Community Pubs

Government vows to slash licensing red tape

08-May-2009 By James Wilmore

The government has promised to cut red tape around licensing this year, in response to an MP-led inquiry into community pubs. Minor variations to a...

Breaking the tie not the answer, says experienced host

03-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

A senior licensee and trade representative believes removing the tie will seal the fate of hundreds of community pubs. Dennis Griffiths, Enterprise...

Blanket policies hammering community pubs

31-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore

The government must stop using blanket policies that punish all pubs and take urgent action to reward those that play a vital role in their...

One-size fits all policy killing community pubs

31-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney

The Government should reward and incentivise pubs which play a positive role in their community rather than hampering them with blanket restrictions,...

The £1,100 'bad boy' tax

22-Jan-2009 By John Harrington

New restrictions on how licensees sell alcohol, which could come into force from July, will pile fresh pressures on pubs and dramatically accelerate...

CAMRA launches new local pub initiative

06-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has dumped its Community Pubs Week in favour of a new week-long initiative allowing local branches to decide when...

Retail therapy working at the Priory

12-Nov-2008

Sales at the Priory Arms in Stockwell - representing community pubs in Sell More, Save more - are currently running an average 12 per cent up on last...

Support growing for Community Pubs Report

28-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Community Pubs Inquiry Report is gaining support with 28 MPs already urging the Government to take note of its findings. But the Morning...

Get your MP to support community pubs

23-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Morning Advertiser is urging licensees to get in touch with their MP and get them to support the findings of the Community Pubs Inquiry in order...

'Gov as helpful to pubs as Thatcher to miners'

23-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

The current Government is as helpful to community pubs as Margaret Thatcher was to the mining industry, says Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland.

Trade welcomes community pub report

22-Oct-2008 By James Wilmore

A wide-ranging parliamentary report urging the government to help community pubs has been welcomed by the industry. The report, released today by the...

Act now to save our locals

22-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team

The long-awaited report by Community Pubs Inquiry has called for urgent Government action to stem the rate of pub closures. The inquiry, which was...

'Darling, you are killing pubs'

05-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Chancellor will go down in history as the man who launched the £5 pint for the London Olympics and closed thousands of community pubs. That is...

Townsend: 'Tie is not the problem'

10-Jul-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Enterprise chief quizzed at inquiry The pubco model has nothing to do with the problems faced by some community pubs — that's the view of...

Beer tie not to blame for struggling pubs

03-Jul-2008 By John Harrington

The pubco model has nothing to do with the problems faced by some community pubs - Enterprise Inns chief operating officer Simon Townsend tells the Community Pubs Inquiry.

There is a place like home

13-Mar-2008

A sector under pressure, community pubs can be still be warm and inviting places if licensees focus on getting service right. Noli Dinkovski reports...

MP raises rent issues

28-Feb-2008

A Lib Dem MP believes the issue of "unreasonable rents" must be addressed to halt the closure of 26 community pubs a month. Greg Mulholland, MP for...

Community Pubs Week breaks record

28-Feb-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

A record number of events helped put British pubs back on the map during a highly successful Community Pubs Week 2008. About 2,500 pubs took part in...

MP: High pub rents must be addressed

20-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

Lib Dem MP says "unreasonable rents" contribute to 56 pub closures a month

10% of community pubs lost last year

14-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

ALMR survey reveals 10% of nation's community pubs were lost last year

Camra: Slash beer tax by 1p

12-Feb-2008 By Tony Halstead

The Campaign For Real Ale is calling for a 1p cut in beer duty to help get drinkers back into local community pubs

CAMRA concentrates on the community

10-Jan-2008

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is putting a new focus on its Community Pubs Week this year, as it steps up its efforts to save local pubs under...

Property prices put pressure on pubs

23-Aug-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

Soaring property prices are posing a new threat to village community pubs, according to BBC's The One Show in a special investigation into the...

Delivering under pressure

12-Jul-2007

The second wave of the MA's new monthly section puts community pubs under the microscope. Rosie Davenport reports on how they fared Community pubs...

Smoking ban survey paints rosy picture

19-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

One in two pub-going non-smokers say they will visit community pubs "much more often" when smoking is banned, a new survey by Carlsberg UK has shown....

Calling time on pubs?

21-Feb-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci

Shocking estimates that 1,300 pubs are under threat of closure were revealed by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) during its Community Pubs Week. The...

ALMR wants support for community pubs

16-Feb-2007

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) sends message to Ministers and MPs on the need to support these vital community resources.

Trade lobbies for beer duty freeze

08-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Call for MPs to help struggling UK pubs and brewers Trade groups are calling for a freeze on beer duty to help pubs and brewers cope with the smoking...

THE GUV'NOR

25-Jan-2007

Yvonne Cleminson The licensee of the Cherry Tree in Rowledge, Surrey, urges participation in Community Pubs Week Now that the excitement and...

Camra to rescue of community pubs

09-Nov-2006 By John Harrington

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is planning a week of action next February to save Britain's community pubs.

Community pubs to get campaign boost

02-Nov-2006

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) plans a week of action next February to save community pubs.

Pub fruit machine payouts set to rise.

12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

A group of MPs conducting an inquiry into the future of community pubs was told that an increase in AWP machine payouts was expected by September....

Trade bodies plea with MPs for help over Sky prices

12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Trade bodies have told a group of MPs that one of the big issues threatening the viability of community pubs is the cost of Sky Sports. Martin...

THE GUV'NOR - Yvonne Cleminson

18-May-2006

Yvonne Cleminson, Cherry Tree, Farnham, Surrey

Ease the burden

15-May-2006

In the opening evidence session of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group's inquiry into the future of community pubs, a cross-party panel of MPs...

MPs and Peers quiz trade on future of community pubs

09-May-2006 By Lucy Britner

A cross-party group of MPs and Peers has begun it's inquiry into the issues affecting Britain's community pubs. The All-Party Parliamentary Beer...

Fury over smoking decision

16-Nov-2004

The pub industry has reacted with fury to today's announcement of a partial smoking ban.Under proposals detailed today in the White Paper on public...

Champions, Laurel Pub Company's 277-strong community pub bra

06-Mar-2003

Unsung and unglamorous they may be, but community pubs have been quietly repaying the faith shown in them in some quarters. The story of steady and...