CAMRA
Industry-focused reporting on campaigns, policy positions, awards, and advocacy work that support the preservation and growth of pubs, cask ale, and community-based hospitality. This section covers developments that matter to pub operators, brewers, and hospitality stakeholders, from licensing reform and business rates to consumer-led movements and heritage preservation. It offers valuable insight into how grassroots activism and national lobbying influence the trading environment for pubs and traditional beer venues across the UK.
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Jul- 2025 -2 JulyPubs and Bars
The Rose and Crown pub sold to Oak Taverns
The Rose and Crown, a historic pub in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, has been sold to family-run operator Oak Taverns for an undisclosed sum. The 17th Century pub, which has been owned by Nikki Page for several decades, is a past winner of CAMRA’s Oxfordshire Pub of the Year award. Based in…
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Apr- 2025 -8 AprilPubs and Bars
Airbnb transforms disused pub rooms into holiday retreats
Airbnb has partnered with The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) to refurbish disused rooms above three independent, rural pubs in Dorset, Hampshire and Derbyshire – transforming the spaces into British holiday retreats. Almost a quarter of Airbnb guests want to explore more of the UK, and according to Airbnb, the…
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Nov- 2024 -26 NovemberPubs and Bars
CAMRA criticises CMBC’s plans to delist 11 beers from pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has reported that pubs will soon be unable to stock 11 beers, including Banks’s Mild, following the Carlsberg buy-out of the last of Marston’s UK brewing operations. CAMRA has expressed concern that powerful global brewers could “hugely reduce consumer choice in the UK” as…
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Oct- 2024 -18 OctoberNews
Over 1,200 pubs will likely shut down this year, CAMRA says
Over 1,200 pubs will likely be shuttered this year, compared to around 1000 in 2023, and just over 800 in 2022, new data from CAMRA has revealed. Figures released today by the Campaign show the “alarming” rate of licensee turnover in the pub trade as the crushing weight of unfair…
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Sep- 2024 -25 SeptemberNews
CAMRA appoints new chairman
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has announced the appointment of Ash Corbett-Collins as new chairman. Vice chairman since last November, Corbett-Collins is a “long-standing” national executive member who was first elected to the board of the campaign in 2018. Previous chairman Nik Antona stepped down due to ill health…
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Jul- 2024 -5 JulyGovernment
UKH: ‘Labour needs to deliver on its commitments, and quick’
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has said that “we need to see Labour deliver on its commitments, and quick,” after the party secured a landslide victory at the general election. The UKH boss said within the first 100 weeks, the sector needs to see reduced employer National Insurance Contributions to…
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Aug- 2023 -3 AugustNews
CAMRA urges PM to protect UK pubs
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has called on the Prime Minister to protect UK pubs and clubs and secure their long-term future. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently visited the Great British Beer Festival, CAMRA’s flagship event, to meet key figures from the campaign, and talk with brewers, publicans and…
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Jul- 2023 -14 JulyAnalysis
Analysis: Late Night Levy Extension – A Further Blow to an Already Strained UK Hospitality Sector
UKHospitality, the country’s leading hospitality trade association, has branded the extension a “damaging blow” to an industry already dealing with the repercussions of the pandemic and a series of national rail strikes. The late-night levy was first introduced in 2014 to offset the costs of policing late-night activity. The recent…
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14 JulyGovernment
UKH calls late night levy extension ‘damaging blow’ to sector
UKHospitality has branded the extension of the late night levy a “damaging blow” to the sector after the government adapted the law for local authorities. The levy will now allow local authorities to create late night levy areas smaller than their local authority boundaries and extend levies to sites such…
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Dec- 2022 -6 DecemberAnalysis
Here’s how the train strikes will impact hospitality
A new wave of fresh rail strikes have been scheduled this winter as Network Rail and 14 other train companies are taking strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December and on 3, 4, 6 and 7 January. However, the chief executive of UKHospitality, Kate Nicholls, is worried about…
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