Historic Community Pub Reopens Following £370,000 Investment
Historic community pub, The Hollybush, in Salt near Stafford, reopened on March 1st following a combined investment of £370,000 from leading community pub company, Admiral…
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Free drinks throughout March from Stonegate Pub Partners in Support of Marmalade Trust
Stonegate Pub Partners is offering customers a Buy One Get One Free on selected drinks, across its estate in March. This campaign is also supporting…
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Trade Body for Pubs and Brewers Launches International Women’s Day Showcase
The British Beer and Pub Association has launched a showcase of the fantastic women working across the sector to celebrate International Women’s Day and hopes…
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CAMRA Revamps Accreditation Scheme to Include More Great Beers
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) relaunches its ‘Real Ale in a Bottle’ accreditation scheme, with a new name and a bold new look. One…
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Wales Celebrates St David’s Day as WBPA Marks One Year Anniversary
This St David’s Day in Wales marks a year since the foundation of the Welsh Beer and Pub Association (WBPA), set up to represent and…
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SIBA Business Awards 2022 Finalists: The UK’s Best Independent Beer Businesses
The Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2022 have been revealed, highlighting the very best breweries, taprooms, retailers, pubs and beer industry businesses from across…
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Online Sales Tax Early-Stage Consultation
The UK government has published an early-stage consultation to explore the arguments for and against an Online Sales Tax (OST). It follows concerns reported by businesses of a potential tax imbalance between in-store retailers and online.
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Storms batter Britain’s drinks sales
Stormy weather dented the recovery of the out-of-home drinking sector last week—but the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions this week should give a fresh boost to…
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NTIA Invites the PM & Cabinet on “Freedom Day” to Visit Night Time Economy Businesses
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has invited Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to visit sector businesses battling to survive. It comes after that all remaining…
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Partnership Working Highlighted as Way Forward for Pub Sector
Leading members of the trade and police have highlighted how working in partnership and collaborating is the way forward for the pub sector as it…
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Government Must Act to Address the Unfair Burden of Property Tax on the Hospitality Sector
In the decade before the pandemic, hospitality business rates rose by more than 58% or £1 billion Industry body, UKHospitality, says a hospitality tax rate…
Read more...Prime Minister Sets Out Plan for Living with COVID
Sector leaders have responded to the government’s announcement that all Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from…
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Drinks Sales Just Shy of Pre-COVID-19 Levels, but Rugby Brings a Boost
In the week to last Saturday (12 February), average drinks sales by value in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants were just 2% off the…
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BBPA Calls for Permanent Business Rates Reform in Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has responded to the All-party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) Business Rates Inquiry, calling for long overdue reform that reduces the disproportionate burden paid by pubs and brewers.
Read more...Oxford Economics Study Confirms Beer’s Significant Global Economic Impact
The first-ever worldwide report to assess the beer industry’s global economic impact reveals that 1 in every 110 jobs in the world is linked – through direct, indirect, or induced impact channels – to the beer sector, and that it supported 555 billion USD of gross value added (GVA) to global GDP in 2019.
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