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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Dec- 2022 -1 DecemberPubs and Bars
Hospitality associations call for โurgent resolutionโ amid rail strikes
Hospitality bodies have written an open letter to the negotiating parties in the rail dispute stressing the โurgent need for a resolutionโ ahead of the festive period. The British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping, Night Time Industries Association, Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and the…
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Nov- 2022 -18 NovemberGovernment
Industry reacts: โMore is neededโ from Autumn Statementย
The hospitality industry has warned that the chancellorโs Autumn budget, unveiled yesterday (17 November), does not go far enough with plans for economic growth, adding that โmore is neededโ to support pubs and breweries.ย ย Responding to the Autumn Statement, UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls, said she was โpleased that the chancellor…
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14 NovemberBusiness
BBPA calls for beer duty freeze
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the chancellor to reconsider freezing beer duty to help keep the cost of a pint affordable this Christmas in an open letter ahead of the chancellorโs autumn statement.ย It is reported that the letter highlighted that the average costs for…
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8 NovemberRestaurants
BBPA launches expanded net zero road map for UK brewers
The Zero Carbon Forum and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have launched an expanded, targeted roadmap for UK brewers to help the sector decarbonise at pace to reach net zero. The bespoke roadmap, launched at the beginning of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, is designed specifically for the…
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Oct- 2022 -31 OctoberBusiness
Third of hospitality businesses at risk of going bust amid soaring costs
Over a third of the UKโs hospitality sector is at risk of business failure in early 2023 due to soaring energy costs and the rise in the cost of goods, according to a new survey by UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII)…
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20 OctoberPubs and Bars
Trade bodies urge chancellor to cancel duty freeze reversal
The British Beer and Pub Association has united with Scotch Whiskey Association and Wine and Spirits Trade Association to call on the chancellor to cancel the double-digit tax hike on the UKโs world-class drinks industry. In a joint statement to the chancellor, the group said that โstability has now been…
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18 OctoberRestaurants
Alcohol duty u-turn a โhuge blowโ, says BBPA
Trade bodies in the hospitality industry have criticised the decision to scrap the proposed freeze on alcohol duty, claiming it represents a โhuge blowโ to pubs and brewers. Newly appointed chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt confirmed a u-turn on the planned freeze of alcohol duty proposed by his predecessor…
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Sep- 2022 -8 SeptemberNews
Energy bills to be capped at ยฃ2,500 a year from October
Prime minister Liz Truss has announced today that energy bills for typical households will be capped at ยฃ2,500 annually for their gas and electricity bills from the start of this coming October. The news comes as her first major policy announcement, and according to Sky News, the new price guarantee…
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7 SeptemberFeatures
Pubs and the unsustainable rise in costs
It is estimated that seven in 10 pubs believe they will not survive the rising cost of living and increasing energy bills, according to the Morning Advertiser. A further 8% of pubs said they had an increase in utility costs of more than 500% and 65% had an increase of…
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1 SeptemberFeatures
Are seasonal visaโs the answer to the hospitality staffing issue?
To try and raise awareness and tackle some of the issues that many hospitality bosses are facing, a petition was launched by Thiago Luz Togni, a general manager at Temper in Shoreditch, London, calling for the Government to create EU hospitality worker visas. It has reached over 15,000 signatures and…
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