Trade Bodies

Government has left hospitality facing '12 days of misery'

14-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

The Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called on the Government to urgently provide hospitality businesses with financial support through the Omicron wave of the pandemic as it estimated footfall had fallen by 30% since last Thursday, and the...

'No great surprise' on 21 June decision

18-Jun-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with Paul Wigham, CEO of All Our Bars to discuss some of the biggest stories of the week.

Pubcos

Punch: Tenants should go to trade bodies for MRO advice - not us

28-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Punch has urged tenants not to turn to their Punch Development Managers (PDMs) for advice on the pubs code and instead consult independent trade bodies like the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR)...

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...

Nine trade groups threaten legal action over licensing shake-up

07-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore

A coalition of trade bodies is threatening legal action over plans to tear-up the licensing regime, if the government fails to fully consider the...