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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 10.28.2013 | 0 Comments
Robinson’s, celebrating 175 years of brewing, has been named Beer Champion at the 2013 British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) Awards. The BBPA judges observed that Robinsons “had something that all the judges were incredibly impressed by — a true dedication to beer and brewing”. With significant investment in its brewing operation, including the addition of [&hellip
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 09.10.2013 | 0 Comments
Dea Latis, the industry’s beer and women forum, has hosted the first ever beer tasting designed for women MPs at the House of Commons, featuring Brains’ Bragging Rights. Dea Latis was founded in 2010 by a group of women working in the beer and pubs industries. The group meets several times a year to network, [&hellip
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 07.24.2013 | 0 Comments
Beer Genie, the British Beer & Pub Association’s website celebrating all things beer, has had a major revamp, with the site also going mobile for the first time. The change comes with the recent launch of Let There Be Beer, a new national campaign championing all beer. Alongside a stylish and streamlined new look, the huge [&hellip
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Posted in BRITISH NEWS | Posted by darren | 06.14.2013 | 0 Comments
Chancellor George Osborne (left) with (left to right) SIBA chairman, Keith Bott, Tatton Brewery founder, Gregg Sawyer, and Andrew Griffiths, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, enjoying a pint of Pennies from 11 in the Strangers’ Bar Chancellor George Osborne has been enjoying a pint of Pennies From 11, a beer created by his local [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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. [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
