Champagne corks and beer bottle tops have been popping across Leicester and beyond to celebrate one of the most unlikely sporting successes in living memory. And before the foggy heads of the players who attended Jamie Vardy's party had cleared, food and drinks companies were trying to get a piece of the pie.

What has felt like a month of trade shows culminated last week with Craft Beer Rising.

Here is a list of some of the things that have made me happy over the last week or so

Standards and staff are two of the issues that pubs have to contend with in an increasingly competitive market these days.

"Maybe I am being a little hypocritical because pubs are increasingly going down the foody and family-friendly routes, but it just strikes me as not being quite right that you will be able to get a beer in Burger King."

"The benefit of having two busy managed pubs is that an area that had not had any nightlife for years is now developing into a place to go out."