Ale and Beer

CAMRA manifesto echoes BBPA call for £5,000 rates discount

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has published its manifesto echoing demands first set out
by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) to introduce an annual business rates discount for pubs of £5,000.

Source:CAMRA manifesto echoes BBPA call for £5,000 rates discount

MA500 Liverpool thrilling study tour announced

The next MA500 meeting is taking place next week (Thursday 18 May) in Liverpool and the study tour venues have now been revealed.

Source:MA500 Liverpool thrilling study tour announced

Cooking with Red Stripe: pub to launch Caribbean menu

A soon-to-open London pub is to debut chicken wings cured in Red Stripe lager as one of the choices on its Caribbean-themed menu.

Source:Cooking with Red Stripe: pub to launch Caribbean menu

Large-scale demise of pubs will be probed, pledges leaked Labour manifesto

The Labour Party wants to set up a national review of pubs to examine the causes for their “large-scale demise”, according to a leaked draft manifesto.

Source:Large-scale demise of pubs will be probed, pledges leaked Labour manifesto

Date for pub planning changes announced

Changes to pub planning laws will come into force on 23 May, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has confirmed.

Source:Date for pub planning changes announced

Business-rates appeals in limbo as website deemed ‘unfit’

Thousands of businesses which are challenging their rates bill are “in limbo” as the Government’s Valuation Office Agency (VOA) website is “unfit for purpose”, according to business, rent and rates specialists CVS.

Source:Business-rates appeals in limbo as website deemed ‘unfit’

GBPA: Business going from 'strength to strength', say award winners

Entries for this year’s Great British Pub Awards are still open and The Morning Advertiser (MA) is still on the search for the best pubs in the country.

Source:GBPA: Business going from 'strength to strength', say award winners

Kopparberg Sparkling Rosé cider now available to the on-trade

Kopparberg has revealed its sharing Sparkling Rosé Cider is now available to the on-trade, after it was initially only stocked in Asda.

Source:Kopparberg Sparkling Rosé cider now available to the on-trade

Conservative pledges to cut migration are ‘too restrictive’, says JDW

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has expressed concern that Theresa May’s election promise to cut net migration into the UK to the tens of thousands is “too restrictive”.

Source:Conservative pledges to cut migration are ‘too restrictive’, says JDW

Young’s £1m refurb of brewing site near Cutty Sark

Young’s has launched a new pub on a historic brewing site, previously the home of Meantime Brewery, opposite London’s maritime landmark the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

Source:Young’s £1m refurb of brewing site near Cutty Sark