Ale and Beer

The British Beer Pub Association (BBPA) is calling for a rise in fruit machine stakes and prizes, and for contactless payments to be allowed to help pubs meet consumer demands.

Source:BBPA calls for increased stakes and prizes for pub fruit machines

Trade bodies for the hospitality sector have welcomed recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, which confirmed the abandonment of the £9 political figure for the national living wage (NLW) by 2020.

Source:Trade bodies welcome plans to abandon £9 living wage

Licensees from regional brewer-operator Wadworth have been awarded at the pubco’s annual ‘best of the best’ event this week.

Source:Wadworth awards tenants and managers

Operators have slammed supermarkets for offering cut-price Christmas deals, which means beer is being sold less than 80p a pint.

Source:‘Absolutely ridiculous’: Operators slam cheap alcohol offers in supermarkets

Three Cheers Pub Co. has launched a Christmas campaign to urge customers to donate £1 to “change a child’s life”.

Source:Three Cheers Pub Co vows to “change children’s lives” with Christmas charity campaign