News

Here is the latest news about pubs & breweries.

Hospitality Monday 17 February 2025 Some of them exude a belief that they know your job better than you do. The huffing and puffing when things don’t go exactly as they think they should, paired with a complete lack of awareness about why certain processes exist can be galling.
Pubs Wednesday 12 February 2025 The serious politics of pubs
Indie Beer Week Tuesday 11 February 2025 Celebrate independent beers and pubs
Cider apples are endangered Sunday 9 February 2025 Cider orchards need to be saved
Alcohol prices Saturday 1 February 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/31/how-will-alcohol-duty-changes-affect-the-price-of-drinks
Alcohol duty Friday 31 January 2025
opportunity for beer drinkers and publicans to look for local and independent breweries Friday 17 January 2025 “The Guinness shortage is a great opportunity for beer drinkers and publicans to look for local and independent breweries and sample beers normally kept off the bar,” said Ash Corbett-Collins, chair of the Campaign for Real Ale.
Farage criticised for claim workers’ rights bill could spell end of pub banter Thursday 16 January 2025 Reform leader ‘on the side of bad bosses, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire’
Bars perform better than pubs Tuesday 7 January 2025 New figures
Pubs Monday 6 January 2025
Pubs left to rot Thursday 19 December 2024 Pubs and historic buildings left to rot
Pubs Sunday 8 December 2024 Pub looking for new publicans
CAMRA COTY Friday 29 November 2024 Clubs
Beer campaigning Thursday 28 November 2024 Indie beer
Marston's destroying beer heritage Monday 25 November 2024 Delisting real ales
Pubs Sunday 17 November 2024 Traditional pubs
Pubs Code debate Tuesday 12 November 2024 Debate about helping pubs: In 1916, during the great war, the Government introduced the famous “Carlisle experiment.” Concern about the intoxicating effects of Carlisle’s pubs on nearby munitions production resulted in the state ownership and control of the pubs and beer trade. How great, Members may ask, was the concern that it warranted the nationalisation of Carlisle’s pubs and breweries. A few miles up the road from Carlisle lay His Majesty’s Factory Gretna. Regarded as the greatest munitions factory on earth in the first world war, it was where the cordite, nicknamed the devil’s porridge, was mixed. More a town than a factory, it stretched 9 miles from Mossband to Eastriggs the same distance as between this House and Wembley stadium.
Budget reaction from CAMRA Thursday 31 October 2024
Lower tax on draught beer Wednesday 30 October 2024 CAMRA response on budget
Beer Sunday 27 October 2024 Help for breweries?
Champion Beer of Britain Wednesday 23 October 2024 Crouch Vale win again