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Posted in PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 02.11.2015 | 0 Comments
British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive, Brigid Simmonds, was among UK business leaders and regulators at a round table discussion at the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (DBIS) yesterday, examining progress under the Focus on Enforcement review programme. The meeting was attended by Secretary of State, Vince Cable, and Business and Enterprise Minister, Matt Hancock. The pub [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 02.09.2015 | 0 Comments
The campaign to secure a third cut in beer duty has led to the launch of a new website from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) where supporters can e-mail their MP, asking then to back the campaign. The website, www.beerandpubjobs.co.uk, provides a range of local data where campaigners can easily access figures on the positive [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS | Posted by darren | 02.04.2015 | 0 Comments
There is growing evidence of the compelling case for a third, historic cut in beer duty in the Budget, says the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) as a new report shows that 870,000 jobs depend on British beer and pubs, with almost half being younger workers under 25. The new report, by economic experts Oxford [&hellip
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Posted in BEER NEWS | Posted by darren | 01.30.2015 | 0 Comments
A decade of decline in UK beer sales has come to an end, with a 1.3% rise in UK beer sales in 2014, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has announced today. The rise followed nine consecutive years of decline, which saw beer sales slide by 24 per cent — 6.7 million fewer pints sold per day. [&hellip
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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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