Pub News

Brewery and pubs firm Marston’s will take over the running of 156 pubs in Wales from SA Brains, saving up to 1,300 jobs.

The company will take over all 156 of Brains pubs in Wales

The British Beer & Pub Association has today revealed the figures behind what it expects to be the quietest Christmas on record for pubs, with 39 million fewer pints and 5 million fewer Christmas

Comedian Al Murray, ‘The Pub Landlord’ has backed the campaign to #SupportPubsNOW with pubs and publicans facing a crisis due to loss of business and ongoing restrictions due to the Covid pandemic

Thousands of Brits took to social media to urge Government to better support pubs this Christmas as part of the cross-industry #PubsMatter campaign.

THE Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has welcomed today’s announcement by the Scottish Government after discussions between Government officials and industry groups, including the SLTA

Greene King pubs to accept hard-to-recycle plastic chocolate and biscuit tubs that will be turned into charitable donations 

Permitting people to gather in “unregulated” homes over the Christmas period but the same time banning mixing in pubs is “making a mockery” of the industry, says British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Emma McClarkin.

The CEO of bar chain Revolution, Robert Pitcher has hit out at the Government’s treatment of bars and late-night operators as he revealed vaccine progress gives the group hope for a strong recovery next year.

Pub representative association ‘Standing up for Pubs and Publicans’, The British Pub Confederation has written to the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Business

SIBA have joined a coalition of industry partners including the British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping, the Campaign for Real Ale, the Independent Family Brewers of Britain and UKHospitality