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Parliamentary beer and food event celebrates women in the beer industry
Women from the beer and pub industry were celebrated in Westminster last night at a beer and food tasting held by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, women in beer group Dea Latis, and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), sponsored by Ruth Smeeth MP for...
Industry bodies join forces in call for fairer deal for pubs in Autumn Statement
With the Chancellor due to deliver his Autumn Statement on 25th November, key pub industry bodies have written jointly to George Osborne, calling for further action to secure a fairer deal for pubs. The letter, from the BBPA, ALMR, FLVA, BII, SIBA, BFBI, BSDA, and...
Small Batch Brewery will serve up innovative brews for St Austell
St Austell Brewery has established a new Small Batch Brewery to create its latest collection of innovative beers. Famous for its award-winning cask and bottled ales, the company is set to offer a range of new and exciting brews as it continues to deliver more choice...
Cask continues to shine
The latest figures from the BBPA show that cask ale sales are continuing to grow. Sales figures recently released to include September 2015, show sales of cask up by 1% in September compared to September 2014. Surprisingly most of the increase is accounted for by good...
BBPA announces big bounce in beer sales in Q3
UK beer sales rebounded strongly in quarter three, with a 3.9 per cent improvement on the same quarter in 2014, according to the latest figures from the British Beer & Pub Association’s quarterly Beer Barometer, published today. Boosted by retailers stocking up in...
New name and new look for champion Scottish brewery
Orkney’s award winning Highland Brewing Company has been reborn as ‘Swannay Brewery’ with a striking new look as it is gears up for growth. The roll out is key to the Swannay based brewer’s ambitious plans – backed by Highland and Islands Enterprise - to treble...
Industry-leading training now available for hospitality businesses across the South West
The award-winning St Austell Brewery is expanding its industry-leading staff training to benefit other hospitality businesses across the South West. A refurbished training and development centre called Academy 1851 has opened at St Austell Brewery’s base in Cornwall...
Cask Ale Week 2015 round up
According to the Cask Report, four new breweries are opening every week and cask ale sales are still increasing. The flip side, however, is that 29 pubs are closing every week which means the level of competition between pubs and other hospitality venues is...
Beer drinking becoming more popular with women
Over 9.2 million women (40%) over the age of 25 in the UK have enjoyed beer in the last month alone * In the last month beer was a more popular choice among UK women (40%) than Prosecco (36%), cocktails (28%) or gin (19%)** AB InBev has released insights from research...
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