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Posted in BRITISH NEWS, PUBS | Posted by darren | 05.13.2013 | 0 Comments
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has teamed up with Sky’s Preview magazine this month, distributing 23,000 unit awareness posters to licensees who receive Sky Sports in pubs. The posters form part of the unit awareness materials developed by the BBPA as part of its contribution to the Government’s Public Health Responsibility deal. The
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 05.01.2013 | 0 Comments
UK beer sales fell 2.9% in the first quarter of 2013, according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s (BBPA) quarterly Beer Barometer. The biggest loss in sales took place in the pub sector, which was down 5.5%. Off-trade sales were more stable, rising 0.1% compared with the first quarter in 2012. The association is
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 04.27.2013 | 0 Comments
Raymond Blanc, of Le Manoir aux Quat-Saisons, with beer sommelier Steve Livens A team from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), led by Beer Sommelier Steve Livens, promoted British beer to an audience of British and international chefs at Raymond Blanc’s Best of British event, held at the Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxford.
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 03.15.2013 | 0 Comments
The Treasury is facing an alarming £150 million ‘black hole’ in the Budget this year due to excessive increases in beer tax, it has been revealed. In a letter published in The Times, 39 of the brewing and pub industry’s most senior executives warn against planned further rises in beer duty on Wednesday. The astonishing
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 03.14.2013 | 0 Comments
SIBA chairman Keith Bott has hailed the campaign to end the beer duty escalator as the “best in all my time in this industry”. He told delegates at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield: “The campaign, in which SIBA has been a partner along with the BBPA and CAMRA, has been incredibly effective in winning support
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 03.06.2013 | 0 Comments
A new partnership to ensure effective working between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the hospitality trade has been launched today, with Brigid Simmonds signing on behalf of the British Beer & Pub Association. The aim of the agreement is to improve awareness among officials, JobCentre Plus advisers and staff of the job
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 03.01.2013 | 0 Comments
Stoke-on-Trent North MP Joan Walley (centre right) with Jonathan Mai, of CAMRA (left), Keith Bott of SIBA and British Beer and Pubs Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds SIBA chairman Keith Bott yesterday posted a ‘message in a barrel’ to the Chancellor on behalf of the association’s 652 members, requesting an end to the unpopular beer duty
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 01.29.2013 | 0 Comments
New figures on UK beer sales show that the Treasury’s tax policy is continuing to hit the sector hard, with a 6. 2% decline in total UK beer sales in the fourth quarter of 2012. On-trade and off-trade sales both struggled, with off trade-sales (shops and supermarkets) down 7.5% and the on-trade (pubs, bars and
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 01.09.2013 | 0 Comments
There’s mixed reaction to news that the Government plans to introduce an independent adjudicator for the pub industry to tackle unfair practices by large pubcos. Business secretary Vince Cable clearly thinks the pubco problem has been kicked around long enough and is frustrated that the companies’ pledge to put their own house in order doesn’t
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 12.07.2012 | 0 Comments
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has expressed disappointment that Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has not pressed ahead with a review of the controversial beer duty escalator in his Autumn Statement. Last month, MPs were unanimous in calling for a review in a parliamentary debate on the policy, which has seen the
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