Wine Drinkers Facing a Super Stealth Tax when Alcohol Duty Goes up in August
Wine drinkers face rocketing prices if the Chancellor goes ahead with a double pronged tax hike, likely to be announced at the Spring Budget. When…
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Scottish Alcohol Advertising Ban Could Threaten Small Independent Breweries
The ability for small Scottish breweries to start up, innovate and create a brand is under threat under the Scottish Government’s plans to restrict alcohol…
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Fear One in Four Independent Night Time Economy Businesses at Risk
Despite having the ability to trade, the current cost of operating is placing an insurmountable amount of pressure on businesses, leaving an entire sector in…
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Beer & Pub Sector Urge Next FM to ‘Throw-Out Ludicrous Advertising Proposals’
The leading trade association representing pubs and brewers are urging the next First Minister to ‘throw-out’ the proposals on alcohol advertising as the Scottish Government’s…
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SBPA Call on Pubs to Make Their Voice Heard in Advertising Consultation
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) have called on Scotland’s pubs, bars and wider hospitality industry to make sure their voice is heard, as…
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Greene King Licensees Become Multiple Operators Following £200,000 Investment in Winchester Pub
Greene King Pub Partners licensees Iain Warren and Jenny Small have become multiple operators after taking on The Willow Tree in Winchester following a £200,000…
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Consumer Spending Grew Just 5.9 per Cent in February, but Pubs Record Small Increase
Consumer card spending grew just 5.9 per cent year-on-year in February, below the latest CPIH inflation rate of 8.8 per cent, owing to a reduction…
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Licensing Act Consultation “Overwhelmingly Positive” says Sector Leaders
The government has launched a consultation to consider making permanent the alcohol licensing provisions in the Business and Planning Act 2020 or whether to return…
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SIBA Business Awards 2023 Finalists: The UK’s Best Independent Beer Businesses Revealed
The Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2023 have today been revealed, highlighting the very best breweries, taprooms, retailers, pubs and beer industry businesses from…
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Low and No Alcohol Alternatives “Ingrained in Consumer Responsible Drinking” says Report
The Portman Group’s fifth annual research report into UK public attitudes to low and no alcohol alternatives is an important point to pause and take…
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Urgent Call for Government Support as 2,000 Pubs Face Closure
Two thousand of the nation’s much-loved pubs are facing last orders, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has warned as it calls on the…
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Lower Rates of Tax for Draught Beer & Ciders in Northern Ireland
The Campaign for Real Ale has welcomed the prospect of a lower rate of duty being charged on beer and cider in pubs, social clubs…
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Bill Gates Acquires 3.76% Stake in Heineken
Bill Gates has acquired a 3.76% stake in Dutch drinks giant Heineken, despite having previously admitting he was not a big beer drinker. He purchased…
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Scottish Brewers say Measures Announced for the Deposit Return Scheme Don’t Solve its Fundamental Flaws
Small producers and importers including independent craft brewers, distillers and wine makers, say the recently announced changes to the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will…
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Walsall “Dystopian” Alcohol Ban Rejected
A possible ban on Walsall town centre venues selling alcohol beyond certain times in the was likened to ‘something out of a dystopian novel’. Walsall…
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