AWARDS
Alloa
HUGE ACCOLADE FOR THE BOBBING JOHN
The Bobbing John (Alloa) has been named, by Pub & Bar magazine,
as the best pub in Clackmannanshire.
The magazine covers the whole of the UK – and, as part of its 2022
National Pub & Bar Awards, the pub was named as a ‘county winner’.
The pub, managed by Sarah Hill, was chosen by an editorial panel
which, over the course of a whole year, monitors customer service,
feedback and various other elements to a venue’s operation.
The magazine’s editor, Tristan O’Hana, said: “Well done to
The Bobbing John. We choose pubs based very much on
consumers’ journeys – their experiences and how the pub
facilitates those.”
Sarah (pictured) said: “We are delighted to have been chosen as
the best pub in Clackmannanshire.
“We do work very hard to make the experience a very pleasant
one for all our customers, so it is amazing to be recognised for
that work.”
Hull
ADMIRAL PILOTED PERFECTLY AS
HULL EMERGES FROM LULL
The Admiral of the Humber (Hull) was among the shortlisted local
businesses at the Hull Business Improvement District (BID) Awards 2022.
The HullBID Awards celebrate and reward the very best the city
centre has to offer.
The Admiral of the Humber was shortlisted in the ‘commitment
to training and development’ category, one of 11 categories.
The award highlights the positive commitment to developing
employees to their best potential.
Now in their eighth year, these awards aim to shine the spotlight on
businesses large and small, together with the people behind them,
striving to help Hull to shine, all of which are particularly deserving
of recognition.
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The pub opened in 2014 and added an open-air café area
for customers during the period of COVID-19 restrictions on
alcohol sales.
Sarah added: “It’s part of the pub itself, with café tables
– and customers can order coffee, paninis and so on using
the Wetherspoon app.”
Indoors, the pub is a monument to the area’s history and is noted
for its ‘Treepot’ sculpture – a nod to Alloa’s pottery industry which,
weekly, used to produce 40,000 teapots.
Sarah will now be invited to the National Pub & Bar Awards’
final ceremony in June to collect the pub’s certificate.
Regional winners and the national winner are also named
at the event.
An independent panel of judges, with great experience of
business in Hull’s city centre, scrutinises the nominations in
each of the award categories, before shortlisting finalists.
Pub manager Katie Younger said: “We were so pleased to be
nominated and thrilled to be recognised by HullBID as one of three
shortlisted finalists for the ‘training and development’ award.”
HullBID’s executive director, Kathryn Shillito, said: “It’s been
a very difficult two years, but the awards are a chance to focus
on city-centre businesses getting back to what they do best.”
The awards ceremony gala evening took place at
DoubleTree by Hilton, Hull.