Andrew Griffiths

Former pub champion quits over sex messages to bar staff

16-Jul-2018 By Claire Churchard

Vocal pub campaigner MP Andrew Griffiths has quit his post as small business minister after allegedly propositioning female bar staff in his constituency via social media.

Reshuffle: MP Andrew Griffiths becomes Small Business Minister

10-Jan-2018 By Claire Churchard

Prominent pub-supporting MP Andrew Griffiths has been promoted in the Government reshuffle, becoming Small Business Minister at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Lucky to have parliamentarians who care

04-Feb-2015 By Rob Willock

I didn’t attend the CAMRA reception last night at which Andrew Griffiths MP was awarded the campaign group’s Parliamentarian of the Year award. But my colleagues who did say he was applauded generously as he collected his trophy.

Andrew Griffiths MP calls for beer duty cut hat-trick

16-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

All Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman Andrew Griffiths MP has urged the Government to consider a further cut in beer duty in the 2015 Budget.

Statutory Code: Andrew Griffiths accuses Greg Mulholland of 'pre-choreographed act not a debate'

15-Oct-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group MP Andrew Griffiths has accused MP Greg Mullholland of conducting a “pre-choreographed act, not a debate” over the pubco model.

Perhaps the VAT campaign needs to look longer-term

11-Sep-2013 By Rob Willock

At a recent industry dinner reception, Andrew Griffiths MP introduced me to the Chancellor George Osborne. It was a bit like a wedding party receiving line, so there was very little time for me to influence him with my thoughts on how the Government could...

VAT campaign: Say it ain’t so, Andrew

01-May-2013 By Rob Willock

Fresh from our successful crusade against the hated beer-duty escalator (I received my campaign medal from Hobgoblin last week), a confident pub industry can turn its collective attention to the next battleground.

More than 100 MPs sign up in support of scrapping beer duty escalator

06-Feb-2013 By Gurjit Degun

A petition among MPs calling the beer duty escalator to be scrapped has passed 100 signatures.

Beer Duty Debate: Andrew Griffiths calls on economic secretary to "save the British pint"

01-Nov-2012

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Andrew Griffiths MP has kicked off the beer duty escalator debate, pushing for the Government to scrap the tax.

Stafford pub gets new staff as two MPs serve behind the bar

09-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Mill at Worston, in Great Bridgeford near Stafford, had a guest barman when it was visited by Andrew Griffiths MP, the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group.