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‘The playbook on the 'new normal' is being rewritten almost every day’

02-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) and Thwaites’ CEO, Rick Bailey, explains how some of the UK’s oldest pub companies are weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.

IFBB demands changes to 'insulting' pubs code proposals

24-Jul-2014 By James Wallin

The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has branded the proposed pubs code "fundamentally unacceptable” and demanded the Government makes changes.

Statutory code: IFBB claims benefits worth £25K a year to licensees

19-Jun-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has unveiled research asserting that the average value of Special Commercial or Financial Advantages (SCORFA) to a licensee of its member companies is £25,000 per annum.

The solid virtues of the tie

27-Feb-2009 By Andrew Pring

Remove the tie, and you say goodbye to real ale and family brewers, Independent Family Brewers of Britain chairman Paul Wells tells Andrew Pring.

New campaign to attract pub licensees

11-Oct-2007

The IFBB has launched a new campaign to encourage more people to choose a career as a licensee

IN BRIEF

08-Dec-2005

news in brief

Family brewers stepping up to ensure survival

08-Dec-2005

Family brewers are stepping up their lobbying and campaigning activity to help ensure their future survival.The change comes after an Independent...

The Publican on....the IFBB

11-May-2005

Adam Withrington on speculation of family brewers as takeover targets and what the future holds for the IFBB.No sooner did we all digest the news of...

Trade Talk: Stephen Goodyear

10-Sep-2004

Stephen Goodyear, chief executive of Youngs Brewery and chairman of the IFBB PR Committee on Cask Beer Week.Cask Beer Week launches later this month...

IFBB must admit Cain's error

22-Jan-2004

Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain, has learned a trick or two from professional politicians: when you're under...

Row between Cains and the IFBB worsens

15-Jan-2004

Anthony Fuller, chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB), has launched a scathing attack on beer writer Roger Protz after he...

OFT threat after IFBB leaves Cains out in the cold

09-Jan-2004

The Dusanj brothers, the entrepreneurs who rescued Liverpool brewer Cains, have been snubbed by the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB). The...

Cliquey IFBB shuns brewers

08-Jan-2004

This is written more in sorrow than in anger. I know all the companies that make up the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) and some of the...

Trade raises a glass to Cask Beer Week

22-Sep-2003

The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has declared its third National Cask Beer Week the most successful so far, with the backing of a...

Family brewers launch rival election manifesto

24-May-2001

The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has issued its own election manifesto in an attempt to make the three main parties respond to its...