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BBPA comments on growth in low and alcohol-free sales
The BBPA has commented on the findings of a survey by the Portman Group, which found that there has been a boom in the popularity of low and no alcohol alternatives.Figures from the survey show that nearly a quarter (24%)[1] of British drinkers have either already...
Castle Rock’s Brews New Nottinghamian Celebration Ale
Arthur Skill, a 19 year old Nottinghamian, owned a fish lorry. The year was 1919, and with the early morning rounds completed, Arthur found that more could be made of it carrying people to work - and so began Skills Coaches, the Nottingham based travel company that...
BII launches search for 2019 Licensee of the Year
Entries are now open for this year’s BII Licensee of the Year award, sponsored by Sky. The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) celebrates all that is good in the licensed retail sector and will recognise the top individual licensees operating in the industry in...
Beers For New Year’s Eve
The Christmas decorations are starting to wilt, the turkey carcass is finally in the bin, and you’re ready for one last hurrah before returning to normality: it’s New Year’s Eve.Even if you’ve sworn you can’t eat any more festive food, there’s always room...
Beers For Your Festive Cheeseboard!
Put away the port, retire the red wine, and bring out the beer with the Christmas cheeseboard this year. Why beer, instead of the traditional fortified wines? For a few very good reasons.All beer has fizz, carbonation, sparkle: little bubbles of CO2 which...
Beers For Your Christmas Dinner!
Flicking through all the Christmas food brochures which appear on my door mat around this time of year, I notice very few beers amongst the wine, bubbly and ubiquitous cream liqueurs on offer. In many of the supplements, beer is almost an afterthought, a...
BBPA calls on Chancellor to help beer industry catch up with Germany
The British Beer & Pub Association has welcomed new research that shows UK brewers are amongst the biggest and best in Europe. However, the tax burden they face compared to their European counterparts is holding them back, it argues.The new research, released by...
Fuller’s Three Wise Men on sale to raise funds for prostate cancer awareness
Fuller, Smith & Turner has joined forces with Prostate Cancer UK for the third consecutive festive season to brew the hugely popular Wise Men – a beer designed specifically to raise money for, and awareness of, prostate cancer.The cask ale was officially launched...
Q3 2018 Beer Barometer – beer sales grow, but sector needs certainty on Brexit, says BBPA
Beer sales in the third quarter of 2018 were up 4.4% on the same period in 2017, according to the latest Beer Barometer sales data from the British Beer & Pub Association.Pubs (referred to as the On-Trade) in particular benefited from the much-needed boost,...
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