Nearly three independent breweries a week shut in 2025 as sector faces ‘survival crisis’
Almost three independent breweries per week were lost last year, new data has shown.
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Licensing Hours Extensions Bill moves to Royal Assent
Legislation designed to make it quicker and easier for the Government to extend pub opening hours during moments of national significance has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle.
Scottish pub closure rate 50% higher than England
Pubs in Scotland are suffering a closure rate more than 50% higher than those in England, new research has found.
Marston’s ‘accelerated roll-out programme driving further trading momentum’
Marston’s revealed how its pub format roll-out has accelerated alongside its plans to complete more in a recent trading update.
OPINION
OPINION: This is not a ‘bail out’
While there will be plenty in the industry that welcome the Government U-turn, let’s be candid about this - this isn’t “support”, it’s the Treasury moving to fix the problems of its own creation.