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Beer Masters TV show launches on 11th November
Beer Masters launches on Prime Video on November 11th and will be hosted by singer and beer aficionado James Blunt. Blunt, an avid beer fan who runs his own pub will be joined by co-host and head judge Jaega Wise, an industry expert and one of the most respected...
Beer and pub industry welcome Budget announcments
The BII is encouraged that the Chancellor has yet again recognised the importance of pubs and the communities that they support in today’s budget. The announcement that business rates for 2022/23 are to be reduced by 50% for hospitality businesses is hugely...
Publican Jodie Kidd urges Chancellor to save 20,000 pubs ahead of Budget
Ahead of the Autumn Budget next week (27 October), Publican, model and former racer Jodie Kidd is calling on the Government to reform the unfair tax burden to help Britain’s pubs and breweries.Following years of support for the Long Live The Local campaign – which...
Watch “Cask Meets Craft” video from Cask Ale Week
In celebration of Cask Ale Week, iconic Yorkshire brewery T&R Theakston brought together leading figures from the beer and hospitality trades through a light-hearted panel discussion, entitled “Cask Meets Craft”, earlier this month. Click here to view the...
BBPA meets with HM Treasury ahead of Budget
The BBPA met with HM Treasury officials yesterday to make representations for the brewing and pub sector ahead of the Budget on October 27th. In its meeting with HM Treasury, the BBPA highlighted the vital role pubs and brewing play in supporting over 900,000 jobs in...
BII Licensee of the Year finalists announced
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) is delighted to announce their six incredible finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year competition. Sponsored by Sky, the Licensee of the Year competition is widely regarded as the most rigorous and hard-fought...
Hogs Back Hop Harvest celebrated by 2,500 people
The Hogs Back Brewery Hop Harvest celebrations bounced back bigger and better earlier this month after an absence last year due to Covid. For the first time, festivities at the brewery in Tongham spilled over two days to meet public demand, with a festival-style...
BBPA issues rallying call for cask in Cask Ale Week
The BBPA, the leading trade association representing brewers and pubs, has today revealed that sales of cask beer in pubs are down 40% since pubs reopened in April 2021 – a total of 76 million pints. From April 2021 to July 2021, the latest sales data the BBPA has,...
Cask Ale Week is back with a milestone moment
Cask Ale Week runs from today, 23rd September to 3rd October. Just as events, activities and promotions get under way, attracting more people into pubs, The World’s Biggest Ale Trail records a major milestone. It has generated one million pub visits....
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