by Darren | Thursday, 13 August, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Adnams has recorded a loss of £3.9m in the six months to 30th June as its pubs closed and beer sales fell. It hopes to rebuild signifcantly, though, for the company’s 150th anniversary in 2022. Best seller: Adnams Ghost Ship Chairman, Jonathan Adnams, said:...
by Darren | Thursday, 13 August, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
UKHospitality (UKH) has reiterated the importance of hospitality businesses playing their part in supporting the test and trace schemes across the UK. The trade association’s recent member survey results showed that the vast majority of businesses (more than 90%) are...
by Darren | Tuesday, 11 August, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
A petition launched yesterday, which calls on the government to reverse the proposed tax rise for small independent breweries, has received more than 7,000 signatures in its first 24 hours. The Treasury announced changes to small brewers’ relief (SBR), the...
by Darren | Monday, 10 August, 2020 | Beer News, Events News, Pubs and Bars
Nomadic Beers has announced a new taproom concept and a new beer, both launching at the brewery, in Leeds, on Friday, 14th August. The beer is Always Bitter (3.8% ABV), a traditional English bitter. Owner, Dr Katie Marriott, said: “There has been so much focus in...
by Darren | Saturday, 8 August, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Edinburgh’s Bellfield Brewery — exclusively gluten-free and vegan — is ringing in the changes with bold new branding, investment in production equipment, and an all-weather beer garden at its brewery taproom near the city centre. The Bellfield Taproom Bellfield’s new...
by Darren | Thursday, 6 August, 2020 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Fightback Brewing Company is to begin selling bottled Fightback Lager, Fightback Cider, Fightback Berries and Fightback IPA online in support of the #saveourvenues campaign. Fightback is the official beer martner of the Music Venue Trust, which has the support of...
by Darren | Thursday, 6 August, 2020 | Beer News, Cider News, Pubs and Bars
Salcombe Brewery Co has been chosen as the exclusive provider of beer and cider at Rockfish’s eight waterside restaurants, including its newly refurbished Brixham site, which opened at the start of the month. Salcombe Brewery owner, John Tiner, said: “We have been...
by Darren | Thursday, 6 August, 2020 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has backed calls from the Local Government Association (LGA) to ringfence £1 billion in grant funding that would otherwise be clawed back by government, to continue to help support pubs and other businesses severely...
by Darren | Thursday, 6 August, 2020 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge has thrown his support behind the Great British pub, penning the foreword for CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2021, which is set to be released on 29th October. Against the backdrop of a hospitality industry scarred by the Covid-19 lockdown,...
by Darren | Wednesday, 5 August, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
More than a third of UK pubs cannot break even after a month of opening, according to a survey conducted by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). BBPA chief executive, Emma McClarkin Social distancing and other safety measures mean that pubs have less...
by Darren | Tuesday, 4 August, 2020 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Leicestershire pub The Forge is one of the first on-trade businesses to benefit from a support package launched by Budweiser Budvar UK designed to help operators as they re-open into the ‘new normal’ of post-lockdown trading. Sam Hagger (left), director of...
by Darren | Monday, 3 August, 2020 | Pubs and Bars
The Campaign for Pubs, the national grassroots campaign to promote, support and protect pubs, has called on the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to show support for thousands of community pubs by cutting VAT to 5% for 12 months, for all on-sales in pubs. The group has been...
