The average cost of a pint in the UK has risen by 24p to £3.94 during 2020 – an increase of 6%, or four times the rate of inflation, according to new research.
The Morning Advertiser (MA) spoke to a number of brewers-cum-bar operators about the recent changes to Small Brewers Relief (SBR) and the impact it could have on both their businesses and the wider pub sector.
A brewery has launched a series of beers to support a campaign to save small music venues across the country as they remain closed because of coronavirus restrictions.
Yes that’s right, from bombs to beer. As it turns out, Budweiser Brewing Group’s (BBG) recently appointed on-trade sales director for the UK and Ireland Ryan Fritsch has an extensive background in bomb defusal, a skill he’s hopefully unlikely to need...
Latest figures have revealed that trading in managed pubs, bars and restaurants has been ‘more steady than sensational’ as the sector looks to return to pre-pandemic levels.
The joint venture between Marston’s Brewing Business and Carlsberg’s UK division to create a giant beer company will be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), rather than the European Commission.
In light of successful alcohol-free launches including Punk AF, Hazy AF and coffee stout Wake Up Call – as well as an alcohol-free bar opened for Dry January 2020 – no one can accuse BrewDog of not picking up new tricks as it enters its 14th year.
The re-opening of pubs, bars and restaurants has been long awaited, with enforced closures of 15 or more weeks being something that is truly unprecedented for the industry.
Beavertown founder Logan Plant reflects on how his Heineken-backed north London brewery has forged new relationships with drinkers after losing almost 90% of its business during lockdown.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has called upon the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to ‘step up to the plate’ and investigate the creation of the Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company.
Overall drinks sales across managed pubs and bars were 49% down on pre-lockdown levels on Saturday 4 July and 52% down on Sunday 5 July, new research has found.
Global brewer Heineken has responded to claims it had been relabelling kegs of beer that had previously been taken from pubs amid the lockdown to replace, with new best before dates.
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog’s Tower Hill pub in the City of London to discuss the group's reopening and posed with a can of its Barnard Castle Eye Test beer.
Fourpure has launches a series of six beers to take drinkers on a ‘no passport required’ journey, featuring a gose, a SIPA, two sours, a DIPA and a coffee stout.
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has announced the posthumous award of a Silver Tankard Lifetime Achievement Award to former St Austell brewing director Roger Ryman for his services to the industry.
