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
If you have any questions about the event please contact Hazel Batchelar on 01293 846551 or email Hazel.Batchelar@wrbm.com