The role of the bartender is constantly evolving with the most rapid change in the past couple of years due to the pandemic and new ways of drinking. Perhaps, because the average person had to become their own bartender when bars, restaurants and clubs were closed, they have this newfound appreciation of mixology - because an expertly crafted cocktail has never tasted better than when served alongside freedom.

The Ukrainian crisis has made people take note of which vodkas are Russian - and which are not. One of the world's renowned vodkas which is decidedly not Russian is Moskovskaya Vodka. Stockists and consumers can continue to enjoy this vodka with a clear conscience: using 100% European Union materials, Moskovskaya is produced by Amber Beverage Group (ABG) in its Latvian distillery established in 1900 - Latvijas balzams.

Lu Ban Liverpool has been crowned the city’s best restaurant after being one of the big winners at the 2021 Liverpool City Region Tourism awards.

The fine dining Chinese restaurant, based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, walked off with the highly prized Restaurant of the Year award and doubled up its trophy haul with the Resilience and Innovation award.

Exclusive Ranges will be showcasing Celsius Black at HRC, the newest generation of induction cookers to be introduced to the Menu System portfolio of innovative cooking solutions for the professional chef.

X MUSE , pronounced ‘tenth muse’, is the first blended barley vodka inspired by the spirit making traditions of Scotland. Drawn from the history and experience of Scottish spirit-making, heritage barleys and the purest water, it has been three years in development under the stewardship of former Pernod Ricard Global Director of Creativity and Luxury Vadim Grigoryan and Robert Wilson, co-creator of Jupiter Artland and co-owner of Nelsons, the leading Natural Medicine manufacturer.

Cirio – producer of the UK’s favourite Italian brand of tinned tomatoes – is the first company in the canned tomato industry to reach and declare total CO2 neutralisation on its top selling chopped tomato range.

At the very forefront of British garden furniture design, Moda Furnishings is an omnichannel retailer of premium modular furniture based in the North West of England with an international reach. The quality and provenance of its products, its robustness in the face of a testing year and its unrivalled attention to client servicing are just some testaments to its success as a British business. October 2021 saw the launch of Moda Commercial, an exclusive B2B arm of the business and a reaction in part to the increase of enquiries from commercial clients, but also to the suffering endured by many industries as they faced the threat of the pandemic.