Best Bar None
Best Bar None is a recognised award scheme supported by the Home Office and aimed at promoting responsible management and operation of alcohol - licensed premises. It was developed and piloted in Manchester 2003 and found to be a huge success, with premises now competing to participate - improving the night time experience in their town centres.
For Best Bar None to be successful, it is essential that the Best Bar None brand has widespread recognition. For participants it ensures that the awards are meaningful and getting Best Bar None accreditation is a worthwhile activity.
For customers, the Best Bar None logo will give them confidence that accredited establishments have genuinely achieved a true standard and they are the places to visit.
We can only achieve countrywide recognition if the brand is consistently represented wherever it appears. With more schemes starting up all over the UK, it is important that every scheme is clearly part of the same family. No matter where a customer is, the Best Bar None logo should be the sign of a safe, well-run establishment.
The Best Bar None logo should be as instantly recognisable (and meaningful) as the Visit Britain stars you see outside hotels and guesthouses.
It has since been adopted by many towns and cities across Europe, USA, New Zealand and Australia.
Solihull launched its own Best Bar None Scheme in 2009 during which eligibility was confined to Town Centre premises.
Supported by
West Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands Police
Solihull Best Bar None Awards 2010
We all know that Solihull has an amazing array of restaurants, hotels, bars, pubs
and clubs, and many grace the Totally Society pages with fabulous events, parties
and fundraisers.
Following the huge success of the 2009 event, this year’s awards ceremony takes place on July 14th at the National Motorcycle Museum, with staff of participating premises, along with local dignitaries and members of West Midlands Police, West Midlands Fire Service and Solihull MBC, in attendance.
With a dress code of ‘black tie’, the evening is a chance for staff from the nominated premises to enjoy an evening where their efforts are recognised and their achievements rewarded.
A charity auction will also be held during the event to raise money for SoLO ( Solihull Life Opportunities) and Phil Upton from BBC WM will be the compere for the evening.
The evening will culminate in the announcement of the overall 'Best Bar None'.
This year, an invitation was extended to include all premises within the Solihull Borough to volunteer for the Best Bar None Assessment process.
Those premises successfully achieving the Accreditation are:-
Masons Arms
Woodmans Rest
The Farthings
Bulls Head
Greville Arms
Harvester
Prince of Wales
Miller & Carter
Red Lion
Sharmans Cross
Toby Carvery Stonebridge
The Fieldhouse
The House
O'Neills
Herons Nest
Toby Carvery Knowle
Plume of Feathers
Little Owl
Toby Carvery Castle Bromwich
Apres
Assembly Rooms
Solihull Holiday Inn
White Swan
Slug & Lettuce
Hogs Head
Coach House
Ramada Hotel
Hilton Birmingham Metropole
Coach & Horses
The panel of judges, consisting of representatives from West Midlands Police, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, British Institute of Innkeepers and West Midlands Fire Service, have met to decide on the winners in the following categories: -
• Best Town Centre Pub
• Best Town Centre Bar
• Best Suburban Traditional Venue
• Best Suburban Food Led Venue
• Best Hotel Bar
The Best Bar None scheme relies on sponsorship and donations from local Businesses.
This year’s sponsors are:-
http://www.cre8security.co.uk/ http://www.diageo.com/
http://www.brooksjordan.co.uk/ http://www.crown-cars.co.uk/
http://www.touchwoodsolihull.co.uk/ http://www.britvic.com/