Consumer group the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is urging the Government to radically reform the Business Rates system in England to make it fairer for local pubs. With the beer and pubs industry still rebuilding from COVID-19, fundamental changes to the Business Rates system are needed if pubs are…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pubs (Pubs APPG) has launched its ground-breaking ‘Raising the Bar’ report, which aims to quantify the effect of the pandemic on pubs and the people who run them and identify opportunities to create a thriving pub sector The Inquiry received over 15,000 responses from publicans,…
PubAid has received its highest ever level of support from brewers, pub companies and industry suppliers, setting it on course to achieve its ambitions over this year and beyond to promote pubs as a force for good in their communities. Several existing supporters have renewed their commitment to provide PubAid…
The licensees of a Kent village pub, The White Lion in Selling, have been recognised for their community work during the Covid-19 pandemic After being secretly nominated for an award by local residents, with a further endorsement from the parish council, licensees Karen Johnson and partner Dave Thompson were presented…
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…