by Darren | Saturday, 9 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has announced a new partnership with C&C Group to sell and distribute its range of beers across the on-trade in the UK and Ireland. C&C will also take an 8% stake in Innis & Gunn. Innis & Gunn’s beers will continue to...
by Darren | Friday, 8 January, 2021 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Pub Governing Body (PGB) has agreed with the pubcos who follow the tenanted and leased codes of practice and self-regulation that all rent review negotiations will be suspended until further notice. PGB chair, Sir Peter Luff, said: “This pragmatic and sensible...
by Darren | Friday, 8 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
• This article was updated at 12.20pm on 8th January with the addition of comment from CAMRA. The Treasury has published a technical consultation on the future of small brewers’ relief, and it’s met a mixed reaction. Small brewers’ relief (SBR) is a tax relief which...
by Darren | Thursday, 7 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie has asked the government to reconsider the lockdown rules on sales of take-away alocohol. When the new lockdown was announced, the government said that pubs could continue to offer take-away food and soft drinks, but not alochol. In the House...
by Darren | Thursday, 7 January, 2021 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Mitchells & Butlers saw sales down 67.1% against the same period the previous year in its first quarter, the company reports today. On a like-for-like basis (for sites when open, excluding periods of closure) trading has been 30.1% down on the prior year across...
by Darren | Wednesday, 6 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
ITV is reporting that consultations on redundancies are taking place at Brains Brewery as the company seeks a buyer. It is thought that 80 jobs are at risk at the brewery, which has been producing beer in Cardiff since 1882. Just before Christmas it was announced that...
by Darren | Wednesday, 6 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
Quantock Brewery is celebrating being awarded the Salsa plus beer standard, a specialist accreditation which includes an intensive audit of food hygiene, safety, quality, and control processes. Quantock Brewery managing director and co-founder, Cheryl Ford,...
by Darren | Tuesday, 5 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The British Beer & Pub Association has the chancellor’s announcement that pub businesses are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 per property to help them through the latest lockdown. The trade association described it as a lifeline to pubs across...
by Darren | Tuesday, 5 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced one-off grants of up to £9,000 for businesses in the hospitality, leisure, and retail sectors. The total cost of the measure will be £4bn, with a further £594m to be distributed by councils to businesses not covered by these new...
by Darren | Tuesday, 5 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
The Campaign for Pubs has renewed its call for urgent financial help for the sector as the country goes into a new lockdown. Top, left to right: campaign chair Paul Cross; vice-chair, Dawn Hopkins; and director, Greg Mulholland The current level of grant support isn’t...
by Darren | Monday, 4 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
England is entering another lockdown with many pubs and bars once again facing big financial losses and even closure. Photograph: Unsplash/Annie Spratt Venues have been ordered to close and, in bad news for brewers, can offer take-away food and drink, but not alcohol....
by Darren | Friday, 1 January, 2021 | Beer News, Business News
More than 300 small independent breweries have signed a letter to the prime minister calling on him to commit to proper support for the sector in 2021. Small breweries have faced harsh restrictions on their businesses over the last year and saw sales plummet by an...
