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PUB16 February 9 & 10
PUB16 launched in 2015 to celebrate the UK pub industry's innovations, trends, products, services and people. Bringing...
Ale on the rise as lager goes flat
It seems that Britain’s lager segment is struggling to retain its fizz, as it faces particularly strong competition...
Going to the pub is good for you
New research from Oxford University today reveals that people who have a ‘local’ pub are not only significantly...
Wild hop takes top prize in Hop Awards
A wild hop variety discovered a decade ago in a Sussex hedgerow has been named overall winner of the British Hop...
Trade bodies urge MPs to back Beer Duty cut and sign Early Day Motion 919
The chief executives of the campaign coalition calling for a cut in beer duty this year (CAMRA, SIBA, and the BBPA),...
SIBA announces the 20 brewery bars selected for BeerX 2016
SIBA has today announced the 20 breweries from across the UK which will feature at their National trade show and beer...
News
Cask Beer Uncovered proving a hit
The new, free e-learning course, Cask Beer Uncovered is proving popular with many companies involved in selling cask beer and is being widely adopted. The course has been produced by Cask Matters and developed by CPL Training. According to Greg Beresford, Recruitment...
Adnams beer sales up 10%
Adnams has today published its Report & Accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2014, showing sales of £66.0m and a £3.8m operating profit. Adnams reported a growth in beer volumes approaching 10%. Commenting on the performance in 2014, Jonathan Adnams OBE,...
Greene King Leisure Tracker February 2015
Each month Greene King publishes its Leisure Spend Tracker based on an omnibus questionnaire in order to provide greater insights into consumer discretionary spending. The Tracker (which you can download) focuses on spending patterns across leisure sectors such as...
SIBA launches its first strategic plan
SIBA has just launched a strategic plan setting out its aims for the next three years called Delivering the Future of British Beer. The plan, the organisation’s first, has been developed to ensure continued success for the independent brewing sector, which has thrived...
SIBA Cask Champion 2015
SIBA has unveiled its Supreme Champion and medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2015, announced at its BeerX celebration of British beer in Sheffield. Top honours went to Brass Castle Brewery of Malton, Yorkshire for Burnout in the National Cask Beer...
Chancellor cuts beer tax for third time
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association has applauded the penny cut in beer duty just announced in the Budget: “The Chancellor really is a ‘Hat Trick Hero’. His third, successive beer tax cut shows he has listened to consumers,...
Ale Trail
SIBA membership reaches 800
The Society of Independent Brewers now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and has set itself a target of a further 20% growth over the next year. During 2014, 100 independent brewers joined SIBA. Members are located across the UK from...
Bob Mortimer is the new Bombardier
Brewer Charles Wells has announced that legendary comedy performer Bob Mortimer will star in a new advertising campaign for its flagship beer, Bombardier, which launches later this month. Charles Wells Director of Brands Phil Toms explained “Bob Mortimer enters the...
CAMRA announces the UK’s 200 best local pubs
CAMRA has announced their list of 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month. CAMRA volunteers across the UK judge the pubs in their area to find their Branch’s Pub of the Year - looking at decor, value for money, customer service, and of...
Cask Beer Uncovered proving a hit
The new, free e-learning course, Cask Beer Uncovered is proving popular with many companies involved in selling cask beer and is being widely adopted. The course has been produced by Cask Matters and developed by CPL Training. According to Greg Beresford, Recruitment...
Adnams beer sales up 10%
Adnams has today published its Report & Accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2014, showing sales of £66.0m and a £3.8m operating profit. Adnams reported a growth in beer volumes approaching 10%. Commenting on the performance in 2014, Jonathan Adnams OBE,...
Greene King Leisure Tracker February 2015
Each month Greene King publishes its Leisure Spend Tracker based on an omnibus questionnaire in order to provide greater insights into consumer discretionary spending. The Tracker (which you can download) focuses on spending patterns across leisure sectors such as...
Cask Ale
Going for Gold
Nicholson's, the pub chain owned by Mitchells & Butlers, has revealed that golden and pale ales are increasingly popular with their customers. The latest research from Nicolson's which serves around 4.7 million pints of cask ale in its 80 pubs, shows that sales of...
Latest trends in pub going
Foodservice industry figures from global information provider The NPD Group show that pubs are increasingly more a place for eating and less a venue for ‘a quick pint’. Half of the British population now visits a pub at least once per month. This is a higher visitor...
Cask Beer Uncovered – the videos
Cask Beer Uncovered was launched in March and is free of charge to all pubs and their staff. Developed by the Cask Matters partnership, the e-learning programme is designed to inform, engage and enthuse bar staff about cask beer and help pubs to maximise the potential...
Brewology launches new products
Leeds based start-up, Brewology has launched a brand new range of machines developed for micro-breweries. In less than a year Brewology’s small team has not only completed a major brew-house project for brewing giant C&C group, but has worked with many of the...
Beer Day Britain on June 15th
June 15th is Beer Day Britain, the country’s first national beer day when breweries pubs and beer drinkers will be celebrating Britain’s national drink. A major activity on Beer Day Britain is the National Cheers to Beer starting at 12.15pm and going throughout the...
An update on Cask Beer Uncovered
A month after the launch of Cask Beer Uncovered, a growing number of pub operators are offering the new e-learning modules to their licensees, meaning that hundreds of bar staff are expected to complete the programme over the next couple of months. You can register...
Beer and Food
Rugby World Cup – 25 million extra pints to be sold
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) says the tournament will give a big boost to locals across the UK. The association expects pubs to sell over 25 million extra pints, with over 2.5 million watching at least one game in...
‘Rising to the Challenge’
With Britain's brewer and pub operators committed to selling alcohol responsibly, the BBPA has today published a new report highlighting the huge number of projects and initiatives in responsible retailing from both the BBPA and its members ahead of the first ever...
50 years of Maris Otter
It may seem strange to note the anniversary of a cereal variety, but there’s good reason to celebrate the half century of one particular barley type. Particularly so given the tale of domination, decline, rescue and revival that spans its extraordinary 50 year...
70% of pubs serve cask ale
New research released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2016, shows 70% of all pubs now serve real ale*, compared to just a third when the book was first published in 1975. Rather than just traditional pubs going back to their roots though, it seems a...
CAMRA says there are now 1,424 British breweries
The number of breweries in the UK has increased by over 10% for the third consecutive year bringing a huge increase in the choice and availability of cask beer to drinkers across the UK. 10% net growth in British breweries for third consecutive year Now 1,424...
Top 16 pubs named by CAMRA
The best pubs in Britain as judged by CAMRA have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2016, which publishes today. The 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward and have a chance to win the National Pub of the Year...
Insight
Latest trends in pub going
Foodservice industry figures from global information provider The NPD Group show that pubs are increasingly more a place for eating and less a venue for ‘a quick pint’. Half of the British population now visits a pub at least once per month. This is a higher visitor...
Cask Beer Uncovered – the videos
Cask Beer Uncovered was launched in March and is free of charge to all pubs and their staff. Developed by the Cask Matters partnership, the e-learning programme is designed to inform, engage and enthuse bar staff about cask beer and help pubs to maximise the potential...
Brewology launches new products
Leeds based start-up, Brewology has launched a brand new range of machines developed for micro-breweries. In less than a year Brewology’s small team has not only completed a major brew-house project for brewing giant C&C group, but has worked with many of the...
Beer Day Britain on June 15th
June 15th is Beer Day Britain, the country’s first national beer day when breweries pubs and beer drinkers will be celebrating Britain’s national drink. A major activity on Beer Day Britain is the National Cheers to Beer starting at 12.15pm and going throughout the...
An update on Cask Beer Uncovered
A month after the launch of Cask Beer Uncovered, a growing number of pub operators are offering the new e-learning modules to their licensees, meaning that hundreds of bar staff are expected to complete the programme over the next couple of months. You can register...
Robinson’s Roadshow provides support to trade
Robinsons Brewery have heralded their April tradeshow, held at St. Helens RFC stadium, as the most successful in their brewery history. The tradeshow was headlined by the official launch of a brand new 3.7% ABV beer ‘Wizard’- the latest brew in the 177 year linage of...
Cask Reports
Bob Mortimer is the new Bombardier
Brewer Charles Wells has announced that legendary comedy performer Bob Mortimer will star in a new advertising campaign for its flagship beer, Bombardier, which launches later this month. Charles Wells Director of Brands Phil Toms explained “Bob Mortimer enters the...
CAMRA announces the UK’s 200 best local pubs
CAMRA has announced their list of 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month. CAMRA volunteers across the UK judge the pubs in their area to find their Branch’s Pub of the Year - looking at decor, value for money, customer service, and of...
Cask Beer Uncovered proving a hit
The new, free e-learning course, Cask Beer Uncovered is proving popular with many companies involved in selling cask beer and is being widely adopted. The course has been produced by Cask Matters and developed by CPL Training. According to Greg Beresford, Recruitment...
Adnams beer sales up 10%
Adnams has today published its Report & Accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2014, showing sales of £66.0m and a £3.8m operating profit. Adnams reported a growth in beer volumes approaching 10%. Commenting on the performance in 2014, Jonathan Adnams OBE,...
Greene King Leisure Tracker February 2015
Each month Greene King publishes its Leisure Spend Tracker based on an omnibus questionnaire in order to provide greater insights into consumer discretionary spending. The Tracker (which you can download) focuses on spending patterns across leisure sectors such as...
SIBA launches its first strategic plan
SIBA has just launched a strategic plan setting out its aims for the next three years called Delivering the Future of British Beer. The plan, the organisation’s first, has been developed to ensure continued success for the independent brewing sector, which has thrived...