Two thousand of the nation’s much-loved pubs are facing last orders, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has warned as it calls on the Government to extend a lifeline to the sector. The BBPA is calling on the Government to use the Spring Budget to show it understands just…
The British Beer and Pub Association has launched its new brand which embodies each element of BBPA’s work with members. Unveiled at a parliamentary reception alongside members, industry leaders and influencers, and MPs, BBPA’s new brand aims to embody the Association’s role as ‘the voice of brewers and pubs’.The new…
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have called on the Chancellor for further support ahead of the Spring Statement in March. The pressure from soaring inflation and ever rising costs across their businesses over the past year has seen pubs forced to…
Many pubs do not have the outdoor space to make opening outdoors commercially viable so, for a lot of pubs this will begin the long road to recovery as they start rebuilding their businesses The BII welcomed the Prime Minister’s confirmation this afternoon that we can now move to Step…
The trade association has revealed that 2,000 pubs are estimated to have been lost forever to date, 2.1 billion pints in beer sales lost and £8.2 billion in trade value wiped out from the sector in beer sales alone Since the first lockdown in March 2020, pubs have faced a…
Total beer sales increased by 1.1% in 2019 to over 8 billion (8,059,495,997) pints The increase is especially impressive as 2018 had resulted in the biggest year-on-year sales growth for beer in 45 years, with sales up 2.8% in 2018 alone. The growth in 2019 equates to an extra 87…