-based parent company of West Country beer and hospitality brand Butcombe said Richard Grainger had led the group through a period of ‘significant growth’

Birmingham Post · May 18, 2023

Pub group boss slams government and suppliers on energy ‘scandal’

The chief executive of The Liberation Group - the parent firm of brewery and pub brand Butcombe - warned this year could be 'one of the worst seen' for pub closures across the UK

Birmingham Post · Feb 19, 2023