Ale and Beer

Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands (BBFB) is to embark on a major on-trade sampling campaign for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, the PMA can reveal.

Source:New on-trade buzz for JD's Tennessee Honey

Politicians were given a beer tasting masterclass and a potted history of how legislation has affected the brewing and pub trade.

Source:Beer Academy tells MPs 'legislation has shaped the history of brewing'

In introducing its plans for a pubco statutory code the Government insisted self-regulation had failed. However, with legislation still a distant target how does this ‘discredited’ system fill the gap and will it still have a role to play alongside a pub code adjudicator?

Source:What now for self-regulation of the pub sector?

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European legislative restrictions could mean multiple operators missing out on receiving the business rate relief they were promised if they have already been given other aid.

Source:Multiple operators may miss out on business rate relief

Licensees have hit out at Innsatiable, the controversial Surrey “furniture shop” that gives away beer, after its owner said he was applying for a premises licence.

Source:Controversial 'free bar' Innsatiable applies for premises licence