A huge petition with more than 105,000 names behind it is calling for an end to the price of beer going up. It is hoped that the huge campaign will persuade Chancellor Philip Hammond to cut beer tax to save pubs from closing when he delivers his Budget later this month. At the moment, the Long Li...
22/10/2018
Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds will be banned from April next year
An e...
22/10/2018
Two pubs a day have either been demolished or converted to other uses according to analysis of Government data by Real Estate adviser Altus Group.
616 pubs have completely disappeared since new rates came into play. Although the £1000 discount, which 90% of pubs received, all with a rata...
05/02/2018
We have all seen how Prosecco sales has sored over the last year so much so that a swansea restaurant has installd a "push for Prosecco button"
They say they are the first in South Wales to have the buttons where guests can expect attentive waiting staff to deliver their chosen tipple t...
31/01/2018
Gin lovers across the country have voted Burnley’s Batch as their favourite tipple. A staggering 25,000 votes were submitted to the UK’s largest gin subscription servic...
31/01/2018
Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for St Albans Daisy Cooper has restated a call for 12.5% cap on business rate to help protect pubs and small businesses.
Using her favourite pub The Boot as an example, they've seen a business rate rise of 280% from 14000 to 53000 a year! To ...
09/11/2017
A one voice letter has been sent to the Chancellor stating he will put the future of Pubs and thousands of jobs at risk if he does not address disproportionate ...
30/10/2017
(UK) Campaigners refuse to mee...
Greg Mulholland has refused to meet with Paul Newby next month. Mulholland states that he thinks a meeting would be absurd as both The British Pub Confederation (BPC) and the Save the Pub campaign, both which Mr Mulholland are chairman, refuse to accept Mr Newbys appointment.
Mr Mulholl...
04/05/2016
(Ireland) 16.6% Increase In Vi...
Last year, according to the latest figures released by the CSO.A total of 1.785 million people touched down in the country over the time. Visitors from the UK registered an increase of 17.3%, while North America was up by 24.5%. Meanwhile, visits from Mainland Europe were up by 1...
28/04/2016
(Ireland) Minister of Justice ...
The representative bodies for the licensed trade, the VFI and LVA have said they are extremely disappointed with the Minister for Justice’s decision not to introduce legislation which would permit all licensed premises to serve alcohol on Good Friday this year.
The Ch...
24/04/2016