Responding to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Coronavirus financial support announcement yesterday, James Calder, Chief Executive of the Society of Independent Brewers has said: "The Chancellor’s announcement that a new job support scheme for people in work will be...

Pub and hospitality trade bodies the British Beer & Pub Association, UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping have unveiled new findings showing that almost a quarter (23%) of their members think their businesses will fail by the end of the year...

Cask Ale Week starts tomorrow, Thursday 24th September. That’s the same day new regulations for the hospitality sector, including extending the 10pm curfew to all pubs across the country, come into force. The timing of the Week couldn’t be worse or, as one of the...

​As part of their Cask Ale Week activity, Punch Pubs and Sharp’s Brewery have teamed up to run a ‘QR Loyalty Scheme’. This offer is being run in association with Cask Marque's CaskFinder app which participants need to download onto their mobile device. To gain a free...

UKHospitality and the BBPA have both called on the Government to deliver a package of support for hospitality following today's announcements from the UK Prime Minister, warning that job losses and business failures will be an inevitability unless support is immediate...

St Austell Brewery has released a limited-edition English IPA, exclusively for Cask Ale Week (24th September - 4th October 2020). Harlequin (4.6% abv), which heroes a new English hop variety of the same name, is now available in select St Austell Brewery managed...

James Calder, Chief Executive of SIBA has commented on the new rules for pubs which were announced by the Government last night. Mr Calder said: "A new week and new rules for pubs who have diligently implemented guidance to make their venues COVID secure without...