British beer & pub association

Public wants action to help British brewers and pubs

20-Nov-2017 By James Beeson

The general public overwhelmingly supports the Government taking action to support the brewing industry, according to a new YouGov poll.

Spotlight: the call for pubs to unite and fight

20-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

As the Autumn Budget approaches, the pub sector has plenty on its plate and must come together to try to battle the onerous taxes and other financial expenses on the horizon.

Beer mats carry a pub health warning, about beer tax

23-Oct-2017 By Fred A'Court

It’s enough to make you cry into your beer! Drinkers can now stare through the bottom of their glass at a beer mat featuring the word ‘tax’ – something no one really wants to read about but a necessary evil given the financial pressures pubs are facing.

Industry bodies join forces to call for business rates relief

18-Oct-2017 By Fred A'Court

Industry, trade and consumer bodies have joined forces to call for business rates relief for pubs to be retained and greatly extended, and for a change in the way rates are calculated.

Pint of bitter tops £3 for the first time

21-Sep-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The average price of a pint of bitter in British pubs has broken the £3 barrier for the first time, rising by 6p in 12 months to £3.05.

Future Trends: Beer and Cider

There's A Beer For That: beer and food pairing is simple

27-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Beer and food pairing is a simple principle of matching flavour intensities, according to There's A Beer For That beer writer and sommelier Laurence Creamer.

Pub beer sales down 2.9%

24-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

More than 100,000 fewer barrels of beer were sold in pubs in the final months of 2016 compared to the year before, while off-trade beer sales continued to rise, according to figures from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Pubs minister refuses to be drawn on beer duty cut

09-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

Andrew Percy, the pubs minister, has said it is possible the Government may bow to industry pressure and cut beer duty in March's Budget.

Breweries unite for small beer relief reform

19-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Small and medium-sized breweries have called on the Government to review the small breweries’ relief (SBR) scheme to ensure a “vibrant and sustainable” future for the brewing industry.

Research

Research: Majority of pub staff are female

23-Sep-2016 By Oli Gross

More than half of pub staff are female, and there are 1,380 more breweries than there were in 2010, according to latest figures published by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

BBPA

Running a pub guide: How high should your operating costs be?

17-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

Operating costs for tenanted and leased pubs are highest in town and country food-led pubs, according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) latest Running a Pub benchmarking survey.

CHEF SHORTAGE

Brexit could make chef recruitment woes even worse

04-Mar-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A British exit from the European Union could further exacerbate the shortage of skilled chefs faced by the country’s hospitality industry, a leading recruiter has warned.

There's A Beer For That campaign receives £5m funding boost from big brewers

29-Jan-2016 By Ben Winstanley

The There’s A Beer For That campaign has received a combined £5m investment from Heineken, Molson Coors, AB InBev, SABMiller and Carlsberg as it aims to drive sustainable growth in the UK beer market.

Pub chefs face off in parliamentary award finals

27-Jan-2016 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.

National Living Wage

Time to pay more than just respect to workers

16-Oct-2015 By Ed Bedington

The thorny issue of wages is rarely out of the headlines these days. But before we dive into the debate head first, I would urge caution.

Underage drinking efforts hailed

29-Jul-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Pubs praised for ‘hard work’ on tackling issue.

Report

CAMRA: 29 pubs still being lost each week

14-Jul-2015 By James Evison

CAMRA launch initiative to protect 3,000 pubs as new figures show 29 being lost every week across the UK.

Beer Innovation Summit

BrewDog set for keynote summit talk

10-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

BrewDog has been revealed as a keynote speaker at next month’s Beer Innovation Summit, organised by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Better Rates for Pubs: Trade calls for action from Chancellor over business rates

20-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

A coalition of trade bodies — as well as the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) — has called on the Chancellor to give further support to the pub sector through business rates reform in next month’s Autumn Statement.

Consecutive beer duty cuts mean 16,000 new pub jobs, report claims

01-Oct-2014 By James Wallin

Two consecutive cuts in beer duty will ultimately create 16,000 jobs for the pub sector and boost beer sales by over 500 million pints, a new study has claimed.

CAMRA and BBPA produce conflicting data on UK brewery growth

11-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

The booming British brewery sector, which is now at its healthiest since the 1940s, has been praised by two separate publications — even if they can’t quite agree on their figures.

Tasting notes on pump clips ‘could boost beer sales’

15-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Breweries have been urged include tasting notes on pump clips after new research showed 68% of real ale drinkers would branch out if they were given more information.

Statutory code: Fair Pint slams 'ludicrous' BBPA stance on free-of-tie option

05-Jun-2014 By James Wallin

Fair Pint campaigner Simon Clarke has accused the British Beer & Pub Association of encouraging the "terminal decline" of the industry with its response to the statutory code proposals.

Industry figures call for beer duty freeze in open letter to Osborne

10-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Senior industry figures have written an open letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP, calling for a freeze in beer duty in next week’s Budget and further measures to support the pub trade.

Analysis: Impact on pubs of new Anti-Social Behaviour legislation

05-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Helen Gilbert assesses the industry’s fears about the new Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.

Beer sales increase over consecutive quarters for first time in 10 years

27-Jan-2014 By Lewis Brown

UK beer sales have increased for two consecutive quarters - the first time in 10 years – although pub beer sales were down by 2.2%.

MPs awarded ‘Beer Champions’ for pub industry support

23-Jan-2014 By Michelle Perrett

Over 100 MP ‘Beer Champions’ have been presented with a new beer in honour of being supportive of the pub industry.

Statutory Code: Resounding support for action over pubcos in BIS survey

17-Dec-2013 By Lewis Brown

A resounding 96.2% of people who took part in the survey about the relationship between pub companies and tenants agreed that the Government should regulate the relationship between pub companies and tenants.

BBPA accused of 'duping' Government over pub closure figures

20-Nov-2013 By Rob Willock

Nearly one in six pubs that were operating as tenancies in 2005 are no longer trading in that capacity — leading to accusations that the Government is being deceived over pub closure statistics.

PMA and trade associations lobby MPs to support Better Rates for Pubs

07-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) and a range of trade associations are calling for MPs to support the campaign for lower and fairer business rates.

Beer sales show record growth, despite decline in pubs

31-Oct-2013 By John Harrington

UK beer sales experienced the biggest quarter-on-quarter increase this century in Q3, with sales up 5.2% - although pub beer sales fell 1.2% across the three months.

Fire Kills campaign rallies support from publicans

15-Oct-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The Fire Kills campaign and its partners are urging the pub trade to encourage customers to test their smoke alarms when the clocks change on 27 October.

Dea Latis hosts first ever beer tasting for female MPs

09-Sep-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Dea Latis, the industry’s beer and women forum, hosted the first-ever beer tasting designed for female MPs at the House of Commons last week.

Pub beer volumes down again, BBPA stats show

26-Jul-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Beer volumes in pubs fell 5.8% in the second quarter of 2013, against difficult comparatives with Euro 2012 and the Diamond Jubilee double bank holiday in the same period last year.

Statutory code: Draft document will not deliver 'anything substantial'

20-Jun-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group (APPSPG) has raised concern about that the draft statutory code claiming it would not deliver “anything substantial” for tied licensees.

BBPA teams up with VisitBritain to launch new pub tourism push

09-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has teamed up with VisitBritain to launch a new initiative to encourage people to visit pubs.

Pub beer sales drop again in first quarter of year

29-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Beer sales in UK pubs fell 5.5% in Q1 against the same period last year, the equivalent of 49.8m fewer pints sold across the three months.

Horse meat scandal is a threat and opportunity for pub trade

14-Feb-2013 By Rob Willock

The temptation to write another leader about the machinations of the tenanted and leased pub sector was strong. Not least because the week started with the publication by the British Beer & Pub Association of version 6 of the industry framework code;...

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.

Pub tenants and lessees will be responsible for new machine games duty

07-Sep-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Pub tenants and lessees with gaming machines will be responsible for the upcoming change in the way the machines are taxed, according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) new guidance.

Average price of a pint increases by 11p over the last year

05-Sep-2012 By John Harrington

The average price of a pint of lager and bitter in the pub has increased 11p to £3.19 and £2.80 respectively this year, according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) Statistical Handbook 2012.

Time to unite and fight against the beer duty escalator

04-Jul-2012 By Rob Willock

Back in 2000, I was the deputy editor on a publication for road haulage companies. We, our readers and our trade associations were united on one issue — opposition to the fuel-duty escalator, which, by then, was adding 6% above inflation each year to...

Everards boss argues for single industry campaign on job creation

02-Jul-2012 By John Harrington

A single, unified campaign aimed at gaining economic incentives for pubs and beer would have a “very decent” chance of success, an influential regional brewery MD has argued.

Euro 2012: Pubs set to sell an extra 5m pints for Sunday's match

22-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Footie fans are set to enjoy an extra five million pints of beer in the pub as the nation cheers on the England team on Sunday, predicts the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Government still has time to scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin

12-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Government still has time to change the Finance Bill and scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin.

Decline in beer volumes slowed in 2011

23-Jan-2012 By John Harrington

The decline in on-trade beer volumes slowed last year to the lowest rate since 2004, with sales falling 3.4%, according to the latest Beer Barometer from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Back trade and we’ll all thrive

20-Oct-2011 By Ralph Findlay

This is a critical time for our industry and the country’s economy. No less a person than the Governor of the Bank of England fears that the financial crisis is the worst the country has ever seen. Living standards are being squeezed to an extent not...

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