06-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman
With the law around assets of community value set to be reviewed. Here’s what the industry needs to do to make the legislation of real value to pubs.
Exclusive
16-Jan-2017 By Liam Coleman
Outgoing chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group (APPSPG), Greg Mulholland, has said that he is looking to "work together" with the group's new chair, Toby Perkins - despite being ousted by him as group chair.
Save the Pub Group
10-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton
Greg Mulholland has been replaced as chair of the Save the Pub Group by Labour MP Toby Perkins.
Big Interview
21-Sep-2016 By Oli Gross
Taking a five-minute stroll from one pub in Otley to another with the town’s MP, Greg Mulholland, is long enough to bump into three smiling faces of local licensees keen to greet their local politician.
Legislation
14-Apr-2016 By James Evison
The government's response to the consultation on the pubs code has been published with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills making a number of changes to the code
12-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland
Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has been unanimously re-elected as the chair of the parliamentary Save the Pub Group.
Pub champion MPs celebrate election victory
General election 2015
08-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland
The 2015 general election has proved successful for pub loving MPs, with Andrew Griffiths, Greg Mulholland, Kris Hopkins and Toby Perkins all keeping their seats.
General Election 2015
07-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland
Greg Mulholland, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate and ‘pub champion’ has fallen short of his election campaign crowd funding target.
20-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland
Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate and pub campaigner Greg Mulholland has launched a crowd-funding page to raise funds for his re-election battle.
14-Oct-2014 By Ellie Bothwell
Save the Pub Group chair and MP Greg Mulholland has backed the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s (PMA) Make Some Noise campaign, claiming that the current situation “makes life more difficult for hard-pressed publicans”.
01-Nov-2012
All-Party Parliamentary Save The Pub Group chairman Greg Mulholland has slammed the beer duty escalator as “unfair and unjustifiable” and said the “message is clear” that it should be scrapped.
IFBB rejects Mulholland calls to expel Young's from the organisation
10-May-2012 By Michelle Perrett
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has rejected calls from Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland to expel Young’s from the organisation.
27-May-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Lib Dem Greg Mulholland has called on pub goers in Leeds to boycott Carlsberg products in opposition to the closure of Leeds brewery.
28-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
MP has called for a "serious" strategy across different Government departments to save the pub, and also called for a debate in Parliament.
23-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland opened Wharfebank Brewery in his constituency last week, accompanied by England cricketer Craig White. The MP for Leeds...
19-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Former pubs minister John Healey has called on the coalition Government to appoint a replacement — and he suggested Greg Mulholland for the role....
11-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Outspoken Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland has been re-elected as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group at the group's inaugural meeting...
03-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The new Government has confirmed it will stick to plans to relax the beer tie through legislation if the sector fails to reform itself. Outspoken...
Mulholland leads protest against Tetley Brewery closure
09-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
MP Greg Mulholland led a protest outside the Tetley Brewery in Leeds last week to highlight the anger felt over Carlsberg's decision to move...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland poured a can of Carlsberg down the drain outside the Joshua Tetley Brewery in protest at its imminent closure....
07-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Out-spoken MP Greg Mulholland has turned his fire on JD Wetherspoon — over delays in re-opening a pub in Otley. The Bowling Green pub has been...
Mulholland slates 'litigious' Enterprise Inns
10-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Save the Pub Group chairman Greg Mulholland MP has raised concerns about the "incredible litigiousness" of pubco Enterprise Inns. The MP for Leeds...
Greg Mulholland: We need a real manifesto for pubs
02-Dec-2009
I was lucky enough to see both Elvis and the Beatles. Well okay, not the real ones, but the pubs and beer certainly were. First 'Elvis Forever' at...
30-Nov-2009 By Lesley Foottit
A group of MPs have urged the Chancellor to lobby the EU for fairer taxation on draught beer. MPs Colin Breed and Greg Mulholland have written to...
10-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Campaigning MP Greg Mulholland has introduced a Bill in Parliament to give extra protection to stop facilities such as pubs disappearing. His Local...
05-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland has written to the Government expressing concerns over reports of bombshell rates bills that are set to hit pubs. The...
Mulholland backs calls to save Tetley's Brewery
13-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
MP Greg Mulholland has thrown his support behind the CAMRA bid to save the Tetley's Brewery in Leeds. Mulholland, Lib Dem for Leeds North West and...
13-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg will be killing an iconic Leeds brand if they forge ahead with plans to shut the Joshua Tetley brewery. That's the stark warning from Lib...
Greg Mulholland: Planning for the future of the pub
15-Jul-2009
Enterprise Inns decided the Woolpack was surplus to their requirements (they own no less than five others in the town!) and put it up for sale. At...
Mulholland: "Enough of the pubco fairy stories
08-Apr-2009
I have found that there are few better such tales than those peddled by increasingly desperate figures in the pub trade to justify unsustainable...
04-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
The pro-pub MP writes to the Chancellor and submits a petition urging banks to lend to pubs — 32 MPs have signed already.
11-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Outspoken anti-pubco MP Greg Mulholland has called for reform of the beer tie to make it "fairer" and more "transparent". The Leeds North West MP...
10-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Around 75 MPs and Peers have joined the new politicians' campaign group to save the pub, which focuses the beer tie.
06-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
A Leeds-based MP has called on his local council to do more to save threatened community pubs from closure. Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland, who...
MP launches Save the Pub campaign group
04-Feb-2009 By James Wilmore
A new parliamentary group aiming to help ailing pubs and reform the beer tie is being launched in Westminster today by controversial MP Greg...
09-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
Outspoken Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has launched a three-pronged rescue package for pubs in his area. The plan sees the launch of an annual...
MP calls for pubco debate
07-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
Pub supporting MP Greg Mulholland has called for a House of Commons debate to discuss pub closures and the behaviour of pubcos.Speaking in Parliament...
16-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Outspoken pro-pub MP Greg Mulholland has withdrawn his Bill calling for 125ml wine measures to be served alongside larger measures in pubs. He took...
Last call for submissions to BEC review
29-Sep-2008
Pub tenants and lessees are being urged to make their voice heard in the inquiry into the pubcos, on the deadline day for submissions.The call for...
MP calls for more education on alcohol
06-Aug-2008 By James Wilmore
MP Greg Mulholland has called for young people to be educated about alcohol to understand its positive aspects. Speaking at the official opening of...
MP calls on government to do more to support pubs
14-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
MP Greg Mulholland has called on the government to do "an awful lot more" to help the pub trade in the current climate. Speaking at the launch of The...
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29-May-2008
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Under my umbrella
15-May-2008
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...
Greg's drive to save pubs
01-May-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Lib Dem MP accuses Darling of 'killing the British pub' with crippling 2% duty rise A Liberal Democrat MP is urging the trade to unite to save the...
24-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Chancellor Alistair Darling will go down in history as the man who killed the British pub, says Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland
04-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Two Lib Dem MPs have joined the FFPA to call for an end to "excessive rents"
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...
Greg Mulholland: Like politicians, publicans can be over-defensive
14-Feb-2008
I was in beautiful North Yorkshire and visited two first-rate establishments, the Queen Catherine in Osmotherley and the Spread Eagle in Stokesley,...
Call for smaller wine measure to return
30-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
An MP is to tell Parliament that pubs and bars should be forced to revert to selling smaller glasses of wine. Lib Dem Greg Mulholland will today...
Tax breaks for microbrewers boost numbers
25-Apr-2006
Tax relief for small breweries has led to a 29 per cent increase in the number operating, the Campaign for Real Ale has revealed.There are now 570...
