BBPA
This features our reporting on the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the leading trade body representing brewers and pub companies across the UK. Coverage includes BBPA policy responses, industry lobbying, economic reports, and regulatory commentary that directly impact pub operators, landlords, and wider hospitality businesses. We analyse how BBPA advocacy shapes licensing, taxation, staffing, sustainability, and trading conditions, providing essential intelligence for those running or supplying the UK’s pub and beer-led foodservice sector.
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Jun- 2020 -2 JuneCoronavirus
Hospitality trade bodies welcome FCA action
Leading hospitality bodies across the UK have issued a joint statement that “strongly” welcomes action the FCA has taken against insurers. It comes as the FCA yesterday (1 June) announced that eight leading insurers would be called upon to join a test case in the commercial court in order to…
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1 JuneCoronavirus
All pubs will need to be open for tapered furlough to work, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed some aspects of the new furlough scheme announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, including the additional flexibility and gradual tapering from August. However, the trade association has warned that for the tapered support to work, all pubs need to be open and…
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May- 2020 -29 MayPubs and Bars
Hospitality sector urges Sunak to maintain furlough scheme at 80% til October
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and UKHospitality (UKH) have called on the chancellor to extend the Job Retention Scheme to October and increase its flexibility for the pub and hospitality sectors. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the trade bodies have urged the…
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26 MayCoronavirus
UK’s 27,000 pubs with beer gardens should be amongst first to re-open, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the trade body representing the UK’s brewers and pubs, has said that those pubs with beer gardens should be amongst the first to re-open after lockdown. It says that pubs with beer gardens or outside terraces should be best placed to meet social…
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20 MayPubs and Bars
BBPA welcomes expanded CBILS loan amount but calls for further SME support
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the extension of the maximum loan size available through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CIBLS) from £50m to £200m. The expanded loans will be available from 26 May to large firms who do not qualify for the Bank of England’s…
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14 MayPubs and Bars
BBPA welcomes new task force for pubs and restaurants
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the creation of five new ministerial-led task forces to develop plans for how and when closed sectors can reopen safely, following publication of the UK’s roadmap to rebuild Britain. One of the new task forces will specifically look at pubs and…
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12 MayCoronavirus
Pubs, hospitality and brewers call on chancellor to save the future of pubs
Trade associations representing pubs, hospitality and brewers have sent a joint letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for measures to save the future of pubs. In the letter, The British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeepers and UK Hospitality, who between them represent owners and operators of 35,000…
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11 MayCoronavirus
Hospitality industry responds to PM’s conditional plan to ease lockdown
The hospitality industry has reacted to the prime minister’s announcement last night that outlined a ‘conditional’ plan to ease lockdown with stores possibly reopening sometime in July. Last night (10 May), Boris Johnson gave a prospective outline for a series of phased reopenings if certain conditions of a new “Covid…
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11 MayCoronavirus
‘Hopes dashed’ by PM announcement, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has said that its hope for clarity on reopening and extra support for pubs has been “dashed” by Boris Johnson’s announcement. Its warning comes as research from the BBPA showed that 40% of UK pubs will not survive beyond September without further financial…
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7 MayPubs and Bars
April could have been ‘best for pub trade in a decade’, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed that April 2020 could have been the “best for the beer and pub trade in a decade”, if it weren’t for the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. The trade association, which tracks sales of beer in pubs and shops, forecasts that 35…
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