Ale and Beer

JD Wetherspoon cleans up at toilet awards

JD Wetherspoon has won ten accolades at the Loo of the Year Awards 2014.

The British Institute of Innkeping (BII) is launching a series of roadshow events to help licensees develop their businesses.

Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football and will join Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador from the start of 2015.

Brakes and waste and recycling body WRAP have created a series of online videos to help inspire chefs with ways of reducing food waste.

Liverpool City Council has said it will launch a consultation on the possible introduction of late-night levy in January.

The publican of the Swan in West Wickham has been praised for helping launch the career of this year’s X Factor winner, Ben Haenow.

The number of licensed premises in England and Wales has risen 3% in the last five years to reach 204,300 as of 31 March 2014.

New US craft breweries are opening at a rate of 1.5 per day as the pace of the craft beer revolution shows no sign of slowing.

Britain’s first ever community-owned pub on a housing estate is re-opening after a three-year campaign by residents.

BrewDog has joined forces with gourmet popcorn-maker Joe & Seph’s to pair beer with popcorn.