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 UK’s pub and beer-led foodservice sector.
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Aug- 2020 -25 AugustRestaurants
BBPA calls for Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to be repeated
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the Government to repeat its Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme. The trade association has hailed the scheme, which is set to end after August, as a great success for many of its member’s food-led pubs, noting that it…
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20 AugustCoronavirus
Trade bodies pen open letter urging for ‘robust’ Test and Trace
Industry trade bodies have penned an open letter calling on the sector to maintain “robust” procedures when implementing Test and Trace or risk seeing guidelines “significantly strengthened”. In the letter, written by UKHospitality, The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the British Institute of Innkeeping, said that Test and…
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14 AugustBeverages
BBPA welcomes no US tariff on beer for British brewers
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the decision from the US not to place tariffs on beer imported from the UK. According to the trade union, the US Trade Representative (USTR) was considering revising the retaliatory tariffs it has placed on various goods imported from EU countries…
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11 AugustBusiness
Hospitality Ulster urges NI executive to create ‘financial rescue package’
Trade body Hospitality Ulster has called on the Northern Ireland executive to create a “financial rescue package” for staff and owners of traditional non-food pubs to avert mass redundancies and business closures as a new indicative date for reopening moves to 1 September. The organisation has stated that the call…
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7 AugustPubs and Bars
No trade-off needed between pubs and schools, says BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has refuted claims that a trade-off is needed between pubs and schools, to enable schools to reopen in September. The trade association has said that the government has made it clear it does not need to nationally close pubs to reopen schools, but…
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5 AugustPubs and Bars
One in three pubs fail to break even
Over a third of pubs in the UK have failed to break even after their first month of reopening, the British Beer and Pub Association has reported. The latest data comes from a survey of its members that was conducted exactly a month after pubs were allowed to reopen on…
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3 AugustPubs and Bars
BBPA welcomes Welsh government reopening announcement
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the Welsh government “finally” confirming that all pubs can reopen in Wales, both indoors and outdoors. In an announcement, the first minister Mark Drakeford, said pubs in Wales would be able to reopen indoors from today (3 August). Previously, pubs in…
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Jul- 2020 -31 JulyBeverages
BBPA repeats call for government to cut VAT on beer in pubs
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has urged the UK government to extend its VAT cut on food in pubs to include beer as well. The trade association has made the plea as the European Commission confirmed that within the EU’s VAT Directives, Member States can apply targeted reductions…
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23 JulyBeverages
BBPA welcomes SBR reforms
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the government’s continued commitment to Small Brewer Relief (SBR) and “improvements to its current structure”. It also welcomed the launch of the business rates review and an “expected” timescale for the Alcohol Duty Review. The trade association highlights that the purpose…
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17 JulyBeverages
BBPA call for pubs in England to destroy spoilt beer
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has advised publicans to ensure they have submitted applications to destroy their spoilt beer before the end of July, so they “avoid charges from water companies”. The trade association said it had “hoped” water companies would continue to “waive fees and cut bureaucracy…
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