Ashley McCarthy

I’m looking for a small number of local Lancashire couples who might be open to taking part in a documentary photography experiment, filmed by me. If this feels like something you might be interested in, please message me privately.

Build a more connected workplace this World Down Syndrome Day 🏢💙💛 Access your free workplace resources here: 🔗 worlddownsyndromeday.org/wdsd-resource-… #WorldDownSyndromeDay #DownSyndrome #Trisomy21 #TogetherAgainstLoneliness #DownSyndromeInternationalNetwork #LotsOfSocks

On #WorldDownSyndromeDay, we speak up as one global voice for our rights and inclusion. 🌍 We want to change the fact that many in our community feel left out and lonely. Will you join us? Get involved: worlddownsyndromeday.org #TogetherAgainstLoneliness #GlobalVoice

The DSA supports the physical and mental health and wellbeing of children and adults who have Down’s syndrome through the fantastic activity sessions supported and provided by the DSActive and DSEngage programmes. DSActive supports activity and sports organisations to successfully include people who have Down’s syndrome in their activity sessions. DSEngage is our programme of free online activity sessions. Sessions include regular weekly exercise, dance and disco sessions and special events that included Singing Hands, arts and crafts, nature group and more! Find out more on our website: downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/servi…

It's not too late to enter #LOYA26!🎉 Our Licensee of the Year award is an opportunity to gather key data, expand your network and elevate your operation and business model. And who knows... you might just win it! Enter now: bit.ly/BII-LOYA

Could you be our next Licensee of the Year?🏆️ If you're considering entering #LOYA26 but are unsure on where to begin, our guide for entrants highlights the competition process from start to finish and provides you with top tips to consider when completing your entry form! Check out the guide here🔗tinyurl.com/LOYAGuide

Thinking about entering our Licensee of the Year Award competition? Join our online webinar where we go through the whole process step by step, top tips for applications and hear from last year's winners, Mike and Tommy, who will discuss how the award changed their lives. Register now at: bit.ly/LOYA26Webinar

🚨 This 👇 confirms it. The US is using the collapsed tech/AI deal to force Britain to accept chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef. Food standards are the leverage point and the red line. You can’t align with US tech power and stay aligned with Europe. farminguk.com/news/chlorinat…

"It's not Christmas without an Innkeeper!" Huge thanks to @TomSwarbrick1 and the team at @thismorning for shining a light on the devastation from the budget last week. Everyone can help in 2 simple ways: - Write to your MP, calling out the unfair taxes placed on our pubs - bit.ly/BIIOurPub - Get to your local pub and support them and their brilliant teams!

This is the reality for our members despite the Government headlines.They have increased the damaging & unfair tax burden on pubs threatening jobs, particularly for younger workers, investment, undermined growth & will directly cause unnecessary failure of pub businesses.#OurPub

Bumbling along the dregs of a bleak midweek November trading week. It’s hard to not to have a bad gut feeling that my optimistic Bubble for life has well & truly burst-Well done Rachel your killing hospitality (empty car parks are bad) #ourpub is being #taxedout @RachelReevesMP

Great pub in Harrington…. Can’t remember the name 🤔 Anyone at the @BIIandBIIAB recognise it 🤣 @yeoldsuncolton

In the last 12 months, Hospitality has seen more job losses than any other sector. The UKs fifth biggest industry is crumbling away…and yet, we are still being ignored.

Former BII LOYA winner to leave the pub trade morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025/0… They’re not the first BII LoYa winners to leave the industry or the last, If the best in class operators can’t see the light what hope do others have

It’s never too warm for chocolate… ok that is a lie, but only when making it! Eating is perfect in any weather 😎🍫

With our LOYA finalists now announced, Summer Event is around the corner! You don't want to miss out on the biggest celebration of the season☀️ Expect a day full of networking, celebrations and of course drinking🍻 Get your tickets today 🎫 bit.ly/SETickets2025

BII Licensee of the Year 2025 finalists unveiled ift.tt/La0XPgO

Might be #OldSchool but there’s a sense of pleasure in being able to ‘turn’ a mushroom… @yeoldsuncolton #cheflife #localpub

Can you remember the Chocolate Shop I made at last years @YrkChocFestival, well I’ll be doing another live sculpture over the week on a #Viking theme….Have you got any ideas you feel I should think about? Planning the piece very soon! 😋🍫 @yeoldsuncolton @theyorkmix

@pub_that @BIIandBIIAB 🤣🍫

@BIIandBIIAB Chocolatier? Send him our way…😜

Meet our LOYA Head Judges for 2025! 📷 Ashley McCarthy was a LOYA winner in 2013 alongside his wife and BII Trustee, Kelly McCarthy, they are operators of Ye Old Sun Inn, Tadcaster. He is a Chef, chocolatier and BII Ambassador. Amanda Hemming was a LOYA winner in 2022 alongside husband Nick Hemming. Operators of the Heron Inn, Malpas. She is also a BII Trustee and BII Ambassador. Both will be supporting as head judges on the panels in June to help us find our LOYA winner for 2025! 📷 Check out all our judges here: bit.ly/LOYAJudges #LOYA25Judge #SummerEvent25