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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 01.16.2015 | 0 Comments
British Beer and Pub Association boss, Brigid Simmonds, has written to MPs urging them to support a Parliamentary motion urging a cut in beer duty in the Budget on March 18. Early Day Motion 625 has been tabled by Andrew Griffiths MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, and already has the support of 44 [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 01.12.2015 | 0 Comments
Nine new members have formally signed up to the British Beer & Pub Association-operated SUSTAIN waste packaging compliance scheme. The new members include Britain’s biggest brewer, Molson Coors, and, for the first time, two leading pub companies. Membership is set to rise further, says the BBPA, as brewers count the benefits of the scheme. Joining [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 12.28.2014 | 0 Comments
Britain’s brewers have made a huge contribution in delivering reductions in total UK units of alcohol under the Government’s billion-unit pledge. A new report on progress released by the Department of Health shows that the billion-unit target has already been exceeded. The total one-billion unit target, due to be delivered by the end of 2015, [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 12.11.2014 | 0 Comments
British Beer and Pubs Association (BBPA) chairman Jonathan Neame has told MPs that the pub industry recognises that clause 42 in the Small Business Bill is here to stay, and called on Parliament to work with the industry to maximise business confidence in the new legislation. Clause 42 is the key part of the legislation [&hellip
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Posted in PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 11.10.2014 | 0 Comments
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed moves by the Government to tackle ‘double charging’ for local businesses operating in Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) when it comes to exempting them from the late night levy in towns and cities where the new tax is introduced. The announcement comes in the Government’s review of BIDs published [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 11.06.2014 | 0 Comments
UK beer sales have risen, year-on-year, for the third quarter in a row, according to the latest UK Quarterly Beer Barometer from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). Annual beer sales for the year ending September 30 were 1.4% up on the previous year, the third quarter to have reported an increase in sales, after 29 [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 11.05.2014 | 0 Comments
The number of brewers formally signed up to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA)-operated SUSTAIN waste packaging compliance scheme has more than doubled in the last week, with Black Sheep, Fuller’s and Shepherd Neame now on board. Joining the SUSTAIN scheme will reduce the cost for members of buying packaging recovery notes (PRNs), as well as [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 10.20.2014 | 0 Comments
Two British brewers have signed up to a new partnership initiative supported by the British Beer & Pub Association which will dramatically cut the cost of packaging waste. Wells & Young’s and Hook Norton have joined the scheme and other BBPA members are expected to follow shortly. The new scheme was introduced to BBPA members at [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 10.15.2014 | 0 Comments
With this week’s inflation figures pointing to a £15 million rise in the business rates bill for community pubs, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has called for a freeze in the business rates multiplier in the Chanellor’s Autumn Statement. The businesses rates multiplier is used to calculate rates increases, each year, and is based on [&hellip
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Posted in PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 10.10.2014 | 0 Comments
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive, Brigid Simmonds, and VisitEngland chief executive, James Berresford VisitEngland, the national tourist board, has announced a new collaboration with the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) in advance of English Tourism Week 2015 (ETW). Pubs represent a significant contribution to the visitor economy and as the lead body representing [&hellip
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Sophie Atherton
