All-Party Parliamentary Beer

Political fortunes: MP Andrew Griffiths (left) receives his award from Brandon Lewis MP

APPBG names its esteemed Beer Drinker of the Year

By Fred A'Court

An MP who has done much to change the political fortunes of beer for the better has been named Beer Drinker of the Year by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG).

Pubs raise £125,000 through quizzes

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Pubs raise £125,000 through quizzes

By Nikkie Sutton

Volunteers behind the non-profit organisation PubAid are counting the funds raised after they set out to host the World's Biggest Quiz in February this year.

Pub chefs face off in parliamentary award finals

Pub chefs face off in parliamentary award finals

By Daniel Woolfson

Pub chef finalists in the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group’s Parliamentary Pub Chef awards faced off in a tense cook-off.

Beer Group MP: 'We won over beer, many would say we lost over pubs'

Beer Group MP: 'We won over beer, many would say we lost over pubs'

By Andrew Griffiths MP

Just like the Forth Road Bridge, where famously workmen on completing a new coat of paint have to start all over again at the other end, so the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group begins again at the start of the new Parliament.

Andrew Griffiths:

Cheers to George and this pro-pub Government

By Andrew Griifiths

George Osborne – the beer drinker’s champion. True, not the first thought that might have gone through your mind on the day the Chancellor set foot into Number 11 four years ago. Yet after the Budget last week, I do not think it an exaggeration to say...

Robert Humphreys to step down from Parliamentary Beer Group

Robert Humphreys to step down from Parliamentary Beer Group

By John Harrington

Robert Humphreys is to step down from his role of honorary secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group after 21 years, which he has held since the group’s formation in 1993, the Publican's Morning Advertiser has learnt.

Industry bigwigs rush to be seen with the pub trade's new poster boy

Sinking pints with the Chancellor and beer industry bigwigs

By Snifter

Snifter lifted many pints in celebration of the beer duty escalator scrap and a penny off a pint at the Westminster Arms last night, with none other than the Chancellor George Osborne (well, along with many others at the same party).

Mulholland in House of Commons coat calamity

Mulholland in House of Commons coat calamity

Pub campaigning MP Greg Mulholland got himself into a spot of coat-related bother following a Parliamentary drinks reception last week, Snifter can shockingly reveal.

More MPs get behind the bar as part of 'MPs in pubs' campaign

More MPs get behind the bar as part of 'MPs in pubs' campaign

By Adam Pescod

More MPs are getting behind the bar of their local pub as part of the ‘MPs in Pubs’ campaign, launched by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) last year, and supported by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Milton:

Milton: "we do not want to be killjoys"

By Michelle Perrett

The Government does not want to be “killjoys” but has to act against excessive alcohol consumption, claims health minister Anne Milton.

Survival of industry at risk,  claims new BBPA chairman

Survival of industry at risk, claims new BBPA chairman

By Michelle Perrett

The “alarming rate” of pub closures and the decline in beer volumes is a “wake up call of epic proportions”, claims British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chairman and Molson Coors chief executive Mark Hunter.

Michael Kheng, MP Karl McCartney and staff

Lincoln MP gets behind the bar

Lincoln MP Karl McCartney completed a shift at the Cloud Bar in Lincoln to get a greater understanding of the pub trade, working behind the bar, serving food and learning the ropes as a cellarman.

MPs have failed the trade

Politicians 'failed the pub industry'

By Michelle Perrett

Politicians have failed the pub and brewing industry, admitted chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) Andrew Griffiths MP.

Alan Meale: knighthood

Knighthood for former APPBG chairman

By Michelle Perrett

Alan Meale, founder of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has been granted a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Griffiths: new beer group chair

Beer Group chair: I'll give pubs clout

By Michelle Perrett

The new chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group has promised to increase the trade's "political muscle" in Parliament. Andrew Griffiths,...

Brokenshire: listening to the trade

Brokenshire receptive to pub trade lobbying

By John Harrington

Fourteen hundred submissions have been made for the Government's consultation on licensing reform - as trade chiefs step up their lobbying to get the...

Top priority is ti defend what's already protected like the FA Cup

Speak up for more free sport on TV

By John Harrington

The trade is urged to speak out to make more sport free-to-air in pubs, by All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman John Grogan.

Elliott: time for change

The time for change is upon us

By David Elliott

Greene King Pub Partners managing director David Elliott says it is time for a change in the industry.

Pring: Community Pub Inquiry witnesses regularly told MPs about disproportionate red tape affecting community pubs

Regulation is strangling our pubs

By Andrew Pring

As licensees spend a day and a half per week dealing with bureaucracy, an excellent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group engages with the gritty reality of pub life, says Andrew Pring.

Evans: appalled by Asda offer on Skol

MP calls for ban on cheap supermarket booze

By Ewan Turney

A Tory MP has urged the Government to ban deep discounting in the off-trade. Nigel Evans, vice chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group,...

Evans: Make tax transparent on till receipts

Show beer duty on till receipt, says MP

By John Harrington

Pub till receipts should state how much the customer pays in tax — to highlight how much things like alcohol duty hit people in the pocket. That's...

27 John Grogan

27 John Grogan

chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (29) Robert Humphreys secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (29) Why they're on the list: Few...

Under my umbrella

Under my umbrella

Boarded up and in the hands of a property developer eager to knock it down and put 14 houses in its place, the Summer Cross in Otley, near Leeds, was...