British Beer and Pub Association
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 UKโs pub and beer-led foodservice sector.
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Sep- 2025 -23 SeptemberPeople
Market Halls appoints Laine founder as non-exec director
Food hall operator Market Halls has announced the appointment of Gavin George, founder and former chief executive of Laine Pub Company, to its board as a non-executive director. George, who left Laine last year after nearly 30 years leading the pub and brewing business he co-founded, joins Market Halls as…
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Aug- 2025 -20 AugustTrade Associations
Hospitality operating at 85% capacity, UKH finds
Almost 70% of businesses are operating at less than 85% of capacity according to a new survey from members of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), UKHospitality and Hospitality Ulster. According to the poll, tax rises have forced businesses to dramatically cut their…
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Jul- 2025 -15 JulyPubs and Bars
Rates change could free millions for growth, Greene King finds
Greene King has called on the government to overhaul business rates in the Autumn Budget, claiming its proposals could release ยฃ13.7m for investment in its pubs and communities. It comes as the pub company published a report earlier this week that set out the financial pressures facing the sector, including…
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11 JulyPubs and Bars
Britain faces a pub closure every day in 2025, industry warns
One pub is expected to close every day in 2025 across Great Britain, threatening more than 5,600 jobs, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has warned. The trade body, which represents more than 20,000 pubs, estimated 378 closures this year in England, Wales and Scotland, up from 350 in…
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Jun- 2025 -20 JunePubs and Bars
Thwaites FY turnover rises 4.4% to ยฃ120.6m
Daniel Thwaites has reported that its turnover rose 4.4% to ยฃ120.6m in the year to 31 March 2025, with operating profit before property disposals also rising 4.4% to ยฃ11.8m.ย However, net debt at the brewer and pub operator stood at ยฃ71.4m, slightly up from ยฃ70.8m the previous year due to…
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2 JuneTrade Associations
One third of hospitality operates at a loss, survey finds
One third of hospitality businesses are currently operating at a loss, representing an 11% increase on the last quarter, according to the latest survey undertaken by UKH, the British Institute of Innkeeping, the British Beer and Pub Association, and Hospitality Ulster.ย UKHospitality, along with a number of trade associations, have…
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May- 2025 -27 MayRegulations & Policies
Hospitality leaders urge EPR delay over cost and investment fears
Leading pub, hospitality and brewing bodies have said they are โdeeply concernedโ about the cost and impact of EPR, and Defraโs lack of progress to solve the issue. In a letter to the prime minister and chancellor, the coalition said it does not believe Defra has given โdue regardโ to…
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16 MayPubs and Bars
Daniel Thwaites appoints Kevin Georgel as non-executive director
Daniel Thwaites, owner of hospitality group Thwaites, has announced the appointment of Kevin Georgel as non-executive director with effect from 1 June 2025. Georgel is currently the chief executive of family owned St Austell Brewery in Cornwall and was previously chairman of the British Beer and Pub Association and the…
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Apr- 2025 -22 AprilPubs and Bars
Pubs to stay open later as part of VE 80 celebrations
Prime minister Keir Starmer has ordered pubs and bars across the country to be able to keep serving until 1am to celebrate next monthโs historic 80th anniversary of VE day. With parties planned across the country on 8 May 2025, venues with a usual closing time of 11pm will be…
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Feb- 2025 -24 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 24/02/25
Some 70% of hospitality businesses will cut jobs due to reduced rates relief from April, according to a survey by The British Beer and Pub Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping, Hospitality Ulster and UKH. The survey also revealed that 60% would cancel planned investment, 29% will reduce trading hours…
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