News

Here is the latest news about pubs & breweries.

Publicans becoming homeless Wednesday 26 March 2025 The upkeep of pub buildings squeezes tenant managers for thousands of pounds
multiple scandals surrounding the treatment of the sector by members of this so-called pubco “big six” - made up of Star Pubs and Bars, Stonegate, Marston’s, Greene King, Punch Taverns and Admiral Taverns Monday 24 March 2025 at the mercy of huge pub owning companies, a ‘big-six’ of ‘Pubcos’ which own a huge proportion of the nation’s boozers
the Two Chairmen pub was sold (for £13.5m) in 2016 Friday 21 March 2025 The offshore company that bought it, Magnus, is incorporated in the IOM
Ipswich pub trails Thursday 6 March 2025 New pub trails launched
pubs, bars & clubs, and restaurants enjoyed growth in January Tuesday 4 March 2025 This suggests the hospitality industry had prepared to cater for the growing popularity of Dry January, having witnessed a rise in punters shifting to low and no alcohol alternatives.
Tony Millns Tuesday 4 March 2025 Obituary
Crooked House pub travesty Friday 28 February 2025 The pub destroyed by greedy developers
Champion Winter Beer Friday 21 February 2025 Cairngorm wins
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.