Cheshire East Council is launching a new streamlined application process today, supporting businesses to introduce al fresco dining facilities. The new online application process for pavement licenses supports the council’s overall approach in supporting our high streets, town centres and the … [Read more...]
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Macclesfield pub reopens with Covid-secure measures after £1 million investment
Macclesfield pub, the Flower Pot, has announced its reopening, following a £1 million investment from owners Robinsons Brewery. The pub, on Congleton Road in Macclesfield, was due to reopen at the end of March, however this date was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally built … [Read more...]
Eat Out to Help Out government scheme opens for registration
Registration has opened for restaurants in Cheshire to sign up to the government's recently announced Eat Out to Help Out scheme to support the sector to recover after the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants taking part in the scheme will be able to offer diners a 50% on food and non-alcoholic … [Read more...]
Al-fresco dining prepares for green light as government regulations ease
Following the reopening of restaurants, bars, cafés and pubs in Cheshire, the government is bringing forward new legislation to allow for greater al-fresco dining, making the process for pavement licenses easier. Cheshire East Council are now preparing to introduce new licensing and planning … [Read more...]
Macclesfield Hospitality Action group aims to support sector’s recovery
A new group has been formed to take action and ensure the recovery of the hospitality sector in Macclesfield following the coronavirus lockdown. Macclesfield Hospitality Action comprises businesses within or support the sector, which has been one of the hardest hit by the economic effects of the … [Read more...]
Brewery rent support helps Cheshire pubs through lockdown
Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery have outlined the next phase of rent support for its tenanted pubs across Cheshire and the North West. The announcement follows the government’s indication that pubs and restaurants may be permitted to reopen from 4th July at the earliest, after being closed from … [Read more...]
Foal born at Nether Alderley in brewery Shire Breeding Programme
Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery have announced the birth of a foal at Nether Alderley as part of their Shire Breeding Programme. The birth comes almost a year after the first foal was born through the brewery's Shire Breeding Programme. The brewery brood mare, Horsemans Princess Giselle, has … [Read more...]
Tytherington Business Village gains new coffee shop
A new coffee shop, The Coffee Tree, has opened at Orbit Developments’ Tytherington Business Village in Macclesfield. The business park already boasts a range of amenities, including a Premier Inn, Springwood pub, restaurant, Subway store and Bright Horizons nursery. The Coffee Tree will add … [Read more...]
Forest Gin and Cat and Fiddle exceed fundraising target
Forest Gin have exceeded their crowdfunding target to refurbish The Cat and Fiddle Inn between Macclesfield and Buxton, and relaunch the pub as a gin and whiskey distillery. Forest Gin will work alongside owners Robinsons Brewery to transform the pub, bringing eating facilities as well as the … [Read more...]
Cat and Fiddle offers Forest Gin tours to reach funding goal
A range of tour packages and corporate events are on offer from Forest Gin as they strive for funding goal to renovate the Cat and Fiddle pub. So far, over £33,000 of the £50,000 target has been raised to renovate the building and add a whisky distillery and shop to the pub between Macclesfield … [Read more...]
The Cat and Fiddle is gaining a weasel
Built in 1813, The Cat and Fiddle is an iconic building which dominates the surrounding area and is very much loved, both in the local area and also far and wide. However, during a particularly bad winter in 2015, the landlord locked the doors for what seemed to be the very last time. The pub has … [Read more...]
Costa Coffee set to open in The Paddock in Handforth
The fastest growing coffee shop in the UK will open its doors in the Paddock, Handforth on July 23rd providing local people with ‘the nation’s favourite’ coffee experience for the first time. For the family-owned franchise behind the Costa Coffee brand in the North West - Sim … [Read more...]