LOCAL LICENSEE NAMED AS NEWCOMER
OF THE YEAR

Warwick and Leamington licensee Melissa Price has been named as Newcomer of the Year at the annual awards to find the best licensed premises in England and Wales, organised by leading licensed trade publication the Morning Advertiser.

The award was presented at a glittering ceremony at the Billingsgate Conference Centre in London. Melissa Price, supported by partner Mark Benton received high praise for their ambitious entry into the pub industry. Judges congratulated them on their successful transformation of the Punch Taverns owned Tilted Wig in Market Place, Warwick.

Melissa has doubled turnover at the pub, and has subsequently taken on two other Punch pubs, the Newbold in Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa, and the Halford Bridge near Shipston-on-Stour.