2021 Winners

Best Accommodation Operator - Sponsored by Asahi

This award will be presented to a pub company that has focused on offering accommodation as a key part of their business. Accommodation will play a significant part in contributing to the company’s profits and helping drive trade.

WINNER: Stay Original Company

The finalists:

  • HQ Collection
  • OHH Pub Company
  • Stay Original Company
  • The Inn Collection Group


Best Brewing Pub Company - Sponsored by Lumina Intelligence

This award recognises companies who operate both a successful brewery and a managed or tenanted/leased pub estate or both. The company will have between 2 and 150 pub sites.

WINNER: North Brewing Co. / North Bar Ltd

The finalists:

  • Joules Brewery
  • North Brewing Co. / North Bar Ltd
  • Ossett Brewery


Best Sustainable Pub Company -  Sponsored by Sky Business

This award will be presented to a pub company that demonstrates a significant and concerted effort to reduce its waste. This includes the reduction and / or redistribution of food waste; energy reduction and management; plastics and single use items.

WINNER: Brewdog

The finalists:

  • Brewdog
  • Darwin & Wallace
  • Yummy Pubs


Best Community Pub Operator - Sponsored by Britvic

The winning company will have a successful pub estate of community focused pubs – community focused meaning trade predominantly targets local rather than destination customers.

WINNER: Greene King

The finalists:

  • Greene King
  • Hawthorn
  • OHH Pub Company Ltd
  • Wells & Co.


Best Food Offer - Sponsored by CPL Learning

This award will be presented to a pub company that delivers a successful mainstream food offer across their estate, with food a key part of the company’s total sales. This award is open to companies which average food price for a two course meal (Starter/Dessert and Main) is from £12.50 to £25 per head.

WINNER: Hippo Inns

The finalists:

  • Berkeley Inns
  • Greene King / Brand - Chef & Brewer Collection
  • Hickory's Smokehouse
  • Hippo Inns


Best Premium Food Offer - Sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

This award will be presented to a pub company that delivers a successful premium food offer across their estate, with food a key part of the company’s total sales. This award is open to companies which average food price for a two course meal (Starter/Dessert and Main) is above £25 per head.

WINNER: Stay Original Company

The finalists:

  • Cubitt House
  • Darwin & Wallace
  • Liberation Group / Butcombe Brewing Co.
  • Metropolitan Pub Company
  • Stay Original Company


Best Drinks Offer - Sponsored by Coca-Cola European Partners

This award will be presented to a pub company that demonstrates drinks retail excellence, with drink sales a key part of the company’s total profits.

WINNER: Darwin & Wallace

The finalists:

  • Berkeley Inns
  • Cheshire Cat Pubs & Bars
  • Darwin & Wallace
  • HQ Hospitality


Best New Site - Sponsored by Heineken

The winning pub site will have opened during the past 24 months. The site will either be a new-build pub or substantial re-development and entrants must demonstrate evidence of how effectively trade has been built at the site.

WINNER: The Meynell Ingram Arms, from Berkeley Inns

The finalists:

  • Red Lion at Hellidon Ltd Part of the Freespirit Pub Co Limited
  • Stay Original Company
  • The Meynell Ingram Arms, from Berkeley Inns
  • The Oarsman
  • The Ostrich (Butcombe Brewing Co. / Liberation Group)


Best Pub Employer - Sponsored by CGA

This award will be presented to the pub company that provides an excellent working environment for employees including comprehensive training, strong staff motivation and benefits and a meaningful career path/ development structure for employees.

WINNER: Brewhouse & Kitchen

The finalists:

  • Brewhouse & Kitchen
  • Greene King
  • North Brewing Co and North Bar Ltd
  • Stay Original Company
  • The Inn Collection Group


Best Managed Pub Company - Sponsored by Molson Coors

This award will be presented to a highly successful managed retail estate, which has shown strong innovation and business performance in the past year.

WINNER: Liberation Group / Butcombe Brewing Co.

The finalists:

  • Brewhouse & Kitchen
  • Cubitt House
  • Liberation Group / Butcombe Brewing Co.
  • The Inn Collection Group
  • Urban Pubs and Bars
  • Wells & Co.


Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company - Sponsored by HGEM

This award will be presented to a highly successful tenanted or leased retail estate.

WINNER: Greene King

The finalists:

  • Greene King
  • Robinsons Brewery
  • Shepherd Neame
  • Wells & Co.


Business Leader of the Year - Sponsored by Poppleston Allen

WINNER: Nick Mackenzie, Greene King


Outstanding Industry Contribution - Sponosored by The Morning Advertiser

WINNER: Emma Page, Yummy Pub Company


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