People are key to hospitality, but employment has never been more expensive or challenging. The Lock In podcast team takes a deep dive into some of the issues the sector is facing.

The Lock In gets locked in as we go behind bars to investigate the opportunties the hospitality sector offers to rehabilitate offenders.

The Lock In podcast explores the cost of a pint along with beer writing legend Pete Brown - has the price risen out of reach of the consumer?

With the opening of a new alcohol-free venue in Scotland, the Lock In team take a look at the history and opportunities for a new breed of non-boozer.

The Lock In podcast is back! Yes, fans of the podcast (all seven of you) will be delighted and this time we’ve got a great new guest host for our opening episode, Butcombe’s Jayson Perfect.

Is the pub crawl a thing of the past, or alive and well? In the season five finale, The Lock In team get their drinking boots on to investigate.

It’s not all about football when it comes to pubs and sport, so the Lock In team scrum down for a discussion about how pubs can embrace the opportunities that rugby offers.

As punters continuously trip over the herds of constantly filming influencers on their way to the bar, the Lock In team ask, is social media just a massive pain in the proverbial?

Food trends, the importance of sustainability and consumer expectations were just three of the areas the Lock In team tackled in the latest podcast episode.

The Lock In team take a look at the relationship between pubs and music, from karaoke to live performance, and ask the question - what happened to all the jukeboxes?

In this episode of the Lock In, the team speaks to various operators in the wider hospitality sector about how the Budget impacts them.

The Lock In team tackled the stories and scandals behind pub names.

It’s no surprise that spirits are low in the pub industry - and that’s just the category! In the spirit of adventure (sorry) The Lock In podcast team take a deep dive to see why consumers are switching off the G&T.

With many operators reporting customers eating and drinking out earlier and leaving earlier, the Lock In team look into why this may be and how businesses are adapting to it.

The Lock In team look at how best to handle a crisis and how to avoid turning one into a drama.

The Lock In team take a look at whether the pub remains relevant in the modern age. Do pubs still appeal to consumers?

The pub sector is continually evolving, and this episode of the podcast looks at operators that are doing things a little differently, from embracing the opportunities of being a film venue, like Main Arthur of the White Cross in Groeswen to opening a school at The Swan in Clewer. We spoke to The Swan's GM, Micky Foden-Andrews about the advantages of having cheap labour students working in a pub. We also hear from Pub is the Hub CEO John Longden about how they're helping the sector to thrive, without installing hot-tubs, and we hear from Anthony Christopher who's turned his love of cooking and animals (not cooking the animals) into a pub with a zoo at The Penycae Inn near Swansea.

With the year ahead looming, the Lock In team spoke to a range of experts on what to expect from 2025.

The Lock In team take a look at how pub operators can boost trade in the misery months of January, with some extra special help from a rugby legend!